Benjamin Stowell1 
b. 12 January 1726/27, d. 18 February 1786
Benjamin Stowell|b. 12 Jan 1726/27\nd. 18 Feb 1786|p7234.htm|Benjamin Stowell|b. 8 Jun 1676\nd. 5 Aug 1730|p7131.htm|Ruth Ward|b. 6 Mar 1694/95\nd. 4 Mar 1763|p7231.htm|Samuel Stowell|d. 9 Nov 1683|p7104.htm|Mary Farrow|b. 22 Sep 1633|p7103.htm|Henry Ward|b. 20 Sep 1666\nd. 6 Jul 1733|p7140.htm|Ruth Bailey|||
1st cousin 6 times removed of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
1st cousin 8 times removed of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
Benjamin Stowell was born on 12 January 1726/27 in Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of Benjamin Stowell and Ruth Ward.1 He married Susanna Hersey, daughter of Daniel Hersey and Mary May.2 He died on 18 February 1786 in Hingham at age 59.2,3
Benjamin Stowell and Susanna Hersey had ten children all born in Hingham.2
Benjamin Stowell and Susanna Hersey had ten children all born in Hingham.2
Additional Data
Benjamin Stowell was constable in 1751.2
At a meeting held at Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts,, 28 November 1751, he was appointed one of a committee to locate a saw mill at Walpole, New Hampshire.3
Benjamin Stowell was on account dated Charlestown, on 22 January 1761, rendered by John Foye against Mass. Bay for money paid to invalids, etc., on the road to Albany from the westward, said Stowell of Hingham in Capt. Bradford's Co., Col. Thomas' Regt.3
Benjamin Stowell was a private in Heman Lincoln's Co. which marched to Hull, on 14 June 1776.3
Private in Capt. Peter Cushing's Co., Col. David Cushing's Regt. at Hull, 27 February 1778.3
Private in Capt. Elias Whitin's Co., Col. Symm's Regt., from 9 March 1778 to 28 April 1778, one month and twenty days at Boston.3
On 26 May 1796, Elias Hersey of Hingham, Administrator of estate of Benjamin Stowell of Hingham, deceased, sells to Israel Lincoln, Jr., one-half of dwelling house and land in Hingham as it lies undivided with Israel Stowell (except the widow's third in house and land).3
At a meeting held at Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts,, 28 November 1751, he was appointed one of a committee to locate a saw mill at Walpole, New Hampshire.3
Benjamin Stowell was on account dated Charlestown, on 22 January 1761, rendered by John Foye against Mass. Bay for money paid to invalids, etc., on the road to Albany from the westward, said Stowell of Hingham in Capt. Bradford's Co., Col. Thomas' Regt.3
Benjamin Stowell was a private in Heman Lincoln's Co. which marched to Hull, on 14 June 1776.3
Private in Capt. Peter Cushing's Co., Col. David Cushing's Regt. at Hull, 27 February 1778.3
Private in Capt. Elias Whitin's Co., Col. Symm's Regt., from 9 March 1778 to 28 April 1778, one month and twenty days at Boston.3
On 26 May 1796, Elias Hersey of Hingham, Administrator of estate of Benjamin Stowell of Hingham, deceased, sells to Israel Lincoln, Jr., one-half of dwelling house and land in Hingham as it lies undivided with Israel Stowell (except the widow's third in house and land).3
Child of Benjamin Stowell and Susanna Hersey
- Susannah Stowell4 b. 5 Aug 1772, d. 1805
Citations
- [S712] George Lincoln, History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 3 volumes (1893; reprint Somersworth, New Hampshire: n.pub., 1982), 3:218.
- [S712] George Lincoln, Hingham History, 3:219.
- [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy; A Record of the Descendants of Samuel Stowell of Hingham, Mass (Rutland: The Tuttle Company, 1922), 63.
- [S716] William Henry Harrison Stowell, Stowell Genealogy, 64.
