Some Descendants of Joseph Benson

Bill’s Family: Ancestors of Eldora Beahm
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Joseph Benson and Sarah ____

3846. Joseph Benson was born 1640 in Hull (Plymouth) Massachusetts, and died 2 Jan 1705/06 in Hull. He is a son of John Benson [7692] and Mary Williams [7693]. Joseph married

3847. Sarah ___. Sarah was born about 1645 in Hull (Plymouth) Massachusetts, and died 1689 in Hull.

Joseph served in King Philip’s War (1675). It is said that he was in something called the “bloody Narragansett fight”, which I am guessing was either the Great Swamp Fight on 19 Dec 1675, or perhaps the fight on the Pawtucket River on 26 Mar 1676 in which the colonists were defeated by the Narragansett. There are several good accounts of this war online, including mayflowerhistory.com

3846.2. Benjamin Benson (~ 1672 MA - ~1716) had descendants and is expanded below.

3846.4. Susanna Benson [1923] (1678 MA - 1761 MA) and John Randall are direct ancestors, separate page.

3846.6. Joanna Benson was born about 1683 in Hull (Plymouth) Massachusetts, and died 26 May 1735. She married about 1702, Ebenezer Hovy. Ebenezer was born about 1680 in Weymouth (Norfolk) Massachusetts.

3846.7. Joseph Benson (1683 MA - 1753 MA) had descendants and is expanded below.

3846.8. Benoni Benson was born in 1689 in Hull (Plymouth) Massachusetts, and died 4 Nov 1761 in Mendon (Worcester) Massachusetts. He married in 1711 in Mendon, Sarah Thayer [7426.9.1], daughter of Josiah Thayer and Sarah Bass. Sarah was born 25 May 1691 in Mendon (Worcester) Massachusetts, and died in 1739.
Benoni and Sarah had one child that we know of, there may have been others (first and second cousin to us):

3846.8.1. Sarah Benson was born 28 Jul 1715 in Massachusetts, and died 28 Apr 1763. She married David Aldrich [1856.1], son of David Aldrich (1685 MA - 1771 MA) and Hannah Capron (1689 MA - 1732 MA). Sarah and David are both related to us, but not to each other.
They had three children (Joseph, Sarah and David), listed under David who is closer to our main line.

3846.1. Sarah Benson was born about 1667 in Hull (Plymouth) Massachusetts. She married Joseph Pratt [7684.7.2], son of Joseph Pratt and Sarah Judkins. Joseph was born in 1665 in Weymouth (Norfolk) Massachusetts.
Sarah and Joseph had two children (both first and second cousin to us):

3846.1.1. Benjamin Pratt was born in 1693 in Massachusetts, and died 5 Jul 1762. He married Sarah Kingman, daughter of Henry Kingman (~1664-1738) and Bethiah Howard (1671-1755). Sarah was born 29 Jun 1697, and died 20 Dec 1767.
Benjamin and Sarah had one child that we know of, there are probably others (second cousin to us):

3846.1.1.1. Benjamin Pratt was born 24 Jun 1719, and died in 1765. He married Lydia Harlow.

3846.1.2. Sarah Pratt was born about 1705 in Massachusetts. She married in 1728 in Bridgewater (Plymouth) Massachusetts, Ebenezer Snow [15726.3.6.4], son of Benjamin Snow (1669 MA - 1743 MA) and Elizabeth Alden (1678 MA - 1705 MA). Ebenezer was born 29 Mar 1701 in Bridgewater (Plymouth) Massachusetts.
Sarah and Ebenezer had four children (both second and third cousin to us):

3846.1.2.1. Ebenezer Snow was born 16 Nov 1729 in Bridgewater (Plymouth) Massachusetts.

3846.1.2.2. Nathaniel Snow was born 6 Jun 1731 in Bridgewater (Plymouth) Massachusetts.

3846.1.2.3. Sarah Snow was born 27 Jul 1733 in Bridgewater (Plymouth) Massachusetts.

3846.1.2.4. Caleb Snow was born 8 Jun 1736 in Bridgewater (Plymouth) Massachusetts.

3846.2. Benjamin Benson was born about 1672 in Hull (Plymouth) Massachusetts, and died about 1716. He married in 1711 in Hull, Experience Prince, daughter of John Prince and Rebecca Vickery. Experience’s sister Rebecca marries Benjamin’s brother Joseph. Benjamin was a carpenter.
Benjamin and Experience had three children (first cousins to us), but only one survived past childhood:

3846.2.1. Benjamin Benson was born 29 Oct 1712 in Hull (Plymouth) Massachusetts, and died 5 May 1740 in Hull. He married in 1735 in Boston (Middlesex) Massachusetts, Hannah Dyer.

3846.2.2. Sarah Benson was born 5 Feb 1714 in Hull (Plymouth) Massachusetts, and died 15 Oct 1726 in Hull, age 12.

3846.2.3. John Benson was born in 1715 in Hull (Plymouth) Massachusetts, and died in childhood, sometime before 1730 in Hull.

