Benjamin Child, of Augton & Roxbury

Emigrated to Roxbury, Massachusetts from Suffolk County, England in 1650

Had 12 children

B: 15 Jan 1631

Aughton, Cottesbatch, Leicester, England

D: 14 Oct 1678

Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts

M: 1653 Boston, Suffolk, Ma

Came to America about 1648 possibly in the company of an uncle & cousins. “ Ephraim Child son of Wolstone returned to England in 1648 borrowed 100 Pounds from his Sister Elizabeth Foote,returned with his Nephews: The Above Benjamin, Richard Child son of Nathaniel & Isabell Tredway,seteled first at Barnstable Plymouth Mass.John his Brother settled at Boston Suffolk Mass.”

Sources:

• The History of Woodstock, Connecticut, Genealogies of Woodstock Families, vol. 3 (1930, Norwood, MA.) & vol. 7 (1943, Worster, MA.).
• Genealogy of the Child Families, 1630-1881', by Elias Child
• James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary Of The First Settlers Of New England, Before 1692, 4 vols.

Links

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2058160&...

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Joseph saw active service in King Phillip's War in 1675, was a member of the 4th Sq. 1st Military Co. of Taunton