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Captain Benjamin 1737–1814 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1737

Birth Location: Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America

Death Date: 11 SEP 1814

Death Location: Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York, United States of America

Father: Peleg Thomas

Mother: Mehitable Tripp

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Captain Benjamin was born in 1737 in Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America, the child of Peleg Thomas And Mehitable Tripp. Captain Benjamin passed away in 1814 in Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Captain Benjamin was born in 1737 in Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America, the child of Peleg Thomas And Mehitable Tripp.
  • Captain Benjamin passed away in 1814 in Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York, United States of America.

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Captain Benjamin's Ancestors

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Captain Benjamin
1737–1814
Birth Place: Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
Parents
Peleg Thomas
1707–1790
Portsmouth,Newport,Rhode Island,USA
Mehitable Tripp
1703–1790
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
Grandparents
John Thomas
1681–1741
Wayland, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Abigail THOMAS
1684–1738
Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, Am. Col.
Job Tripp
1673–1751
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
Elizabeth Sweet
1675–1755
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Peleg Tripp
1642–1714
Anne Sisson
1647–1713
James Sweet
1652–1719
Mehitable Larkin
1654–1713
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Captain Benjamin's Timeline

2 Records

1737
1737
Birth of Captain Benjamin in Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
1814
11 SEP 1814
Age 77
Death of Captain Benjamin in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, USA
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1737
    Event Place: Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 SEP 1814
    Event Place: Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 27 APR 1766
    Event Place: West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, USA

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