Benjamin Colburn1

M, (13 March 1680 - 10 July 1746)
Father-Biological*Robert Colburn1 b. c 1647, d. 17 Jun 1701
Mother-Biological*Mary Bishop1
Family Lines
Whelpley Line
Last Edited=16 May 2023
     Benjamin Colburn was born on 13 March 1680. He was a twin.1 He was the son of Robert Colburn and Mary Bishop.1

Benjamin Colburn, age 24, married Elizabeth French, age 22 , daughter of Lt. Joseph French and Elizabeth Knight, on 6 June 1704 at Concord, Massachusetts. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Joseph Estabrooke.1,2,3 He lived in an area called Winthrop Farms, a part of Concord, but now Bedford, Massachusetts.1 On 1728, signed, along with 17 others, a petition for a town to be granted. This town would be Bedford, Massachusetts.1 The first town meeting was held 6 October 1729, and Benjamin was chosen to be the fence viewer.1,4 In a deed of 1732 between Richard Wheeler and Benjamin Colburn, Benjamin is referred to as a resident of Bedford, Massachusetts.1 Benjamin Colburn died on 10 July 1746 at Bedford, Massachusetts, at age 66.5

Children of Benjamin Colburn and Elizabeth French

Citations

  1. Coburn, Silas Roger. Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Colburn/Coburn: Came from England, 1635; Purchased Land in "Dracutt on Merrimack," 1668; Occupied his Purchase, 1669. Lowell, Massachusetts: Walter Coburn, 1913.
  2. Tolman, George. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. Concord, Massachusetts: Town of Concord, 1895.
  3. Brown, Abrah English. History of the Town of Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Bedford, Massachusetts: by the author, 1891.
  4. Brown, Louise K.. Wilderness Town: The Story of Bedford, Massachusetts. N.p.: by the author, 1968.
  5. Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Bedford to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903.