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Benjamin Garfield

Died 1717 · birth date not recorded

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Benjamin Garfield took part in Watertown’s civic life. A published court-file transcription names him as a witness and signer in the June1674 inquest into the deaths of two boys run over by a load of bricks. A genealogical dictionary also records his service as a representative in1689 and1692.

Family

Parents

Edward GarfieldDied 1672 · birth date not recordedBiologicalRebecca [surname unknown] GarfieldDied 1661 · birth date not recordedBiological

Partners

Mehitable Hawkins GarfieldDied 1675 · birth date not recordedPartner

Children with Mehitable Hawkins Garfield

Benoni Garfield1675 — 1725

Other names

Benjamin Garfield (c.1643–1717)

Family records

Benjamin Garfield → Benoni Garfield · Watertown records — Benjamin Garfield and Mehitable Hawkins family

Edward Garfield → Benjamin Garfield · Robert Charles Anderson — English Origin of Edward Garfield of Watertown, Massachusetts

Rebecca [surname unknown] Garfield → Benjamin Garfield · Robert Charles Anderson — English Origin of Edward Garfield of Watertown, Massachusetts