Benjamin Dana

1660 - 1738  (78 years)    Has 17 ancestors and 45 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Benjamin Dana
  Birth	20 Feb 1660	Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Christening	8 Apr 1660	Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Aug 1738	Oldcemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Death	13 Aug 1738	Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Siblings	10 Siblings
  1. John Dana,   b. 15 Dec 1649, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Oct 1649, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA   2. Hannah Dana,   b. 8 May 1651, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA d. Bef 1728  (Age 76 years) ▻ Samuel Oldham,  m. 5 Jan 1671   3. Samuel Dana,   b. 13 Oct 1653, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 8 Nov 1653, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 0 years)   4. Jacob Dana,   b. 2 Feb 1655, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 24 Dec 1698, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 43 years) ▻ Patience Sabin,  m. Abt 1678   5. Joseph Dana,   b. 21 May 1655, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 11 Feb 1700, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 44 years) ▻ Mary Gobel,  m. 17 Jan 1683   6. Abiah Dana,   b. 21 May 1656, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 8 Dec 1668, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 12 years) + 7. Benjamin Dana,   b. 20 Feb 1660, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 13 Aug 1738, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 78 years) ▻ Mary Buckminster,  m. 24 May 1688   8. Elizabeth Dana,   b. 20 Feb 1662, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Daniel Woodward,  m. 14 Jan 1679   9. Daniel Dana,   b. 20 Mar 1663, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 10 Oct 1749, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 86 years) ▻ Naomi Croswell,  m. 1691   10. Deliverance Dana,   b. 5 May 1667, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 10 Nov 1741, Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 74 years) ▻ Samuel Hyde   11. Sara Dana,   b. 1 Jan 1670, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 11 Jan 1670, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 0 years)
  Person ID	I398166	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2002

  
  

  Father	Richard Dana,   b. 31 Oct 1617, Manchester, Lancashire, England d. 2 Apr 1690, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Ann Bullard,   b. Abt 1627, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 15 Jul 1711, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1648	Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F159031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Buckminster,   b. 1668, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Feb 1754 (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1688	Brighton, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. John Dana,   b. Abt 1690, Connecticut, USA d. Connecticut, USA   2. Jonathan Dana,   b. Abt 1690   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Benjamin Dana,   b. 28 Apr 1689, Brighton, Sussex, England d. 5 Jun 1751, Brighton, Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years)   4. Jonathan Dana,   b. 1691, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mary Dana,   b. Abt 1695   d. 1712 (Age 17 years) + 6. Isaac Dana,   b. 3 Oct 1697, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 Apr 1767, Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA (Age 69 years)   7. Rev Joseph Dana,   b. 1699, Pomfrett, Connecticut, USA d. 1778, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA (Age 79 years)   8. William Dana,   b. 1703   d. 1770 (Age 67 years)   9. Ann Dana,   b. 1705   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Sarah Dana,   b. 1705   d. Yes, date unknown + 11. Jedidiah Dana,   b. 11 Feb 1708   d. 28 Mar 1787, Connecticut, USA (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F159029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2002

  
  

• Notes

  Lived at Cambridge (Now Brighton)and is said to have owned a farm one mile from the meeting house, lately owned by Col Steph en Dana, on the road to Newton Corner. He and his brothers Jacob and Daniel own ed one twelfth part of the Mashamoguet uprchase of 15,000 acres, in Pomfret, CN , which cost L20 in 1686. He was a Tythingman in 1699 and 1701, and Surveyor i n 1702. Died at Cambridge Aug 13 1738. "On account of age"his widow declined a dministering on his estate, and letters were granted to his son Benjamin, Aug 2 8 1738 and the inventory returned Aug 31 1738, of 20 acres of land in Newton l1 60;personal about L90. His widow married july 18 1742 Joshua Fuller of Newton, he being 87 and she (prob) 84.