Person:Benjamin Fenn (1)
Deacon Benjamin Fenn
b.Est 1612 Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, England
d.Bet 14 Sep 1672 and 13 Nov 1672 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Parents and Siblings
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  • F.  James Fenn (add)
  • M.  Joan Turney (add)
  1. Deacon Benjamin FennEst 1612 - 1672
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Deacon Benjamin FennEst 1612 - 1672
  • W.  Sarah Baldwin1621 - 1663
m. Bef 1640
  1. Benjamin Fenn1640 - 1689
  2. Joseph Fenn1642 - 1671
  3. Sarah Fenn1645 -
  4. Mary Fenn1647 - 1701
  5. Martha Fenn1650 - Est 1682
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Deacon Benjamin FennEst 1612 - 1672
  • W.  Susanna WadeEst 1644 - Bef 1676
m. 10 Mar 1663/64
  1. Samuel Fenn1665/66 - 1665/66
  2. Samuel Fenn1667 -
  3. Susanna Fenn1669 - Bef 1697
  4. James Fenn1672 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Deacon Benjamin Fenn
Gender Male
Birth[2][4] Est 1612 Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, England
Emigration[1] 1639
Residence[1] 1639 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Bef 1640 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Sarah Baldwin
Marriage 10 Mar 1663/64 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United StatesAlso recorded at Milford.
to Susanna Wade
Will[2][3] 14 Sep 1672
Death[2][3] Bet 14 Sep 1672 and 13 Nov 1672 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (probably)Between date of will and date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[2][3] 13 Nov 1672
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Benjamin Fenn, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
    113.

    "Fenn, Benjamin: [Origin] Buckinghamshire; [Emigration] 1639; [Resided] Milford [MiTR 2; MiChR 1; NHCR 1:91; TAG 24:129-32; Waters 695-96; Ackley-Bosworth 182-84; Charles Candee Baldwin, The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500 to 1881 (Cleveland 1881) 49-51]."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Benjamin Fenn, in Abbott, Susan Woodruff, and Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker. Families of Early Milford, Connecticut. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979)
    250-51.

    "The following about Benjamin was given to me by a direct descendant. 'He was born about 1612, perhaps the son of Thomas and Alice (Mallard) of Cheddington, co. Bucks, Eng.' He was first at Dorchester, Mass. and removed to Milford where he had lot # 3 alloted to him containing 2 acres 11 rods and 3 poles. He was deputy from Milford to the General Assembly of the New Haven Colony 1653-1654, a Magistrate for Milford for 9 years from 1654 to 1663; Assistant 1665 to 1672; Commissioner of United Colonies of New England for the New Haven Colony with Gov. Leete in 1661 and 1663. He married/1 1638 Sarah Baldwin dau of Sylvester. She with him admitted to the church in Milford 20 September 1640, She died 29 April 1663. He married/2 12 March 1664 Susannah Wade and she was admitted to the church in 1650. He was a very important man in the settling of Milford, and his will which was dated 14 September 1672, and inventory taken 13 November 1672 leaves to his son Samuel 'my dwelling house with all my lands and meadows lying or being within the Parishes of Whiddington, Masworth, Ivingowing, all in Buckinghamshire, which said house and lands were given to me by will of the late Agnis S(eares) of the same parish and shire aforesaid.' His estate in England was valued at 600 pounds sterling. There is no evidence that he ever went to England to claim the property."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Benjamin Fenn, in 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)
    2:152.

    "Fenn, Benjamin, Dorchester, came, perhaps, 1630, in the Mary and John, yet his name is not ment. bef. 1638, soon after which he rem. to New Haven and to Milford, had two ws. of wh. first was Sarah, d. of Sylvester Baldwin, wh. d. 29 Apr. 1663, and he m. 12 Mar. 1664, Susanna Ward. Of the ch. Benjamin, bapt. 20 Sept. 1640; Joseph, 20 Nov. 1642; Sarah, Apr. 1645; Mary, 1647; and Martha, 1650; were of the first w. Samuel, 14 Mar. 1666, d. soon; Samuel, again, 4 Sept. 1667, d. young; Susanna, b. 4 May 1669; Samuel, again, bapt. 1671; and James, b. 14 May 1672; of course, were of the sec. was rep. 1653 for M. an Assist. of that Col. 1654, promot. the un. with Conn. and was an Assist. 1665 of the Chart. Col. to 1672, when he d. The will of 14 Sept. and inv. of 13 Nov. of that yr. show it. His est. was large here and in Eng. Co. Bucks, val. at £600, rents due 240, and this was by the will giv. to Samuel. Sarah, perhaps, m. Samuel Burwell; Martha, m. 14 Mar. 1669, Samuel Newton; and Susanna m. William Hooker of Farmington. By the will of the wid. 9 Sept 1674, we learn, that she was about embark. for Eng. giv. her prop. chiefly to James and Susanna, refer. to her aged mo. Susanna Wood or Woad of Suckley in Co. Worcester, a. 9 ms. from the city, a parish border. on Herefordsh. beside other relatives; and by the inv. Nov. 1676, it is made prob. that she did not come back."

  4. ↑ Fenn Chart I, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Fenn of Milford, Conn. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jul 1948)
    24:130.

    "Benjamin Fenn bp Stewkley, co. Bucks. D. 1672 Milford, Conn. Will 14 Sept. 1672, Inv. 13 Nov. 1672. Son of James and Joan (Turney) Fenn."

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