Benjamin Tower

1674 - 1743  (69 years)

• Name	Benjamin Tower
  Birth	25 Jan 1673/1674	Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 May 1743	Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts
  Burial	Peck Cemetery, Abbott Run Valley Road, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I6143	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	John Tower,   b. 13 Dec 1639, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 30 Aug 1693, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Sarah Hardin   d. 16 Oct 1729
  Marriage	14 May 1669
  Family ID	F3479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deborah Whipple,   b. 12 Sep 1681, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 26 Mar 1755 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1697	Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Gideon Tower, Captain,   b. 24 Feb 1699/1700, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island d. 29 Dec 1772, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 72 years)   2. Patience Tower,   b. 10 Apr 1702, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts + 3. Sarah Tower,   b. 16 Aug 1704, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts d. Dec 1792, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 88 years) + 4. Margaret Tower,   b. 26 Oct 1706, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 9 Apr 1787, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 80 years) + 5. Zipporah Tower,   b. 4 Dec 1709, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts + 6. John Tower,   b. 23 Nov 1711, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts   7. Hannah Tower,   b. 2 Jan 1713/1714, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts   8. Benjamin Tower,   b. 25 Feb 1715/1716, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 12 Feb 1792, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 75 years)   9. Esther or Hester Tower,   b. 5 Jan 1718, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts + 10. Joseph Tower,   b. 13 Sep 1721, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts d. Abt 1761, At sea (Age 39 years)   11. Enoch Tower,   b. 3 Dec 1724, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F2878	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Jan 1673/1674 - Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Marriage - 1697 - Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Death - 2 May 1743 - Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Burial - - Peck Cemetery, Abbott Run Valley Road, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978) p. 223 !SOURCE: Pam Koch (?) (email hidden), 11/28/96. !SOURCE: Henry E. Whipple, A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Families Who Settled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 38. From a corrected copy of the book found in the Rhode Island Historical Society Library, call no. CS71.W574 1873 RIHSL. !SOURCE: The Sprague Database (email from Dick Weber (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 23 Oct 1997). Gave names of parents, and exact birth date and place. !SOURCE: "Tower Family Ancestors" (Descendancy chart of John Tower, 1609-1701/1702), emailed by Chuck Shelby (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 19 Jun 2001. !SOURCE: Vital Records of Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts: Rehoboth Marriages & Intentions, p. 511. !SOURCE: Email from Don Streeter to Weldon Whipple, 6 Mar 2003. Gives location of grave "in an ancient cemetery near the Arnold's Mills Cemetery in Cumberland, RI." !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 15 Apr 2006. Adds precise burial place, citing the Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Database Index.