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Benjamin Heard 1643–1709 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Feb 1643

Birth Location: Dover, Cochecho Strafford, NH, USA

Death Date: February 1709

Death Location: Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Father: John Heard

Mother: Elizabeth Hull

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Roberts, Sarah Rich

Children(s): Marie Heard, Elizabeth Smith, Rebecca Gordon, James Heard, Benjamin Heard, Sarah French, Lydia Norris, Samuel Heard, Benjamin Heard

Benjamin Heard was born in 1643 in Dover, Cochecho Strafford, NH, USA, the child of John Heard And Elizabeth Hull. Benjamin Heard married Elizabeth Roberts, Sarah Roberts Rich, and had children including Benjamin Heard, Elizabeth Heard Smith, James Heard, Lydia Heard Norris, Marie Anne Heard, Rebecca Heard Gordon, Samuel Heard, Sarah Heard French. Benjamin Heard passed away in 1709 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Heard was born in 1643 in Dover, Cochecho Strafford, NH, USA, the child of John Heard And Elizabeth Hull.
  • Benjamin Heard married Elizabeth Roberts, Sarah Roberts Rich, and had children including Benjamin Heard, Elizabeth Heard Smith, James Heard, Lydia Heard Norris, Marie Anne Heard, Rebecca Heard Gordon, Samuel Heard, Sarah Heard French.
  • Benjamin Heard passed away in 1709 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Benjamin Heard's Ancestors

Self
Benjamin Heard
1643–1709
Birth Place: Dover, Cochecho Strafford, NH, USA
Parents
John Heard
1612–1689
St. Pancras, Chichester, Sussex, (Contrary to other reports, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Hull
1627–1706
Northleigh, Devon, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Heard) Jr
1586–1647
St. Pancras, Chichester, Sussex, England
Elizabeth Cutler
1586–1625
Chichester, Chichester District, West Sussex, England or Ips, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Rev. (Joseph "Freeman") Hull
1596–1665
Crewkerne, shire, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
James Heard
1560–1593
Sarah Hayward
1560–1650
Thomas Hull
1551–1636
Joan Pierson
1551–1629
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Peason
1521–1588
Margery Evarts
1530–1588

Benjamin Heard's Descendants

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Benjamin Heard (20 Feb 1643–February 1709) m. Elizabeth Roberts (1641–23 May 1690) m. Sarah (Roberts) Rich (1643–01 Oct 1692)
  1. 1. Marie (Anne) Heard 1681–1750 m. Charles Legaud 1700–
    1. 1. Jacques (Cholette (Cholet) dit) Laviolette 1723–1795 m. Antoinette (Amable) Legault 1733–1781
      1. 1. Marie-Ursule Cholette 1749–1809 m. Jacques Lauzon 1742–1832
        1. 1. Marie (Geneviève) Lauzon 1788–1844 m. Andre Poudret-Lavigne 1779–1841
        2. 2. Marie (Catherine) Lauzon 1773–1846
        3. 3. Pierre Lauzon 1777–1813
        4. 4. Francois Lauzon 1790–1873
        5. 5. Marie (Louise) Lauzon 1783–1867
        6. 6. Marguerite Lauzon 1779–1840
        7. 7. Jacques-Amable Lauzon 1769–1769
        8. 8. Francoise Lauzon 1770–1817
        9. 9. Marie (Francoise) Lauzon 1770–1816
        10. 10. Joseph (Amable) Lauzon 1774–1774
      2. 2. Marie (Felicite Cholet) Laviolette 1757–1780
      3. 3. Antoine (Amable Cholet) Laviolette 1752–1806
      4. 4. Eugene (Cholet) Laviolette 1770–1770
      5. 5. Marie (Catherine Cholet) Laviolette 1766–1825
      6. 6. Jean (Baptiste Cholet) Laviolette 1755–1822
      7. 7. Marie (Josephe Cholet) Laviolette 1752–1833
      8. 8. Jacques (Amable Cholet) Laviolette 1754–1754
      9. 9. Jacques (Cholet) Laviolette 1758–1758
      10. 10. Marie (Agathe Cholet) Laviolette 1759–1759
      11. 11. André (Amable Cholet) Laviolette 1762–1765
      12. 12. Véronique (Cholet) Laviolette 1764–1764
  2. 2. Elizabeth (Heard) Smith 1684–
  3. 3. Rebecca (Heard) Gordon 1680–1757
  4. 4. James Heard 1683–1748
  5. 5. Benjamin Heard 1672–1696
  6. 6. Sarah (Heard) French 1678–1719
  7. 7. Lydia (Heard) Norris 1675–1752
  8. 8. Samuel Heard 1693–
  9. 9. Benjamin Heard 1702–

Benjamin Heard's Timeline

4 Records

1643
20 Feb 1643
Birth of Benjamin Heard in Dover, Cochecho, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Dover, Cochecho, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
1643
20 Feb 1643
Birth of Benjamin Heard in Dover, Cochecho Strafford, NH, USA
Dover, Cochecho Strafford, NH, USA
1709
February 1709
Age 66
Death of Benjamin Heard in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1710
22 Jan 1710
Age 67
Death of Benjamin Heard in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Feb 1643
    Event Place: Dover, Cochecho, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, Book Title: A history and genealogy of the family of Hurd in the United States : and a partial history of the N

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Feb 1643
    Event Place: Dover, Cochecho Strafford, NH, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Jan 1710
    Event Place: Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, Book Title: A history and genealogy of the family of Hurd in the United States : and a partial history of the N

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: February 1709
    Event Place: Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

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