Octuplets Posted on November 24, 1738April 25, 2013Author Benjamin FranklinPosted in 2. The Pennsylvania Gazette 1729-1747, Benjamin Franklin, Colonial America, Pennsylvania Gazette, The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Vol II: Philadelphia Aug. 5. We hear that the Wife of a Peasant in the District of Boisleduc was brought to Bed of eight Children, seven Girls and one Boy, who were all living. The Pennsylvania Gazette, November 24, 1738