Benjamin Dexter^[1]

1747 - 1818  (70 years)

• Name	Benjamin Dexter  [2]
  Birth	17 Nov 1747	Hardwick, MA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1818	Richmond, NH   [3]
  Person ID	I15973	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Samuel Dexter,   b. 14 Dec 1708, Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary Clark,   b. 18 Mar 1714, Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	18 May 1732	By Rev. Timothy Ruggles/Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA   [4]
  Family ID	F5578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Stone,   b. 15 Jan 1746, Marlboro, MA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1769  [5]
  	After marrieage they went to live upon what is now called the "Jesse Worrick farm." The house is still standing. The next year he moved into the west end of the Ruggles grant upon the location that is now occupied by the Elihu Dexter and Sylvester Davis farms in Orange, MA. (Warden, p.54)
  Children	1. Hannah Dexter,   b. 5 Dec 1770, Athol, Worcester Co., MA d. 18 Sep 1858 (Age 87 years)   2. Simeon Dexter,   b. 31 Oct 1772, Athol, MA d. Mar 1773, Orange, MA (Age 0 years)   3. Benjamin Dexter,   b. 24 Nov 1775, Athol, MA d. 1858 (Age 82 years)   4. Lucy Dexter,   b. 24 Dec 1777, Athol, MA d. 1865 (Age 87 years)   5. Phebe Dexter,   b. 11 Feb 1780, Athol, MA d. 13 Oct 1857 (Age 77 years)   6. Betsey Dexter,   b. 6 Jul 1782, Athol, MA d. 21 Dec 1864 (Age 82 years)   7. Susanna Dexter,   b. 7 Aug 1784, Orange, MA d. 13 Dec 1787 (Age 3 years)   8. Sally Dexter,   b. 19 Nov 1786, Orange, MA d. 1789 (Age 2 years)   9. Mercy Dexter,   b. 21 Jun 1788, Orange, MA d. 10 Nov 1841 (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F5752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  An extensive biography is printed in Warden, pp.53-58.

  
  

• Sources

  [S540] Jon Todd Gibson Case, jontoddgibsoncase. [S2826] William A. Warden and Robert L. Dexter, Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America, (The Blanchard Press, Worcester Mass, 1905 Reproduced by Higginson Book Co., Salem, Mass Order from WWW.Higginsonbooks.com), 33,53 (Reliability: 3). [S2826] William A. Warden and Robert L. Dexter, Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America, (The Blanchard Press, Worcester Mass, 1905 Reproduced by Higginson Book Co., Salem, Mass Order from WWW.Higginsonbooks.com), 54 (Reliability: 3). [S2826] William A. Warden and Robert L. Dexter, Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America, (The Blanchard Press, Worcester Mass, 1905 Reproduced by Higginson Book Co., Salem, Mass Order from WWW.Higginsonbooks.com), 32 (Reliability: 3). [S2826] William A. Warden and Robert L. Dexter, Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America, (The Blanchard Press, Worcester Mass, 1905 Reproduced by Higginson Book Co., Salem, Mass Order from WWW.Higginsonbooks.com), 53 (Reliability: 3).