Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: pt. 1. Family of John Alden, fifth generation descendants of his daughter Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002) p. 158. 499. BENJAMIN TOMPKINS (Sarah Coe, Sarah Pabodie, Elizabeth Alden, John) was born at Little Compton, March 1774 (Little Compton Fams, 681). He married about 1759 (Little Compton Fams, 681), SUSANNA DEAN, daughter of Ensign Elijah and Sophia (Leonard) Dean (NEHGR, 51:440); born at Raynham, 26 September 1743 (VR, 4).
Catalogue of a loan collection of ancient and historic articles exhibited by Daughters of the American Revolution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Daughters of the Revolution, Massachusetts, Copley Hall, Boston, 1897) p. 135. "2331 Marriage intentions of Ensign Elijah Dean and Sophia Leonard at Raynham, Mass., May 1, 1742, taken from the church door."
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