246. Benjamin1 Child;178,61 born 15 Jan 1631 at Aughton, Cottesbatch, Leicester, ENG;178,61 married Mary Bowen, daughter of Griffith Bowen and Margaret Fleming, 1653 at Boston, MA;178 died 14 Oct 1678 at Roxbury, MA, at age 47.61,178,179
He "BENJAMIN, Rox-
bury, prob. neph. of Ephraim here, s. of Benjamin in Eng. may rather
be call. of Boston, as he liv. in Muddy riv. planta. now Brookline, but
worship. at R. 1648, by w. Mary, adm. into the ch. of R. 23 Jan. 1659,
had Ephraim, wh. was k. by the Ind. at Northfield, 4 Sept. 1675, with
capt. Beers; Benjamin; and Joshua; all bapt. 27 Feb. 1659; Mary, 28
Oct. 1660; a ch. d. unbapt. Dec. 1662; Eliz. 21 Feb. 1664; Margaret,
28 Jan. 1666; John, 8 Mar. 1668, d. soon; Mehitable, 29 Aug. 1669;
John, again, 1 Oct. 1671; and Joseph, 31 Aug. 1673, d. soon."61 He "Son of BenjaminCHILD and Sarah SHENTON of Cottesbach. Genealogy of the Child Families, 1630-1881, by Elias Child includes the descendants of Benjamin. He was a nephew of Ephraim Child of Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA who bequeathed 40 acres of land to Benjamin's first son, Ephraim. Came to America about 1630. Married about 1653, possibly at Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA."
145 He "62. BENJAMIN CHILD, son of Benjamin Child (124) and (???) (???) (125); b. about 1620 in England; d. 14 Oct. 1678 Roxbury, Mass., as Benjamin Childe (Suff. P. XII: 293); m. MARY BOWEN (63) about 1653; dau. of Griffith Bowen (114 & 126) and Margaret Fleming (115 & 127); b. about 1635 Wales, England; d. 31 Oct. 1707 Roxbury*, as the widow Mary Child.
(Roxbury(+)) Mary Childe, ye wife of Benjamin Childe, admitted 23 Jan. 1658.
His wife was mentioned in the administration of her father Griffith Bowen's estate, as the widow child. Dated 6 Nov. 1683.
(Child Genealogy, by Elias Child).
(R. Comm. Rep. XXXIV: 435) Benjamin Child, the common ancestor of most of the name in Roxbury, Brookline, Boston, and Woodstock, Conn., settled on the estate between Whitney's and the Brookline boundary, owned until recently by his descendants. Besides his house and barn, he had eighty acres conveniently adjoining to ye sd housing.
His estate was near Great Pond, now Jamaica Pond.
(R. Comm. Rep. XXXIV: 282-302) No more interesting spot can be found in Roxbury than Meeting-House Hill, upon which, in the summer of 1632, the first meeting-house was built. The second was built in 1674, the third in
1741, the fourth in 1746, and the last in 1804.
From the records of Roxbury, Mr. Benjamin Child was among those who contributed to the erection of the First Church of Roxbury.
Benjamin Child is described in the Child genealogy, as the nephew of Deacon Ephraim Child of Watertown, Mass., who came over in 1630 from probably Bury St. Edmunds in Co. Suffolk, England. The same relationship is also stated by Bond in his History of Watertown, whose opinion undoubtedly influenced the author of the genealogy. Bond also gave Richard and John Child, who are mentioned in the will of Deacon Ephraim, as his nephews. To the compiler of this history, the proper interpretation to be given to the will of Ephraim, is that Ephraim, the son of Benjamin Child of Roxbury, bears the same relationship to Deacon Ephraim, as does Richard and John; the bequests are similar in character and extent.
Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary of New England, says: Benjamin of Roxbury, probably nephew of Ephrain here, son of Benjamin in England. Then later on speaking about the will of Deacon Ephraim: provided for widow
Eliz., for Richard and John Child, probably nephews, and Ephraim another nephew, son of his brother Benjamin.
