Benjamin
Tower
Born about in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of John Tower
and Sarah (Harding) Tower
Husband of
Deborah (Whipple) Tower
— married
about 1697 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Gideon Tower, Patience (Tower) Carpenter, Sarah Tower, Margaret Tower, Zipporah (Tower) Jackson, John Tower Sr., Hannah (Tower) Hancock, Hesther (Tower) Tucker, Ambrose Tower and Joseph Tower
Died
at about age 70
in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Jul 2016
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Biography
Benjamin Tower, son of John and Sarah (Harding) Tower, was born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay on January 25, 1673 or 1674. He married Deborah Whipple, of Providence RI.
He died in 1743 in Attleborough, Massachusetts Bay and was buried in Peck Cemetery, formerly in Attleborough, Massachusetts Bay in an area now known as Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island.
Sources
- 'History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, three volumes, published by the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, (Cambridge: University Press, 1893), 3:252
- Vital Records of Hingham, Massachusetts, ca. 1639-1844, two volumes, (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006), 1:14 (birth)
- Tower, Charlemagne Tower Genealogy (John Wilson & Son, Cambridge,Mass, 1891), p. 46
- Find A Grave, Memorial #20922236
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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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~0.78%
Judith (Bartlett) Bergerson
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Frank Deuel :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Karen Soria :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FW3334675 [compare]
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~0.78%
Paul Bumpus :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.39%
Thomas Parsons :
23andMe, GEDmatch BS8460191 [compare], yourDNAportal THOa4a83e63
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 73AmateurExtra
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~0.39%
Sean Colby :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Susan (Ayer) Barylo :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Betsey Freshour :
23andMe, GEDmatch EV9874994 [compare]
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~0.39%
Kathy (Phelan) Phelan Mangen :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Thomas Wightman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A656082 [compare], Ancestry member tomwight1
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A656082 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A656082 [compare]
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~0.39%
Dorothy (Mitchell) James :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A072930 [compare]
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~0.39%
Anonymous Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T455117 [compare], FTDNA kit #580530
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~0.39%
Ethel (Hicks) Bannister :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T344088 [compare]
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