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Personal data Deacon Benjamin Parsons 

  • He was born in the year 1625 in Beaminster, Dorset, England.
  • He was christened on May 1, 1625 in St Mary's Church, Beaminster, Dorset, England.
  • He died on August 24, 1689 in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, he was 64 years old.
  • He is buried in the year 1689 in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
  • A child of William Parsons and Margaret Hoskins
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Deacon Benjamin Parsons

(1) He is married to Benjamin Parsons.

They got married about 1648 at Beaminster, West Dorset District, Dorset, England.


(2) He is married to Sarah Vore.

They got married on October 6, 1653 at Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, he was 28 years old.


(3) He is married to Sarah Heath.

They got married on February 21, 1676 at Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, he was 51 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Benjamin Parsons

John Hoskins
± 1560-????
John Hoskins
± 1559-????

Benjamin Parsons
1625-1689

(1) ± 1648

Benjamin Parsons
± 1628-< 1650

(2) 1653

Sarah Vore
1635-1675

(3) 1676

Sarah Heath
1620-1711


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Christening day May 1, 1625

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1625: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 27 » Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
    • April 1 » A combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch–Portuguese War.
    • May 2 » Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Latin Patriarch of Ethiopia, arrives at Beilul from Goa.
    • June 13 » King Charles I of England marries Catholic princess Henrietta Maria of France and Navarre, at Canterbury.

Day of marriage February 21, 1676

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1676: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 17 » Sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition are lost at Evangelistas Islets at the western end of the Strait of Magellan.
    • June 1 » Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79).
    • June 2 » Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.
    • July 30 » Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
    • August 12 » Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
    • September 19 » Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.

Day of death August 24, 1689

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1689: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 12 » The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
    • April 11 » William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.
    • April 20 » Deposed monarch James II of England lays siege to Derry.
    • August 27 » The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire (Julian calendar).
    • October 26 » General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he died of the disease himself soon after.
    • December 16 » Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.


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