Colonel Benjamin MARSTON

1697 - 1754  (57 years)

• Name	Benjamin MARSTON  [1]
  	He graduated 1715 from Harvard College. Benjamin was in Ireland when his father died in 1719. "It appears after the death of his father he remained in Ireland, conducting all the business matters connected with the "Essex" (the brigatine owned by his father), with a degree of energy and capacity not often found in a young man of 22 years of age. The voyage turned out to be much more profitable than was expected, and much of the property that ad been sold or motgaged by his father was redeemed. He engaged in business at Salem as a merchant and gained a reputation among his fellow townsmen as a 'man of honorable motives and strict integrity of character.' He was chosen representative to the general court in 1727-28-29. Was High Sheriff of Essex til 1737, was Justice of General Session and common Pleas Courts." He was a colonel in the Massachusetts Militia, sheriff of Essex County and Judge of Sessions and the Court of Common Pleas in 1740. He devoted much of his time in Manchester to agricultural pursuits. He made his will on 23 apr 1754, which was proved on 17 July 1754. He left "a large estate including the Great and Little Misery Islands, for which he paid 516 pounds, 13 shillings and 9 pence. These islands were offered for sale by his son Benjamin in Dec 1770. A part of the income of the island he left for the purpose of Propogating the Gospel among the Indians." Benjamin Marston Watson was the 2nd great grandson of Governor Thomas and Dorothy (Yorke) Dudley of royal and noble ancestry. [1]
  Prefix	Colonel
  Birth	24 Feb 1696/7	Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Son of Benjamin Marston, Esq. and Patience Rogers   [1]
  Death	22 May 1754	Manchester-by-the-Sea, Essex, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I100657	Main Tree
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Benjamin MARSTON,   b. 9 Jan 1650/1, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts d. 19 Sep 1719, Dublin, Ireland (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Patience ROGERS,   b. 13 May 1676, Ipswich, Massachusetts d. 22 May 1731, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	15 Apr 1696	Ipswich, Massachusetts   [2]
  Family ID	F41722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth WINSLOW,   b. 13 Dec 1707, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts d. 20 Sep 1761/2, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1729	Marshfield, Massachusetts   [1]
  Family ID	F41713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Mehitable GIBBS,   b. 8 Jan 1705/6, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 21 Aug 1727, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts (Age 21 years)
  Marriage	1725	Watertown, Massachusetts   [1]
  Family ID	F41721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S11979] Marston Watson, Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry Vol. IV Pelham-Avery-West. [S03310] Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry: Vol. I Governor Thomas Dudley and Desc. through 5 Generations by Marston Watson.