Brief Life History of Benjamin I
Benjamin I Porter was born on 18 March 1787, in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Emma Crosby in 1807, in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1865. He died on 13 September 1865, in Hebron, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 78, and was buried in Hebron, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- Benj James Porter, "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877"
- Benjamin Porter in entry for George Henry Porter, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
- Benj James Porter, "Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955"
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Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, castle, or monastery, from Middle English and Older Scots porter(e), port(o)ur ‘doorkeeper, gatekeeper’ (Anglo-Norman French port(i)er, portur, Latin portarius). The office often came with accommodation, lands, and other privileges for the bearer, and in some cases was hereditary, especially in the case of a royal castle. The name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other languages, for example German Pförtner (see Fortner ) and Poertner .
English: occupational name for a man who carried loads for a living, especially one who used his own muscle power rather than a beast of burden or a wheeled vehicle. This sense is from Middle English port(o)ur, porter ‘porter, carrier of burdens’ (Anglo-Norman French portur, porteo(u)r).
Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized, of Poorter, status name for a freeman (burgher) of a town, Middle Dutch portere, modern Dutch poorter. Compare De Porter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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