Benjamin Bellows Sr. (1676 - 1749)

Born 18 Jan 1676 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Dorcas (Unknown) Bellows — married 5 Jan 1704 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 19 Mar 1749 at age 73 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

son of Mary Bellows, father unknown, illegitimate Benjamin, child of Mary Bellowes, was born on 18 January 1676 in Concord, Massachusetts, United States.^[1]

Benjamin, Sr. married Dorcas Cutler and together they had four children: Judith, Mary, Joanna and Benjamin, Jr. Benjamin married Dorcas Willard in January 1703 in Concord.^[2]

Benjamin was mentioned on a memorial in South Cemetery, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States with a death date of 19 March 1750.^[3]

Sources

• Stearns, Ezra S., Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Co., 1908) Vol. 2, Page 568
• Kearney, Michael W., Notes On The Children of John¹ and Mary (Woods) Bellows of Concord and Marlborough, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2010) Vol. 164, WN 654, Page 157.
• Chandler, Charles H. The History of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1735-1914 (Sentinel Print. Co., New Ipswich, N.H., 1914)

• Page 229: "He lived in Lancaster, Mass., whence he removed about 1728 to Lunenburg, Mass., where he and his wife died.

1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #80230834 (accessed 10 August 2023)
   Benjamin Bellowes born on 18 Jan 1676, child of Mary Bellowes, in Concord, Massachusetts, USA.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850"
   Ancestry Record 4079 #21840 (accessed 10 August 2023)
   Benjamin Bellows marriage to Dorcas Willard in Jan 1703/4 in Concord.
3. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #176237505 (accessed 10 August 2023)
   Memorial page for Benjamin Bellows (18 Jan 1677-19 Mar 1750), citing South Cemetery, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Sandra Moore Jackson (contributor 48089257).