Benjamin was by trade a clock maker, a trade most likely learned from his father, John, also a clock maker in Fairfield(colony of CT).
When the Revolutionary War began, Ben was a father of six by his first wife, Sarah Bulkeley (m. 15 Nov 1864-Westport, CT). He joined the British forces in NY and was attached to the 2nd Battalion, 84th Highland Regiment of Foot(Royal Highland Immigrants)under the command of Major John Small.
At the end of the war (in 1783), the Crown aided many of its soldiers with land grants to settle in Nova Scotia and Upper Canada (Ontario). Ben was granted acreage in the Halifax area, which he later sold to relocate to the Douglas-Rawdon area. He settled in Nova Scotia as a widower with six children. In 1784 (31 Mar at Fort Edward) he married for the second time to Mary Massey (Macey). Mary and Benjamin raised ten more children along with the six he had by Sarah.
Children by Sarah: Mary(Henry Jones), John(Mary Louise Naugle), Hannah(Jacob Heller), Benjamin Jr.(Mary Crocker), Sarah(John Withrow), and Elizabeth(Daniel Crocker).
Children by Mary: Richard Atwood(Mary),Rebecca(Edward Rivers,John Lockhart),Martha,Isaac(Sarah Canavan,Mary Hunter),Nancy(John Dewell),Ruth(John Densmore),Mary(George Tennison), Margaret Mercy(Jacob Withrow),William(Margaret Casey,Hannah Dimock),Esther(John MacPhee).
When the Revolutionary War began, Ben was a father of six by his first wife, Sarah Bulkeley (m. 15 Nov 1864-Westport, CT). He joined the British forces in NY and was attached to the 2nd Battalion, 84th Highland Regiment of Foot(Royal Highland Immigrants)under the command of Major John Small.
At the end of the war (in 1783), the Crown aided many of its soldiers with land grants to settle in Nova Scotia and Upper Canada (Ontario). Ben was granted acreage in the Halifax area, which he later sold to relocate to the Douglas-Rawdon area. He settled in Nova Scotia as a widower with six children. In 1784 (31 Mar at Fort Edward) he married for the second time to Mary Massey (Macey). Mary and Benjamin raised ten more children along with the six he had by Sarah.
Children by Sarah: Mary(Henry Jones), John(Mary Louise Naugle), Hannah(Jacob Heller), Benjamin Jr.(Mary Crocker), Sarah(John Withrow), and Elizabeth(Daniel Crocker).
Children by Mary: Richard Atwood(Mary),Rebecca(Edward Rivers,John Lockhart),Martha,Isaac(Sarah Canavan,Mary Hunter),Nancy(John Dewell),Ruth(John Densmore),Mary(George Tennison), Margaret Mercy(Jacob Withrow),William(Margaret Casey,Hannah Dimock),Esther(John MacPhee).
Benjamin was by trade a clock maker, a trade most likely learned from his father, John, also a clock maker in Fairfield(colony of CT).
When the Revolutionary War began, Ben was a father of six by his first wife, Sarah Bulkeley (m. 15 Nov 1864-Westport, CT). He joined the British forces in NY and was attached to the 2nd Battalion, 84th Highland Regiment of Foot(Royal Highland Immigrants)under the command of Major John Small.
At the end of the war (in 1783), the Crown aided many of its soldiers with land grants to settle in Nova Scotia and Upper Canada (Ontario). Ben was granted acreage in the Halifax area, which he later sold to relocate to the Douglas-Rawdon area. He settled in Nova Scotia as a widower with six children. In 1784 (31 Mar at Fort Edward) he married for the second time to Mary Massey (Macey). Mary and Benjamin raised ten more children along with the six he had by Sarah.
Children by Sarah: Mary(Henry Jones), John(Mary Louise Naugle), Hannah(Jacob Heller), Benjamin Jr.(Mary Crocker), Sarah(John Withrow), and Elizabeth(Daniel Crocker).
Children by Mary: Richard Atwood(Mary),Rebecca(Edward Rivers,John Lockhart),Martha,Isaac(Sarah Canavan,Mary Hunter),Nancy(John Dewell),Ruth(John Densmore),Mary(George Tennison), Margaret Mercy(Jacob Withrow),William(Margaret Casey,Hannah Dimock),Esther(John MacPhee).
When the Revolutionary War began, Ben was a father of six by his first wife, Sarah Bulkeley (m. 15 Nov 1864-Westport, CT). He joined the British forces in NY and was attached to the 2nd Battalion, 84th Highland Regiment of Foot(Royal Highland Immigrants)under the command of Major John Small.
At the end of the war (in 1783), the Crown aided many of its soldiers with land grants to settle in Nova Scotia and Upper Canada (Ontario). Ben was granted acreage in the Halifax area, which he later sold to relocate to the Douglas-Rawdon area. He settled in Nova Scotia as a widower with six children. In 1784 (31 Mar at Fort Edward) he married for the second time to Mary Massey (Macey). Mary and Benjamin raised ten more children along with the six he had by Sarah.
Children by Sarah: Mary(Henry Jones), John(Mary Louise Naugle), Hannah(Jacob Heller), Benjamin Jr.(Mary Crocker), Sarah(John Withrow), and Elizabeth(Daniel Crocker).
Children by Mary: Richard Atwood(Mary),Rebecca(Edward Rivers,John Lockhart),Martha,Isaac(Sarah Canavan,Mary Hunter),Nancy(John Dewell),Ruth(John Densmore),Mary(George Tennison), Margaret Mercy(Jacob Withrow),William(Margaret Casey,Hannah Dimock),Esther(John MacPhee).
Inscription
This
Monument
al inscription, is
to perpetuate the
Exit of BENJAMIN WHITEAR. Who
Left this vale of
Tears XXIVth Dec 1834
AEtatis 96
Hark! Ye dying souls that sit,
In darkness and distress,
Look from the borders of the Pit
To Christ recovering grace
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