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Benjamin Davenport (1743 - 1833)

Benjamin Davenport
Born in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Americamap
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Husband of — married 29 Nov 1768 in Dedham, Massachusetts Bay, British Americamap
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Died at age 90 in Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Private Benjamin Davenport served with Suffolk County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Benjamin Davenport is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A029973.

Benjamin was born in 1743, the son of Joseph Davenport and Sarah Ware.[1] He married Sarah Wilson in 1768.[2] Benjamin passed away in 1833, and is buried in Needham, Massachusetts.[3]

Benjamin served during the American Revolution as a Private under Captain Aaron Fuller of Connecticut Militia. - they took part in the Lexington Alarm.[4]

Son of Joseph Davenport, he lived in Newton "nearly opposite the present [1880] poor-house," but died in neighboring Needham.[5]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHTQ-HJV : 13 July 2016), Benjamin Davenport, 16 Jun 1743; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
  2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FH47-4XG : 13 July 2016), Benjamin Davenport and Sarah Willson, 29 Nov 1768; citing Marriage Notice, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 593,353.
  3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 January 2024), memorial page for Benjamin Davenport (16 Jun 1743–28 Dec 1833), includes grave photo, Find A Grave: Memorial #27752412, citing Needham Cemetery, Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by ambmad (contributor 47013018).
  4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 18 Jul 2022), "Record of Benjamin Davenport", Ancestor # A029973.
  5. ↑ S. F. Smith, History of Newton, 1880, p. 134. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uma.ark:/13960/t2s46v319&view=1up&seq=146




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