Benjamin Veasey

Brief Life History of Benjamin

When Benjamin Veasey was born on 17 January 1694, in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, William Vesey, was 46 and his mother, Mary Saunders, was 40. He married Dorothy Spear on 19 December 1726, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1761, at the age of 67.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Veasey
1694–1761
Dorothy Spear
1703–
Marriage: 19 December 1726
Dorothy Veazie
1727–
Mary Veazie
1729–1805
William Vesey
1731–1761
Elizabeth Vesey
1733–1769
Benjamin Vesey
1740–1776
Josiah Veazie
1741–1744
Josiah Vesey
1744–1790

Sources (8)

  • Benjamin Vesey, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Benjamin Vesey in entry for Dorathy Vesey, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Benjamin Veasey in entry for William Veasey, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"

Name Meaning

English (Leicestershire and Warwickshire): variant of Veazey .

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

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