Benjamin Hunkins (1741 - 1818)

Born 26 Sep 1741 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah Cheney — married 4 Aug 1763 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 23 Feb 1818 at age 76 in Sandown, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

Biography

Benjamin Hunkins was born Setpember 26, 1741, in Haverhill, Essex county, Massachusetts, a son of Robert Hunkins and Hannah Muzzey. ^[1] On August 4, 1763, in Haverhill, Benjamin married Hannah Cheney. Children of Benjamin and Hannah were born in Sandown, Rockingham county, New Hampshire:

• Molly Hunkins, born March 6, 1761, died 1843, married Jonathan Collins Sanborn ^[2]

• Rebecca Hunkins/Hunkens born August 23, 1764, died May 5, 1791, in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, married Benjamin Wilson ^[3]

• Isaac Hunkins, Hunkens born October 20, 1766, married Dorothy Glidden ^[4]

• Moses Hunkins, born June 21, 1771, died March 31, 1861, in Sandown, married Dorothy Huse ^[5]

• Hannah Hunkins, born November 2, 1773 ^[6]

• Robert Hunkins, born November 29, 1777, married Priscilla Sanborn ^[7]

• John Hunkins, born December 16, 1780, married Betsey Ingals ^[8]

• Abigail Hunkins, born March 4, 1784, married Thomas Wells ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ39-9RS : 14 January 2020), Benjamin Hunkins, 1741
2. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLP5-9X6 : 21 October 2022), Molly Hunkins, ; citing Sandown, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDN9-K4C : 18 January 2020), Rebeckah Hunkens, 1764
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDNY-DB8 : 18 January 2020), Isaac Hunkens, 1766
5. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLP5-9XZ : 21 October 2022), Moses Hunkins, ; citing Sandown, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm
6. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDN9-K4L : 18 January 2020), Hannah Hunkins, 1773
7. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDNY-DB1 : 18 January 2020), Robert Hunkins, 1777
8. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDNY-DBH : 18 January 2020), John Hunkins, 1780
9. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDN9-V1M : 18 January 2020), Nabbe Hunkins, 1784

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Hunkins-21 created through the import of Towne-Weeden.ged on May 29, 2011 by J X