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Benjamin Ellis 1699 – 1750 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Nov 1699

Birth Location: Dedham, Massachusetts

Death Date: 31 Mar 1750

Death Location: Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Eleazer Ellis

Mother: Mehitable Thurston

Spouse(s): Eleanor Cook

Children(s): Eleanor Ellis

It was in 1699 that Benjamin Ellis was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, a child of Eleazer Ellis and Mehitable Thurston. Benjamin Ellis went on to marry Eleanor Cook and had children such as Eleanor (Elinor) Ellis. Benjamin Ellis was deceased by 1750 in Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.

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Parents

Eleazer Ellis
1664 – 1730
Birth Location: Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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Mehitable Thurston
1667 – 1749
Birth Location: Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Eleanor Cook
1707 – 1779
Birth Location: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
EC

Children(s)

Eleanor Ellis
1729 – 1779
Birth Location: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
EE

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 14 Nov 1699
    Event Place: Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
    Record Source: American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Geneanet Community Trees Index, Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 38.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GV1, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Dover, Massachusetts to the Year 1850

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 14 Nov 1699
    Event Place: Dedham, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 28 Oct 1720
    Event Place: Burlington, New Jersey
    Record Source: U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 31 Mar 1750
    Event Place: Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 31 Mar 1750
    Event Place: Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850, Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Dover, Massachusetts to the Year 1850

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dover
    Record Source: Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850

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