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Benjamin Porter 1693–1726 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 May 1693

Birth Location: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 16 December 1726

Death Location: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Capt. I

Mother: Elizabeth Porter

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Benjamin Porter was born in 1693 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Capt Israel Porter I And Elizabeth Hawthorn Porter. Benjamin Porter passed away in 1726 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Porter was born in 1693 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Capt Israel Porter I And Elizabeth Hawthorn Porter.
  • Benjamin Porter passed away in 1726 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Benjamin Porter's Ancestors

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Benjamin Porter
1693–1726
Birth Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Capt. Israel Porter I
1643–1706
Hingham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth (Hawthorn) Porter
1649–1706
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Grandparents
Sgt. (John) Porter
1594–1676
Dorchester, Dorset, England
Mary Endicott
1596–1684
Dorchester, Dorset, England
William Hathorne
1606–1681
Bray, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Anne Johnson
1607–1681
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Porter
1563–1625
Sybil Vessey
1561–1625
Thomas Endicott
1560–1621
Alice Westlake
1565–1643
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Porter
1672–1754
Mary Porter
1542–1616
Elizabeth Church
1536–1639
William Westlake
1535–1565

Benjamin Porter's Timeline

2 Records

1693
17 May 1693
Birth of Benjamin Porter in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1726
16 December 1726
Age 33
Death of Benjamin Porter in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 May 1693
    Event Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 December 1726
    Event Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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