Benjamin HAMBLY, II

Male 1753 - 1828  (75 years)


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  • Name Benjamin HAMBLY 
    Suffix II 
    Born 20 Jul 1753 
    Gender Male 
    Buried Dec 1828  Historical Cemetery 41, Benj Hambly Lot, Souza Rd., Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 5 Dec 1828  [1
    Person ID I00742  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Benjamin HAMBLY, I,   b. 1717, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1765  (Age > 49 years) 
    Mother Alice SHRIEVE,   b. 21 Jul 1731,   d. Abt 1765  (Age 33 years) 
    Married 2 Jan 1751/52 
    Family ID F00595  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth FISH,   b. Between 1755 and 1758,   d. 18 Oct 1834  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Married 6 May 1777  Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Notes 
    • Benjamin and Elizabeth were married by Walter Cook, Justice.
    Children 
     1. Mary Hambly,   b. 31 Dec 1778, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1840 and 1850, Cazenovia, Madison Cty, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     2. Elizabeth Hambly,   b. 3 Sep 1780, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1873  (Age 92 years)
     3. John Hambly,   b. 27 Dec 1781, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1837  (Age 55 years)
     4. Benjamin HAMBLY, III,   b. 20 Oct 1783, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1867, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     5. Priscilla Hambly,   b. 15 Jun 1785, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Alice Hambly,   b. 10 Mar 1787, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1865  (Age 77 years)
     7. Anna "Nancy" Hambly,   b. 17 Jun 1789, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1873  (Age 83 years)
     8. Sarah Hambly,   b. 20 Jun 1792, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Ruth Hambly,   b. 27 Aug 1794, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1852, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     10. Charles (1) Hambly,   b. Abt 1797, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1799, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 2 years)
     11. Amy Hambly,   b. 26 May 1798, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1857  (Age 59 years)
     12. Gardner Hambly,   b. 26 May 1798, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     13. Charles (2) Hambly,   b. 3 Nov 1801, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1887  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F00204  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • This family information was gleaned from cross-referencing three sources: Arnold's Vital Records, Beaman's Vital Records, and the RI Cemetery Database. Benjamin's will names all the children and some of the grandchildren (TiP 10:114-119). There may also be another daughter, Anna, born 17 June 1789; however, this may just be another name for Nancy, as Nancy was frequently used as a nickname for Ann or Anna. If there was another daughter named Anna, then she died before the will was written, 1827-1831. The son Benjamin, b. 1783, had a daughter named Mary A. (our ancestor); her son, Benjamin F. Remington, had a daughter named Mary Anna.

      Benjamin Hambly, Jr. settled in the northern part of Tiverton, RI, where he cleared land, built a house, and farmed. There he grew flax and raised sheep. He was a weaver by trade. All the clothes -- including shoes -- worn by him and the family were made on the farm, by the family.

      Thirteen children were born to Benjamin & Elizabeth, including one set of twins (Gardner & Amy). Benjamin died on his farm at the age of 75.

      According to the private journal of Elder Peleg Burroughs of Tiverton, a Minister of the Gospel, "on the 8th day of September A. D. 1780 -- Preached at B. Hambly's upon Psalm 107:31 (O that men would praise xc) married John Manchester to M.F. and stayed all night at Bro. Davenports." (from the Revolutionary War Pension file of John Manchester who married Mary Fish)

  • Sources 
    1. [S012435] Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. II, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989), 180., 605.
      Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. II, 605, Cemetery Inscriptions in Tiverton, RI; Family Tree Maker CD 180.

    2. [S012373] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Tiverton: Intentions and Marriages, 26.

    3. [S012387] Tiverton town records, Marriages, Vol. 2, 141.