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Benjamin (Thomas) Hand 1644–1715 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 January 1644

Birth Location: Southampton, Suffolk County, New York Colony

Death Date: 20 Oct 1715

Death Location: Seaville, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States of America

Father: John Jr

Mother: Alice Gransden

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Whittier

Children(s): Abraham Hand

Benjamin (Thomas) Hand was born in 1644 in Southampton, Suffolk County, New York Colony, the child of John Jessup Hand The Immigrant Magistrate Jr And Alice Elizabeth Stanborough Gransden. Benjamin (Thomas) Hand married Eleanor, Elizabeth J Whittier, and had children including Abraham Hand. Benjamin (Thomas) Hand passed away in 1715 in Seaville, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Benjamin (Thomas) Hand was born in 1644 in Southampton, Suffolk County, New York Colony, the child of John Jessup Hand The Immigrant Magistrate Jr And Alice Elizabeth Stanborough Gransden.
  • Benjamin (Thomas) Hand married Eleanor, Elizabeth J Whittier, and had children including Abraham Hand.
  • Benjamin (Thomas) Hand passed away in 1715 in Seaville, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Jr
1609–1663
Birth Location: Maidstone, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England
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Alice Gransden
1613–1687
Birth Location: Tunbridge, Kent, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Whittier
1644–1697
Birth Location: Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Abraham Hand
1675–1714
Birth Location: East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, United States of America
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Benjamin Hand's Ancestors

Self
Benjamin Hand
1644–1715
Birth Place: Southampton, Suffolk County, New York Colony
Parents
John Jessup Hand (The Immigrant) (Magistrate) Jr
1609–1663
Maidstone, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England
Alice (Elizabeth Stanborough) Gransden
1613–1687
Tunbridge, Kent, England
Grandparents
John (William) Hand
1580–1622
Tunbridge, Kent, England
Lady (Ann Simmons (Buckland)) (Hand)
1582–1625
Tunbridge, Kent, England
WILLIAM (S. Stanborough) Stanbury
1577–1647
Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Catherine Paxon
1593–1642
Oxford, City of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Recompense Stanbury
1554–1621
Rebecca Rhodes
1555–1603
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Benjamin Hand's Descendants

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Benjamin ((Thomas)) Hand (7 January 1644–20 Oct 1715) m. Elizabeth (J.) Whittier (27 Feb 1644–10 May 1697)
  1. 1. Abraham Hand 1675–1714 m. Elizabeth Corson 1679–1722
    1. 1. Sarah Hand 1704–1773 m. Moses Crosley 1704–1759
      1. 1. Rachel Crosley 1729–1811 m. Jacob Harris 1728–1761
        1. 1. 1750–1814 m. John Clawson 1738–1810

Benjamin Hand's Timeline

3 Records

1644
7 January 1644
Birth of Benjamin (Thomas) Hand in Southampton, Suffolk County, New York Colony
Southampton, Suffolk County, New York Colony
1669
27 February 1669
Age 25
Benjamin (Thomas) Hand was married
None
1715
20 Oct 1715
Age 71
Death of Benjamin (Thomas) Hand in Seaville, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States of America
Seaville, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 January 1644
    Event Place: Southampton, Suffolk County, New York Colony

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 27 February 1669

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Oct 1715
    Event Place: Seaville, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States of America
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