John Benjamin

1751 - 1781  (29 years)

• Name	John Benjamin
  Birth	25 Dec 1751	Preston, New London, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Baptism	11 Mar 1752	First Church, Preston, New London, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Jun 1781  [1]
  Burial	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)
  Marriage	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
  Marriage	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)
  Family ID	F10985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2018

  
  

• 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.