Benjamin Prior, II

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Benjamin Prior, II

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Duxbury, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Death: December 03, 1766 (67)
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of Benjamin Prior, I and Bethiah Prior
Husband of Deborah Prior
Father of Rebecca Prior; Jabez Prior; Lois Prior; Eunice Prior, #1, died young; Eiphaz Prior and 6 others
Brother of Ruth Delano; Joshua Prior; Mary Prior; John Pryor and Bertha Prior

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About Benjamin Prior, II

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Biography

Benjamin Prior married Deborah Weston in Duxbury on 7 Nov. 1723.[1]

Per History of the Town of Duxbury: BENJAMIN, (s. of 4,) Dux., tanner; m. Deborah Weston Nov. 7, 1723, who d. Dec. 7, 1775, Æ 73 ; he d. Dec. 3, 1766, Æ. 67;

Children:
Rebecca, Feb. 14, 1725
Jabez, April 16, 1727, d. Oct. 3, 1757, Æ 30
Lois, Jan. 25, 1729, d. Sept. 18, 1812, Æ. 84
Eunice, Feb. 25, 1731, d. Sept. 2, 1734
Eliphas, Sept. 11, 1733 (7)
Sylvanus, June 13, 1735, d. June 28, 1738
Eunice, Dec. 15, 1736, m. Michael Louden 1760
Sylvanus, Feb. 3, 1739, d. at Martinique Oct. 6, 1762
Benjamin, Oct. 23, 1740 (8)
Ezra, a. 1743, d. Oct. 15, 1756
Joseph, a. 1745 (9).

This digital image from the records of the First Parish church of Duxbury gives a list of nine children (with birth dates) of Benjamin and Deborah Prior.

Find A Grave: Memorial #67710661

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Benjamin Prior (1699 - 1766)

Benjamin Prior

Born 30 Oct 1699 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Son of Benjamin Prior and Bethia (Pratt) Prior

Brother of Abigail Prior, Ruth (Prior) Delano, Joshua Prior, John Prior and Mary (Pryor) Pratt

Husband of Deborah (Weston) Prior — married 7 Nov 1723 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Father of Rebecca Prior, Jabez Prior, Lois Prior, Eunice Prior, Eliphaz Prior, Silvanus Prior, Eunice (Prior) Lowden, Silvanus Prior, Benjamin Prior, Ezra Prior and Joseph Prior

Died 3 Dec 1766 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 2 Mar 2021 | Created 17 Jan 2013

Sources

↑ Duxbury vital records in The Mayflower Descendant, vol. 12 (1910). Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 October 2018), memorial page for Benjamin Prior (30 Oct 1699–3 Dec 1766), Find A Grave Memorial no. 67710661, citing Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by SB (contributor 46600096) .
Diary of Rev. John Robinson (Connecticut State Library) Page 2]
Birth: WINSOR, JUSTIN. History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts: With Genealogical Registers (classic Reprint). S.l.: FORGOTTEN BOOKS, 2015. Print.

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Benjamin Prior, II's Timeline

1699
October 30, 1699
Duxbury, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1725
1725
1727
April 16, 1727
Duxbury, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1729
1729
1731
1731
Duxbury, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1733
1733
1735
1735
1736
1736
1740
October 23, 1740
Duxbury, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1743
February 29, 1743
Duxbury, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America