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John Benson

Male Abt 1608 - 1679  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name John Benson 
    Birth Abt 1608  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 13 Jan 1679  Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I34326  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DK
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2024 

    Family Mary Williams   d. 14 Dec 1681, Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 14 Oct 1633  Caversham, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
    +1. Martha Benson,   b. Bef 3 Nov 1644   bur. Ancient Burying Ground, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F20198  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2024 

  • Notes 
    • He and his wife emigrated on the Confidence in 1638. First at Hingham, then Hull. He may have been from Shiplake, Oxfordshire, a grandson of Thomas Benson who died in Caversham in 1614, and Thomas Benson's wife Maud Warner.

  • Sources 
    1. [S5472] The Benson Family of Colonial Massachusetts by Richard H. Benson. Boston: Newbury Street Press, 2003.

    2. [S7376] The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1636-1638 by Ian Watson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2024.