Ancestry of
Bill Weld

68th Governor of Massachusetts

Benjamin Akin Jr.

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Bill Weld — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 174 
  • Father:
  • Benjamin Akin 
  • Mother:
  • Eunice Taber   
  • Birth Date:
  • 2 Aug 1739 
  • Birth Location:
  • Dutchess County, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1800 
  • Death Location:
  • Dutchess County, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Allen
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 7 Apr 1759 
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Susannah Akin (Ahnentafel No:87 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

    Benjamin Akin's surname is also seen as Aiken and Akins.

• Sources for Benjamin Akin Jr.

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A000858.
  • ² Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Birth record for daughter Susannah Akin.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Dartmouth, Vol. 1, p. 18, Birth record for daughter Susannah Akin.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Dartmouth, Vol. 1, p. 15, Birth record for Benjamin Akin.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Dartmouth, Vol. 2, p. 15, Marriage intention for Benjamin Akin Jr and Mary Allen.
  • ⁶ Millbrook Round Table (Millbrook, New York), 18 APR 1902, p. 4, Biography of son-in-law Philip Hart.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 141.
  • ⁸ Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 12, Francis Cooke, Revised Edition, Rockland, Maine: Picton Press (2011, revised edition 3rd printing), 544.

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