When Prestwood Benbow was born in 1644, in Thornbury, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Benbow, was 34 and his mother, Mary Brunt Beversley, was 30. He married Elinor Bartley on 14 January 1669. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1705, at the age of 61, and was buried in Thornbury, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English: from Middle English bend(en) ‘to bend’ + boue, bewe ‘bow’, hence a metonymic occupational name for an archer.
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