 Abt 1642 - 1684 (42 years)
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| Name |
Benjamin, Joshua |
| Born |
Abt 1642 |
Cambridge,Middlesex,MA(?)  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
6 May 1684 |
Charlestown,Suffolk,MA |
| Buried |
Charlestown,Suffolk,MA |
| Notes |
- BIRTH: No birth rec found. Evidence that Joshua is a son of John and Abigail Benjamin is found in Joshua's will, below, which mentions his sister Abigail Woodward, a proved dau of John Benjamin. John Benjamin arrived in New England in 1632 (Peter Wilson Coldham, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF EMIGRANTS, 1607-1660 [Baltimore, 1987], 102-103 [FHL #973 w2col]). The family resided in Cambridge until removal to Watertown about 1643. The time of removal is framed by the inventory John Benjamin's land at Cambridge, 6 Sep 1642 (THE REGISTER BOOK OF THE LANDS AND HOUSES IN THE "NEW TOWNE" AND THE TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE [Cambridge, 1896], 114 [FHL #974.44/C1 R2c]), and a deed from John Benjamin "of Watertown" to Barnaby Wind [Wines], 28 Feb 1643/4 (SUFFOLK DEEDS, 14 vols. [Boston, 1880-1906], 1:51 [FHL #974.46 R2s]). It is likely that Joshua was born at Cambridge during the interval of 1632-43. He was born in Cambridge on 6 May 1642 according to Gloria Wall Bicha and Helen Benjamin Brown, comp, THE BENJAMIN FAMILY IN AMERICA (n.p., 1977), 9, 13 (FHL #929.273 B438). However, no evidence has been found in original source records, and the birth date appears to be derived from the death date less 42 years. Joshua's gravestone at Charlestown indicates he was 42 yrs old when he died on 6 May 1684 (Thomas Bellows Wyman, THE GENEALOGIES AND ESTATES OF CHARLESTOWN, 2 vols. [Boston, 1879; repr in 1 vol., Somersworth, NH, 1982], 77 [FHL #974.46/C2 D2w]).
MAR: Roger D. Joslyn, ed, VITAL RECORDS OF CHARLESTOWN, 2 vols. (Boston, 1984-95), 1:115-16 (FHL #974.46/C2 V2j).
DEATH: Ibid, 1:121. Also see the will of Joshua Benjamin of Charlestown, 5 Apr 1684, proved 17 June 1684, Middlesex Co. Probate Files, 1st series, #1574 (FHL #386018).
BUR: Wyman, GENEALOGIES AND ESTATES OF CHARLESTOWN, 77.
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BEPS: IGI
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| Person ID |
I8221 |
Our Generations Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
25 Nov 2003 |
| Father |
Benjamin, John, b. Abt 1585, England , d. 14 Jun 1645, Watertown,Middlesex,MA (Age 60 years) |
| Mother |
Eddy, Abigail, c. 25 Oct 1601, Cranbrook,Kent,Eng , d. 20 May 1686, Watertown,Middlesex,MA (Age ~ 84 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1619 |
| Family ID |
F2779 |
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