Benjamin Blossom, s. and youngest known child of Joseph Blossom and his 2nd wife Mehitable, was b. circa 1722-1723 likely at Barnstable, Mass. He d. Oct. 25, 1797 at Dartmouth, Mass., Æ 76.
By an intent to marry pub. Apr. 6, 1751 at Barnstable, Benjamin m. Bathsheba Percival, dau. of John Percival and Mary Bourne, b. Dec. 21, 1725 (bp Apr. 4, 1726) at Barnstable. She d. June 7, 1796 at Dartmouth, Mass., Æ 71. Six known children of the family: Benjamin, Ansel, Mary, Samuel (d.y.), Joseph, Elisha. A seventh child may have been Ebenezer, b. betw. Joseph and Elisha but d.y.
By an intent to marry pub. Apr. 6, 1751 at Barnstable, Benjamin m. Bathsheba Percival, dau. of John Percival and Mary Bourne, b. Dec. 21, 1725 (bp Apr. 4, 1726) at Barnstable. She d. June 7, 1796 at Dartmouth, Mass., Æ 71. Six known children of the family: Benjamin, Ansel, Mary, Samuel (d.y.), Joseph, Elisha. A seventh child may have been Ebenezer, b. betw. Joseph and Elisha but d.y.
Benjamin Blossom, s. and youngest known child of Joseph Blossom and his 2nd wife Mehitable, was b. circa 1722-1723 likely at Barnstable, Mass. He d. Oct. 25, 1797 at Dartmouth, Mass., Æ 76.
By an intent to marry pub. Apr. 6, 1751 at Barnstable, Benjamin m. Bathsheba Percival, dau. of John Percival and Mary Bourne, b. Dec. 21, 1725 (bp Apr. 4, 1726) at Barnstable. She d. June 7, 1796 at Dartmouth, Mass., Æ 71. Six known children of the family: Benjamin, Ansel, Mary, Samuel (d.y.), Joseph, Elisha. A seventh child may have been Ebenezer, b. betw. Joseph and Elisha but d.y.
By an intent to marry pub. Apr. 6, 1751 at Barnstable, Benjamin m. Bathsheba Percival, dau. of John Percival and Mary Bourne, b. Dec. 21, 1725 (bp Apr. 4, 1726) at Barnstable. She d. June 7, 1796 at Dartmouth, Mass., Æ 71. Six known children of the family: Benjamin, Ansel, Mary, Samuel (d.y.), Joseph, Elisha. A seventh child may have been Ebenezer, b. betw. Joseph and Elisha but d.y.
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Memory Mori
In Memory
of Mr Benjamin
Blossom he Died
O[ctober] Ye
[25]th 1797 In
his 76th Year
Based on his gravestone, on the day Benjamin died he was 75 years old, and Ætatis (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of his Age) 76. This means he was b. on or after Oct. 26, 1722.
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