Person:Benjamin Wellington (1)
Benjamin Wellington
b.Abt 1647 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.8 Jan 1709/10 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1638
  1. John Wellington1638 -
  2. Mary Wellington1640/41 - 1690/91
  3. Joseph Wellington1643 -
  4. Benjamin WellingtonAbt 1647 - 1709/10
  5. Oliver Wellington1648 - 1727
  6. Dr. Palgrave WellingtonAbt 1653 - 1715
Spouse and Children
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m. 7 Dec 1671
  1. Elizabeth Wellington1673 -
  2. Benjamin Wellington1676 - 1738
  3. John Wellington1678 - 1717
  4. Ebenezer WellingtonAbt 1680 -
  5. Ruhamah WellingtonAbt 1681 - 1772
  6. Mehetabel Wellington1687/88 - 1776
  7. Joseph Wellington1690/91 -
  8. Roger WellingtonAbt 1693 -
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Facts and Events
Name[2] Benjamin Wellington
Gender Male
Birth[3] Abt 1647 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 7 Dec 1671 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Sweetman
Death[1] 8 Jan 1709/10 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
    Case 24037: Benjamin Wellington 1709.

    Will of "Benjamin Wellington of Watertown ... yeom: being weak in body", dated 13 Jul 1709, proved 30 Jan 1709[/10], names wife Elizabeth, eldest son Benjamin Wellington, son John Wellington, son Ebenezer Wellington, youngest son Roger Wellington ["if my abovesd: son Roger returns home againe from Sea"], daughter Elizebeth Fay, daughter Ruhamah Brown. Wife Elizabeth and son Benjamin to be executors.
    10 Jan 1709/10: Agreement of "We the children of Mr: Benjamin Wellington late of watertow[n] Dece'd viz't Benjamin Wellington, John Wellington, Ebenezer Wellington, Elizabeth Foy & Ruhamah Brown", as will omits our youngest sister Mehetible Wellington not for want of a fatherly love. Signed by named participants plus John ffay and Joseph Brown.
    26 Jan 1709/10: "inventory of ye Real & personal Estate of Benjamin Wellington late of watertown who deses'd Janeruary the eighth one thousand seven hundred and nine ten: £439-17-8, by William Bond, Jonas Bond, Nathan Fiske.

  2. ↑ Grandfather of Declaration of Independence signer, Roger Sherman, by dau Mehetabel
  3. ↑ Find A Grave gives his birth as 6 Jan 1647, but there is no image of the gravestone and the text on the memorial page says "born about 1646", so this is utterly disregardable. (This also says he was buried in the Old Burial Ground in Lexington, but remembering that there is no gravestone image, and noting that his probate calls him "of Watertown", this is suspect. No epitaph is given for him in Source:Brown, Francis H. Lexington Epitaphs : A Copy of Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Grounds of Lexington, Massachusetts.) Source:Bond, Henry. Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (1855), p. 627, says "birth not recorded", a conclusion confirmed by searches of the americanancestor.org databases.
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