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| Benjamin Family Genealogy
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| Details for Benjamin Family |
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John Benjamin - was born in 1568 in Sussex, England and died in 1608 in Sussex, England .
John married Joan Hookes. She died in 1619 . John - - According to a Rootsweb source, "Frank Everett Benjamin researching the John & Richard lineage in England found wills from Lewes, East Sussex, England. These he had transcribed from Latin to English confirming that John Benjamin, Sr. and Joane Hookes were the parents of John & Richard Benjamin. Also confirming their children and birth dates."
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John Benjamin - was chr. on 21 Mar 1585 and died on 14 Jun 1645 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA .
He was the son of John Benjamin and Joan Hookes.
John married Abigail Eddy in 1619 in Cranbrook, co. Kent, England. Abigail was born on 1 Oct 1601 in Cranbrook, co. Kent, England. She was the daughter of Rev William Eddye and Mary Forsten. She died on 20 May 1687 in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA . John - - along with his brother Richard left Herefordshire for America and arrived on the ship "Lion" in 1632. (Same crossing as James Olmsted and Nicholas Olmsted). John Benjamin, a proprietor of Cambridge, was admitted freeman 6 November, 1632, and was constable 20 May, 1633. Of his house in Cambridge Governor Winthrop wrote: "Mr. Benjamin's mansion was unsurpassed for elegance and comfort by any in the vicinity. It was the mansion of intelligence, religion, and hospitality, visited by the clergy of all denominations, and by the literati at home and abroad. His library was said to be one of the finest in the country. It was probably destroyed in the fire in 1636 which burned his house, valued at 100œ. The next year the Watertown records show grants of land to him. There he died 14 June, 1645. His will is of date 12 June; the inventory shows an estate valued at 297œ 3s 2d. The list of books includes a Book of Martiers. His widow Abigail went with her daughter, Abigail Stubbs, to Charlestown, where she died 20 May, 1687, aged eighty-seven." Source: "Powers-Banks Ancestry" by John Leslie Powers (1921) (Sources: - 1)
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Joseph Benjamin - was born on 16 Sep 1633 in Cambridge, MA and died in 1704 in New London, New London Co., CT .
He was the son of John Benjamin and Abigail Eddy.
Joseph married Jemima Lambert on 10 Jun 1661 in Cape Cod, MA. Jemima was born in 1636/1637. She was the daughter of Thomas Lombard. She died in 1664 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA . (Sources: - 1) Then Joseph married Sarah Clark. Sarah was born on 17 Mar 1644 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA. (Sources: - 1) Joseph - lived in Yarmouth. In 1680 he traded for a farm in Barnstable, but about 1690 removed to Preston, Connecticut. He soon married a cousin of his first wife, Sarah Clark. Their children were: Joseph, born 1666 (also given 1673); Hannah, February, 1668, not living in 1704; Mary, April, 1670, married J. Clark 16 November, 1697; Mercy, 12 March, 1674; Elizabeth, 14 January, 1679(80), not living in 1704; John, 1682, died 2 August, 1716. These are from the town records at Barnstable. Mentioned in the settlement of the estate were Jemima, Kezia, and Sarah. As Jemima bore the first wife's name, it is natural to suppose that she was the first born daughter by the second marriage, born about 1666. The Stow record is not incorrect in calling her "of Plymouth"; Barnstable was in Plymouth Colony." Source: "Powers-Banks Ancestry" by John Leslie Powers (1921) (Sources: - 1)
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| 1 Benjamin - Diana's Genealogy Web: http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/7/NRoots/FGS/JosephBenjamin-JemimaLambert-SarahClark.htm |
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