is that of the descendants of Benjamin Franklin. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

TO SUE FOR FRANKLIN'S MONEY.; Descendants of Philosopher Who Will Attempt to Recover Century Old Bequests with Interest from Boston and Philadelphia. Share full article. Sept. 7, 1902.

Franklin’s ships, HMS Erebus and Terror, set out from England in 1845 in search of the Northwest Passage. The commander and his 128 men never returned. More than 30 expeditions tried to find them.

Benjamin Franklin’s line continues through Sally, his only child with known surviving descendants. Sally died in 1808. Jane Franklin Mecom was Benjamin Franklin’s youngest sister and his only ...

Franklin's ships, HMS Erebus and Terror, set out from England in 1845 in search of the Northwest Passage. The commander and his 128 men never returned. More than 30 expeditions tried to find them.

Stenton and his colleagues have advertised for years at venues, such as museum displays on the Franklin expedition, for DNA samples from people who believe they are descendants of those doomed ...

Franklin's ships, HMS Erebus and Terror, set out from England in 1845 in search of the Northwest Passage. The commander and his 128 men never returned. More than 30 expeditions tried to find them.