“He was in Providence, RI, in 1646, Lynn, MA, in 1647 and removed to Providence shortly afterwards. ... He owned a house and farm of 25 acres in Providence, RI, located near the corner of North Main St. and what was then called Harrington Lane, now Rochambeau Ave. Part of his farm is now part of the North Burying Ground. His will was presented for probate April 4, 1688.” (http://www.harringtons.org/Harrington/Gedcoms/Benjamin/D0010/I34.html cites Rep Families of RI and Savage)

He is tied to his wife’s family through a deed Oct 16, 1662, when he bought of William and Elizabeth White of Boston 25 acres and a house (described above) for £20. The money was paied by his wife [ [687]]

Benjamin had several brushes with the law. In Dec 1647, he was cited in Lynn for beating his wife. He was cited in Providence on 17 February 1659, for "breach of peace and fright, Comitted [sic] on the family of william white, of this Towne." (Essex Court Files, 1:133)

Benjamin Herendeen appeared on the earliest list of "25 acre men" recorded as inhabitants of Providence on 19 Jan 1645/6.

"Harrington, DeWolfe and Tremaine Families" by Charles Tremaine Harrington, published in 1938:

"When he [Benjamin] was fifteen, he embraced the Baptist faith, then
under ban in Massachusetts. He was flogged by his uncle. As soon as
possible he escaped and he fell in with a family of Quakers named White,
traveling also to find religious freedom. He fell in love with their
oldest daughter and soon after their arrival in Providence, RI, he
married her and had nine children. He became a close and personal
friend of Roger Williams. His name is written in various places as
Herendeen, Hearndon and Herendell. He was given his first allotment of
land, in 1638, when he was admitted as a freeman. At least four time he
was chosen for jury service and many times he was a party to land
deeds."

Savage's: BENJAMIN, Providence 1646, short time, perhaps, at Lynn, next yr. sw. alleg. May 1666, prob. had s. Benjamin, John, Joseph, Thomas, and William, or some of them, for the o. of alleg. was taken at P. by Joseph, and Benjamin, in May 1671; by the other three in May 1682. His d. Mary m. 14 Oct. 1675, Andrew Edmonds

Husband Benjamin’s will was presented for probated 4 Apr 1688. By the time she deeded part of that land to son Isaac in Oct 1688, she was married to Richard Pray. On 13 December 1701 she sold to Joseph Whipple of Providence her "dwelling house and all land thereunto lieing and adjoyneing (part belonged to husband Benjamin Hearnden and to my father William White)..." which was to revert to son Isaac Hearnden upon Elizabeth's decease, but which she had purchased by a deed from Isaac. (Early Providence records, 4:219 cited on Hearndon web page; also [687]) [Joseph Whipples son David m. Eliz’ daughter Sarah and Joseph’s ggrandson Jeremiah Olney m. Eliz’ ggranddaughter Susanna Browne]