BENSON, John

1635 - 1711  (75 years)

• Name	BENSON, John  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	12 Jul 1635	Oxfordshire, England   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  	Caversham, Oxford, England
  Gender	Male
  LifeSketch	PLEASE be careful to not confuse him with his son!! He married Elizabeth (her surname unconfirmed!) his son married an Elizabeth Briggs. There is NOT a Mary Elizabeth Benson. VIEW BIOGRAPHICAL ITEMS IN STORIES (MEMORIES) FOR THIS RECORD, LVPQ-M9D. ***PLEASE DO NOT DELETE OR MERGE THIS RECORD, it may delete or relocate Memories items or Sources (UNLESS this record is the surviving record - on left during merger). A previous merger of 96H7-34X into this record deleted all of his children except one. See also excellent and extensive 2003 publication, \"The Benson Family of Colonial Massachusetts,\" compiled by Richard H. Benson (digitized copy can be viewed at an LDS Family History Center; see source attached to this record.) **He is listed as age 3 on passenger list of ship \"Confidence\" in 1638. John Benson was born in 1634 in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England. He was the son of John Benson (1608-1678) and Mary (Williams) Benson. John Benson, who, with his wife Mary, and children John and Mary. both under four years of age, sailed from Southhampton, England, in the ship Confidence, in April, 1638. The early generations of Bensons were sea captains. John married Elizabeth Mary Marsh (1638-1704) abt 1660 in Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Marsh III (1611-1674) and Susanna (Skelton) Marsh (1620-1695). John and Elizabeth Benson were the parents of the following known children: Elizabeth, Joseph, John, Hannah, Isaac and William Benson. John Benson died in 1711. One record shows that he died in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, and another record shows that he died in Plymouth, Mass. USA. In The Great Migration 1634-1635, Anderson states that the claim that Elizabeth Marsh married John Benson of Hull is undocumented.[1] Sources ? #S131 Page 30, citing NEHRG 142:270 Source: S131 Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007. (Subscription required.) Benson, Fred, The Benson family records : in which is given some of the descendants of John Benson of Oxfordshire, England, who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the year 1638, together with some of the families allied by marriage to his descendants, published 1920. Reference pages 16-20 Holman, Mary Lovering Scott genealogy : descendants of John Scott of Roxbury ..., published 1919. Reference pages 291-2 Benson, Ned Harold, The Ancestors and Descendants of John Lewis Benson and His Sisters and Brother: A Genealogy and Social History, published 2011 NOTE: only some of book is online; sources for most information not visible online Source: S13 Repository: #REPO13 Title: Ancestral File (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Repository: REPO13 Name: Family History Library Address: 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Find A Grave: Memorial #131027639 Find A Grave: Memorial #132140133 Find A Grave: Memorial #132141336 Find A Grave: Memorial #131032115
  	20251205GHLn- PLEASE be careful to not confuse him with his son!! He married Elizabeth (her surname unconfirmed!) his son married an Elizabeth Briggs. There is NOT a Mary Elizabeth Benson. VIEW BIOGRAPHICAL ITEMS IN STORIES (MEMORIES) FOR THIS RECORD, LVPQ-M9D. ***PLEASE DO NOT DELETE OR MERGE THIS RECORD, it may delete or relocate Memories items or Sources (UNLESS this record is the surviving record - on left during merger). A previous merger of 96H7-34X into this record deleted all of his children except one. See also excellent and extensive 2003 publication, "The Benson Family of Colonial Massachusetts," compiled by Richard H. Benson (digitized copy can be viewed at an LDS Family History Center; see source attached to this record.) **He is listed as age 3 on passenger list of ship "Confidence" in 1638. John Benson was born in 1634 in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England. He was the son of John Benson (1608-1678) and Mary (Williams) Benson. John Benson, who, with his wife Mary, and children John and Mary. both under four years of age, sailed from Southhampton, England, in the ship Confidence, in April, 1638. The early generations of Bensons were sea captains. John married Elizabeth Mary Marsh (1638-1704) abt 1660 in Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Marsh III (1611-1674) and Susanna (Skelton) Marsh (1620-1695). John and Elizabeth Benson were the parents of the following known children: Elizabeth, Joseph, John, Hannah, Isaac and William Benson. John Benson died in 1711. One record shows that he died in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, and another record shows that he died in Plymouth, Mass. USA. In The Great Migration 1634-1635, Anderson states that the claim that Elizabeth Marsh married John Benson of Hull is undocumented.