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Benjamin May 1707–1743 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 August 1707

Birth Location: Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA

Death Date: 11 March 1743

Death Location: Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Ephraim Emerson

Mother: Elizabeth Walker

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The story of Benjamin May began in 1707 in Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA. Benjamin May passed away in 1743 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Benjamin May began in 1707 in Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA.
  • Benjamin May passed away in 1743 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA.

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Benjamin May's Ancestors

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Benjamin May
1707–1743
Birth Place: Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Parents
Ephraim Emerson
1672–1706
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth Walker
1675–1750
Taunton, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
Grandparents
Robert (Emerson (The) Mayflower)
1612–1694
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
Ann Emerson
1637–1718
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
James (Walker) Jr
1645–1718
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Bathsheba Brooks
1655–1738
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Emerson
1584–1666
Elizabeth Brewster
1584–1638
Thomas Grant
1600–1643
Jane Grant
1602–1696
James Walker
1620–1691
Elizabeth Phillips
1620–1678
Gilbert Sgt
1621–1695
Elizabeth (Brooks)
1628–1687
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ortus Emersone
1561–1620
Susanna Crabbe
1556–1626
John Hessle
1568–
Jane Watson
1572–1607
Ralph Haburne
1569–1638
Matilda Jeckles
1573–1623
James Walker
1588–1625
Elizabeth Walker
1596–1678
William Phillips
1584–1683
Elizabeth Parker
1590–1664
Henry Brooks
1610–1689
Thomas Simmons
1602–1682
Elizabeth Nash
1609–1680

Benjamin May's Timeline

2 Records

1707
6 August 1707
Birth of Benjamin May in Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
1743
11 March 1743
Age 36
Death of Benjamin May in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA
Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 August 1707
    Event Place: Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 March 1743
    Event Place: Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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