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Benjamin Alger 1704 – 1759 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 MAR 1704

Birth Location: Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States

Death Date: 11 SEP 1759

Death Location: Ulster, New York, United States

Father: Roger Alger

Mother: Elizabeth Brockway

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Biggs

Children(s):

Benjamin Alger was born in 1704 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States, the child of Roger Alger and Elizabeth Brockway. Benjamin Alger married Elizabeth Biggs. Benjamin Alger passed away in 1759 in Ulster, New York, United States.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Alger was born in 1704 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States, the child of Roger Alger and Elizabeth Brockway.
  • Benjamin Alger married Elizabeth Biggs.
  • Benjamin Alger passed away in 1759 in Ulster, New York, United States.

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Benjamin Alger's Ancestors

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Benjamin Alger
1704 – 1759
Birth Place: Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
Parents
Roger Alger
1654 – 1725
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Elizabeth Brockway
1676 – 1729
Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Grandparents
Jonathan Alger
1610 – 1700
Dunston, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Sarah Parkhurst
1635 – 1686
Dunston, Norfolk, England
Wolston Brockway
1632 – 1717
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Hannah Briggs
1642 – 1688
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Richard Alger
1565 – 1636
Margaret Bolton
1567 – 1650
Garfield
Sarah Pickles
1616 – 1649
William Brockway
1607 – 1641
Bridget Waller
1609 – 1687
Willam Briggs
1616 – 1687
Mary Morris
1625 – 1687
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Allgar
1545 – 1646
Elizabeth Packard
1535 – 1588
Pickles
1580 –
William Brockway
1585 – 1641
Sybell Jacob
1583 –
Thomas Waller
1575 – 1657
Sarah Wolterton
1582 – 1658
John Briggs
1577 – 1649
Alice Chalcroft
1577 – 1641
Jim Briggs
1600 –
Jim Biggs
1602 –

Benjamin Alger's Timeline

2 Records

1704
17 MAR 1704
Birth of Benjamin Alger in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
1759
11 SEP 1759
Age 55
Death of Benjamin Alger in Ulster, New York, United States
Ulster, New York, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 MAR 1704
    Event Place: Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 SEP 1759
    Event Place: Ulster, New York, United States

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