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Benjamin Green Dexter

Benjamin Green Dexter

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin Green Dexter was born on 21 Feb 1760 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (son of James Dexter, Jr and Alithea Walker); died on 11 Dec 1829 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: KCY4-W5F
    • Initiatory (LDS): 16 Mar 1936, MANTI

    Family/Spouse: Mary. Mary was born in 1762 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Abby G Dexter was born about 1785 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    2. Mary Ann Dexter was born in 1791 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 13 Dec 1851 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    3. Louisa G Dexter was born in 1797 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    4. Alice Dexter was born in 1800 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    5. Lucina Dexter was born in 1802 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Dexter, Jr was born on 24 Feb 1721 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (son of James Dexter and Hannah Wilkinson); died on 6 Aug 1801 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: LZFW-2HY
    • Initiatory (LDS): 21 Sep 1933, SLAKE

    James married Alithea Walker on 14 Aug 1746 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Alithea was born on 2 Dec 1724 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1822 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Alithea Walker was born on 2 Dec 1724 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1822 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: 26LN-JZT
    • Initiatory (LDS): 10 Aug 1928, LOGAN

    Children:
    1. Hopestill Dexter was born on 20 Jun 1747 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 5 Feb 1824 in Concord, Essex, Vermont, United States.
    2. James Dexter was born on 22 Apr 1749 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 16 Jul 1822 in Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
    3. Huldah Dexter was born on 17 Dec 1750 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 9 Mar 1826 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; was buried in Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Cumberland #3, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    4. Oliver Dexter was born on 18 Jul 1752 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    5. Mary Mercy Dexter was born on 24 Jun 1754 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 9 Mar 1839 in Auburn, Cayuga, New York, United States; was buried in Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Providence #3, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    6. Simeon Dexter was born on 24 Jul 1756 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    7. Esek Dexter was born on 7 Jun 1758 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 7 Nov 1794 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    8. 1. Benjamin Green Dexter was born on 21 Feb 1760 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 11 Dec 1829 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    9. Anne Nancy Dexter was born on 22 Dec 1761 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 6 Apr 1856 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    10. Alithea Dexter was born on 12 Feb 1764 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 5 Jul 1805 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    11. Lucinda Dexter was born on 31 Mar 1766 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died in 1846 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Dexter was born on 22 Feb 1691 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (son of Major John Dexter and Alice Smith); died on 7 Nov 1731 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; was buried in North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: MRQL-W5N
    • Initiatory (LDS): 21 Feb 1935, MANTI

    James married Hannah Wilkinson about 1715 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Hannah was born about 1686 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Hannah Wilkinson was born about 1686 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: 27FD-JYY
    • Initiatory (LDS): 3 Nov 1932, LOGAN

    Children:
    1. John Dexter was born on 1 Feb 1716 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 17 Nov 1785 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    2. Anna Dexter was born about 1718 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 16 Mar 1768 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    3. David Dexter was born on 24 Feb 1720 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    4. 2. James Dexter, Jr was born on 24 Feb 1721 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 6 Aug 1801 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    5. Mercy Dexter was born on 5 Jul 1725 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died in 1772 in Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States.
    6. Hopestill Dexter was born in 1727 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Major John Dexter was born on 6 Nov 1652 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (son of Reverend Gregory Dexter and Aligail Fullerton); died on 23 Apr 1706 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; was buried in North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: LH6T-2JS
    • Initiatory (LDS): 16 Jun 1880, SGEOR

    Notes:

    SOURCE: "John Smith, the Miller, of Providence Rhode Island: Some of H i s Descendants," by Charles William Farnham, in Genealogies of Rhode Isl an d Families, from Rhode Island Periodicals (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub . C o., 1983), 2:8.

    SOURCE: Abby Isabel Brown Bulkley, The Chad Browne Memorial, Consistin g o f Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and El izab eth Browne (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888), p. 44, 47.

    John married Alice Smith on 16 Feb 1688 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Alice (daughter of John Smith and Sarah Whipple) was born in 1665 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 19 Feb 1736 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; was buried in North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Alice Smith was born in 1665 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (daughter of John Smith and Sarah Whipple); died on 19 Feb 1736 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; was buried in North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: 2SKD-XK7
    • Initiatory (LDS): 25 Mar 1921, LOGAN

    Notes:

    SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island_ ( A lbany, N.Y., 1887; reprinted. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1 97 8) p. 112, 222

    SOURCE: "John Smith, the Miller, of Providence Rhode Island: Some of H i s Descendants," by Charles William Farnham, in Genealogies of Rhode Isl an d Families, from Rhode Island Periodicals (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub . C o., 1983), 2:8.

    Burial: In the North Burial Ground. --Genealogies of Rhode Island Famili e s 2:8.

    SOURCE: "Descendants of Sarah Whipple," descendancy chart from Beverly P h illips (rogerp@vegas.info.net) to the Whipple Website, 21 Dec 1998.

    SOURCE: Abby Isabel Brown Bulkley, The Chad Browne Memorial, Consistin g o f Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and El izab eth Browne (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888), p. 44, 47.

    Children:
    1. Captain Stephen Dexter was born on 15 Apr 1689 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 27 Dec 1758 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; was buried in North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    2. 4. James Dexter was born on 22 Feb 1691 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 7 Nov 1731 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; was buried in North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    3. John Dexter was born on 24 Oct 1692 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 29 Jun 1776 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    4. Mary Dexter was born on 30 Apr 1694 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 22 Sep 1760 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; was buried in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    5. Abigail Dexter was born on 26 Apr 1696 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 11 Jan 1770 in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; was buried in Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Cranston #50, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    6. Sarah Dexter was born on 27 Jun 1698 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died on 5 Jul 1773 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; was buried on 8 Jul 1773 in North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    7. Phebe Dexter was born on 4 Aug 1700 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died in 1766 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; was buried in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
    8. Anne Dexter was born on 6 Nov 1702 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died after 1740.
    9. Alice Dexter was born on 14 Oct 1705 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died in 1779 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; was buried in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.