Mr John Benham

John was born about 1611. He died about 1661.

General Notes
- Came from Plymouth, England, in the ship "Mary and John," and landed at Nantasket, near Boston, Massachusetts, May 30, 1630. They settled at Dorchester (now South Boston), and were allotted land among the original proprietors. Joh, senior, was a brickmaker and the "town crier," and belonged to the Old South Church, of Boston. In 1638 they joined Eaton and Davenport's colony, and were numbered among the sevetny original families who colonized New Haven CT. A four-acre house ot and sixteen-acre out lot were assigned them.