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Dr. Benjamin Thompson

Dr. Benjamin Thompson[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32]

Male 1642 - 1714  (71 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Thompson  [23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32] 
    Title Dr. 
    Birth 14 Jul 1642  Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 13 Apr 1714  Roxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [23, 27] 
    Burial 13 Apr 1714  Roxbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    Person ID I312684223849  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father Rev William Thompson,   b. 1597, Preston, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1666, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Abigail Collins,   b. 17 Oct 1591, Bramford, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage 1626  Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1639  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah Kirtland,   b. Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1693, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1670  Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1702  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • !History of Braintree Mass., by W.S. Pa
      !History of Braintree Mass., by W.S. Pattee p. 323; Am. Pub. H. Vol. 15 p 112 V.R.

      Genealogy of Mr. Thompson taken from Find A Grave Memorial# 39085226
      The following is the genealogy of Mr. Tompson's family: Mr. Tompson married Susanna, daughter of Philip Kirtland. His children were as follows, viz: "1st, Abigail, B. at Boston, 25-9-1670;
      2d, Susanna, B. in Boston, 10-4-1673— married John Sanders, 24th May, 1698; 3d, Ann, B. in Charlestown, 10th Feb., 1676 — married Joseph Belcher of Dedham, 9th Jan., 1694; 4th, Ellenor, B. at Braintree, 29-9-1679, baptized 30th September — she was the third wife to the Rev. Thomas Symmes of Bradford; 5th, Benjamin, B. at Braintree, 8-9-1682, baptized 12th September — married Hannah Ellis of Boston; 6th, Elizabeth, B. at Braintree, 14-11-1684, baptized 18th November — married the Rev. Joseph Parsons of Lebanon, Conn., afterwards of Salisbury, Mass., and was also the mother of the Rev. Samuel Parsons of Rye, N. H.; 7th, Philip, B. at Braintree, 26th May,1687, married Mary, daughter of George, son of Geo. Mountjoy of Falmouth, Me. — she died 25th Jan., 1739. Mr. Tompson was a physician in Roxbury." Hist. and Gen. Reg., Vol. XV, p. 114.

      Source: footnote 1 on p. 323 of Pattee's "A history of old Braintree and Quincy: with a sketch of Randolph and Holbrook"
       

      Benjamen's gravestone was still standin
      Benjamen's gravestone was still standing in 1841 in the old burying ground in Roxbury near the town of Boston Neck, with a long inscription in English and Latin, it was legible in 1841.

      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J
      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

      (1682)
      (1682)

      !BIRTH: History of Braintree, Mass. by W
      !BIRTH: History of Braintree, Mass. by W.S. Pattee p. 323, am. Pub. H. Vol 15 p 112 v.r.

      Source: Manti Temple Records Bk 1 Pg 438
      Source: Manti Temple Records Bk 1 Pg 438 #15744 died at age 72

      no name mentioned
      no name mentioned

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