John Benjamin

1751 - 1781  (29 years)

• Name	John Benjamin
  Born	25 Dec 1751	Preston, New London, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Baptised	11 Mar 1752	First Church, Preston, New London, Connecticut   [1]
  Died	24 Jun 1781  [1]
  Buried	North Lyme Cemetery, Lyme, New London, Connecticut
  Person ID	I17891	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of FW
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	John Benjamin,   b. 31 Oct 1714, Preston, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 7 May 1791, Preston, New London, Connecticut  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Margaret Jameson,   b. 21 Jun 1716, Stonington, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 13 Oct 1769, Preston, New London, Connecticut  (Age 53 years)
  Married	3 Jan 1740	Stonington, New London, Connecticut   [1]
  Family ID	F10987	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grace Waite,   b. 4 Jun 1756, Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island
  Married	29 Jun 1775	Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island   [3]
  Children	+ 1. Rufus Augustus Benjamin,   b. 15 Dec 1775, Preston, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 15 May 1841, Hunter, Greene, New York  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F10985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Said to have served in General Waterbury's brigade of the Connecticut militia during the Revolution, and to have been killed "near Horse's Neck, Connecticut" (West Greenwich).

  
  

• Sources

  [S2348] The Benjamin Family in America by Gloria Wall Bicha and Helen Benjamin Brown. 1977. [S2349] The Jamesons in America 1647-1900: Genealogical Records and Memoranda by E. O. Jameson. Boston, 1901. [S481] Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850: First Series, Births, Marriages, and Deaths by James N. Arnold. Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1912.