William G Benson

William G Benson[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

Male - 1710


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  • Name William G Benson  [1, 2, 3
    Birth Hull, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Burial 1710  Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 10 Sep 1710  Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Person ID I312684222913  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father John Benson, II,   b. 12 Jul 1635, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 1711 (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Elizabeth Mary Marsh,   b. 08 May 1638, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 1704, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage 1660  Hull, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Stetson,   b. 01 Apr 1682, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1711, Dutchess, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Children 
     1. William Benson, Jr,   b. 12 Apr 1710, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 May 1797, Providence, Saratoga, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F2225  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Married Elizebeth Stetson in 1709.
      Married Elizebeth Stetson in 1709.

      According to the Fred H. Benson records
      According to the Fred H. Benson records William died at the age of 30 and 5 months after the birth of his son. see pages 20 and 21. Only one child, "William" is listed.

      He married about 1709, Elizabeth Stetso
      He married about 1709, Elizabeth Stetson, daughter of Samuel & Mary Stetson.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "The Benson Family of Colonial Massachusetts," compiled by Richard H. Benson, Page 58 (Newbury Stree Press, New England Historic Genealogical Society: Boston, MA, 2003). FHL #929.273 B443
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    2. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "An Emerson-Benson Saga," compiled by Edmund K. Swigert, Pages 49 - 50 ( Gateway Press, Inc.: Baltimore, MD, 1994).

    3. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "The Benson family records : in which is given some of the descendants of John Benson of Oxfordshire, England, who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the year 1638, together with some of the families allied by marriage to his descendants," compiled b.

    4. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree.

    5. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Ancestry Family Tree.

    6. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Source number: 488.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CGA.

    7. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Birth year: 1680; Birth city: Hull; Birth state: MA.

    8. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ67-283 : 5 January 2021), William Benson in entry for William Benson, 1710.

    9. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Family History Library archive record (family group sheet).

    10. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, The Benson Family Records, Benson, Fred Harvey.