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Benjamin Peter Scott 1611 – 1671 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 October 1611

Birth Location: Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Kent, England

Death Date: 26 September 1671

Death Location: Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts

Father: William Scott

Mother: Alice Mason

Spouse(s): Margaret Stevenson

Children(s): William Scott, Elizabeth Scott

Early life: Benjamin Peter Scott arrived in Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Kent, England in 1611, born to William Scott and Alice Mason. Over time, Benjamin Peter Scott formed a family with Margaret Kinsey Stevenson, which included William Scott and Elizabeth Scott. Benjamin Peter Scott concluded life in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts in 1671.

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Parents

William Scott
1582 – 1680
Birth Location: Thaxton, Essex, England
WS
Alice Mason
1590 – 1679
Birth Location: Fyn, Denmark
AM

Spouses(s)

Margaret Stevenson
1616 – 1692
Birth Location: Gateshead, Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England
MS

Children(s)

William Scott
1633 – 1718
Birth Location: England
WS
Elizabeth Scott
Birth Location: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
ES

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 16 JUN 1612
    Event Place: Thaxton, Essex, England or Marlack, Somerset, Engkland or Rowley, Essex, MA
    Record Source: American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Millennium File, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 16 October 1611
    Event Place: Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1644
    Event Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts; Year: 1644; Page Number: 258

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1664
    Event Place: Rowley, Essex County, MA
    Record Source: Massachusetts, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Suffolk County Wills; Author: McGhan, Judith; Probate Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Rowley, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Massachusetts, Applications of Freemen, 1630-1691

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 26 September 1671
    Event Place: Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 26 September 1671
    Event Place: Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts
    Record Source: Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records Supplement, 1644 - 1691, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Millennium File, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, The Essex Institute, 1911-1975; Salem, MA, USA; Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volumes 1-9; Volume: IV; Page: 427, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Suffolk County Wills; Author: McGhan, Judith; Probate Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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