Benjamin Bullard (1702 - 1766)

Born 4 Mar 1702 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Judith (Hill) Bullard — married 9 Nov 1727 in Sherborn, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1766 at about age 63 in Holliston, Massachusetts

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Biography

Of Holliston, Massachusetts.

Name

Benjamin Bullard^[1]

Birth

March 4, 1702 Sherborn, Massachusetts^[2]

Marriage

Nov 9 1727, Judith Hill, born June 3 1710, daughter of Ebenezer Hill and Mary White of Mendon. Judith and Benjamin had twelve children.^[1]

Aug 12, 1762, Ruth (Day) Hill. This was a second marriage for Ruth as well; she had been married for over 25 years to John Hill, Judith's cousin. Benjamin died after they were married only four years, and Ruth went on to marry two more times.^[3]

Sources

• NEHGR: Bartlett, J. Gardner, Esq. Descendants of John Hill, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1904) Vol. 58, Page 162
• Bartlett, J. Gardner. John Hill of Dorchester, Mass., 1633 (Lew C. Hill, Boston, 1904) Page 15
• Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass., 1911)
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls
• Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook) Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
• Ancestral File(R) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File Number: BM7C-DX
• Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) Case 3440: Division Son Asa to pay brothers and sisters: Eleazer, Daniel, David, Nathan, Ezekiel, Dinah Lydia-0, Tabitha, Judith and Mary (1767). There are also several petitions from the widow Ruth regarding not receiving her fair dower from the children.

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} NEHGR
2. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45Z-F8N : 15 January 2020), Benjamin Bullard, 1702.
3. ↑ Bartlett