Cyrus Fobes
(1776-1832)
Hester Mellish
(1797-)
Benjamin Fobes
(1817-1884)

 

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1. Abigail Jane Straw

Benjamin Fobes

  • Born: 4 Jan 1817, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  • Marriage (1): Abigail Jane Straw on 15 Nov 1849
  • Died: 1 Jun 1884, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts at age 67

bullet   Cause of his death was asthma and cardiac dropsy.

bullet   Another name for Benjamin was Benjamin Forbes.

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bullet  General Notes:

Historical Brighton: An Illustrated History of Brighton and Its Citizens By John Perkins Cushing Winship Published by G. A. Warren, 1902 Item notes: v. 2 Original from the New York Public Library Digitized Jan 23, 2008 220 pages

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www.fold3.com Appeared as a witness on his wife's brother [Wm H. Straw] widow's [Caroline Tracy Straw] pension papers...Benjamin Fobes a resident of Brighton [MA]

1850 Brighton, Middlesex, MA Benjamin Fobes age 33 b. MA; blacksmith Abbie age 23 NH James blair age 23 ME; blacksmith Cyrus Fobes age 19 MA; blacksmith

1855 Brighton, Middlesex, MA Brnjamin Fobes 37 MA; blacksmith Abba J. age 27 NH

1860 Brighton, Middlesex, MA Benj FORBES age 42 Abby J. Forbes age 32 NH

1870 Brighton, Middlesex, MA Benajamin FORBES age 60 MA Abby age 41 NH

1880 Boston, Suffolk, MA Benjamin FORBES b. 1817 MA Abigail J. born 1830 NH


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Benjamin married Abigail Jane Straw, daughter of Sargent Straw and Priscilla Bennet Sanborn, on 15 Nov 1849. (Abigail Jane Straw was born on 16 Jan 1823 in Hill, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and died on 31 Mar 1887 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.)




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