Person:John Benham (4)

Name^[1]	John Benham
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Est 1631
Marriage	8 Feb 1654/55	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesto Sarah Hurst
Marriage	3 Mar 1668/69	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesto Mercy Smith
Death^[2]	1691	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (probably)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 John Benham, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
1:158.

"John (Benham), b. say 1631; …"
↑ Benham, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
1:186.

"John (Benham), of NH, d 1691; …"
Wattles, Lucille Rogers. Benham Family including the Nutt and Miller Families. Cooper City, Florida. 2007.
Hanks, Patrick (editor). Dictionary of American family names. (New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003).

Hanks, Patrick. Dictionary of American family names. (New York, New York: Oxford University Press, c2003).
Benham - English habitational name from a place in Berkshire named with the Old English personal name Benna + Old English hamm 'river meadow'. FOREBEARS John Benham was one of the free planters who assented to the Fundamental Agreement of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.