Benjamin Bearse

Abt 1688 - 1748  (~ 60 years)

• Name	Benjamin Bearse  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1688  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 May 1748  [2]
  Burial	Hyannis, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I44551	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Joseph Bearse,   b. 25 Jan 1652, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Abt 1695 (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Martha Taylor,   b. 18 Dec 1650, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 27 Jan 1728, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	3 Dec 1676	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F26001	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Cobb   d. 14 Jan 1742
  Marriage	4 Feb 1702  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Benjamin Bearse,   b. 26 Mar 1710, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 16 Oct 1755, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F25999	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin Bearse and Sarah Cobb were first cousins, both being grandchildren of Richard Taylor (d. 1673).

  
  

• Sources

  [S8882] Stanley Newcomb Collins, Jr., "Joseph Collins of Eastham and Three Generations of His Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 151:3, 1997. [S672] Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, Being a Reprint of the Amos Otis Papers, Originally Published in the Barnstable Patriot by Amos Otis, revised by C. F. Swift. Barnstable, Massachusetts: F. B. & F. P. Goss, 1888. [S2623] Jillaine S. Smith, "The Two Richard Taylor Families of Early Yarmouth, Massachusetts." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 165:187, 2011; 165:280, 2011. [S7376] The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1636-1638, volume 1, by Ian Watson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2024.