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Benjamin Niles 1651–1712 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 FEB 1651

Birth Location: Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Death Date: 12 OCT 1712

Death Location: Lyme, New London, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America

Father: John Niles

Mother: Jane Read

Spouse(s): Ruth Scant

Children(s):

The story of Benjamin Niles began in 1651 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Benjamin Niles married Ruth Scant. Benjamin Niles passed away in 1712 in Lyme, New London, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America.

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Biography

  • The story of Benjamin Niles began in 1651 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
  • Benjamin Niles married Ruth Scant.
  • Benjamin Niles passed away in 1712 in Lyme, New London, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America.

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Benjamin Niles's Ancestors

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Benjamin Niles
1651–1712
Birth Place: Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Parents
John Knell Niles
1603–1693
Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Jane Read
–1654
Grandparents
John (I) Niles
1580–1615
Beaminster, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Johane Paviot
1580–
Dorset, England, United Kingdom
William Reed
1580–1621
Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Lucy Heaneage
1586–1621
London, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
William Nyle
1560–1614
Elizabeth Payne
1558–1636
John Paviot
1555–1623
Rebecca Menis
1510–
Michael Heaneage
1540–1600
Grace Honeywood
1545–1621
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alex Nyle
1525–
Margaret Nyle
1530–
John Payne
1525–
Robert Heneage
1500–1556
Lucy Buckton
1501–1546
Sir Honeywood
1525–1576
Mary Atwater
1527–1620

Benjamin Niles's Timeline

2 Records

1651
1 FEB 1651
Birth of Benjamin Niles in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1712
12 OCT 1712
Age 61
Death of Benjamin Niles in Lyme, New London, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America
Lyme, New London, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 FEB 1651
    Event Place: Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 OCT 1712
    Event Place: Lyme, New London, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America

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