A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameBenjamin Ford 
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11Birth25 Apr 1750, Abington, Plymouth Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay, BCA11
Death12 Aug 1818, Windsor, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts11 Age: 68
BurialShaw Cemetery, Windsor, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts11
FlagsRevolutionary War
FatherPvt Jacob D Ford IV (1711-1794)
MotherSarah Pool (1717-1788)
Notes for Benjamin Ford
Benjamin Ford, son of Jacob & Sarah (Shaw) Ford was born in Abington,Plymouth, Massachusetts 25 April 1750; married 19 April 1750 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Sarah Brett. He lived in his father's house at the present 1011 Washington Street, Abington until he sold it to Capt. Richard Vining about 1800, when he removed to Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts.
Source: Stewart, Elizabeth Cobb (compiler): "The Descendants of Andrew Ford of Weymouth, Massachusetts, Part I - The First Six Generations": Capital City Press, Montpelier, Vermont 1968 Pages 38-40
A Patriot in the Revolution
FORD, BENJAMIN, Abington. Private, Capt. William Reed's co. of Minute-men, Col. John Bailey's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 15 days; also, Capt. Edward Cobb's co., Col. Edward Mitchel's regt.; service, 5 days; company marched from Abington to "The Farms in Braintree" March 4, 1776; also, Capt. Cobb's co., Col. Mitchel's regt., Gen. Cushing's brigade; service, 1 week 3 days; company marched from Abington to Bristol, R. I., Dec. 9, 1776, on an alarm; also, Capt. Edward Cobb's co., Maj. Eliphalet Cary's regt.; marched July 30, 1780; discharged Aug. 9, 1780; service, 11 days; company marched from Abington to Tiverton, R. I., July 30, 1780, on an alarm.
Source: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution
Volume 5 Page 85611
Source: Stewart, Elizabeth Cobb (compiler): "The Descendants of Andrew Ford of Weymouth, Massachusetts, Part I - The First Six Generations": Capital City Press, Montpelier, Vermont 1968 Pages 38-40
A Patriot in the Revolution
FORD, BENJAMIN, Abington. Private, Capt. William Reed's co. of Minute-men, Col. John Bailey's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 15 days; also, Capt. Edward Cobb's co., Col. Edward Mitchel's regt.; service, 5 days; company marched from Abington to "The Farms in Braintree" March 4, 1776; also, Capt. Cobb's co., Col. Mitchel's regt., Gen. Cushing's brigade; service, 1 week 3 days; company marched from Abington to Bristol, R. I., Dec. 9, 1776, on an alarm; also, Capt. Edward Cobb's co., Maj. Eliphalet Cary's regt.; marched July 30, 1780; discharged Aug. 9, 1780; service, 11 days; company marched from Abington to Tiverton, R. I., July 30, 1780, on an alarm.
Source: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution
Volume 5 Page 85611