John Benjamin

Abt 1595 - 1645  (~ 50 years)

• Name	John Benjamin  [1]
  Born	Abt 1595  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Jun 1645	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I17920	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of FW
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2021

  
  

  Family	Abigail Eddy,   b. Cranbrook, Kent, England ,   d. 20 May 1687, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachussets
  Married	Bef 1620  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Joseph Benjamin,   b. Abt 1634, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 27 Apr 1704, Preston, New London, Connecticut  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F10998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Arrived 16 Sep 1632 on the Lyon. He was literate; his inventory included many books of a legal and ecclesiastical nature. In a letter, Bay Colony governor John Winthrop said "Mr. Benjamin's mansion was unsurpassed in elegance and comfort by any in the vicinity." It seems likely that he was of gentry origins, but nothing has been discovered to indicate the identity of his parents.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1933] Clarence Almon Torrey, "Stephen Gates of Hingham, Lancaster, and Cambridge, Mass., and Some of His Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 120:161; 120:260, 1966; 121:45; 121:217, 1967. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England,1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.