Jemima Lombard

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JOSEPH BENJAMIN 2 . (John 1 ), born September 16, 1633 at Newtowne, (now Cambridge) , Mass., the son of John and Abigail (Eddye) Benjamin; died April (spring of) 1704 at Preston, Conn. He m/l Jemima Lumbert (Lumbard/Lambert, etc.) of Barnstable, Mass on June 10, l66l. She was the dau. of Thomas and Joice ( ) Lumbert and was be. 1636 at Dorchester, Mass. and died after March ?, 1664 and more probably in 1666 with the birth of her second daughter. He m/2 Sarah Clarke of Yarmouth, Mass. previous to Dec. ?, 1668 and more probably soon after the death of his first wife, since he had 2 very small children to care for. She was the dau. of Lt. William and Sarah (Lumbert- Lumbard) Clarke. She was born Aug. 1, 1639 and was still liv- ing in 1716.

William Clarke of Yarmouth died Dec. 7, 1668 and gave his property to Joseph Benjamin by nuncupative will. The estate was valued at 8.3.O pounds. Sarah Clarke's mother was probably a sister to Thomas and Barnard Lumbert, which would make the two wives cousins. This, too, would account for Barnard Lumbert, age 60, testifying as to his presence and hearing the will of William Clarke.

In Savage's account of the Lumbert family, he indicates that the first marriage of Joseph Benjamin may have been "a run-away marriage".

Joseph was a watchman at Charlestown in 1665 and was named in the sessions (court rec). He lived in Barnstable and then sometime before 1668 he moved to Yarmouth, He is mentioned in the Annals of Yarmouth in Oct. 3» 1663 and Apr. 29 1 1673. In Yarmouth, his farm was near the Meadows. In 1680 he exchanged his farm for that of Joseph Gorham in Barn- stable. He sold a farm in Cambridge, which he inherited, on Oct. 30, 1686.

The town of Preston, Conn, was established in 1686 and Joseph and his family moved there in 1696, where he bought 100 acres of land. His abstract of purchase was made July 27 , I696 and is as followsi "John Stanton Sr., of Stonington, New LondonCo. and Colony of Conn., for 13 pounds 12 shillings, sold to Joseph Benjamin, now resident of the Town of Preston, same county and Colony, 100 acres of upland, fresh meadow land and swamp in the township of Preston..." and then follows a description of the boundaries of the land. This deed was signed by John and Hannah Stanton and witnessed by Benjamin Howard, Elizabeth Mason, and Joseph Freeman, and is recorded in Vol. 1 p. 273 of the Preston Land Records. The trees on the boundaries bore the mark IB for Joseph Benjamin and TP for Thomas Parke, and it was on this land that Joseph built his house. The land remained in the possession of the Benjamin descendants until the late 1800' s. In 1703 the father followed the common custom, and deeded his lands to his two sons, Joseph and John. On June 24, 1703

JOHN BENJAMIN ("Joseph Benjamine of Barnstable & Jemima Lumbard daughter of the late Thomas Lumbard deceased." The Boston record has apparently confused Jemima's brother with the father in this record. Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.

Her husband was Joseph Benjamin: Joseph Benjamin - was born on 16 Sep 1633 in Cambridge, MA and died in 1704 in New London, New London Co., CT . He was the son of John Benjamin and Abigail Eddy.

Joseph married Jemima Lambert on 10 Jun 1661 in Cape Cod, MA. Jemima was born in 1636/1637. She was the daughter of Thomas Lombard. She died in 1664 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA . (Sources: - 1)

Then Joseph married Sarah Clark. Sarah was born on 17 Mar 1644 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA. (Sources: - 1)

Joseph - lived in Yarmouth. In 1680 he traded for a farm in Barnstable, but about 1690 removed to Preston, Connecticut.

He soon married a cousin of his first wife, Sarah Clark. Their children were: Joseph, born 1666 (also given 1673); Hannah, February, 1668, not living in 1704; Mary, April, 1670, married J. Clark 16 November, 1697; Mercy, 12 March, 1674; Elizabeth, 14 January, 1679(80), not living in 1704; John, 1682, died 2 August, 1716. These are from the town records at Barnstable. Mentioned in the settlement of the estate were Jemima, Kezia, and Sarah. As Jemima bore the first wife's name, it is natural to suppose that she was the first born daughter by the second marriage, born about 1666. The Stow record is not incorrect in calling her "of Plymouth"; Barnstable was in Plymouth Colony." Source: "Powers-Banks Ancestry" by John Leslie Powers (1921) (Sources: - 1) Children with Jemima Lambert (Quick Family Chart) i. Jemima Benjamin was born Feb 1666 in Barnstable, MA. Jemima married Stephen Gates on 8 Nov 1686 in Stow, MA. Stephen was born on 17 Jul 1665 in Lancaster, MA. He was the son of Stephen Gates and Sarah Woodward. He died on 4 Nov 1732 in Preston, New London, CT .

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