Benjamin Blackstone (1699 - 1763)

Born 30 Aug 1699 in Dover Point, Strafford, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Mehitable (Hunt) Blackstone — married 7 Nov 1724 (to before 1763) in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Sarah (Rollins) Blackstone — married about 1763 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 19 Oct 1763 at age 64 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine

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Biography

Benjamin Blackstone, son of William Blackstone and Abigail (Varney) Blackstone was born on 30 Aug 1699 at Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire.

He married first Mehitable Hunt, daughter of William and Sarah (Newman) Hunt, on 7 Nov 1724 at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay - parents of Benjamin II, William, Sarah, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, Mary, Abigail and Mehitable Blackstone (last child born 1737). According to a York County, Maine court record, there was a divorce ruling in Apr 1733, but that would have been before Mary, Abigail and Mehitable were born.

He married Sarah Rollins in 1763 at Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire.

• Fact: Residence (1753) New Casco, Cumberland, Maine.
• Fact: Residence Falmouth, Maine.

He died on 19 Oct 1763 at Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine.

Sources

• "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (http://person.ancestry.com/tree/25277455/person/26209876860/facts : accessed 10 February 2017), profile for Benjamin Blackstone.
• WikiTree profile Blackstone-42 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brian and others.
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Volume 14, Page number 353, Reference Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 7 May 1923, 525; 18 Jul 1923, 663; 16 Apr 1924, 1673.
• U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
• Maine Court Records, 1696-1854, Divorce Apr 1733, Falmouth
• Maine, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1800-1890, 1953 New Casco, Maine
• Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850, Marriage 7 Nov 1724 Mehitabel Hunt
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Marriage Sarah Rollins and birth child. Book Title: A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts.
• Family Data Collection - Births, Edmund West, comp.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCCS-X4Z : 9 February 2018), Benjamin Blackstone and Mehitabel Hunt, 07 Nov 1724; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0547505 IT
• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QK-8WS3 : 15 March 2018), Benjamin Blackston in entry for William Blackston, Death 23 Dec 1727; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,002,383.
• https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=MaineDeathRe&indiv=try&h=600429100
• "Tree only for Clues use trees with caution. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/4846917/person/-1534861938/facts