Born in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Benson
and Elizabeth (Briggs) Benson
Sister of
Mary Benson, Mary Benson, Sarah Benson, Ebenezer Benson, John Benson, Benjamin Benson, Joseph Benson, Bennett Benson, Joshua Benson, Caleb Benson and Samuel Benson
Wife of
James LeBaron
— married
3 Nov 1720 in Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Wife of
William Parker
— married
15 May 1745 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Mother of
James LeBaron, John (Lebaron) LeBaron, James LeBaron, Joshua Lebaron, Martha LeBaron, Francis LeBaron, Mary (LeBaron) Shurtleff, David (Lebaron) LeBaron Sr and Lydia LeBaron
Died
at age 74
in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Sep 2010
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Biography
Martha Benson was born to John Benson and Elizabeth Briggs on 3 March 1703 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. [1][2]
She married first James Lebaron on 28 June 1717 in Rochester.[3]
She married second William Parker on 15 May 1745 in Middleborough.
In 1746, in her late husband's estate distribution, she is known as Martha Parker.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records for Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Link]
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-2H6 : 5 January 2021), Martha Benson, 1703.
- ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC8Z-KPP : 28 December 2022), Martha Benson in entry for James La Baron, 1717.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-82T6 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1745-1749 and 1836-1849 vol 10-10A > image 120-123 of 611; State Archives, Boston.
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I180206
- The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 1, pgs 514 and following. The Benson Family, Chapter 60.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40448242/martha-parker: accessed 14 May 2023), memorial page for Martha Benson Parker (3 Mar 1703–13 Oct 1777), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40448242, citing South Middleboro Cemetery, Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Gus Pendleton (contributor 47054338).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
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~0.78%
Leah (Feeney) Haraden
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
Sidney Curry :
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~0.39%
Hope Tillman :
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~0.39%
Jenifer (Peet) Stubblefield :
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~0.39%
Stella (Curl) Gillen :
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~0.39%
Vickie (Higgins) Jahnke :
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~0.39%
Susette Horspool :
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~0.39%
Douglas Horspool :
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~0.39%
Roger (Horspool) Poole :
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~0.39%
Andrew Haraden :
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~0.39%
Michael LeBaron :
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Charles Sartelle :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member chsartelle23
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~0.39%
Lisa Standish :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A014004 [compare], Ancestry member LisaStandish9
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~0.39%
Kenneth Kastle :
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~0.39%
Nicole Turner :
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Benson-3595 and Benson-52 appear to represent the same person because: Clear Duplicate
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