Thank you both for your responses to this matter. I have read both of the sources listed several times and also have an original copy of an older publication "Descendents of Issac Benson & Mary Bumpus".
Over the last five years, I have been looking into the origin of my 9xGGfather in England, and it has been a frustrating journey, to say the least. That is why I wanted to reach out about the information of these parents, listed on his PGM profile. I feel that they should be removed. I received an email from the manager of the profile stating he is removing himself as the manager. If it is allowed how may I go about taking over the profile? I am already working with the Magna Carta Project and I am pre-1700 certified. I would like a chance to work on John's Profile.
As to the information from the sources. Yes, there is a Thomas Benson listed in the area near where John may have lived, but this Thomas died in 1612, our John was only 6 years old at the time of his death, which is why the authors suggest Thomas was maybe his grandfather.
The will of this Thomas Benson has been found, and on the outside of the will, the name John Benson is written. Several researchers suggest that this John Benson is a son of Thomas, who at the time has already inherited property or money from his father, therefore was not named in the will. However, I am leaning towards this John Benson as maybe a brother or nephew of Thomas, and my John Benson (1608) is the son or grandson of this person. As there are several John Benson's living during this time in these regions of Oxfordshire.
My 9xGGrather brought his wife and two young children over to New England in 1638, from research that has been done, there is no reason to suggest that he was a servant to anyone else on the ship. This is backed up by the fact that he became a freeman in 1638 in Hingham, MA and later Hull, MA. This leads me to think that he must have had some level of economic security. Also, family research suggests that his immigration to the colonies was not due to religious freedom, but that of economic reasons (the real reason he came to the colonies is still uncertain).
I hope one day that John's parents can be identified, but at this point in time, it seems his ancestry is lost in time. Maybe a DNA connection found will provide further evidence, but I am feeling pretty hopeless at this point.
