Although the hypothalamus does not produce the hormones of the anterior pituitary as in the posterior pituitary, it plays an important role in their production. Releasing hormones synthesized by hypothalamic neurons travel down axons and diffuse into the primary plexus of the hypophyseal portal system.lthough the hypothalamus does not produce the hormones of the anterior pituitary as in the posterior pituitary, it plays an important role in their production. Releasing hormones synthesized by hypothalamic neurons travel down axons and diffuse into the primary plexus of the hypophyseal portal system.
Did Benjamin Franklin have children? Benjamin Franklin had three children. William, born around 1730, was his illegitimate son with an unknown woman. He was raised by Ben and his wife, Deborah. He remained loyal to the British crown and became royal governor of New Jersey. Ben's second son, Francis, was born in 1732. He died of smallpox at age four.
He married a Miss THOMPSON, and they became the parents of five children, as follows: Robert, Samuel, John, James and Margaret. *Other more reliable documents believe He was born in Franklin Co, PA to Samuel Renfrew of Scotland. Samuel Renfrew came in possession of the above property, and lived there until his death in 1854, while in his fifty-sixth year. He married Hannah Ann LINDSEY, who departed this life in 1821.