Richard Child married Mehitable Dimick 17 Apr. 1662 at Watertown (Ct. R.), from this record it is clear that he was much younger than Benjamin, who married Mary Bowen about 1653.
The first mention of Benjamin Child was when he witnessed a deed the 3 Nov. 1651, for ten acres and a halfe sold by Joseph Patchin of Rocksbury to John Dane of the same town (Suff. Deed I: 145). He was therefore of full age in 1651, and if he married at the same age as Deacon Ephraim married Elizabeth Palmer, or Richard Child married Mehitable Dimick, he would be born about 1620, or at the earliest twenty seven years after Deacon Ephraim. This difference between the ages of the oldest and youngest child in a family sprung from one or two mothers is not impossible.
In a pamphlet in the possession of the N. E. H. & G. S., Deacon Ephraim and Benjamin Child are called brothers,
which is the conclusion accepted in this book.
(Suff. XII: 293-4) At A County Court held at Boston 29 Apr. 1679.
Power of adm. of all & singular the goods & Estate and Credits of Benjamin Childe late of Roxbury deced intestate is granted unto Mary his Relict Widdow, John Weld Senr & his son Benjn Childe they giving Security to Administer the sd Estate according to Law and bringing in an Inventory thereof upon oath.
Attest Isa. Addington Cler.
An Inventory of the Estate of Benjn Childe who dyed 14th October 1678.
[Among other items]:
A House and Barn, 80 Acres of Land conveniently adjoining to ye sd housing, 12 Acres in the thousand Acres, An Acre & halfe of Salt Marsh, 5 1/2 Acres of Land at the Pond plain. Total of whole inventory was oe506.19.00.
Apprized by John Weld Senr, John Gore.
John Weld and Mary Childe admitted Admrs made oath in Court pro. May 1679 to the truth of the above Inventory and that wn more appears they will add it.
Attest Isa. Addington Cler.
(Weld Mss.) Whereas Benjamin Child late of Roxbury Co. Suff. Mass. Col. in New England, dyed intestate and upon an Inventory of his estate, and Adm. granted unto Mary his relict widow and John Weld Senr of sd. Roxbury .
. . Agreement to prevent differences, we appoint Mr. John Weld Senr, Henry Bowen Senr & Samuel Gore to inspect all accounts of management. 3 Apr. 1690.
[Signed] Mary Child, Benjamin Child, Jacob Chambrlen, John Child, Elisabeth Child, Mehittabell Child.
The following very important deed of Jacob Chamberlain and others, their release to Benjamin Child, is taken from the Child Genealogy by Elias Child.
Articles of Agreement, 15 May 1699, between Jacob Chamberlain and Mary his wife, Elizabeth Child Spinster, Margaret Child Spinster, Samuel Perrin & Mehetiable his wife, and John Child, of the one part, and Benjamin Child on the other part, all children and heirs of Benjamin Child sometime of Roxbury, Co. Suffolk, in New England. Whereas the said Benjamin Child, the father dyed seized . . . of land . . . by Estimation about forty six acres . . . in Roxbury.
To the above childrens' quit claim of their fathers estate to their brother Benjamin Child, is joined that of Joshua Child one of the children & heirs of Benjamin Child.
Children of Benjamin Child (62) and Mary Bowen (63).
I. EPHRAIM, b. about 1654 Roxbury, Mass.; bapt. 27 Feb.
1658 Roxbury(+), as Ephraim (with brothers Benjamin &
Joshua), as children of Benjamin Childe; d. 4 Sept. 1675
Northfield, Mass., in the fight at Squakheage, as Ephraim
Child (Bodge).
II. JOSHUA, b. about 1656 Roxbury; bapt. 27 Feb. 1658
Roxbury(+);
d. 18 Jan. 1729-30 Roxbury*; d. the same day
aged 73 y. by his gravestone in the Central Burial Ground,
now know as the Walter Street Cemetery in West Roxbury,
as Mr. Joshua Child (N. E. H. & G. R. VIII:
243-4); m. Elizabeth Morris 9 Mar. 1685-6 Roxbury*;
dau. of Edward and Grace (Burr or Bett) Morris; b. 26
Mar. 1665 Roxbury*, as Elisabeth dau. of Edward Morris;
bapt. 25 Mar. 1666 Roxbury(+), as Elizabeth dau. to
Edward Morrice; d. 6 Mar. 1752 Roxbury, aged 87
by her gravestone, as Mrs. Elizabeth wife of Mr. Joshua
Child; bur. with her husband.
