Benjamin MARSTON^[1]

1730 - 1792  (61 years)

• Name	Benjamin MARSTON
  Born	20 Sep 1730	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Education	1749 - Harvard
  Occupation	Merchant
  Died	10 Aug 1792	Bulama, Nigeria, Africa
  Person ID	I17846	Main
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2009

  
  

  Father	Benjamin MARSTON,   b. 24 Feb 1696, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 22 May 1754, Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth WINSLOW,   b. 13 Dec 1707, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 20 Sep 1761, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 53 years)
  Married	20 Nov 1729	Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F5749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sally SWETT,   b. 23 Feb 1734, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1775  (Age 40 years)
  Married	13 Nov 1755	Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F6873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 20 Sep 1730 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Married - 13 Nov 1755 - Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Graduated from Harvard College in 1749 and was a merchant in Marblehead. He took sides with the Loyalists during the Revolution and retired first to Halifax, then to England, and was an agent in the settlement of a British Colony on the Island of Bulama, off the western coast of Africa, where he died.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Orcutt_001 gedcom file, Robert Waddell.