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Benjamin Bird (1686 - 1757)

Benjamin Bird
Born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1713 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 70 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Benjamin Bird (son of Thomas BIRD and Thankful ATHERTON) was born 13 Apr 1686 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, and died 29 Mar 1757 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [1], [2]
He filed Intention to Marriage to Joanna HARRIS, of Ipswich, on 30 Jan 1710 [3] in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.

Benjamin and Joanna were the parents of 15 children. The first five children (Mindwell, Mary, Anne, Sarah, and Benjamin) were born in Boston; the other ten were born in Dorchester. [3]

Benjamin Bird was Wharfinger; Constable, Selectman and Assessor. [3], [2]

Marriage

Spouse: Johanna Harrise. [2]
1710. [4], [5], [2]

Research Notes

  1. NEHGR includes the first several generation of the Thomas Bird family.

Sources

Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. Clement Topliff and his descendants in Boston (University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1906).
Trask, William B. Thomas Bird, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, and some of his descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1847-).

  1. Trask: Vol. 25, Page 23.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Source: #OR01 LDS PRF.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Trask: Vol. 25, Page 25.
  4. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQB-J6G : 4 December 2014), Benjamin Bird and Johanna Harrise, 30 Jan 1710; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0928191 IT 2.
  5. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCCS-DXD : 4 December 2014), Benjamin Bird and Joanna Harris, 23 Dec 1710; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0547505 IT 1.

Other Resources

OR01 Pedigree Resource File. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SYGV-Q4F : accessed 2017-09-26), entry for Benjamin /Bird/. Retrieved 26 September 2017.

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