William Franklin and William Temple Franklin
Family
Bond strength27/100
notable
Father and son, split by the American Revolution. The father was the last royal Governor of New Jersey and a committed Loyalist; the son was raised by his grandfather Benjamin Franklin, served as his secretary in Paris, and later edited his papers.
How they met
The son was born in his father's house but raised by his grandfather — and in the decisive years he was at the grandfather's side, not the father's.
The core tension
Three generations of Franklins ended up on opposite sides of one war, and the family breach never healed.
What connects them
- member of:American Philosophical Society
- father:William Franklin
- child:William Temple Franklin
