Name origin: Ben's-son, the son of Benjamin. this large and ancient family identified with Masham, Engl, as early as 1300.
Samuel Benson (1762- )
b.1582 Caversham, Oxford, England
CHILDREN included:
- John Benson b.1608 d.Jan. 13, 1678
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b.1608 Caversham, Oxford, England
d.Jan. 13, 1678 Hull, MA
m.abt.1586 Mary or Marah Williams
b.Oct. 12, 1606 Caversham, Oxford, England d/o Robert and Agnes (Atkins) Williams
d.Dec. 14, 1681 Hull, Plymouth, MA
CHILDREN included:
- John Benson b.1634 d.March 10, 1711
- Mary Benson b.1637 England Chr. Nov. 3, 1644 Hingham, MA d.Jan. 2, 1706
- Martha Benson b.and chr'd. Nov. 3, 1644 Hingham, MA
- Abigail Benson b.1646 Hingham, MA d.Apr. 16, 1678 MA
From Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 by Holmes: John, b.Caversham, Oxfordshire, Eng., came to Hingham, Mass., 1638.
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b.1634 Caversham, Devon, England
d.March 10, 1711 Hull, MA (or may be his son's date of death?)
m.abt.1662 prob.Hull, MA Elizabeth Marsh
b.May 8, 1638 of Hull, MA d/o John and Susanna (Skelton) Marsh
d.Feb. 26, 1704 MA
CHILDREN (all born Hull, MA) included:
- John Benson b.1663
- Joseph Benson b.1667 d.July 9, 1737
- Isaac Benson b.1669 Hull, MA d.June 22, 1762 Gloucester, RI
- Jacob Benson b.1671
- Hannah Benson b.1672
- William Benson b.1680
- Martha Benson b.1683
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b.1663 Hull, MA
m.Sept. 1688 Sandwich, MA Elizabeth Briggs
b.Apr. 3, 1665 Sandwich, MA d/o Samuel and Elizabeth (Ellis) Briggs
CHILDREN (all born Rochester, MA) included:
- Mary Benson b.March 10, 1689 pprob.d.y.
- Mary Benson b.July 15, 1690
- Ebenezer Benson b.March 16, 1693
- John Benson b.June 10, 1695
- Benjamin Benson b.March 16, 1697 d.Aug. 27, 1710
- Joseph Benson b.March 16, 1697
- Bennett Benson b.Sept. 10, 1698
- Martha Benson b.March 3, 1703
- Joshua Benson b.Jan. 29, 1704
- Caleb Benson b.Jan. 29, 1704
- Samuel Benson b.March 22, 1707
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b.March 22, 1707 Rochester, MA
m.Nov. 21, 1728 Plypton, MA Keziah Barrows
b.abt.1706/1712 Middleboro, MA d/o of George and Patience (Simmonds) Barrows
CHILDREN included:
- Consider Benson b.Apr. 16, 1730 Wareham, MA d.Jan. 16, 1802
- Patience Benson b.June 27, 1732 Middleboro, MA
- John Benson b.Aug. 23, 1734 Middleboro, MA
- Jemina Benson b.May 7, 1739 Middleboro, MA
- Lydia Benson b.May 7, 1739 Middleboro, MA
- Faith Benson b.Aug. 31, 1744 Middleboro, MA
- Hope Benson b.Sept. 1, 1746 Middleboro, MA
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b.April 16, 1730 Wareham, MA
d.Jan. 16, 1802 Middleboro, MA
m.Dec. 23, 1751 Middleboro, MA Elizabeth Washburn
b.March 9, 1732 Plymouth, MA d/o Ephraim and Mary (POLLAND) Washburn
CHILDREN (all born Middleboro, MA) included:
- Asa Benson b.March 7, 1754
- William Benson b.June 4, 1756
- Patience Benson b.March 2, 1758
- Molly (Mary) Benson b.Apr. 17, 1760
- Samuel Benson b.June 17, 1762
- Consider Benson b.Sept. 4/5, 1764
- Peleg Benson, medical doctor, b.Dec. 14 or 18, 1766 d.1848 m.Sally Page d/o Simon Page
CHILD of Peleg and Sally: - Hon. Samuel Page Benson b.Nov. 28, 1804 Winthrop, ME; d.Yarmouth Aug. 12, 1876.
- Elizabeth Benson b.March 23, 1769
- Abashai Benson b.March 23, 1771
- John Benson b.Oct. 27, 1773
- Ebenezer Benson b.Dec. 1, 1776
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b.July 17, 1762 Middleboro, MA
m.Nov. 17, 1785 Middleboro, MA Rebeckah Hunt
b.Jan. 10, 1767 Dorchester, MA d/o Asa and Rebeckah Hunt
CHILDREN included:
- Asa Hunt Benson b.Apr. 9, 1786 Middleboro, MA
- Abishai Benson b.Aug. 7, 1787 Middleboro, MA
- William Benson b.July 14, 1789 Middleboro,MA
- Rebecca Hunt Benson b.June 7, 1791 Middleboro, MA
- Susannah (Susan) Benson b.Jan. 4, 1795 Carmel, ME
- Samuel Benson b.June 26, 1796 Carmel, ME
- Pamela Benson b.Aug. 1, 1798 Carmel, ME m.Robert Fields
- Joseph Benson b.Feb. 1, 1801 Carmel, ME
- Sally Benson b.Oct. 10, 1803 Carmel, ME
- Peleg Benson b.Sept. 8, 1805 Carmel, ME
- Betsy Benson b.June 28, 1807 Carmel, ME
- John Benson b.March 2, 1809 Carmel, ME
NOTE: From the Bangor Daily News, June 14, 2004, page C-P, Family Ties: 3269. BENSON-HUNT-FIELDS-KNIGHT-PHILBRICK-SEWELL-CYR-KELLY An umbilical or M-line or strictly maternal line is a daughter's daughter's daughter's daughter's line, etc. ending in a daughter or son. Seeking m-line descents from Samuel Benson b.1762, Mass., and his wife, Rebecca (Hunt) Benson, b.1767, who are buried in Carmel, Maine. The purpose is to obtain an inner-cheek swab for an mtDNA test to prove an M-line that goes back through Gloucester, Mass., then Cambridge, Mass., to "Goody" Elizabeth Kendall, b. abt. 1600, who md. 1) Samuel Holley and 2) John Kendall. (See the Essex Genealogist, May 2004, vol. 24, p.70.) Any M-line descendants of the following would qualify:
- Susanna Benson, b.Jan. 4, 1795 Carmel
- Pamela Benson b.Aug. 1, 1798, Carmel, married Robert Fields
- Sally Benson b.Oct. 10, 1803
- Betsy Benson, b.June 28, 1807 Carmel
- Elizabeth Jane Fields, b.abt.1834 "of Winterport" m.Andrew Savage Knight
- Edna A. Knight b.abt.1865 "up Bangor way", m.Horace W. Philbrick in Newburgh
- Joanne S. Knight b.Jan. 17, 1869 of Winterport, m.Oz Cyr of Bangor
- Carrie Philbrick, b.abt.1882, probably the one who married Melvin J. Sewell of Newburgh March 16, 1904
- Maude Philbrick, b.abt.1884
- Elizabeth E. Philbrick b.abt.1889 m.June 1, 1910 Claud Kelly of Unity who had at least one child, Donald Kelly
Write Thomas Roderick, 19 Seely Road, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 or roderick@acadia.net
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