Person:Benjamin Bellows (5)

Watchers
m. 7 Oct 1735
  1. Abigail Bellows1736 -
  2. Peter Bellows1738 -
  3. Gen. Benjamin Bellows1740 - 1802
  4. John Bellows1742 -
  5. Joseph Bellows1744 -
  6. Jonathan Bellows1746 -
  7. Abijah Bellows1748/49 -
  • HGen. Benjamin Bellows1740 - 1802
  • W.  Phebe Strong (add)
m. 4 Nov 1766
  1. Caleb Bellows1769 - 1822
Facts and Events
Name[3] Gen. Benjamin Bellows
Gender Male
Birth[1] 25 Sep 1740 Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 4 Nov 1766 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Phebe Strong (add)
Death[2] 4 Jun 1802 Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
References
  1. Davis, Walter A. The Early Records of the Town of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, Including That Part Which is Now Fitchburg, 1719-1764: a Complete Transcript of the Town Meetings and Selectmen's Records Contained in the First Two Books of the General Records of the Town; also a Copy of all the Vital Statistics of the Town Previous to the Year 1764. (Fitchburg, Massachusetts: Sentinel Printing Company; Published by authority of the City Council, 1896)
    p. 276.

    Benjamin Bellows the son of Benjamin Bellows jr and of Abigail was born September ye 25th 1740.

  2. Goss, Mrs. Charles Carpenter, and National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Hampshire. Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire. (Dover, New Hampshire: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Hampshire, 1942)
    p. 142.

    WALPOLE VILLAGE CEMETERY
    BELLOWS, Benjamin, Esq., d. June 4, 1802, ae. 62 yrs.

  3. Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge. The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass. (Albany, New York: J. Munsell, 1871)
    Vol. 2, p. 1162.

    Phebe Strong m. 4 Nov 1766 Gen. Benjamin Bellows, b. 6 Oct 1740 [sic, 25 Sep per record], s/o Col. Benjamin Bellows and Abigail Stearns of Lunenburgh, VT [sic, birth record in Lunenburg, MA], d. 4 Jun 1804. Large and wealthy landholder at Walpole. A man of great energy, industry and benevolence; a member of the General Court: Sentator in 1777, and Councillor in 1781, and Elector of President in 1797 (for John Adams' election). Active officer in Revolution.