born in England; died in Connecticut, British American Colonies
11 Gens. (AC: Rbt Fox, 1911)
Wightman Burying Ground
Sie ist verheiratet mit Edward Allyn Culver Colver.
Sie haben geheiratet am 19. September 1638 in Dedham, Norfolk Cnty, Massachusetts, Colonial America, sie war 19 Jahre alt.
Second marriage recorded in Dedham Church records, First Baptist Church of Dedham, Rev. John Allin Allyn presided
Second marriage recorded in Dedham Church records, First Baptist Church of Dedham, Rev. John Allin presided
Kind(er):
Ereignis (Comment) am 19. September 1638 in Dedham, Norfolk Cnty, Massachusetts, Colonial America .
Rev. John Allyn was the officiating pastor
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Biography
Excerpt from "The Benjamin Family in America". Felch-7 02:16, 11 July 2013 (EDT) In the Genealogy of Park Benjamin by Hoover, 1948, he states t "Concerning John Benjamin's forebears in Engfend, we know nothing certain". He also goes on to say that some of his earlier ances- tors were inhabitants of Lower Hereford, near the Welsh border, but this has not been verified, either. There are records that would indicate that this branch lived in Heathfield Parish, County Sussex and had close connections with the adjoinging county of Kent. There is a record of a Peter Austin of Tenterden, Kent "who was licensed to Marry December 8, 1602 Arabella Benjamin, daughter of John Ben- jamin of Heathfield, Sussex, yeoman". It would seem from collater- al data that this would be the father of our John Benjamin and Ara- bella was a sister. Peter Austin and his wife are supposed to have come to America before John Benjamin.
Another possible sister is Ann, first wife of John Ellis. John Ellis came to America in 1621 on the "Fortune"and was one of the first settlers of Sandwich, Mass. in 1643. Ann probably died in England, since he married second in 1643 Elizabeth Freeman. His children from that first marriage werei
1. Ann Ellis born about 1618 in England and married Edward Culver at Dedham, Mass. in 1638. Thoas Fanning and his wife Fran- ces (Ellis) Fanning brought the youngest daughter of John Ellis by his first wife to America with them. Edward Culver was in their company on their trip to America. This daughter was probably Ann.
2. John Ellis born 1620 in England; m/l Susanna Lumbar d in 1641. She died in 1654 at Medfield and he m/2 Joan, widow of John Clapp of Dorchester. The Lumbard and Famming surnames are closely associated with the Benjamin family.
3. Other children were probably Joseph Ellis who m. Ruth and Richard Ellis who m. Elizabeth and both resided in Dedham in 1645. A Richard Ellis arrived in Boston from England in 1632 aboard the same ship as did John and Richard Benjamin.
A daughter of John Ellis' second marriage, Bennet Ellis, born 1648/9 and married Obadiah Eddy, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Savery) Eddy. All these facts seem to tie the Ellis family in very closely with the Benjamin family.
However, in all the years of searching. . .with some done on "the spot" in England, no one has been able to come up with the actual parentage or siblings of John Benjamin. The Chalvington Parish records certainly tend to give substance to the fact that his father was named John Benjamin, but reading any other relation- ships into those records is most difficult.
All Benjamins, whose ancestors was in this country before 1800 and are not of Jewish descent are believed to be of either the John Benjamin or Richard Benjamin line.