Ancestry of
James Sherman

27th U.S. Vice-President

Benjamin Smith

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of James Sherman — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 198 
  • Father:
  • John Smith 
  • Mother:
  • Susanna Hinckley   
  • Birth Date:
  • 7 Jan 1658 
  • Birth Location:
  • Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 4 Jul 1720 
  • Death Location:
  • Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Jedidah Mayhew
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 16 Jun 1684 
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  Dorcas Smith (Ahnentafel No:99 )

  Abiah Smith

• Sources for Benjamin Smith

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Barnstable, Vol. 1, p. 60, Birth record for Benjamin Smith.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Edgartown, Vol. 1, p. 261, Death record for Benjamin Smith.
  • ³ McCourt, Martha J. F., et. al., The American Descendants of Rev. John Smith: Who Married 13 JUN 1643 Susanna Hinckley, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society [distributor] (1997), 6.
  • ⁴ Sinnott, Mary Elizabeth, Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company (1905), 252.
  • ⁵ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014), 47.