Person:Benjamin Colman (4)
Rev. Benjamin Colman
b.19 Oct 1673 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.29 Aug 1747 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Rev. Benjamin Colman1673 - 1747
  2. Elizabeth Colman
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rev. Benjamin Colman1673 - 1747
  • W.  Jane Clark (add)
m. 8 Jun 1700
  1. Benjamin ColmanCal 1704 - 1704
  2. Jane Coleman1707/08 - 1735
  3. Abigail Colman1714/15 - 1745
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rev. Benjamin Colman1673 - 1747
  • W.  Sarah Crisp1672 - 1744
m. 6 May 1731
Spouse and Children
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m. 12 Aug 1745
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Rev. Benjamin Colman
Gender Male
Birth[2] 19 Oct 1673 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Degree[5] 1692 Harvard College
Marriage 8 Jun 1700 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Jane Clark (add)
Degree[6] 1731 Glasgow, ScotlandUniversity of Glasgow, honorary Doctor of Divinity
Marriage 6 May 1731 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Crisp
Marriage 12 Aug 1745 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Pepperell
Death[3] 29 Aug 1747 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    1:437.

    COLMAN
    BENJAMIN, Boston, s. of William, first min. of Brattle str. ch. by Increase and Cotton Mather stigmatiz. as the "Manifesto" ch. preach. first at Bath, Ipswich, and other places in Eng. but was ord. for the society in Boston, 4 Aug. 1699, at London, m. 8 June 1700, Jane, d. of Thomas Clark, had Benjamin, b. 1 Sept. 1704, d. in few days; Jane, 25 Feb. 1708; and Abigail, 14 Jan. 1715. He had sec. w. Sarah, d. of Richard Crisp, wh. had been wid. of William Harris, Hon. John Leverett, and Hon. John Clark, in succession, m. 6 May 1731, and d. 24 Apr. 1744; and his third w. m. 12 Aug. 1745, was Mary, d. of William Pepperell, and sis. of Sir William, wid. of Hon. John Frost, wh. surv. him, and m. Benjamin Prescott. He was emin. for serv. to Harv. Coll. beyond all others of the age; and d. 29 Aug. 1747. In Eliot's Biogr. Dict. a valua acco. of him is found

  2. ↑ Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699 (A Report of the Record Commissioners): Document 130. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1883)
    p. 127.

    1673. Town.
    Benjamin of William & Elizabeth Coleman born Oct. 19.

  3. ↑ Dunkle, Robert J., and Ann S. (Ann Smith) Lainhart. Deaths in Boston 1700 to 1799. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, c1999).

    Benjamin Colman D.D. 29 Aug 1747 75th y. Pastor Brattle Street Church, suddenly [citing Index of Obituaries in Boston]

  4.   Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County). Probate records, 1636-1899. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969-1971)
    Case 8827: Colman Benjamin 1747 Sep 5.

    Will of "Benjamin Colman of Boston ... an unworthy Minister of the Gospel of Christ", dated 29 Mar 1747, proved 5 Sep 1747, names wife Mary Colman; grandson John Dennie now entered on his ninth year; grandchildren of my brother John Colman of Boston Esqr sons and daughter of my cousins John Colman, Benjamin Colman, Mrs Judith Bulfinch & Mrs Sarah Chardon all of Boston; John & Benjamin Colman sons of my nephew John Colman; Benjamin son of my nephew Benjamin Colman; brother John Colman "ssmall acknowledgment of my great obligation to him for his Bounty to me in my Youth"; sister Elizabeth Righton, sister Sarah Haniford; Honoured & Reverend Son in law Mr. Ebenezer Furell of Mudford [Bible given to my daughter Jane in her childhood]; colleague Mr. Samuel Cooper and John Phillips Esqrs of Boston, Pastor & Deacon of the Church in Brattle Street; some books to President of Harvard College; Albert Dennie of Boston the natural Father of my only Branch & Grandson John Dennie, said grandson having been committed to my care, I entrust to my executors [later refers to my deceased daughter Dennie]; Negro man Boston, Negro woman Violet now serving my sister Mrs. Righton in her Age; sons and daughter of my wife Mary. Jacob Wardell Esqr, Deacon John Phillips Esqr, Mr. Thomas Hancock & Mr Benjamin Colman to be executors.
    7 Sep 1747: Note of Mary Colman that a codicil written 29 August giving £200 to Deacon Phillips was to be finished the next day if operturnity but if not she was to declare it as "they wil known it is my hand & writing".
    18 Sep 1747: Inventory of Rev'd Dr Benj'a Colman of Boston: £14460.7.10 by John Fayerweather, W'm Downe, Dan Henchman.

  5. ↑ Benjamin Colman, in Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence. (Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society & New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005)
    Harvard:1134-50.
  6. ↑ Benjamin Colman [1], in University of Glasgow.
  7.   Memoir of Rev. Benjamin Colman, D.D., in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    3(Apr 1849):105.
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