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Jon Meacham

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Benjamin Bearse

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Jon Meacham — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1240 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Bearse 
  • Mother:
  • Martha Taylor   
  • Birth Date:
  • 21 Jun 1682 
  • Birth Location:
  • Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 15 May 1748 
  • Death Location:
  • Hyannis, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Cobb
  • Marriage Date:
  • 4 Feb 1701/1702 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Martha Bearse

  Augustine Bearse

  Elizabeth Bearse

  Joseph Bearse (Ahnentafel No:620 )

  Benjamin Bearse

  Jesse Bearse

  Priscilla Bearse

  David Bearse

  Peter Bearse

  Samuel Bearse

  Sarah Bearse

  Thankful Bearse

• Additional marriages for Benjamin Bearse

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  • Spouse:
  • Anna Atwood
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Aug 1747
  • Marriage Location:
  • Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

• Sources for Benjamin Bearse

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Barnstable. Vol. 1, p. 9, Birth records for children of Peter and Sarah (Cob) Berse.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1871, Vol. 25, p. 359.
  • ³ The American Genealogist, 1971, Vol. 47, p. 46.
  • ⁴ Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 6, 3rd ed., Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2001), 132-133, 153, 419.
  • ⁵ Otis, Amos, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, Being a Reprint of the Amos Otis Papers, Originally Published in . . ., Vol. 1, Barnstable, Massachusetts: F. B. and F. P. Goss, Publishers and Printers (1888), 55.

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