Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1632, Boston, Massachusetts; on the ship "Lion"

Notes:

"John was a blacksmith. In 1664 he was in Hartford, Conn., but returned to Watertown. In 1666 he was made a Freeman of Watertown. On April 5, 1681 he was exempted from military training. (He was 61 years of age at that time.) John was a member of the train band or [sic] Colonial Militia.

John's signature is shown on page 27 of Bond's History of Watertown, Mass.

On March 28, 1692 John sold his son Abel two parcels of upland in Watertown, one half of the homestead, 10 acres and one half of the barn, and one half of the house. The other parcel was one half of the Dividend acreage containing 25 acres. On January 12, 1696 he sold his sons, Daniel and Abel, 60 acres of land in Dorchester. His son John was to receive a double portion of the estate."

In his will of 15 December 1674, William Allen bequeathed to "my daughter Lydyah Beniamine wife unto John Beniamine of Watertowne"

Died:
Age 86