Daniel married Mary BOND on 23 Nov 1710. Mary (daughter of William BOND, Deacon and Hephzibah HASTINGS) was born in 1689 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 26 Sep 1748 in Waltham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lydia BENJAMIN was born on 25 Oct 1722 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA, U.S.A.; and died.

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Daniel was a licensed innholder from 1694-1699 at Watertown and a taxcollector and town assessor in 1702. Daniel took the Oath of FidelityDec. 1677.

Daniel married Elizabeth BROWN on 25 Mar 1687 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Jonathan BROWNE and Mary SHATTUCK) was born on 19 Sep 1664 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 8 Aug 1740 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Benjamin arrived to America in September 16, 1632 with his parentson the ship Lyon. They are listed "of Heathfield, Sussex", with no stateddestination.

John was a blacksmith. In 1664 he was in Hartford, Conn., but returned toWatertown. In 1666 he was made a Freeman of Watertown. On April 5, 1681he was exempted from military training. (He was 61 years of age at thattime.) John was a member of the train band or Colonial Militia.

John's signature is shown on page 27 of Bond's History of Watertown,Mass. On March 28, 1692 he sold his son Abel two parcels of upland inWatertown, one half of the homestead, 10 acres and one half of the barn,and one half of the house. The other parcel was one half of the Dividendacreage containing 25 acres. On January 12, 1696 John sold to his sonsDaniel and Abel, sixty acres in Dorchester Field, bounded south byCharles River, east by land of William Bond and Dorchester Field, west byland of John Loveran, north by land of Robert and J. Goddard. His sonJohn was to receive a double portion of the estate.

He died December 22, 1706.

John married Lydia ALLEN about 1650 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Lydia (daughter of William ALLEN and Unknown RIGGS) was born about 1625 in England; died on 10 Jan 1709 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jonathan's will dated Feb. 19, 1690/1, proved Apr. 7, 1691, and inventorydated Apr. 1, 1691, including 211 acres of land. His sons dropped thefinal 'e' on the surname.

Jonathan married Mary SHATTUCK on 11 Feb 1661 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of William SHATTUCK and Susanna HAYDEN) was born on 25 Aug 1645 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 27 Oct 1732 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Benjamin arrived to America in September 16, 1632 with his wife,Abigail, and son John on the ship Lyon. They are listed "of Heathfield,Sussex", with no stated destination.

Gov. Winthrop designates him "Mr. Benjamin," and in 1642 he had thelargest homestall in Watertown.

His will is dated 1645 and mentions beloved wife not named, eldest sonJohn and 7 other children not named.

John married Abigail EDDYE before 1620 in England. Abigail was born in Oct 1601 in Cranbrook, Kent, England; died on 20 May 1687 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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As a widow went to Charlestown with her son in law Joshua Stubbs, 1654,where she died in 1687, age 87

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William Allen may be the "Wm Allin" on board the Hopewell, sailing toBarbadoes from England on Feb 17, 1634, This was a route often used bythose leaving England for the "southern colonies". He was "of Boston" onNovember 13, 1673. a refugee from Manhattan. He had been expelled by theDutch when they captured that town. William is supposed to havemarried ??? Riggs. He made his will December 15, 1674 and it was provedJanuary 26 1674/5 (Suffolk Probate' Vol. 6 p. 133). The testatorbequeathed "unto Lydia Benjamin, wife of John of Watertown". On January26, 1674/5 John Benjamin appeared in court and renounced his executorship"in the right of Lydia his wife, to the will'. In the Boston TranscriptNovember 23, 1940, there was some discussion as to why John refused thebequest of William Allen. They felt it was either too small to warrantthe trouble of complying with the legal formalities involved in receivingit, or there was some question as to whether the property was honestlyacquired.

William married Unknown RIGGS about 1620 in England. Unknown was born about 1600 in England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Abraham Browne arrived with with wife Lydia in the Winthrop Fleet inApril or July of 1630. He is listed "of Hawkdon, Suffolk", and bound forWatertown, where he settled.

Abraham is probably the son of Thomas of Hawkedon, County Suffolk nearBury St. Edmunds. He was admitted Freeman on Mar. 6, 1632.He wasselectman at Watertown for many years and was a surveyor.

He died in 1650, and Lydia married on Nov. 27, 1659 to Andrew Hodges ofIpswich. After Andrew's death in Dec. 1665, she came back to Watertown,and died there Sept. 27, 1686. Abraham's pedigree back to 1330 iscontained in Bond's "History of Watertown Massachusetts".

Abraham married Lydia UNKNOWN in 1625 in Hawkedon, Suffolk, England. Lydia was born about 1609 in Suffolk County, England; died on 27 Sep 1686 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William, a weaver by trade, was at Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts by1639, but his origins and arrival in America are uncertain.

He was in the First Inventory of land in Watertown. He had a homestead ofone acre bounded by John Clough and William Perry. He also had 3 acres ofupland bounded by the same and by Joseph Morse. He was chosen hog reeveand fence viewer in 1653 and 1659 and served in other posts as well. Histax assessment in 1652 was 1s, the smallest in Watertown.

On Jul 4, 1654, he bought a house and 55 acres from John and SusanClough, including a parcel bounded by William Paine, Edward Goffe andJoseph Morse, plus a parcel bounded by Edmund Lewis and John Coolidge.

Buried at Arlington Street Cemetery, his gravesite had a memorial tableterected in 1853 by Lemuel Shattuck, a descendant. William's gravestoneis barely legible, being marble and highly corroded. There are traces ofwhat might have been paint on some of the letterings, but only onWilliam's (the upper) half of the stone.

William married Susanna HAYDEN about 1642 in Watertown, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Susanna was born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 11 Dec 1686 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She may have been a Sanderson. Robert Sanderson of Watertown mentioned akinsman William Shattuck in his will of 1693. Susanna - d. Dec. 11, 1686,Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Susanna was married second on Nov.18, 1673 at Watertown, Massachusetts to Richard Norcross (b. 1621; d.about 1709), as his second wife. Richard was schoolmaster at Watertown

Susanna's granddaughter, Susanna Shattuck b 6 Aug 1675, married her stepson, Nathaniel Norcross b 18 Dec 1665, about 1693.