Ancestry of
Ben Jealous

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Benjamin Conklin

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Ben Jealous — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 296 
  • Father:
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1733 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Southold, Suffolk, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 30 Jan 1798 
  • Death Location:
  • Leicester, Worcester, Massacusetts 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Rawson Brook Burial Ground, Leicester, Worcester, Massacusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Lucretia Sargent
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 3 Jun 1769 
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  • Child:

  Benjamin F. Conklin (Ahnentafel No:148 )

• Sources for Benjamin Conklin

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/24/2023).
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Leicester, Vol. 1, p. 248, Death record for Benjamin Conklin.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Leicester, Vol. 1, p. 24, Birth record for son Benjamin Conklin.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Leicester, Vol. 1, p. 136, Marriage intention for Benjamin Conklin and Lucretia Lawton.
  • ⁵ Tercentenary of New England Families, 1620-1922: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the . . ., New York: The AmericanHistorical Society (1922), 48.
  • ⁶ Vinton, John Adams, The Richardson Memorial: Comprising a Full History and Genealogy of the Posterity of the Three Brothers . . ., Portland, Maine: Brown Thurston and Co. (1876), 536.

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