Colonel Benjamin Bellows, II

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NEW HAMPSHIRE. DAR Ancestor #: A008867

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Record Keeper of the town of Lunenburg

Benjamin became a colonel in the New Hampshire regulars. On December 6, 1736, at the Watertown Church of Christ he and his entire family were baptized. He was the founder of Walpole, New Hampshire where a fine sized monument was erected in his honor.

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Benjamin Bellows Jr. (1712 - 1777)

Colonel Benjamin "Ben" Bellows Jr.

Born 26 May 1712 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Son of Benjamin Bellows Sr. and Dorcas (Cutler) Bellows

Brother of Samuel Willard [half], James Willard [half], Josiah Willard [half], Abigail Willard [half], Jonathan Willard [half], Tabitha Willard [half], Susannah (Willard) Moore [half], Judith (Bellows) Moore, Joanna (Bellows) Wetherbee and Mary (Bellows) Gould

Husband of Abigail (Stearns) Bellows — married 7 Oct 1735 (to 8 Nov 1757) in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary (Hubbard) Bellows — married 21 Apr 1758 [location unknown]

Father of Abigail Bellows, Peter Bellows, Benjamin Bellows, John Bellows, Joseph Bellows, Jonathan Bellows, Abijah Bellows, Abigail Bellows, Theodore Bellows, Thomas Bellows, Mary H. Bellows and Josiah Bellows

Died 10 Jul 1777 in Walpole, Sullivan, New Hampshire

120 ABIGAIL STEARNS, b., June 3, 1708; md., Oct. 7, 1735, in Lunenburg, Mass., by her brother, Rev. David Stearns. Col. Benjamin Bellows, afterwards of Walpole, N. H. "Bellows Falls" was named for him. "He possessed wonderful energy and decision with a great capacity for business, and was remarkable for almost gigantic form and strength, as some of his descendants have also been." She was the mother of seven children and d., Nov. 8, 1757, in Walpole, N. H. "She was the first tenant of Walpole burying-ground, had an excellent repute for energy, piety and motherly love, and her dust sweetly consecrated the spot wherein her race was afterwards to repose." [1]

He is mentioned in 1728 and 1735 in Lunenburg. He was Record Keeper of the town of Lunenburg.

He was Grantee of land with 65 other people to the township of Walpole, NH

In 1752, he was living in the town of Walpole.

On May 2, 1753, he was Moderator at first town meeting of Keene, NH

In 1767, he was appointed Lieut. Col. of the 6th Regiment under Col. Josiah Willard for New Hampshire.

Buried

Walpole Village Cemetery, Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA, Inscription: "In Memory of Col. Benjamin Bellows who died July 10th 1777 in ye 66th Year of his Age. Let Not ye dead Forgotten Lye; Least Men Forget that they Must Die."

Sources

↑ Genealogy and memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his descendants by Mrs. Avis Stearns Van Wagenen. Published 1901 by Courier Printing Co. in Syracuse, N.Y. https://archive.org/stream/genealogymemoirs00vanw pg. 42-3
History and Description of New England p. 886-888. Historical sketch of Col. Benjamin Bellows, the founder of Walpole, New Hampshire by Henry W. Bellows, 11 October 1854. Walpole As It Was and As It Is. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire - Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire, Lewis Publishing Company, 1908. Chandler, Charles H.,The History of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1735-1914 and The History of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1735-1914, Sentinel Print. Co., New Ipswich, N.H., 1914, p. 229. Validated by the genealogists from the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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Colonel Benjamin Bellows

Birth: May 26, 1712 Lancaster Worcester County Massachusetts, USA

Death: Jul. 10, 1777 Walpole Cheshire County New Hampshire, USA

Parents: Benjamin Bellows & Dorcas Cutler Wife: Abigail Stearns

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Spouse:

Abigail Stearns Bellows (1708 - 1757)
Children:

 John Bellows (1742 - 1812)*

*Point here for explanation

Burial:

Walpole Village Cemetery Walpole Cheshire County New Hampshire, USA