I am in the 7th great-grandmothers, up to number 529: Hannah BENJAMIN (1669-1752). [Note: The 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].
My ancestral line back through two American generations of this BENJAMIN family is:
1. Randall J. Seaver
2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)
4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)
8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)
16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)
32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)
66. Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67. Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)
132. Simon Gates (1739-1803)
133. Susannah Reed (1745-1833)
264. Amos Gates (1706-1783)
265. Mary Hubbard (1712-1754)
528. Simon Gates, born 05 June 1667 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 22 June 1752 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 1056. Stephen Gates and 1057. Sarah Woodward. He married 04 May 1688 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
529. Hannah Benjamin, born 07 February 1668/69 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died after 1752 in probably Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of Simon Gates and Hannah Benjamin are: Hannah Gates (1689-????); Joseph Gates (1691-1748); Simon Gates (1693-1736); Mary Gates (1695-????); Elizabeth Gates (1701-????); Israel Gates (1703-1726); Benjamin Gates (1704-1758); Elisha Gates (1705-1762); Amos Gates (1706-1783); Susannah Gates (1709-1748).
1058. Joseph Benjamin, born 16 September 1633 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died April 1704 in Preston City, New London, Connecticut, United States. He married 12 December 1668 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
1059. Sarah Clarke, born 01 August 1639 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died after. 1716 in probably Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States. She was the daughter of 2118. William Clarke and 2119. Sarah.
Children of Joseph Benjamin and Sarah Clarke are: Sarah Benjamin (1667-????); Hannah Benjamin (1669-1752); Mary Benjamin (1670-1723); Joseph Benjamin (1674-1738); Mercy Benjamin (1676-1716); Elizabeth Benjamin (1681-1704); John Benjamin (1682-1716).
2116. John Benjamin, born before 12 March 1584/85 in Chalvington, Sussex, England; died 14 June 1645 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 4232. John Benjamin. He married about 1619 in probably Cranbrook, Kent, England.
2117. Abigail Eddy, born before 06 October 1601 in Cranbrook, Kent, England; died 20 May 1687 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. She was the daughter of 4234. William Eddy and 4235. Mary Fosten.
Children of John Benjamin and Abigail Eddy are: John Benjamin (1620-1706); Abigail Benjamin (1624-1704); Mary Benjamin (1626-1646); Samuel Benjamin (1628-1669); Joseph Benjamin (1633-1704); Joshua Benjamin (1642-1684); Caleb Benjamin (1643-1684); Abel Benjamin (1646-1713).
Several sources provide excellent biographical and vital record data on John Benjamin and his descendants, including:
(1) Sandra Sutphin Olney, Passengers on the 'Lion' from England to Boston 1632, and Five Generations of their Descendants (Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, Inc., 1992) pages 21-33.
(2) Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Volume I (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), pages 160-164.
(3) Gloria Wall Bicha and Helen Benjamin Brown, The Benjamin Family in America (Racine, Wis. : Gloria Bicha, 1977), accessed on FHL microfiche 6,101,593.
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