Ancestry of
Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

Benjamin F. Conklin

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Ben Jealous — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 148 
  • Father:
  • Benjamin Conklin 
  • Mother:
  • Lucretia Sargent   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 May 1772 
  • Birth Location:
  • Leicester, Worcester, Massacusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 Feb 1834 
  • Death Location:
  • Leicester, Worcester, Massacusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Rebecca Browning
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Apr 1794 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Lucretia Conklin

  Benjamin Conklin

  Austin F. Conklin (Ahnentafel No:74 )

• Sources for Benjamin F. Conklin

  • ¹ Massachusetts, U.S., Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850, Marriage record for Benjamin Conklin Jr and Rebecca Browning.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Leicester, Vol. 1, p. 24, Birth record for Benjamin Conklin.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Leicester, Vol. 1, p. 248, Death record for Benjamin Conklin.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Leicester, Vol. 1, p. 24, Birth record for daughter Lucretia Conklin.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Leicester, Vol. 375, p. 414, Death record for son Austin F Conklin.
  • ⁶ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Worcester, Vol. 375, p. 498, Death record for son Austin F Conklin.

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