He is probably the Gervae Benson who died at North Deighton, Yorkshire and whose will was proved on 19 April 1694.[3]
Sources
↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWX8-JH3 : 11 December 2014), Gervase Benson, 24 Nov 1651, Birth; citing p. 15, Sedburgh, Westmorland, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
↑ General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6/1246, The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England, Quarterly Meeting of Westmorland, Ancestry.co.uk and accompanying image
↑ Prerogative & Exchequer Courts Of York Probate Index, 1688-1858, FindMyPast
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