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Benjamin Flowers 1707–1783 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1707

Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1783

Death Location: Little, Nash, North Carolina, United States

Father: Henry Flowers...

Mother: Jane Underwood

Spouse(s): Martha Phillips

Children(s): Jacob Flowers, Lurana Flowers, Richard Flowers, William Flowers, Geane Flowers, Edward Flowers, John Flowers, Disey Flowers, Mary Flowers, Harmon Flowers, Benjamin Flowers

Benjamin Flowers was born in 1707 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States, the child of Henry Edmund Flowers And Jane Underwood. Benjamin Flowers married Martha Phillips, and had children including Benjamin Flowers, Disey Flowers, Eatman Flowers, Edward Flowers, Geane Flowers, Harmon Flowers, Jacob Flowers, John Flowers, Lurana Flowers, Luvanea Flowers, Mary Flowers, Richard Flowers, William Flowers. Benjamin Flowers passed away in 1783 in Little, Nash, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Flowers was born in 1707 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States, the child of Henry Edmund Flowers And Jane Underwood.
  • Benjamin Flowers married Martha Phillips, and had children including Benjamin Flowers, Disey Flowers, Eatman Flowers, Edward Flowers, Geane Flowers, Harmon Flowers, Jacob Flowers, John Flowers, Lurana Flowers, Luvanea Flowers, Mary Flowers, Richard Flowers, William Flowers.
  • Benjamin Flowers passed away in 1783 in Little, Nash, North Carolina, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Flowers...
1670–1745
Birth Location: Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States
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Jane Underwood
1675–1714
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Martha Phillips
1727–1782
Birth Location: Edgecombe, Wayne, North Carolina, USA
MP

Children(s)

Jacob Flowers
1740–1800
Birth Location: Jerusalem,Southampton,Virginia,USA
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Lurana Flowers
1741–1780
Birth Location: Nash, North Carolina, United States
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Richard Flowers
–1783
Birth Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
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William Flowers
1758–1791
Birth Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
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Geane Flowers
1748–1780
Birth Location: Nash co., NC
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Edward Flowers
1721–1775
Birth Location: Jerusalem, Isle of Wight, Virginia
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John Flowers
1755–1783
Birth Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
JF
Disey Flowers
1834–1782
Birth Location: Nash, North Carolina, United States
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Mary Flowers
1762–1782
Birth Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
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Harmon Flowers
1740–1839
Birth Location: , Marion, South Carolina, USA
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Benjamin Flowers
1743–1853
Birth Location: Nash, North Carolina, United States
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Benjamin Flowers's Ancestors

Self
Benjamin Flowers
1707–1783
Birth Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Parents
Henry Edmund Flowers...
1670–1745
Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States
Jane Underwood
1675–1714
Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Thomas (Underwood) Jr
1640–1717
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Underwood
1620–1702
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Benjamin Flowers's Descendants