III. BENJAMIN, b. about 1658 Roxbury; bapt. 27 Feb. 1658
Roxbury(+); d. 26 Jan. 1723 Roxbury*; d. 24 Jan. 1723-4,
aged 66 as Benjamin Child by his gravestone in the
Central Burial Ground in West Roxbury, now known as
the Walter Street Cemetery (N. E. H. & G. R. VIII:
243-4); m. Grace Morris 7 Mar. 1682-3 Roxbury*;
dau. of Edward and Grace (Burr by Roxbury*) or (Bett
by Boston*) Morris; bapt. 17 Feb. 1660 Roxbury(+), as
Grace dau. to Ed. Morrice; d. 10 Dec. 1723 Roxbury*,
as Grace wife of Benjamin Child; aged 63 by her tombstone
in the Walter Street Cemetery.
31. IV. MARY, bapt. 28 Oct. 1660 Roxbury(+), as Mary dau. to
Benjamin Childe; d. 12 Oct. 1718 Roxbury*, as Mary
wife of Jacob Chamberlaine; m. JACOB CHAMBERLAIN
(30) 24 Jan. 1683-4 Roxbury*; son of Edmund
Chamberlain (60) and Mary Turner (61).
V. INFANT, d. -- Dec. 1662 Roxbury(+), as an infant of Benjamin
Childe, unbaptized.
VI. ELIZABETH, bapt. 21 Feb. 1663 Roxbury(+), as Elizabeth dau.
to Benjamin Childe; living 15 May 1699 as Elizabeth
Child, spinster; d. single.
VII. MARGARET, bapt. 28 Feb. 1665 Roxbury(+), as Margaret dau.
to Benjamin Childe; living 15 May 1699 as Margaret
Child, spinster; d. 15 July 1742; single.
VIII. JOHN, bapt. 8 Mar. 1667 Roxbury(+), as John son to Benjamin
Childe; d. young.
IX. MEHITABLE, bapt. 29 Aug. 1669 Roxbury(+), as Mehetable
dau. to Benjamin Childe; d. 7 Sept. 1752; m. Samuel Perrin
after 3 Apr. 1690, when she was living as Mehittabell Child;
prob. m. about 1694; their dau. Mary was b. 18 Sept. 1695; b.
10 Mar. 1671 Rehoboth*, as Samuel son of John Jr. and Mary
Perrin; d. 10 Mar. 1743.
(Genealogy of the Perrin family, by Glover Perrin).
(N. E. H. & G. R. XXXII: 178, for Perrin Family).
Contributed by Edward A. Bowen of Woodstock Ct. from the Village
graveyard. Here lyes Buried ye Body of Mr. Samuel Perin, who Died
March ye 10th 1743: aged 73 Years. In Memory of Mrs. Mehatable
ye th wife of Mr. Samuel perin died September ye 7d AD 1752 in ye
84th Year of her Age.
X. JOHN, bapt. 1 Oct. 1671 Roxbury(+), as John son to Benjamin
Childe; d. (???) 1764 West Woodstock, Conn: John Child
of Roxbury m. Elizabeth Wales, daughter to E. Nathl
Wales 19 June 1694 Braintree (First(+) by Moses Fisk,
with the Quincy town clerk); dau. of Elder Nathaniel
and Elizabeth (Billings) Wales; b. 10 Feb. 1675-6
Braintree*, as Elizabeth dau. of Nathaniel Wales; d.
(???).
See the will of Nathaniel Wales under Joanna the fourth child of
Thomas Faxon (58).
