Benjamin Haskell

1719 - 1778  (59 years)

• Name	Benjamin Haskell  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	8 Mar 1719	Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Sep 1778	Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [3]
  Burial	South Middleboro Cemetery, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [4]
  Person ID	I98	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Josiah Haskell,   b. 16 Jun 1686, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 1775, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Sarah Canady,   b. 11 Nov 1693, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. Bef Mar 1729, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	26 Mar 1718	Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [3, 5, 6]
  Alt. Marriage	26 May 1718	Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [1]
  Family ID	F146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Sherman,   b. Abt 1731, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 24 Sep 1778, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	3 May 1763	Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 6]
  Children	1. Noah Haskell,   b. Abt 1764, Massachusetts d. 29 May 1799, Massachusetts (Age 35 years)   2. Lucy Haskell,   b. Abt 1766, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 30 Sep 1778, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 12 years)   3. Abiah Haskell,   b. Abt 1773   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Seth Haskell,   b. 21 Mar 1776, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 10 Sep 1778, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  On 5 October 1778, Edward Sherman of Middleborough was appointed to administer the estate of Benjamin Haskell, late of Middleboro, yeoman, deceased. The inventory was taken 8 October 1778. The will of Elnathan Sherman of Middleborough dated 17 December 1772 names Simeon, Edward and Seth; daughter Sarah wife of Benjamin Haskell and daughter Althea. A codicil dated 3 October 1778, states daughter Sarah, wife of Benjamin Haskell, is deceased and her husband Benjamin Haskell is also deceased, and names Noah and Abiah Haskell, their "only surviving children." On 1 December 1796, Simeon Sherman, Edward Sherman, Alathea Sherman, Noah and Abiah Haskell, all of Middleborough, desired division of the real estate of their brother, Seth Sherman, late of Middleborough. Reference Mayflowers Families in Progress George Soule of the Mayflower and his descendants for Four Generations Originally compiled by John E. Soule and Milton E. Terry, revised by Louise Walsh Throop Seventh Edition, published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S43691] Vital Records of Middleborough, Massachusetts, (compiled by George Bowman, in The Mayflower Descendant, vol 1, 1899). [S27404] Haskell Journal, Issue 14, 1987, page 3, (The History of One Group of Descendants of Josiah and Sarah (Brayley) Haskell from Massachusetts to Utah.). [S35198] Mayflower Families in Progress: George Soule, (3rd Edition 1999). [S46449] Cemetery index, South Middleboro Cemetery, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Find-a-Grave). [S27353] Genealogy of Roger Haskell of Salem, Massachusetts to November 1925, (Compiled by George L. Randall for the Haskell Family Association. 1926.). [S27360] Genealogy of the descendants of Roger Haskell and Elizabeth Hardy, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association).