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Benjamin Tower

Benjamin Tower

Male 1674 - 1743  (69 years)

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

    Father John Tower,   b. 13 Dec 1639, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1693, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1755 (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 1697  Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Gideon Tower, Captain,   b. 24 Feb 1699/1700, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1772, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. Patience Tower,   b. 10 Apr 1702, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Sarah Tower,   b. 16 Aug 1704, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1792, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    +4. Margaret Tower,   b. 26 Oct 1706, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1787, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +5. Zipporah Tower,   b. 4 Dec 1709, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. John Tower,   b. 23 Nov 1711, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Hannah Tower,   b. 2 Jan 1713/1714, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Benjamin Tower,   b. 25 Feb 1715/1716, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1792, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     9. Esther or Hester Tower,   b. 5 Jan 1718, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    +10. Joseph Tower,   b. 13 Sep 1721, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1761, At sea Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)
     11. Enoch Tower,   b. 3 Dec 1724, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F2878  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Jan 1673/1674 - Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1697 - Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 May 1743 - Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Peck Cemetery, Abbott Run Valley Road, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Link to Google Earth
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  • 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.


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