Person:Benjamin Dexter (1)
Benjamin Dexter
b.Feb 1670 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
d.Bef 4 Nov 1734 Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Jul 1653
  1. Mary Dexter1654 - Bef 1698
  2. Stephen Dexter1657 - Abt 1730
  3. Phillip Dexter1659 -
  4. James Dexter1662 -
  5. Thomas Dexter1665 -
  6. John Dexter1668 - 1744
  7. Benjamin Dexter1670 - Bef 1734
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Benjamin Dexter1670 - Bef 1734
  • W.  Sarah Arnold (add)
m. Bef 1697
  1. Noah Dexter1697 -
  2. James Dexter1698 -
  3. Benjamin Dexter1700 -
  4. Sarah Dexter1702 -
  5. Josiah Dexter1704 -
  6. Constant Dexter1706 -
  7. Samuel Dexter1708 - Aft 1775
  8. Ephraim Dexter1711 -
  9. Daniel Dexter1713 -
  10. Joanna Dexter1715 -
  11. Seth Dexter1718 -
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Facts and Events
Name Benjamin Dexter
Gender Male
Birth[1] Feb 1670 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1697 probably Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United StatesBased on birth of eldest known child
to Sarah Arnold (add)
Death[2] Bef 4 Nov 1734 Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ "Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
    Vol. 4, p. 223.

    William Dexter & Sarah Vinsen Married in July 1653
    ...
    his Son Benjamin born In Feb 1670.

  2. ↑ Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Plymouth County, Mass., Probate records, 1686-1903; with index and docket, 1685-1967. (Originals with town clerk, filmed by Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968)
    Vol. 7, p. 73.

    Will of "Benjamin Dexter of Rochester ... Yeoman", dated 15 Aug 1732, proved 4 Nov 1734, names sons Noah, James ["all the Lands of all Sorts which descended from the Rev'd Mr Samuel Arnold or Rochester his Grandfather to my Wife & Me and also that which descended from our brother John Arnold to us", requiring quitclaim of his other children that were heirs of his wife to James or they lose £60], Benjamin, Josiah, Samuel, Ephraim, Daniel ["Land which was my s'd Wifes his mothers by a deed or Conveyance from her Hon'd Father Arnold", requiring a quitclaim by brothers and sisters or they lose £30], Seth, Constant; Daughters Sarah, Joanna; Sons Samuel, Ephraim and Seth to be joint executors.

  3.   Source:Otis, Amos. Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, p. 325, says Benjamin "removed to Rochester, married Mary Miller of Rochester July 17, 1695". The marriage record in Rochester says Mary Miller married Thomas Dexter. No marriage record for Benjamin is found, nor is the mother named on any of the births of his children. According his will, Benjamin's son James, b. 1698, is a grandson of Rev. Samuel Arnold. Noah, born in 1697, is the only child between Otis' 1695 marriage to Mary Miller and the birth of James who was a known Arnold grandchild, and since Noah is born just 16 months before James, it seems improbable that Benjamin had any other wife than Sarah Arnold, especially given that the record contradicts him.
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