[1] Sources ? #S131 Page 30, citing NEHRG 142:270 Source: S131 Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007. (Subscription required.) Benson, Fred, The Benson family records : in which is given some of the descendants of John Benson of Oxfordshire, England, who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the year 1638, together with some of the families allied by marriage to his descendants, published 1920. Reference pages 16-20 Holman, Mary Lovering Scott genealogy : descendants of John Scott of Roxbury ..., published 1919. Reference pages 291-2 Benson, Ned Harold, The Ancestors and Descendants of John Lewis Benson and His Sisters and Brother: A Genealogy and Social History, published 2011 NOTE: only some of book is online; sources for most information not visible online Source: S13 Repository: #REPO13 Title: Ancestral File (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Repository: REPO13 Name: Family History Library Address: 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Find A Grave: Memorial #131027639 Find A Grave: Memorial #132140133 Find A Grave: Memorial #132141336 Find A Grave: Memorial #131032115
  FSID	LVPQ-M9D  [11]
  Immigration	24 Apr 1638	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [12]
  	age 3, w parents and little sister Mary
  	John Benson Immigration John Benson !#1M: Mary Payton (not Mary PAYTON but Marye WILLIAMS- jcw 31.10.2012) !1638 first to Higham where he had land as member of MA Bay Colony,about 1657 moved to Hull. Sailed from England to MA in ship 'Confidence' Death: 13 JAN 1678/79 in Hull, Plymouth,MA -will made 16 April 1678,he 'being weake and decaying. Note: April 24, 1638, sailed with his family in the "Confidence" a ship of 200 tons, John Jobson, Master, from Southampton, to Boston, MA. 1638. (Ship Passenger list) The list is as follows: "John Benson, age 30 husbandman of Caversham, County of Oxfordshire. Wife Mary, John age 3, Mary age 1." John received a grant of land in Hingham, MA. (History of Hingham, pub. 1893) Children - wayne colvin & Judy HAMMOND Bowman Rhodes !CHILDREN - #2M 2. John BENSON b: 1634 in Caversham, Oxford, England 3. Mary BENSON b: ABT 1637 in ,,,England 4. Joseph BENSON b: ABT 1639in Hingham MA 5. Martha BENSON b: 3 NOV 1644 in Hingham,Plymouth,MA 1. Abigail BENSON b: ABT 1647 Hingham MA Above from Website database jud ............................................................................................. ............................................... April 24, 1638, sailed with his family in the "Confidence" a ship of 200 tons, John Jobson, Master, from Southampton, to Boston, MA. 1638. (Ship Passenger list) The list is as follows: "John Benson, age 30 husbandman of Caversham, County of Oxfordshire. Wife Mary, John age 3, Mary age 1." John received a grant of land in Hingham, MA. (History of Hingham, pub. 1893) John and Mary settled at Hingham with friends from Oxfordshire and probably established a small farm as they had in England. However; they faced one major difference in the New World. Just a few months earlier, in August 1637, New England ended its war with the Pequot Indians. Conflict would not arise again until King Philip's War in 1675, but the settlers were continually on the alert for troubles. In Hingham the meetinghouse was designated as a place of refuge for women and children in case of attack and as a place to store ammunition. The town voted to erect a palisade around the meetinghouse "to prevent any danger that may come into this town by any assault by the Indians." Initially all houses were to be built within a half a mile of the meetinghouse. All persons were compelled to keep arms ready for service in their homes. For a time, all persons were to go armed with musket, powder and ball to all public assemblies and were not to go unarmed more than a mile from their dwelling houses. All men above the age of eighteen were required to serve in the militia trainband. John and others from Hingham petitioned the General Court of MA., in1645 for permission to settle at White Head Hill in the nearby town of Hull. While the petition was refused at first, the Bensons settled at Hull by 1652, when he was called "Goodman Benson of Hull." Above from database: waslugs3 dlkranzadded this on 8 Oct 2009
