Deacon Benjamin Phinney

Descendant of Mayflower passenger Joseph Rogers

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Deacon Benjamin Phinney
Male
18 June 1682–18 July 1758

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Brief Life History of Deacon Benjamin

When Deacon Benjamin Phinney was born on 18 June 1682, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Phinney Jr, was 43 and his mother, Mary Rogers, was 37. He married Martha Crocker on 30 June 1709, in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 18 July 1758, in Barnstable, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 76.

Spouse

Deacon Benjamin Phinney
Male
1682–1758

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Male

Martha Crocker
Female
1689–1747

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Female

Marriage
30 June 1709
Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Children (7)

Temperance Phinney
Female
1710–Deceased

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Female

Melatiah Phinney
Female
1712–Deceased

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Female

Barnabas Phinney
Male
1715–1747

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Male

Silas Phinney
Male
1718–1720

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Male

Zacheus Phinney
Male
1720–1754

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Male

Seth Phinney
Male
1723–Deceased

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Male

Lusanna Phinney
Female
1725–Deceased

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Female

Spouse

Deacon Benjamin Phinney
Male
1682–1758

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Male

Elizabeth Young
Female
1698–1765

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Female

Marriage
5 November 1747
Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Parents

John Phinney Jr
Male
1638–1718

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Male

Mary Rogers
Female
1644–1718

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Female

Siblings (12)

Deacon John Phinney
Male
1665–1746

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Male

Melatiah Phinney
Female
1666–1667

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Female

Joseph Phinney, Sr.
Male
1667–1726

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Male

Thomas Phinney
Male
1671–1755

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Male

Ebenezer Phinney, Sr.
Male
1673–1754

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Male

Samuel Phinney
Male
1676–1723

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Male

Mercy Phinney
Female
1678–1735

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Female

Mary Phinney
Female
1678–1755

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Female

Reliance Phinney
Female
1681–1735

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Female

Deacon Benjamin Phinney
Male
1682–1758

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Male

Jonathan Phinney III
Male
1684–1738

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Male

Hannah Phinney
Female
1687–1689

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Female

Biography

Benjamin Phinney was born in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony on 18 June 1682, son of John and Mary (Rogers) Finney/Phinney.[1][2][3]

He married first to Martha Crocker on 30 June 1709 at Barnstable,[4] the daughter of Joseph and Temperance (Bursley) Crocker. She was born in Barnstable on 22 February 1689/90.[5] The division of her father's estate, dated 28 March 1728/9, names Martha and husband Benjamin Phinney.[6] Martha died in Barnstable before 19 September 1747 when her husband filed his intentions to marry again.[7]

Benjamin married, secondly, Elizabeth (Young) Ames on 5 November 1747 in Barnstable.[8] She was probably the widow of Zephon Ames of Provincetown, and the daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Snow?) Young of Eastham.[3] Elizabeth died after 24 March 1758 when she was named in her husband's will.[9]

Benjamin died probably shortly before 19 July 1758 when his inventory was taken. Benjamin Phinney of Barnstable, yeoman, wrote his will on 24 March 1758 in which he gave his wife Elizabeth the improvement of half his estate during her widowhood; named sons Seth, daughter Temperance Fuller, daughter Melatiah, Susannah Dimock; five grandsons "descending of Barnabas & Zaccheus" Jehabod, Benjamin, Timothy, Barnabas, Zaccheus when age twenty one. Son Seth named as executor. His will was proved on 07 November 1758. In his inventory is a "note of hand on Thomas Ames for £27.01.10", and the estate totaled £204 including homestead, lands and personal estate, sworn to by Seth Phiney.[9]

Children of Benjamin and Martha (Crocker) Phinney born Barnstable:[4][3]

Temperance, b. 28 Mar 1710
Melatiah, b. 26 Jul 1712
Barnabas, b. 28 Mar 1715
Silas, b. 16 Jun 1718, d. May 1720
Zacheus, b. 4 Aug 1720
Seth, b. 27 Jun 1723

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Benjamin Phinney (1682 - bef. 1758)

Benjamin Phinney

Born 18 Jun 1682 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Son of John (Finney) Phinney II and Mary (Rogers) Phinney

Brother of John Phinney, Melatiah Phinney, Joseph Phinney, Thomas Phinney, Ebenezer Phinney, Samuel Phinney, Mary (Phinney) Bryant, Mercy (Phinney) Crocker, Reliance (Phinney) Morton, Jonathan Phinney and Hannah Phinney

Husband of Martha (Crocker) Phinney — married 30 Jun 1709 (to before 19 Sep 1747) in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Elizabeth Young — married 5 Nov 1747 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Father of Temperance (Phinney) Fuller, Melatiah (Phinney) Morton, Barnabas Phinney and Zacheus Phinney

Died before 19 Jul 1758 before age 76 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 4 Dec 2022 | Created 17 Nov 2013

Benjamin Phinney was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 13 July 2016, Barnstable > Barnstable > Town records 1640-1774 vol 1-2 > image 246 of 663; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
Barnstable Town Records, Vol. 1:377.
John Phinny Jur. and Mary Rogers Married 10 of August 1664 ... Benjamin Born 18 June 1682.
↑ George Ernest Bowman, "Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 11:130
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), pp. 12, 36-37.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 13 July 2016, Barnstable > Barnstable > Town records 1640-1774 vol 1-2 > image 247 of 663; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 13 July 2016, Barnstable > Barnstable > Town records 1640-1774 vol 1-2 > image 264 of 663; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
↑ Barnstable County Probate Records, Vol. 4:402.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 13 July 2016, Barnstable > Barnstable > Town records 1640-1774 vol 1-2 > image 602 of 663; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 13 July 2016), Barnstable > Barnstable > Town records 1640-1774 vol 1-2 > image 646 of 663; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
↑ 9.0 9.1 Barnstable County Probate Records Vol. 9:389, Will of Benjamin Phinney.

See also:

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, database, FamilySearch, Benjamin Phinny and Martha Crocker, Jun 1709; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 947,061.
Barnstable Town Record (Eben Lennart Johnson, 2007) Vol. 1, Part C, Page 377