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.
Josiah Franklin, his wife, and their first three children emigrated from Banbury, Oxfordshire, to Boston, Massachusetts. Anne (Child) Franklin (Josiahâs first wife) died in July. Josiah Franklin (Benjamin Franklinâs father) and Abiah Folger (Benjamin Franklinâs mother) were married in the Old South Church in November.