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Benjamin Grinnell

Benjamin Grinnell

Male 1696 - 1776  (79 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Grinnell  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 12 Jan 1696  Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    • Age: 0
    Gender Male 
    Death 1776  Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I920  My Tree
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

    Father Daniel Grinnell,   b. 1655   d. 6 Jul 1703, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Chase,   b. 1676, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1730, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1697  Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lydia Cudworth 
    Marriage 24 Jan 1728  Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Benjamin Grinnell,   b. 2 Dec 1728, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1793 (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Lydia Grinnell,   b. 5 Apr 1731, Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F264  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

  • Sources 
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    2. [S76] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records 1690-1881; Author: Bristol County (Massachusetts). Register of Probate; Probate Place: Bristol, Massachusetts.
      Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991
      Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991
      Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records 1690-1881; Author: Bristol County (Massachusetts). Register of Probate; Probate Place: Bristol, Massachusetts


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