Benjamin Lord (1694 - 1784)

Born 31 May 1694 in Saybrook, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Taylor) Lord — married 14 Jun 1720 in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Elizabeth (Billings) Lord — married 21 Nov 1750 in Newport, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 31 Mar 1784 at age 89 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Rev. Benjamin Lord performed Patriotic Service in Connecticut in the American Revolution.

Benjamin Lord is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A071547.

Benjamin Lord was a Graduate of Yale 1714. He took the Oath of Allegiance to his country in 1778 in Connecticut during the American Revolution.

For sixty-seven years he was the pastor of the First Church of Norwich (1717 to his death in 1784).

Burial: Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut

Is mentioned as item 247 in Frederick Chapman's history of the Pratt family, which states:

“Benjamin. (Lord) born May 30, 1694. He graduated at Yale College in the class of 1714; was ordained pastor of the church in Norwich, Conn., in November 1717. He became distinguished as a preacher and a theologian in consequence of which he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity, a title, which in those days was conferred only upon men of distinguished learning, and moral worth. He married Ann Taylor, of Westfield, Mass., June 14, 1720, by whom he had six children. 1. Benjamin, born April 5, 1722, and died July 5, 1726. 2. Ann, born August 4, 1724. 3. Benjamin 21, September 4, 1727. 4. Elisabeth, August 29, 1729. 5 and 6. Joseph and Ebenezer, twins, August 28, 1730. Dr. Lord died March 4, 1784, nearly ninety years of age. He was sole pastor of the church until his 84th year, and died in the 67th year of his ministry. During his ministry the town was divided into eight ecclesiastical societies.”

Sources

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Saybrook, Page 77. Birth record.
• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Eighteen, Part 2, The Descendants of Richard Warren Through His Children Mary, Anna, and Elizabeth, 2011 Edition, Published 2016, Page 216
• Porter, William. Historical Notices of Connecticut (Connecticut Historical Society, 1842) Page 8 & 10: #28
• Find A Grave: Memorial #54696925
• Perkins, Mary. Old Houses of the Antient Town of Norwich, 1660-1800 (Bulletin Co., Norwich, Conn., 1895)
• Perkins, Mary. Old Houses of the Antient Town of Norwich, 1660-1800 (Bulletin Co., Norwich, Conn., 1895)
  • Page 337: "Ann Taylor (b. 1697), the first wife of the Rev. Benj. Lord, was the daughter of Rev. Edward Taylor of Westfield, and his second wife Ruth Wyllis. Through her mother, she was descended from two Connecticut governors : Gov. John Haynes and Gov. George Wyllis. The second wife of Dr. Lord was Elizabeth, widow of Henry Tisdale of Newport, R. L. who died in New York shortly after her marriage. His third wife was Abigail Hooker, possibly daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Standley) Hooker, and great-granddaughter of Rev. Thomas Hooker. She died in 1792, aged 86."
  • Page 333: Chapter LXI. Home-lot of Maj. Mason (continued). — Call E.xtended by the First Church to Rev. Benjamin Lord. — Sketch of the Rev. Benjamin Lord. — Ann (Taylor) Lord. — Inscription of Tombstone of Rev. Benjamin Lord. — Anecdotes of the Rev. Dr. Lord. — Inventory of Abigail (Hooker) Lord. — Division of the Lord Property. — Ebenezer and Benjamin Lord. — Lucy (Lord) (Avery) Perkins. — William Cleveland. — Cleveland Shop. — Rev. Joseph Howe.
  • Page 64: "plot," &c., "being encompassed with highwayes, which land hath an allowance for a way through it to a shop." This land has a frontage on the street of 10 rods, and abuts south on the highway 5 rods. Here Thomas Leffingwell (cordwainer), builds a house, which he gives to his son Thomas, possibly on the latter's marriage to Elizabeth, sister of Rev. Benjamin Lord, in 1728-9, but there is no record of this transfer until 1732-3, the year of Dea. Thomas Leffingwell's death, when both by deed and will, it is given to his son Thomas Leffingwell, 4th. In 1783, ten years before his death, the latter deeds to his son Thomas Leffingwell, 5th, this house, and also the house opposite (now the " Sheltering Arms"), and adjoining shop. Thomas Leffingwell, 5th, was a bachelor. He died in 181 4, and wills these houses to his sister, Lydia Hart, wife of Rev. Levi Hart of Preston. In 1820, Rev. Thomas L. vShipman inherits from his aunt Lydia this house, which he sells in 1S33 to George"
• Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence (subscription). CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Vol. Yale page 75

• Frederick William Chapman. The Pratt Family. Case, Lockwood and Co. (Hartford: 1864).