  Name	John Benson II  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16]
  Death	10 Mar 1711	Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
  	age 75. Middleboro (Hull?), Plymouth Co, MA
  Burial	Aft 10 Mar 1711  [4, 8, 9, 10]
  Person ID	I2932	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	BENSON, John,   b. 1607, Caversham, Oxfordshire, England d. 13 Jan 1678, Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	WILLIAMS, Marye,   b. 12 Oct 1606, Caversham, Oxfordshire, England d. 14 Oct 1681, Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	14 Oct 1633	Caversham, Oxfordshire, England   [17, 18]
  Family ID	F7541	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MARSH, Elizabeth Mary,   b. 8 May 1638, Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 Feb 1704, Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1662	Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
  	Probably Hull, Plymouth, MA
  Children	1. Benson, Joseph,   b. Abt 1667, Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 Jul 1737 (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Benson, William,   b. Abt 1680, Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 10 Sep 1710, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Benson, Hannah,   b. Abt 1672  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Benson, Benjamin,   b. 1675, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 27 Aug 1710 (Age 35 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Benson, Jacob,   b. 7 Mar 1671, Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 May 1725, Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. BENSON, Isaac,   b. 14 May 1669, Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 Jun 1762, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (Age 93 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Benson, Martha,   b. Abt 1683, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Benson, John III,   b. Abt 1664, Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 May 1725, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 12 Jul 1635 - Oxfordshire, England Immigration - age 3, w parents and little sister Mary - 24 Apr 1638 - Southampton, Hampshire, England Marriage - Abt 1662 - Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Death - 10 Mar 1711 - Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  20251205GHLn- PLEASE be careful to not confuse him with his son!! He married Elizabeth (her surname unconfirmed!) his son married an Elizabeth Briggs. There is NOT a Mary Elizabeth Benson. VIEW BIOGRAPHICAL ITEMS IN STORIES (MEMORIES) FOR THIS RECORD, LVPQ-M9D. ***PLEASE DO NOT DELETE OR MERGE THIS RECORD, it may delete or relocate Memories items or Sources (UNLESS this record is the surviving record - on left during merger). A previous merger of 96H7-34X into this record deleted all of his children except one. See also excellent and extensive 2003 publication, "The Benson Family of Colonial Massachusetts," compiled by Richard H. Benson (digitized copy can be viewed at an LDS Family History Center; see source attached to this record.) **He is listed as age 3 on passenger list of ship "Confidence" in 1638. John Benson was born in 1634 in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England. He was the son of John Benson (1608-1678) and Mary (Williams) Benson. John Benson, who, with his wife Mary, and children John and Mary. both under four years of age, sailed from Southhampton, England, in the ship Confidence, in April, 1638. The early generations of Bensons were sea captains. John married Elizabeth Mary Marsh (1638-1704) abt 1660 in Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Marsh III (1611-1674) and Susanna (Skelton) Marsh (1620-1695). John and Elizabeth Benson were the parents of the following known children: Elizabeth, Joseph, John, Hannah, Isaac and William Benson. John Benson died in 1711. One record shows that he died in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, and another record shows that he died in Plymouth, Mass. USA. In The Great Migration 1634-1635, Anderson states that the claim that Elizabeth Marsh married John Benson of Hull is undocumented.