Benjamin PROCTOR

Born

abt. 1651 , Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died

30 April 1705 , Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Born: abt. 1651 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Parents of Benjamin PROCTOR

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John PROCTOR

Mother

Martha HARPER

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Benjamin married Deborah HART 15 February 1673 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Deborah HART was born abt. 1653 in Reading, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Deborah died 16 June 1710 in Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Deborah was the child of Isaac HART and Elizabeth HUTCHINSON.

Benjamin PROCTOR died 30 April 1705 in Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Benjamin PROCTOR

Benjamin PROCTOR married

Deborah HART
Marriage date: 15 February 1673
Marriage place: Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Deborah HART was the child of Isaac HART and Elizabeth HUTCHINSON

Children of Benjamin PROCTOR and Deborah HART

Benjamin PROCTOR

Born: abt. 1674, , Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: ,

Martha PROCTOR

Born: 9 September 1677, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: ,

Samuel PROCTOR

Born: abt. 1679, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: ,

John PROCTOR

Born: abt. 1690, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 4 June 1759, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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1639

Ipswich, Massachusetts -- 'PROCKTER (see also Proctor), Benjamin, s. John, June 10,1639. CT. R.'

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Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007).

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1673 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin PROCTOR and Deborah HART 15 February 1673, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

1677 Birth of Child
Martha PROCTOR was born 9 September 1677, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

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

Death — 1705
30 April 1705
Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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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)

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February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state