Person:Benjamin Newberry (2)

There is an idle tradition that he married, Abigail, widow of Rev. John Warham, and had two daughters.{No time, after Mary’s death, before Benj. died, too.} Benjamin reported at 22 sessions an Assistant in 1685; a Capt. in the war with King Phillip, and a member of the Council of War.

Which Benjamin is Which?

The following entries for Benjamin NEWBERRY and wife Mary appear in Windsor VR (Barbour) [S3]:

Benjamin, m. Mary Allyn, June 11, 1646

Mary, d. [Beniamen & Mary], b. Mar. 10, 1647
Sara, d. [Benjamin & Mary], b. June 14, 1650
Hanna, d. [Benjamin & Mary], b. Dec. 22, 1652
Rebecca, d. [Benjamin & Mary], b. May 2, 1655
Thomas, s. [Benjamin & Mary], b. Sept. 1, 1657
Abigayl, d. [Beniamen & Mary], b. Mr. 14, 1659
Margaret, d. [Beniamen & Mary], b. Oct. 23, 1662
Hanna, d. Sept. 21, 1663
Benjamin, s. [Benjamin & Mary], b. Apr. 20, 1669
Benjamin, Jr., d. 24 Sep 1709, at Camp Woodstock
Hanna, d. [Benjamin & Mary], b. July 1, 1673
Mary, Mrs., d. July 19, 1689
Benjamin, Maj., d. Sept. 11, 1689

Other entries seem to belong to a younger Benjamin Newberry, probably his son, with the title "Capt."

Marah, d. Capt. Benjamin, dec'd. b. Feb. 3, 1709/10
Mary, d. Capt. Benjamin, d. Dec. 14, 1703
Roger, s. Capt. Benjamin, b. June 4, 1706
Hannah, d. Capt. Benjamin, d. Oct. 17, 1718
Sara, d. Capt. Beniamen, of Windsor, m. Preseance Clay
Sarah, d. Capt. Benjamin, of Windsor, m. Preserve Clap[p]
Benjamin, Capt., d. Nov. 3, 1709

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Thomas Newberry, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
   V:240.
2. ↑ Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1638-1925
   Bk I p. 48.

   "Majr Benjamin Nubery dyed Sept 11 1689"

3.   Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
   Windsor, 203-206.