[1] Sources ? #S131 Page 30, citing NEHRG 142:270 Source: S131 Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007. (Subscription required.) Benson, Fred, The Benson family records : in which is given some of the descendants of John Benson of Oxfordshire, England, who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the year 1638, together with some of the families allied by marriage to his descendants, published 1920. Reference pages 16-20 Holman, Mary Lovering Scott genealogy : descendants of John Scott of Roxbury ..., published 1919. Reference pages 291-2 Benson, Ned Harold, The Ancestors and Descendants of John Lewis Benson and His Sisters and Brother: A Genealogy and Social History, published 2011 NOTE: only some of book is online; sources for most information not visible online Source: S13 Repository: #REPO13 Title: Ancestral File (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Repository: REPO13 Name: Family History Library Address: 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Find A Grave: Memorial #131027639 Find A Grave: Memorial #132140133 Find A Grave: Memorial #132141336 Find A Grave: Memorial #131032115

  
  

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  [S161] FamilySearch.com, (Name: AFamily Search Ancestral File;). Husband's Name John BENSON (AFN:9GN6-NL) Born: 1634 Caversham, Oxford, England, England Died: 10 Mar 1711 Hull, Plymouth, Ma Married: Abt 1662 Prob In Hull, Plym, Ma Father: John BENSON (AFN:9GN6-L8) Mother: Mary Or Marah WILLIAMS (AFN:9GN6-MF) Wife's Name Elizabeth MARSH (AFN:3WN3-Q7) Born: 8 May 1638 Of Hull, Plym, Ma Christened: Salem, Essex, Ma Died: 26 Feb 1704 Prob. Hull, Plymath, Ma Married: Abt 1662 Prob In Hull, Plym, Ma Father: John MARSH (AFN:9GNG-Q2) Mother: Susanna SKELTON (AFN:9GNG-R7) Children (note: no Benjamin- jcw 01.10.2000) 1. John BENSON (AFN:3WN3-X8) Born: 1663 Hull, Plymouth, Ma Died: 10 Mar 1711 Hull, Plymouth, Ma 2. Joseph BENSON (AFN:3WN3-ZF) Born: 1667 Hull, Plym, Ma Died: 9 Jul 1737 3. Isaac BENSON (AFN:3WN4-0K) Born: 1669 Hull, Plymouth, Ma Died: 22 Jun 1762 Glocester, Provedence, RI 4. Jacob BENSON (AFN:3WN4-1Q) Born: 1671 Hull, Plym, Ma 5. Hannah BENSON (AFN:3WN4-2W) Born: 1672 Hull, Plym, Ma 6. William BENSON (AFN:3WN3-MP) Born: 1680 Hull, Plymouth, Ma Died: Rochester, Plymouth, Ma 7. Martha BENSON (AFN:3WN4-48) Born: 1683 Place: Hull, Plymouth, Ma [S166] Roger Campbell, GEDCOM: 201170 john BENSON b1582, (Name: RogerCampbell@Worldnet.att.net;), 201170. 3. JOHN JR.3 BENSON (JOHN2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1635 in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England, and died March 10, 1710/11 in Middleboro, MA. He married (1) ELIZABETH MARSH, daughter of GEORGE MARSH and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1638 in Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He married (2) ELIZABETH MARSH Abt. 1660 in Prob In Hull, Plym, MA, daughter of JOHN MARSH and SUSANNA SKELTON. She was born 1635 in of Hull, Plym, MA, and died February 26, 1703/04 in Prob. Hull, Plymath, MA. Notes for JOHN JR. BENSON: REFN: 9GN6-NL [S171] jslater@telenet.net, GEDCOM: 95791- John Benson b1582 England, (Name: Ancestry.com;), 95791. 3. JOHN3 BENSON (JOHN2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1634 in Caversham, Oxford, Eng.. He married ELIZABETH MARSH, daughter of JOHN MARSH and SUSANNA SKELTON. She was born 08 May 1638 in Hull, Plymouth Co., Ma.. Child of JOHN BENSON and ELIZABETH MARSH is: 4. i. ISAAC4 BENSON, b. Abt. 1669, Hull, Plymouth Co., Ma.. [S2608] FamilySearch.org, Find A Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG5-KVN6 : Wed Apr 02 04:04:30 UTC 2025), Entry for John Benson. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG5-KVN6 [S2958] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=131027639 [S2958] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree. [S2958] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "The Benson Family of Colonial Massachusetts," compiled by Richard H. Benson, Pages 23 - 28 (Newbury Stree Press, New England Historic Genealogical Society: Boston, MA, 2003). FHL #929.273 B443. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1040430 [S2958] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, John Benson & Mary Williams, Biographical & Family Data in Article: "Seventeenth Century Hull, Massachusetts, And Her People," by Ethel Farrington Smith, Page 270 (New England Historic Genealogical Register: Boston, MA, July 1988, Vol. 142). http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=235403175 [S2958] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "An Emerson-Benson Saga," compiled by Edmund K. Swigert, Pages 48 - 49, 369 ( Gateway Press, Inc.: Baltimore, MD, 1994). [S2958] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "The Benson family records : in which is given some of the descendants of John Benson of Oxfordshire, England, who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the year 1638, together with some of the families allied by marriage to his descendants," compiled by Fred H. Benson, Pages 17 - 18 (Craftsman Press: Syracuse, NY, 1920) FHL Film #459. