"Benjamin was born in 1696 in Pascommuck [Easthampton], MA. He was the son of Benoni Jones and Hester (Ingersoll). He died on 1 Feb 1783 in Coventry, CT and was buried in Sandisfield.
Benjamin - Scalped and left for dead in the Pascommuck Massacre, May 13, 1704. The only survivor of the family. He barely escaped death which took the lives of his father and two brothers.
After the massacre, when his father and two brothers were killed and his mother taken a captive, he removed with the Janes family to Coventry, Connecticut. Benjamin Janes, with whom he went, was son of the immigrant William Janes or Jeanes, who was a school teacher at New Haven,
He was a "fence viewer" in 1731, on a commision, also to "call the people to the Hall" in 1731.
His date of death is listed as February 1, 1783, age 87 according to a monument in the Beech Plain Cemetery in Sandisfield, MA."
Married Patience (Evarts), daughter of John Evarts and Sarah (Compton).
Ch:
Ebenezer, b. April 8, 1718
Ester, b. May 1, 1720
Jonathan, b. June 21, 1722
Noah, b. May 15, 1724
Benjamin, b. September 15, 1726
Huldah, b. June 25, 1729
Asael, b. July 7, 1731
Sybil, b. April 22, 1735
Dina, b, March 29, 1739
Source: Evarts Family Genealogy.
Benjamin - Scalped and left for dead in the Pascommuck Massacre, May 13, 1704. The only survivor of the family. He barely escaped death which took the lives of his father and two brothers.
After the massacre, when his father and two brothers were killed and his mother taken a captive, he removed with the Janes family to Coventry, Connecticut. Benjamin Janes, with whom he went, was son of the immigrant William Janes or Jeanes, who was a school teacher at New Haven,
He was a "fence viewer" in 1731, on a commision, also to "call the people to the Hall" in 1731.
His date of death is listed as February 1, 1783, age 87 according to a monument in the Beech Plain Cemetery in Sandisfield, MA."
Married Patience (Evarts), daughter of John Evarts and Sarah (Compton).
Ch:
Ebenezer, b. April 8, 1718
Ester, b. May 1, 1720
Jonathan, b. June 21, 1722
Noah, b. May 15, 1724
Benjamin, b. September 15, 1726
Huldah, b. June 25, 1729
Asael, b. July 7, 1731
Sybil, b. April 22, 1735
Dina, b, March 29, 1739
Source: Evarts Family Genealogy.
"Benjamin was born in 1696 in Pascommuck [Easthampton], MA. He was the son of Benoni Jones and Hester (Ingersoll). He died on 1 Feb 1783 in Coventry, CT and was buried in Sandisfield.
Benjamin - Scalped and left for dead in the Pascommuck Massacre, May 13, 1704. The only survivor of the family. He barely escaped death which took the lives of his father and two brothers.
After the massacre, when his father and two brothers were killed and his mother taken a captive, he removed with the Janes family to Coventry, Connecticut. Benjamin Janes, with whom he went, was son of the immigrant William Janes or Jeanes, who was a school teacher at New Haven,
He was a "fence viewer" in 1731, on a commision, also to "call the people to the Hall" in 1731.
His date of death is listed as February 1, 1783, age 87 according to a monument in the Beech Plain Cemetery in Sandisfield, MA."
Married Patience (Evarts), daughter of John Evarts and Sarah (Compton).
Ch:
Ebenezer, b. April 8, 1718
Ester, b. May 1, 1720
Jonathan, b. June 21, 1722
Noah, b. May 15, 1724
Benjamin, b. September 15, 1726
Huldah, b. June 25, 1729
Asael, b. July 7, 1731
Sybil, b. April 22, 1735
Dina, b, March 29, 1739
Source: Evarts Family Genealogy.
Benjamin - Scalped and left for dead in the Pascommuck Massacre, May 13, 1704. The only survivor of the family. He barely escaped death which took the lives of his father and two brothers.
After the massacre, when his father and two brothers were killed and his mother taken a captive, he removed with the Janes family to Coventry, Connecticut. Benjamin Janes, with whom he went, was son of the immigrant William Janes or Jeanes, who was a school teacher at New Haven,
He was a "fence viewer" in 1731, on a commision, also to "call the people to the Hall" in 1731.
His date of death is listed as February 1, 1783, age 87 according to a monument in the Beech Plain Cemetery in Sandisfield, MA."
Married Patience (Evarts), daughter of John Evarts and Sarah (Compton).
Ch:
Ebenezer, b. April 8, 1718
Ester, b. May 1, 1720
Jonathan, b. June 21, 1722
Noah, b. May 15, 1724
Benjamin, b. September 15, 1726
Huldah, b. June 25, 1729
Asael, b. July 7, 1731
Sybil, b. April 22, 1735
Dina, b, March 29, 1739
Source: Evarts Family Genealogy.
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