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HELP! Grave has been located flag male ancestor  Joseph  BENHAM

  (b. abt. 1633 Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony   d. March 1702 Wallingford, Crown Colony of Connecticut )  

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Joseph BENHAM was born abt. 1633 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Joseph BENHAM was the child of John BENHAM   and   Mary (Margery) OLDCOLN

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Joseph  married  Winifred KING .  The couple had (at least) 1 child. Winifred KING  was born abt. 1635 Winifred died abt. 1697 in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA.  Winifred was the child of John KING and Mary BAKER.

Joseph BENHAM died March 1702 in Wallingford, Crown Colony of Connecticut.
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Winifred KING was the child of John KING and Mary BAKER




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1679 Birth of Child
James BENHAM was born September 1679, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA
death1702 Death
March 1702
Wallingford, Connecticut, USA

Joseph is buried at: Center Street Cemetery Wallingford New Haven County Connecticut, USA
Added: 9/8/2016 7:16:54 AM - Updated: 9/27/2017 10:39:18 AM
Did You Know?America - Did you know? In 1664, the English seized New Amsterdam (city and colony) from the Dutch and renamed it New York.
Did You Know?The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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