Benjamin DURFEE

(b. abt. 1679 , Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 6 January 1754 , Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )

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Benjamin DURFEE was born abt. 1679 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Benjamin DURFEE was the child of Thomas DURFEE and Ann? HILL?

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Benjamin married Prudence EARLE abt. 1699 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Prudence EARLE was born abt. 1681 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA. Prudence died 12 March 1733 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts). Prudence was the child of William EARLE and Prudence UNKNOWN.

Benjamin DURFEE died 6 January 1754 in Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations .
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Benjamin DURFEE married

Prudence EARLE-- Date: abt. 1699 Place: Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Prudence EARLE was the child of William EARLE and Prudence UNKNOWN

Children:

James, b. August 28, 1701; d. 1729
Ann, b. January 17, 1703
Hope, b. January 7, 1705
William, b. December 7, 1707; d. March 26, 1766, unmarried
Benjamin b. January 5, 1709
Mercy, b. January 20, 1711
Lusanna, b. January 28, 1713
Martha, b. July 13, 1719
Thomas, b. November 5, 1721
Richard, b. November 9, 1723

Children of Benjamin DURFEE and Prudence EARLE:

Benjamin DURFEE (b.5 January 1709, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 23 March 1793, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA )
m. Amy CHASE 12 March 1734 in Freetown, Massachusetts, USA (Assonet) (East Freetown)

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1709 Birth of Child
Benjamin DURFEE was born 5 January 1709, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1733 Death of Spouse/Partner
Prudence EARLE died 12 March 1733, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

1734 Marriage of Child
Benjamin DURFEE married 12 March 1734, Freetown, Massachusetts, USA (Assonet) (East Freetown) to Amy CHASE

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1754 Death
6 January 1754
Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1633 - New England
1633 - 1662 - Providence Plantations
1663 - 1685 - Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1790 - Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island becomes 13th U.S. state