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Benjamin Pritchard

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Milford, New Haven Colony
Death: April 09, 1743 (85)
Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
Place of Burial: ( Old Section ), Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Roger Prichard, of Milford and Elizabeth Pritchard
Husband of Rebecca Jones and Rebecca Pritchard
Father of James Pritchard; Benjamin Pritchard, Jr.; Joseph Pritchard, Sr.; John Pritchard; Rebecca Oviatt and 5 others
Brother of Joseph Pritchard
Half brother of Alice Bradley; Joan Lombard; Nathaniel Pritchard; Hasadiah Denman and James Slough

Managed by: Andrew Jonathan Smith
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About Benjamin Pritchard

Benjamin Pritchard

  • Birth: Jan. 31, 1658 Stratford Fairfield County Connecticut, USA
  • Death: Apr. 9, 1743 Milford New Haven County Connecticut, USA

Married Rebecca Jones-They had 4 sons and one daughter. He is buried in Milford, CT.

Family


From https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr03/rr03_453.html#P27086

Benjamin Prichard. Born on 31 Jan 1657[/8] in Milford, CT.62 Benjamin was baptized in Stratford, CT, in May 1659.61 Benjamin died in Milford, CT, on 9 Apr 1743; he was 85.61

On 14 Nov 1683 when Benjamin was 25, he married Rebecca Jones (8277) , daughter of Benjamin Jones (1630-30 Dec 1692) & Hannah Spencer (2901) (ca 1632-), in Milford, CT.61 Born ca 1663. Rebecca died on 2 Jan 1714 in Milford, CT.

Benjamin and Rebecca's children were baptized as children of Rebecca

Their children include:

  1. Roger Prichard (ca 1687-18 Mar 1760)
  2. Benjamin Prichard (ca 1684-18 Mar 1760)
  3. Joseph Prichard (bef 1697-15 Mar 1766)
  4. Rebecca Prichard (bef 1697-bef 11 Oct 1752)
  5. John Prichard (Died young) (ca 1695-bef 1705)
  6. James Prichard (ca 1698-3 Sep 1749)
  7. Elizabeth Prichard (ca 1701-)
  8. Mary Prichard (ca 1703-)
  9. Hannah Prichard (ca 1705-)

From FindAGrave

Parents:

  • Roger Pritchard (1600 - 1671)
  • Elizabeth Prudden Pritchard (1610 - 1674)
Spouse:

* Rebecca Jones Pritchard (1663 - 1714)*

Children:

* Benjamin Pritchard (1684 - 1760)*

Siblings:

* Alice Prichard Bradley (1625 - 1692)**

  • Joan Prichard Lombard (1625 - 1690)**
  • Nathaniel Pritchard (1630 - 1710)**
  • Joseph Pritchard (1654 - 1675)*
  • Benjamin Pritchard (1658 - 1743)
  • Calculated relationship
    • Half-sibling

Burial: Milford Cemetery Milford New Haven County Connecticut, USA

Created by: Dr. & Mrs. GA T Jr. Record added: Mar 22, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 67274051

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67274051

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GEDCOM Note

Biography ==Benjamin Pruchet, s. Roger b. ye last of Jan 1657 [1657/8] v.1p11<ref>Milford Vital Records. The American Genealogist 9:102. pbl. 1932/3</ref>Benjamin Pritchard was born <ref name="Waterbury">Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five., New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896, Ap109.</ref> 31 Jan 1657 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut to Roger Pritchard and Elizabeth Prudden.<ref name="Milford 608">Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, p. 608.</ref> He died 9 Apr 1743. Benjamin married Rebecca JONES on 14 Nov 1683 at Milford, Connecticut.<ref name="Milford 608"/><ref name="Waterbury"/>

:Children:#Joseph Pritchard, b. about 1685 in Milford, Connecticut , d. 13 Mar. 1766 in Watertown, Connecticut .#Benjamin Pritchard, b. before 24 Oct. 1697 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut .#Joseph Pritchard, b. before 24 Oct. 1697 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut .#Rebecca Pritchard, b. before 24 Oct. 1697 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , m. Samuel Oviatt, d. 11 Oct 1752 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut .#Roger Pritchard, b. before 24 Oct. 1697 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , m. (1) Hannah Northrop and (2) Sarah Hine, d. 18 Mar 1760 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut . <ref>Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford,Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: Connecticut , 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 340.</ref><ref>Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, p. 489.</ref> #James Pritchard, b. abt. 30 Oct. 1698 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , m. Elizabeth Johnson, d.3 Sept. 1749 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut .

Sources

<references /> : See also:* Pond, Nathan. Inscriptions on Tombstones in Milford, Conn., Erected Prior to 1800 (New Haven, Connecticut, 1889) Page50: #345* Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (Clarence D. Smith, Rome, New York, 1922-1932) Vol. VI, Page 1451, Pritchard Family.* Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)* Abbott, Susan Woodruff Families of Early Milford, Connecticut (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979) Page 340, 489, 608* Anderson, Joseph. The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five (Price & Lee Co., New Haven, 1895) Ap109*Jacobus, Donald Lines. "The Roger Pritchard (Prichard) Family." TheAmerican Genealogist. 44:194 (1968)

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Benjamin Pritchard's Timeline

1658
January 31, 1658
Milford, New Haven Colony
1659
May 1659
Age 1
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
1684
1684
Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut
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1686
Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut
1695
1695
Milford, New Haven, CT
1697
October 24, 1697
Milford, New Haven County, CT, United States
October 24, 1697
Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut
October 24, 1697
Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
1698
October 30, 1698
Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
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1701
Milford, New Haven, CT