XI. JOSEPH, bapt. 31 Aug. 1673 Roxbury(+), as Joseph son to
Benjamin Childe; d. 10 Feb. 1673 Roxbury(+), as Joseph
son to Benjamin Childe.60 He "BENJAMIN CHILD was born in England, at or near Bury St. Edmunds about 1625 and came to America probably with his uncle Ephraim Child in 1630. He married about 1650 Mary, dau. of Griffith Bowen and Margaret Fleming and settled in Roxbury. He was one of thirty persons who gave oe104 for building the first church erected in Roxbury. He was chosen constable for Muddy River in 1660. He died in Roxbury Oct. 14, 1678. Inventory dated Oct. 24, 1678, oe506:19:00.
Children:
Ephraim b. 1654, Killed in Philip's War, Sept. 23, 1675.
Benjamin b. 1656, d. Jany. 24, 1724, m. Grace Morris.
Joshua b. 1658, d. Jany. 18, 1729, m. Elizabeth Morris.
Mary b. Aug. 8, 1660, m. Jacob Chamberlain.
An infant b. 1662
Elizabeth b. Dec. 2, 1663,
Margaret b. Dec. 21, 1665, d. July 15, 1742.
John b. Jany. 8, 1667, d. young.
Mehitable b. June 29, 1669, m. Samuel Perrin.
John b. Aug. 1, 1671, d. 1764, m. Elizabeth (???)
Joseph b. June 1, 1674, d. young.
Joseph b. Dec. 10, 1678, d. young. "180
Children of Benjamin1 Child and Mary Bowen were:
247. Joshua2 Child (Benjamin1);178 born 26 Feb 1657 at Roxbury, Suffolk, MA;178 married Elizabeth Morris, daughter of Edward Morris and Grace Bett (or Burr), 9 Mar 1685 at Roxbury, Suffolk, MA;178 died 18 Jan 1729 at Roxbury, Suffolk, MA, at age 71.178
He "JOSHUA CHILD, son of Benjamin Child and Mary Bowen, was born in Roxbury in 1658 and baptized by the "Apostle" Eliot June 20, 1658. He married May 9, 1685, Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Morris and Grace Bett and resided near the homestead in Brookline. He held many town offices. He was surveyor in 1691 and 5, 1701 and 2, Constable in 1697 and 1707 and fence viewer in 1699. He died Jany 18, 1729, having been for some time totally blind.
Children:
Joshua b. June 20, 1687, m. Deborah Weld.
Isaac b. Dec. 20, 1688, m. Sarah Newell,
2nd, Elizabeth Weld.
Elizabeth b. July 20, 1691, m. John May.
Mehitable b. Oct. 27, 1693,
Joseph b. Jany. 7, 1696, m. Abigail Bridges.
Abigail b. Mch. 15, 1698. m. James Draper.
Ann b. Apl. 8, 1700. m. Joshua Murdock.
Dorothy b. May 5, 1701, m. Ebenezer Draper.
Prudence b. July 22, 1703.
Samuel b. Nov. 7, 1705, d. young.
Samuel b. Feb. 4, 1707.
Caleb b. Sept. 16, 1709, m. Rebecca Dana.
Children of Joshua2 Child and Elizabeth Morris were:
248. Mehitable3 Child (Joshua2, Benjamin1);67,68 born 27 Oct 1693 at Roxbury, Suffolk, MA;67,66 married John Weld, son of Joseph Weld and Sarah Faxon, 3 Dec 1712 at Sturbridge, MA;67,68 died 23 Jul 1774 at Sturbridge, MA, at age 80.67,66
She left a will on 14 Jun 1763; Linzee, John William. The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles. Privately Published, Boston 1913.
The will of John Weld of Sturbridge, Mass., made 14 June 1763, filed 30 Jan. 1764, mentions wife Mehitable; son Aaron Weld; dau. Mehitable Draper; son Abijah Weld (the residue); son Joshua Weld; dau. Sarah, wife of John Davis; dau . Hannah, wife of Caleb Harden (Harding); dau. Merriam, wife of Jabez Harden (Harding); dau. Dorothy, wife of Joseph Sabin; dau. Abigail, wife of Thomas Lyons.60
Children of Mehitable3 Child and John Weld were: