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

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via father Nathaniel Jewell by SmartCopy: Feb 6 2015, 22:20:13 UTC

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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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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via father Nathaniel Jewell by SmartCopy: Feb 6 2015, 22:20:13 UTC

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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Nov 3 2020, 2:06:35 UTC