At Salem: "Russell, Benjamin, jr., and Han[na]h Russell, Nov. 2, 1739.*"[1]
Death
At Danvers: "Russell, Benjamin, h. Hannah, Feb 24 1811."[2]
Sources
↑ Essex Institute, Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1916-1925) Vol. 4:278
↑ Essex Institute, compiler, Vital Records of Danvers, MA, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss, 1909), Vol. 2:451
Russell, George Ely. Descendants of William Russell of Salem, Mass., 1674. Middletown, MD: Catoctin Press, 1989, pp. 21, 40-1. Digital image at archive.org (free). Accessed September 8, 2016.
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) accepted him as a Patriot per the January/February 2021 Newsletter.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
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