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Benjamin Peterson 1669–1760 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Sep 1669

Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 11 Feb 1760

Death Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Father: John Peterson

Mother: Mary Soule

Spouse(s): Hannah Wadsworth

Children(s): Mercy Peterson

Benjamin Peterson was born in 1669 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, the child of John Peterson And Mary Soule. Benjamin Peterson married Hannah Wadsworth, and had children including Mercy Peterson. Benjamin Peterson passed away in 1760 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Peterson was born in 1669 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, the child of John Peterson And Mary Soule.
  • Benjamin Peterson married Hannah Wadsworth, and had children including Mercy Peterson.
  • Benjamin Peterson passed away in 1760 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

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Benjamin Peterson's Ancestors

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Benjamin Peterson
1669–1760
Birth Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
John Peterson
1636–1719
Mary Soule
1644–
Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Cornelius (Peterson) XXI
1600–1661
Stepney, Middlesex, England
Rhoda Scott
1606–1676
England
George Soule
–1679
England
Mary Buckett
–1676
Great-Grandparents
Katherine Horst
1580–1600
Phineas Scott
1580–
Rhoda Graves
1580–
Robert Mayflower
1564–1612
Elizabeth Tylson
1567–1612
Lady Hill
1560–1631
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jacobus VanDerGoes
1538–1603
Robert Soule
1517–1593
Elizabeth Tylson
1521–1612
Anna Tylson
1542–1597
Lady Atkinson
1543–1590

Benjamin Peterson's Descendants

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Benjamin Peterson (Sep 1669–11 Feb 1760) m. Hannah Wadsworth (–Feb 1732/3)
  1. 1. Mercy Peterson 1699–1768 m. Joseph WESTON 1692–1778
    1. 1. Abigail Weston 1739–1812 m. Enoch (Freeman) 187 1737–1822
      1. 1. Enoch (Weston Freeman) 577 1767–1835 m. Elizabeth ("Betsey") True 1763–
        1. 1. Mary (B) Freeman 1806–1883 m. Zenas Harlow 1808–1887
        2. 2. Roxelanna Freeman 1808–

Benjamin Peterson's Timeline

3 Records

1669
Sep 1669
Birth of Benjamin Peterson in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1698
9 Feb 1698/9
Age 29
Benjamin Peterson was married in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1760
11 Feb 1760
Age 91
Death of Benjamin Peterson in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Sep 1669
    Event Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 9 Feb 1698/9
    Event Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Feb 1760
    Event Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

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