Benjamin Franklin Was A Man of Many Accomplishments Benjamin Franklin was a man of many accomplishments, the accomplishments he had affected the world of today and the world soon to come. Franklin's parents were like any other parents then. Franklin's dad, Josiah Franklin, was an Englishman. He moved to Boston in 1685 from England bringing his wife and three children. Anne who was Josiah's wife had four more children. The sixth one died five days after birth, and then eighteen months later Anne was bearing the seventh child and she died a week later. Like all men at the time Josiah had