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE927223 [S2958] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "The Benson family, descendants of Isaac Benson and Mary Bumpas : and allied families Archer, Bumpas, Howard, Knapp, Lewis, Luce, Meech, Milks, Potter, Reynolds, Waite, Whipple, Williams, et al.." The Benson family, descendants of Isaac Benson and Mary Bumpas : and allied families Archer, Bumpas, Howard, Knapp, Lewis, Luce, Meech, Milks, Potter, Reynolds, Waite, Whipple, Williams, et al.. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Feb. 2019. <https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?from=fhd&dps_pid=IE4050795>. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?from=fhd&dps_pid=IE4050795 [S1720] Public Member Trees, N/A, N/A 20190113HAv (51) facts Children of John & Mary Payton Benson not right, parents too old, same kids as John & Marye Williams Benson. Record for John Benson N/A 20190113HAv (51) facts John Benson John BENSON (BINSON) II was born about 1582 in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England. He was baptized into the LDS church on June 9, 1992 in the Idaho Falls Idaho LDS temple. He was endowed on January 9, 1993 in the Idaho Falls Idaho LDS temple. dlkranzadded this on 11 Oct 2012 _____________________________ John Benson Immigration John Benson !#1M: Mary Payton (not Mary PAYTON but Marye WILLIAMS- jcw 31.10.2012) !1638 first to Higham where he had land as member of MA Bay Colony,about 1657 moved to Hull. Sailed from England to MA in ship 'Confidence' Death: 13 JAN 1678/79 in Hull, Plymouth,MA -will made 16 April 1678,he 'being weake and decaying. Note: April 24, 1638, sailed with his family in the "Confidence" a ship of 200 tons, John Jobson, Master, from Southampton, to Boston, MA. 1638. (Ship Passenger list) The list is as follows: "John Benson, age 30 husbandman of Caversham, County of Oxfordshire. Wife Mary, John age 3, Mary age 1." John received a grant of land in Hingham, MA. (History of Hingham, pub. 1893) Children - wayne colvin & Judy HAMMOND Bowman Rhodes !CHILDREN - #2M 2. John BENSON b: 1634 in Caversham,Oxford,England 3. Mary BENSON b: ABT 1637 in ,,,England 4. Joseph BENSON b: ABT 1639in Hingham MA 5. Martha BENSON b: 3 NOV 1644 in Hingham,Plymouth,MA 1. Abigail BENSON b: ABT 1647 Hingham MA Above from Website database jud ............................................................................................. ............................................... April 24, 1638, sailed with his family in the "Confidence" a ship of 200 tons, John Jobson, Master, from Southampton, to Boston, MA. 1638. (Ship Passenger list) The list is as follows: "John Benson, age 30 husbandman of Caversham, County of Oxfordshire. Wife Mary, John age 3, Mary age 1." John received a grant of land in Hingham, MA. (History of Hingham, pub. 1893) John and Mary settled at Hingham with friends from Oxfordshire and probably established a small farm as they had in England. However; they faced one major difference in the New World. Just a few months earlier, in August 1637, New England ended its war with the Pequot Indians. Conflict would not arise again until King Philip's War in 1675, but the settlers were continually on the alert for troubles. In Hingham the meetinghouse was designated as a place of refuge for women and children in case of attack and as a place to store ammunition. The town voted to erect a palisade around the meetinghouse "to prevent any danger that may come into this town by any assault by the Indians." Initially all houses were to be built within a half a mile of the meetinghouse. All persons were compelled to keep arms ready for service in their homes. For a time, all persons were to go armed with musket, powder and ball to all public assemblies and were not to go unarmed more than a mile from their dwelling houses. All men above the age of eighteen were required to serve in the militia trainband. John and others from Hingham petitioned the General Court of MA., in1645 for permission to settle at White Head Hill in the nearby town of Hull. While the petition was refused at first, the Bensons settled at Hull by 1652, when he was called "Goodman Benson of Hull." Above from database: waslugs3 dlkranzadded this on 8 Oct 2009 ship Confidence Ship Confidence dlkranzadded this on 8 Oct 2011 NanetteHadley44originally submitted this to HHH VI - 1st attempt on 21 May 2010 [S3119] FamilySearch.org, England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV8G-LVV : 4 February 2023), John Benson in entry for John Benson, 1658. 