 1585 - 1645 (~ 60 years)
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| Name |
John Benjamin [1] |
| Christening |
21 Mar 1585 |
Chalvington, Heathfield, Co. Sussex, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
14 Jun 1645 |
Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA |
| Person ID |
I52930 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
18 Mar 2003 |
| Family |
Abigail Eddy, b. 1 Oct 1601, Cranbrook, Co. Kent, England d. 20 May 1687, Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA (Age 85 years) |
| Marriage |
1619 |
Cranbrook, Co. Kent, England |
| Children |
| | 1. Joseph Benjamin, b. 16 Sep 1633, Cambridge, MA d. 1704, New London, New London Co., CT (Age 70 years) |
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| Family ID |
F21832 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2009 |
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| Notes |
- 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)
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| For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site |
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| Sources |
- [S1247] Benjamin - Diana's Genealogy, (http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/7/NRoots/FGS/JosephBenjamin-JemimaLambert-SarahClark.htm).
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