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Benjamin WILLIS 1696 – 1779 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 MAY 1696

Birth Location: Plymouth, , , , , Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Death Date: 13 FEB 1779

Death Location: Bridgewater, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States,

Father: Benjamin WILLIS

Mother: Susanna WHITMAN

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Benjamin WILLIS was born in 1696 in Plymouth, , , , , Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, the child of Benjamin WILLIS and Susanna Lydia WHITMAN. Benjamin WILLIS passed away in 1779 in Bridgewater, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States,.

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Biography

  • Benjamin WILLIS was born in 1696 in Plymouth, , , , , Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, the child of Benjamin WILLIS and Susanna Lydia WHITMAN.
  • Benjamin WILLIS passed away in 1779 in Bridgewater, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States,.

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Benjamin WILLIS's Ancestors

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Benjamin WILLIS
1696 – 1779
Birth Place: Plymouth, , , , , Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Parents
Benjamin WILLIS
1658 – 1696
Duxbury, , Plymouth, , , Duxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Susanna (Lydia) WHITMAN
1664 – 1758
Weymouth, , Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States,
Grandparents
John WILLIS
1612 – 1692
?, , Warwickshire, , United Kingdom, Fenny Compton, England
Elizabeth HODGKINS
1616 – 1665
Aghadown, , Cork, , Ireland,
Thomas WHITMAN
1629 – 1692
Weymouth, , Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States,
Abigail BYRAM
1637 – 1727
Weymouth, , Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States,
Great-Grandparents
Thomas WILLIS
1564 – 1636
Alice THOMES
1579 – 1681
Nicholas BYRAM
1610 – 1688
Susannah SHAW
1617 – 1698
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William BYRAM
1554 – 1618
Mary WILLIAMS
1589 – 1640
Abraham SHAW
1590 – 1638
Bridget BEST
1592 – 1638

Benjamin WILLIS's Timeline

2 Records

1696
12 MAY 1696
Birth of Benjamin WILLIS in Plymouth, , , , , Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Plymouth, , , , , Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
1779
13 FEB 1779
Age 83
Death of Benjamin WILLIS in Bridgewater, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States,
Bridgewater, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States,

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 MAY 1696
    Event Place: Plymouth, , , , , Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 FEB 1779
    Event Place: Bridgewater, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States,

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