3846.3. Mary Benson was born about 1673 in Hull (Plymouth) Massachusetts (some have Weymouth), and died about 1760. She married about 1695, Zachariah Gurney, son of Richard Gurney and Rebecca Taylor. Zachariah was born about 1670, and died in 1732 in Weymouth (Norfolk) Massachusetts.
Mary and Zachariah had one child that we know of, there were probably others (first cousin to us):

3846.3.1. Joseph Gurney was born 7 Mar 1697/98 in Weymouth (Norfolk) Massachusetts, and died 10 Jun 1718 in Weymouth. He married 10 Jun 1718 in Weymouth, Mary Perkins. Mary was born in 1700 in Boston (Middlesex) Massachusetts.
Joseph and Mary had eight children (second cousins to us):

3846.3.1.1. Sarah Gurney was born 15 Jan 1721 in Abington (Plymouth) Massachusetts. She married Samuel Tirrell.

3846.3.1.2. Perkins Gurney was born 1723 in Abington (Plymouth) Massachusetts. He married Jane Darby.

3846.3.1.3. Mary Gurney was born 1726 in Abington (Plymouth) Massachusetts. She married Isaac Hearsey.

3846.3.1.4. Elizabeth Gurney was born 1728 in Abington (Plymouth) Massachusetts. She married Whitcomb Pratt.

3846.3.1.5. Lydia Gurney was born 1730 in Abington (Plymouth) Massachusetts. She married William Hearsey.

3846.3.1.6. Joseph Gurney was born 4 Feb 1735 in Abington (Plymouth) Massachusetts. He married 1758 in Abington, Sarah Shaw. Sarah was born in 1736, and died in 1789.

3846.3.1.7. Benoni Gurney was born 1737 in Abington (Plymouth) Massachusetts. He married Caroline Wilkes.

3846.3.1.8. Remember Gurney was born 1742 in Abington (Plymouth) Massachusetts. She married John Wilkes.

3846.5. John Benson was born about 1681 in Hull (Plymouth) Massachusetts, and died 30 May 1770 in Bridgewater (Plymouth) Massachusetts. He married 4 Dec 1710 in Bridgewater, Elizabeth Washburn, daughter of Jonathan Washburn (~1658 MA - ~1726 MA) and Mary Vaughn. Elizabeth is a descendant of Francis Cooke, a Mayflower pilgrim. She was born 12 Oct 1684 in Bridgewater, and died 9 Mar 1765 in Bridgewater.
John and Elizabeth had six children (first cousins to us):

3846.5.1. Hannah Benson was born about 1717 in Bridgewater (Plymouth) Massachusetts, and died 19 Jun 1757. She married James Dunbar, son of James Dunbar and Experience Hayward. James was born 26 Mar 1721, and died 30 Jun 1778.
Hannah and James had one child that we know of, there were probably others (second cousin to us):

3846.5.1.1. Elizabeth Dunbar was born 19 Jan 1751/52 in Bridgewater (Plymouth) Massachusetts. She married Seth Washburn.

3846.5.2. Jonathan Benson was born about 1718 in Bridgewater (Plymouth) Massachusetts.

3846.5.3. Susannah Benson was born sometime around 1720 in Bridgewater (Plymouth) Massachusetts.

3846.5.4. Benjamin Benson was born sometime around 1720 in Bridgewater (Plymouth) Massachusetts.

3846.5.5. Elizabeth Benson was born sometime around 1720 in Bridgewater (Plymouth) Massachusetts. I think this is probably the same Elizabeth Benson who marries 1924.3 Nathaniel Brooks, but have not been able to find any evidence for it.

3846.5.6. Mary Benson was born sometime around 1720 in Bridgewater (Plymouth) Massachusetts.

3846.7. Joseph Benson was born 18 Mar 1682/83 in Hull (Plymouth) Massachusetts, and died 30 Apr 1753 in Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts. He married 1709 in Hull, Rebecca Prince, daughter of John Prince and Rebecca Vickery. Rebecca’s sister Experience marries Joseph’s brother Benjamin. Rebecca was born about 1685, and died 9 Mar 1723/24 in Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts, age 39. She gave birth to twins, but she died from the childbirth along with both children.
Joseph and Rebecca had six children (first cousins to us):

3846.7.1. Rebecca Benson was born 1 Dec 1713 in Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts.

3846.7.2. Joseph Benson was born 24 Apr 1718 in Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts, and died 26 Aug 1745. He married in 1743, Abial Stockbridge. After Joseph died, Abial married John Bryant [7708.1.4.5].

3846.7.2.1. Joseph Benson was born 6 Dec 1744 in Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts. He married Dec 1770 in Scituate, Susannah Clapp.
Joseph served in the Revolutionary War. They had twelve children.

3846.7.5. Benjamin Benson (twin) was born 5 Mar 1723/24 in Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts, and died the same day or shortly after.

3846.7.6. John Benson (twin) was born 5 Mar 1723/24 in Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts, and died the same day or shortly after.

I am currently going back through old pages to add sources -- have not completed this one yet, but will eventually

Bill’s Family: Ancestors of Eldora Beahm

Joseph Benson and Sarah ____