 1608 - 1678
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| Name |
John Benson [1] |
| Born |
1608 |
Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England  |
- Shiplake is about 3 miles from Caversham.
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| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
13 Jan 1678 |
Hull, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts [2] |
| Probate |
01 Mar 1679 |
- In his will, proved 1 Mar 1679, sons John & Joseph recieved all lands, commons, barns, etc., and John was to have the "other" home lot, and he and Joseph were to pay sisters Martha, Mary, and the children of sister Abigail (dec'd), 5 Pounds each as legacies. After mother's death, John was to have a double portion of the moveables; son Joseph was to have single portion.
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| Notes |
- Arrived from Southampton, England on "goode shipe" CONFIDENCE on April 11, 1638, with their older children, John and Mary, both under 4 years. CONFIDENCE, of London, two hundred tons, John Gibson, Master. She sailed from Southampton the last of April,` by vertue of the Lord Treasurers warrant of the 11th of April,1638. That year John Benson received a grant of land in Hingham, near the bay and was a "husbandman". (Land grant-1638).
The passenger list reads:
John Binson of Gowsham, in Ox. husbandman; 30
Mary Binson, his wife
John Binson their children under 4 years
Mary Binson
In 1645 John Benson petitioned the General Court for permission to plant and build at White Head, in the town of Hull, and was at first refused because of differences between the towns of Hull and Hingham. By 1652, however, the family had moved to Hull, MA where John's lands were among the first recorded.
Town officer, 1669. Will dated April 16, 1678, probated March 20, 1679. Bequests to sons John, Joseph, daughters COMBS, HALL, child of daughter SHORE, deceased, and wife, Marah (sic) was executrix. The name is spelled BINSON in England.
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| Person ID |
I26656 |
Bryant |
| Last Modified |
7 Feb 2006 |
| Family |
Mary Williams, d. 14 Dec 1681, Hull, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts |
| Married |
14 Oct 1633 |
Caversham, Oxfordshire, England [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. John Benson, b. Abt 1635, Caversham, Oxfordshire, England , d. 10 Mar 1711, Plympton, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts |
| | 2. Mary Benson, b. 01 May 1637, Caversham, Oxfordshire, England , d. 02 Jan 1705/6, Massachusetts |
| | 3. Joseph Benson, b. Abt 1640, Hingham, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts , d. 02 Jan 1706, Hull, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts |
| | 4. Martha Benson |
| | 5. Abigail Benson, b. 1646, Hingham, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts , d. Bef 1678 |
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| Family ID |
F2251 |
Group Sheet |
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| Sources |
- [S13] NEHGR, NEHGR, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 2:109.
- [S13] NEHGR, NEHGR, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 142:269-72.
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