1.
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Benjamin Flowers (1707–1783) m. Martha Phillips (1727–1782)
  1. 1. Jacob Flowers 1740–1800 m. Lydia Martin 1750–1857
    1. 1. Needham Flowers 1777–1850
    2. 2. Ellender Flowers 1782–1826 m. Redding Johnson 1778–1840
      1. 1. Redden Johnson 1810–1870
      2. 2. Handy (W) Johnson 1816–1914
    3. 3. Nathan Flowers 1774–1850
    4. 4. Michael Flowers 1780–1850
    5. 5. Henry Flowers 1771–1871 m. Elizabeth Marshall 1778–1855
      1. 1. Edwin Flowers 1820–1880
      2. 2. Jacob (Marion) Flowers 1816–1870
      3. 3. Henry (Edmond) Flowers 1815–1902
      4. 4. Mima Flowers 1800–1844
      5. 5. Cynthia Flowers 1822–1880
      6. 6. Needham (M) FLOWERS 1801–1860
      7. 7. Catherene (Elizabeth) Flowers 1832–1876
      8. 8. Elmer (S) Flowers 1835–
      9. 9. Sarah Flowers 1840–
      10. 10. Marshall Flowers 1805–1850
      11. 11. Joseph (Valentine) Flowers 1855–1912
    6. 6. John Flowers 1777–1851 m. Sarah Ratliff 1790–1829
      1. 1. Joseph Flowers 1819–1906
      2. 2. William Flowers 1807–1881
      3. 3. Ann Flowers 1810–1840
      4. 4. John (Erasmus) Flowers 1813–1859
      5. 5. Thomas (Harvey) Flowers 1815–1895
      6. 6. Mary (Polly) Flowers 1817–1886
      7. 7. Eliza Flowers 1824–1885
      8. 8. Benjamin (Franklin) Flowers 1827–1882
      9. 9. Abner Flowers 1829–1902
      10. 10. James (Madison) Flowers 1822–1901
    7. 7. Jacob (Jr. Flowers) Jr 1776–1856 m. Fereby Johnson 1777–1857
      1. 1. Elizabeth ("Lizzie" FLOWERS) Godwin 1810–1880 m. Robert (E.) Massengill 1800–1850 m. Stephen (J. "Stephenson") Godwin 1810–1896
        1. 1. Martha (Adelaide) Massengill 1852–1907 m. Wright (Allen) Barbour 1844–1910
        2. 2. Winifred ("Winnie" Hawkins) Massengill 1846–1921
        3. 3. Pheribah (Betty) Massengill 1849–1920
        4. 4. W. (Robert) Massingill 1850–1910 m. Susan (V) Stanley 1887– m. Virginia (Louisa) Lassiter 1859–1906
        5. 5. David Massengill 1854–1899
        6. 6. Willis (Edward) Massingill 1855–1924
        7. 7. Betty Massingill 1848–
        8. 8. James (Robert) Massengill 1848–1928
        9. 9. Emmaline (P.) Godwin 1830–1907 m. Isaac Parrish 1831–1920
        10. 10. William (B) Godwin 1842–1917
        11. 11. Sarah Godwin 1835–1882
        12. 12. Penny (H) Godwin 1847–1921 m. Jacob (B) Davis 1846–1920
        13. 13. Martha (Helen) Godwin 1838–1922 m. Justice (Augustus) Parrish 1833–1907
        14. 14. Jacob (H.) Godwin 1832–1863
        15. 15. Mary (Cornelia Godwin) Davis 1854–1934
        16. 16. Avera (Ellis) Godwin 1840–1922 m. Martha (Jane) Easom 1840–1915
        17. 17. James (A) Godwin 1832–1863
        18. 18. Susan (Creech) Godwin 1833–1930 m. Young (Allen) Stancil 1832–1923
        19. 19. Samantha (Ann "Smithy") Godwin 1836–1919 m. Jackson (S) Barbour 1839–1910
        20. 20. Sarah (E) Godwin 1844– m. Joseph STANCIL 1840–1889
        21. 21. Pinkney (P.) Godwin 1849–1926 m. Martha (W) Wallace 1856–1929
      2. 2. Emily Flowers 1813–1881 m. Mathew Dodd 1811–1880
        1. 1. Winefred (M) Dodd 1840–1917 m. Alfred Stephenson 1834–1919
        2. 2. Mary (Elizabeth) Dodd 1835–1915 m. Calvin (Henderson) Roberts 1823–1892
        3. 3. Martha (Ellen) Dodd 1854–1924 m. Charlie (Bryant) Jones 1861–1925
      3. 3. Pheriba Flowers 1809–1880
      4. 4. Mary (Ann) Flowers 1798–1870 m. Reddick (Marcus) Harper 1795–1864
        1. 1. Nancy (Willey) Harper 1835– m. George (Washington) Massengill 1835–1861
      5. 5. Harriet (Flowers) Godwin 1815–1880
      6. 6. Sally Flowers 1807–1850
      7. 7. Winifred Flowers 1801–1880 m. John Harper 1788–1860
        1. 1. Contrenia (V T "Trina") Harper 1829–1910 m. Elisha Johnson 1838–1914
      8. 8. Tempe Flowers 1817–1881 m. John Flowers 1814–
        1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Flowers 1841–1909 m. Reuben Matthews 1839–1915
      9. 9. Edney Flowers 1843–1823 m. Laban Griffis 1785–1855
        1. 1. John (Allen) Griffis 1816–1870
        2. 2. Sally (Sarah) Griffis 1823–1869
      10. 10. Joseph (Roland 'Yorkie Joe') Flowers 1805–1891
      11. 11. Jacob, (III Flowers) Iii 1820–1850 m. Penelope Coats 1826–1853
        1. 1. William (Washington) Flowers 1848–1874
        2. 2. David (Lucian) Flowers 1845–1906 m. Mary (E) Jones 1849–1903
        3. 3. Lucy (Ann) Flowers 1850–1925
      12. 12. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Flowers 1810–1895 m. Stephen (J. "Stephenson") Godwin 1810–1896
  2. 2. Lurana Flowers 1741–1780 m. Jeremiah Nichols 1740–1795
    1. 1. Mary Nichols 1763–1779 m. Lewes Grice 1747–1809
      1. 1. Zilpha Grice 1772–1818 m. John (Stancill) lll 1725–1795
        1. 1. William (J.) Stancil 1803–1870 m. Elizabeth (Sallie) MORGAN 1808–1880
        2. 2. John (Grice) Stancil 1796–1886 m. Margaret (Peggy) Keicher 1800–1870 m. Martha 1804–
        3. 3. Cader (B.) Stancil 1810–1885
        4. 4. Patsy Stancill 1790–
        5. 5. Samuel Stancil 1816–1844
        6. 6. Lavincia Stancil 1788–1860
        7. 7. Winchester Stancil 1806–1880
        8. 8. alexander stancil 1807–1862
        9. 9. Margaret Stancell 1804–1875
        10. 10. Jesse Stancil 1811–1873
        11. 11. Elizabeth Stancil 1790–
        12. 12. Stephen Stancil 1792–1815
        13. 13. Martha Stancill 1810–1878
        14. 14. Godfrey Stancil 1787–1855
        15. 15. Mary (Polly) Stancil 1811–1883
  3. 3. Richard Flowers –1783
  4. 4. William Flowers 1758–1791
  5. 5. Geane Flowers 1748–1780
  6. 6. Edward Flowers 1721–1775
  7. 7. John Flowers 1755–1783
  8. 8. Disey Flowers 1834–1782
  9. 9. Mary Flowers 1762–1782
  10. 10. Harmon Flowers 1740–1839
  11. 11. Benjamin Flowers 1743–1853

Benjamin Flowers's Timeline

3 Records

1707
1707
Birth of Benjamin Flowers in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
1782
12 May 1782
Age 75
Death of Benjamin Flowers in Little Swamp, Nash, North Carolina, United States
Little Swamp, Nash, North Carolina, United States
1783
1783
Age 76
Death of Benjamin Flowers in Little, Nash, North Carolina, United States
Little, Nash, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1707
    Event Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 May 1782
    Event Place: Little Swamp, Nash, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1783
    Event Place: Little, Nash, North Carolina, United States
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