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Benjamin "Big, Ben", Ditcher James 1720 – 1774 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Dec 1720

Birth Location: Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 8 Feb 1774

Death Location: Craven, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Father: Phillip James

Mother: Mary Goodwin

Spouse(s): Jane Dobbins

Children(s): Mercy James, Aaron James, Ann James

According to available records, Benjamin "Big Ben" Ditcher James I was born in 1720 in Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of Phillip Thomas James and Mary Goodwin. Following those early years, Benjamin "Big Ben" Ditcher James I married Jane JAMES Dobbins, and their family grew to include Mercy James, Aaron Benjamin Ditcher James and Ann James. In the later years of life, Benjamin "Big Ben" Ditcher James I died in 1774 in Craven, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

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Parents

Phillip James
1690 – 1774
Birth Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales
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Mary Goodwin
1685 – 1750
Birth Location: Brefi, Cardiganshire, , Wales
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Spouses(s)

Jane Dobbins
1723 – 1790
Birth Location: Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
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Children(s)

Mercy James
1737 –
Birth Location: –
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Aaron James
1744 – 1797
Birth Location: Cheraw Dist, Craven, South Carolina, United States
AJ
Ann James
Birth Location: Cheraw District, Darlington County, South Carolina
AJ

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 11 Oct 1720
    Event Place: Iron Hill, Welsh Tract, Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: Family Data Collection - Births, Family Data Collection - Individual Records, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, U.S., Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994, Birth year: 1720; Birth city: Iron Hill; Birth state: PA., Source number: 609.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: SKL., Source number: 129.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BJS.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 11 Oct 1720
    Event Place: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 11 DEC 1720
    Event Place: Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 11 Dec 1720
    Event Place: Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1768
    Event Place: Goshen, Chester, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 322

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1790
    Event Place: St Thomas, Cheraws District, South Carolina, United States
    Record Source: 1790 United States Federal Census, Year: 1790; Census Place: St Thomas, Cheraws District, South Carolina; Roll: ; Image:

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: South Carolina, United States
    Record Source: U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 8 February 1774
    Event Place: St. David's Parrish, Charleston, Craven County, South Carolina
    Record Source: Family Data Collection - Deaths, Family Data Collection - Individual Records, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Birth year: 1720; Birth city: Iron Hill; Birth state: PA.

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 08 FEB 1774
    Event Place: Craven, Charleston, South Carolina

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 8 Feb 1774
    Event Place: Craven, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dunlap Family Cemetery, Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current