Benjamin
Dowding
Born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Leonard Dowden
and Mercy (Paddy) Dowden
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 3
in Massachusetts Bay Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Feb 2023
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Biography
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Benjamin the son of Leonard Dowding and Mercy Dowding was born at Boston on 20 May 1678.[1]
Benjamin’s headstone reports his age at death as 4 years and 8 months and that he was the son of Leonard and Marcy Dowden. FindAGrave transcribes the death year as 1689 when it should be 1682.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCTF-91N2 : 10 November 2020), Benjamin Dowding, 20 May 1678; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329324.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #20754519
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