Lieut.
Benjamin
Russell
Born about in Andover Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Russell
and Mary (Marshall) Russell
Brother of
Mary (Russell) Holt, Thomas Russell, James Russell, Joseph Russell, Sarah (Russell) Ingalls, Hannah (Russell) Holt and John Russell
Husband of
Mary (Preston) Russell
— married
26 May 1702 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Benjamin Russell, Mary (Russell) Marcy, Hannah (Russell) Humphrey, Lydia (Russell) Sanger, Joseph Russell and Zerviah (Russell) Smith
Died about
at about age 77
in Ashford Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jun 2015
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Biography
Sources
- Ancestry.com
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZH-68VW : 11 May 2022), Benjamin Russell and Mary Dreston, 26 Mar 1702; citing Marriage, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010678.* "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ6-XCNS : 11 May 2022), Benjamin Rickold and Mary Preston, 26 Mar 1702; citing Marriage, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009715.
- Source Information, Title: Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, Author, Ancestry.com, Publisher, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Publisher Date, 2012, Publisher Location, Provo, UT, USA
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131564986/benjamin-russell: accessed 10 February 2023), memorial page for LT Benjamin Russell Sr. (12 Jun 1677–5 Oct 1754), Find a Grave Memorial ID 131564986, citing Old Cemetery, Eastford, Windham County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Linda KEOWN (contributor 48430245).
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DNA Connections
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. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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~0.39%
Lynn (Chamberlin) Bloomfield
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Harvey Chamberlin :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Carolynn (Rowe) Ramsey :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
David Pitts :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member david_pitts97
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~0.39%
Susan (Rowe) Rennie :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Ron Trowell :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Alex Boyle :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H251770 [compare]
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DJ (Durazzo) Jasper
DJ (Durazzo) Jasper
Did he and his son of the same name really die in the same town within a day of each other? I'm trying to find proof that the same death records aren't being assigned to both Benjamin Russells
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