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Pvt Benjamin Jewell

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts
Death: June 05, 1832 (73)
Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Nathaniel Jewell and Elizabeth Jewell
Husband of Olive Jewell (Lamb)
Father of Sally Jewell; Hannah Wheeler (Jewell); David Jewell; Jonas Jewell; Elizabeth Lee (Jewell) and 4 others
Brother of Pvt John Morris Jewell; Aaron Jewell; Phebe Jewell; Moses Jewell; Nathaniel Jewell, Jr and 7 others

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About Pvt Benjamin Jewell

Patriot of the American Revolution DAR Ancestor # A062641 Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): PRIVATE Birth: 5-25-1759 DUDLEY WORCESTER CO MASSACHUSETTS Death: 6-5-1832 WHITINGHAM WINDHAM CO VERMONT Pension Number: *S38870 Service Source: *S38870 Service Description: 1) COL HAWES, CAPT HASTING COL. JACKSON

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Benjamin Jewell, who was a hatter by trade, was an early settler in Whit ingham. He enlisted at the commencement of the Revolutionary war and served till its close, when he returned to Whitingham. He married Olive Lamb and settled on a farm on road 41, on which he built the first log-house in district No 9. After a few years he removed to road 1, where he continued to reside till his death. He was a member of the State militia during the war of 1812. His children were David, Jonas, Samuel, Daniel, Aaron, Sally, Hannah, Elizabeth, and Mary. Samuel, Daniel, and Aaron never married. The latter two, imbued with the martial spirit of their father, were in the Florida war, and died there. David was born November 1, 1794, married Susan Faulkner, by whom he had nine children, pursued the vocation of a farmer, and died in October, 1870. His wife died in December, 1869. Jonas married Cynthia Harris, of Massachusetts, and lived in Whitingham a few years. He moved to Minnesota and died there.

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Pvt Benjamin Jewell's Timeline

1759
May 25, 1759
Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts
1790
1790
1791
October 24, 1791
Whitingham Windham County Vermont, USA
1794
November 1, 1794
Whitingham, Windham, Vt
1797
December 14, 1797
Stow, Middlesex, MA
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1806
March 30, 1806
Whitingham Twp,Windham,Vermont
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