20251205GHLn- PLEASE be careful to not confuse him with his son!! He married Elizabeth (her surname unconfirmed!) his son married an Elizabeth Briggs. There is NOT a Mary Elizabeth Benson. VIEW BIOGRAPHICAL ITEMS IN STORIES (MEMORIES) FOR THIS RECORD, LVPQ-M9D. ***PLEASE DO NOT DELETE OR MERGE THIS RECORD, it may delete or relocate Memories items or Sources (UNLESS this record is the surviving record - on left during merger). A previous merger of 96H7-34X into this record deleted all of his children except one. See also excellent and extensive 2003 publication, "The Benson Family of Colonial Massachusetts," compiled by Richard H. Benson (digitized copy can be viewed at an LDS Family History Center; see source attached to this record.) **He is listed as age 3 on passenger list of ship "Confidence" in 1638. John Benson was born in 1634 in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England. He was the son of John Benson (1608-1678) and Mary (Williams) Benson. John Benson, who, with his wife Mary, and children John and Mary. both under four years of age, sailed from Southhampton, England, in the ship Confidence, in April, 1638. The early generations of Bensons were sea captains. John married Elizabeth Mary Marsh (1638-1704) abt 1660 in Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Marsh III (1611-1674) and Susanna (Skelton) Marsh (1620-1695). John and Elizabeth Benson were the parents of the following known children: Elizabeth, Joseph, John, Hannah, Isaac and William Benson. John Benson died in 1711. One record shows that he died in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, and another record shows that he died in Plymouth, Mass. USA. In The Great Migration 1634-1635, Anderson states that the claim that Elizabeth Marsh married John Benson of Hull is undocumented.[1] Sources ? #S131 Page 30, citing NEHRG 142:270 Source: S131 Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007. (Subscription required.) Benson, Fred, The Benson family records : in which is given some of the descendants of John Benson of Oxfordshire, England, who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the year 1638, together with some of the families allied by marriage to his descendants, published 1920. Reference pages 16-20 Holman, Mary Lovering Scott genealogy : descendants of John Scott of Roxbury ..., published 1919. Reference pages 291-2 Benson, Ned Harold, The Ancestors and Descendants of John Lewis Benson and His Sisters and Brother: A Genealogy and Social History, published 2011 NOTE: only some of book is online; sources for most information not visible online Source: S13 Repository: #REPO13 Title: Ancestral File (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Repository: REPO13 Name: Family History Library Address: 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Find A Grave: Memorial #131027639 Find A Grave: Memorial #132140133 Find A Grave: Memorial #132141336 Find A Grave: Memorial #131032115 [S2958] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, FamilySearch.org Digital Library (books). May be viewed online. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/763455-a-pioneer-family-some-records-of-the-family-of-john-benson-of-hull-massachusetts?offset= [S2958] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, FamilySearch.org Digital Library (books). https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/454314-benson-a-pioneer-family?offset= [S2958] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, FamilySearch.org Digital Library (books). https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/101437-the-benson-family-records-in-which-is-given-some-of-the-descendants-of-john-benson-of-oxfordshire-england-who-came-to-the-massachusetts-bay-colony-in-the-year-1638-together-with-some-of-the-families-allied-by-marriage-to-his-descendants?offset= [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer. Record for John Benson [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer. Record for Hall Benson

  
  

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