Martha Benjamin

Not the same as Martha Seeley

44. Martha Benjamin b. January 19, 1681 at Weathersfield she was living unm. in 1706 with Uncle Samuel Hale and in 1718 with Capt. Samuel Wells. Poor Martha was not very bright and the court records show she had at least 2 children, the last born in July 1718.

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Do not merge with Martha the wife of John Seelye. This Martha Benjamin was not the Martha who married John Seeley. The Seeley Genealogical Society says "John married Martha Benjamin, about 1707 a daughter of Caleb and Mary Hale Benjamin."[2] Donald Lines Jacobus & Edgar Francis Waterman, however, say Martha was living unmarried in 1706 with her uncle, Lieut. Samuel Hale, and in 1718 with Capt. [Samuel] Welles, and that "poor Martha was not very bright". pp. 10, 11. Further, Martha Benjamin would have been 51 at the birth of David Seeley, which is implausible. John Seeley's will, in May 2, 1740 named his wife Martha, all his children, and Ruth's daughter Abigail Hamblin.