Benjamin Talbot

Brief Life History of Benjamin

When Benjamin Talbot was born on 22 November 1713, in Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Talbot Sr, was 38 and his mother, Mary Dyer, was 36. He married Rebekah Allen on 3 May 1734, in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died in February 1764, in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 50.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Talbot
1713–1764
Rebekah Allen
1715–1753
Marriage: 3 May 1734
Zipporah Talbot
1735–1818
Zephaniah Talbot Sr
1737–
Capt. Samuel Talbot
1738–1814
Mary Talbot
1741–
Benjamin Allen Talbot
1743–1805
Hannah Talbot
1745–1836
Sheribiah Talbot
1747–
Jedediah Talbot
1749–1829
Col. Silas Talbot
1751–1813

Sources (18)

  • Beniamin Taulbut, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Beniamin Talbut, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Beniamin Talbut, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Emile, Marcel, Anatole, Armand, Aubert, Camille, Gilles, Normand, Adrien, Alcide, Andre, Auguste.

English and Irish (of Norman origin); French: from the Anglo-Norman French personal name Talebot, a pet form of Old French Talebert, Talbert (see Talbert 1). Compare Talbert 2.

French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Talbald, composed of the elements dal ‘bright, proud’ or tal ‘valley’ + bald ‘bold’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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