Benjamin Hand 1673–1744 – Phineas Wolcott Cook Family Organization

Benjamin Hand, 1673–1744 (aged 71 years)

Benjamin Hand

Name: Benjamin Hand
Given names: Benjamin
Surname: Hand

Gender Male

Events of close relatives
Birth	February 8, 1673 36 33 Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a brother	Stephen Hand February 8, 1674 (aged 1 year) Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a sister	Elizabeth Hand March 2, 1677 (aged 4 years) East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a sister	Silence Hand November 12, 1679 (aged 6 years) East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death of a sister	Jane Hand February 3, 1683 (aged 9 years) East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a sister	Ann Hand July 10, 1683 (aged 10 years) East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a sister	Jane Hand April 25, 1686 (aged 13 years) East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Marriage	Mary Wilcox — View this family July 10, 1695 (aged 22 years) Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a son	Nathaniel Hand April 12, 1696 (aged 23 years) Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a son	John Hand June 12, 1698 (aged 25 years) Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death of a brother	Joseph Hand 1699 (aged 25 years) East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a daughter	Mary Hand June 6, 1700 (aged 27 years) East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a daughter	Submit Hand August 5, 1702 (aged 29 years) Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a son	Ebenezer Hand September 5, 1705 (aged 32 years) Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a son	Benjamin Hand May 7, 1708 (aged 35 years) Of Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Birth of a daughter	Mary Hand August 15, 1712 (aged 39 years) Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Marriage of a child	Nathaniel Hand — Jemima French — View this family April 19, 1722 (aged 49 years)
Death of a father	Joseph Hand January 1, 1724 (aged 50 years) East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death of a mother	Jane Wright December 16, 1724 (aged 51 years) East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Marriage of a child	Ebenezer Hand — Susanna French — View this family May 31, 1725 (aged 52 years) Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death of a sister	Silence Hand 1725 (aged 51 years) Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Marriage of a child	Ebenezer Bartlett — Submit Hand — View this family February 1, 1726 (aged 52 years) Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Marriage of a child	John Hand — Deborah Bishop — View this family about 1727 (aged 53 years) Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Marriage of a child	Benjamin Hand — Mary Penfield — View this family October 29, 1730 (aged 57 years) Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Marriage of a child	Ebenezer Hand — Mary West — View this family September 13, 1743 (aged 70 years) Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death	December 7, 1744 (aged 71 years) Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
LDS baptism	June 16, 1931 (186 years after death)
LDS endowment	April 25, 1934 (189 years after death)
LDS spouse sealing	Mary Wilcox — View this family February 2, 1956 (211 years after death) LDS temple: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
LDS child sealing	May 19, 1992 (247 years after death) LDS temple: Jordan River, Utah, United States Family: Joseph Hand + Jane Wright
Unique identifier	1D46AC8D3A91410687E34BECC707A9EEB46A
Last change	August 7, 2019

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 1637 26 23 — Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom Marriage: 1663 Death: January 1, 1724 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jane Wright Sarah Hand Jane Hand Joseph Hand Benjamin Hand Stephen Hand Elizabeth Hand Silence Hand Ann Hand Jane Hand Joseph Hand 1637–1724 Birth: 1637 26 23 — Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom Death: January 1, 1724 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
mother	Links Birth: about 1640 Marriage: 1663 Death: December 16, 1724 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Joseph Hand Sarah Hand Jane Hand Joseph Hand Benjamin Hand Stephen Hand Elizabeth Hand Silence Hand Ann Hand Jane Hand Jane Wright 1640–1724 Birth: about 1640 Death: December 16, 1724 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Marriage	Marriage: 1663 —
2 years elder sister	Links Birth: March 2, 1665 28 25 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: Death: August 1, 1751 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Samuel Munger Sarah Hand 1665–1751 Birth: March 2, 1665 28 25 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: August 1, 1751 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
4 years elder sister	Links Birth: September 19, 1668 31 28 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: February 3, 1683 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Jane Hand 1668–1683 Birth: September 19, 1668 31 28 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: February 3, 1683 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
3 years elder brother	Links Birth: April 2, 1671 34 31 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: May 10, 1692 Marriage: 1699 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: 1699 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Esther Wilcox Jannah Hand Esther Hand Huldah Hand Family with spouse Hannah Seward Joseph Hand 1671–1699 Birth: April 2, 1671 34 31 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: 1699 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
23 months himself	Links Birth: February 8, 1673 36 33 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: July 10, 1695 — Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Death: December 7, 1744 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA LDS baptism: June 16, 1931 LDS endowment: April 25, 1934 LDS spouse sealing: February 2, 1956 LDS child sealing: May 19, 1992 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Wilcox Nathaniel Hand John Hand Mary Hand Submit Hand Ebenezer Hand Benjamin Hand Elizabeth Hand Mary Hand Silence Hand Jane Hand Benjamin Hand 1673–1744 Birth: February 8, 1673 36 33 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: December 7, 1744 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
12 months younger brother	Links Birth: February 8, 1674 37 34 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: November 6, 1700 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: November 16, 1708 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: March 6, 1734 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: September 21, 1743 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: August 14, 1755 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA LDS baptism: June 16, 1931 LDS endowment: April 26, 1934 LDS spouse sealing: June 6, 1944 LDS child sealing: May 19, 1992 Burial: Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah Wright Joseph Hand Mary Hand Sarah Hand Family with spouse Dorothy Hopson Family with spouse Sarah Pierson Stephen Hand Abigail Hand Family with spouse Hannah Judd Stephen Hand 1674–1755 Birth: February 8, 1674 37 34 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: August 14, 1755 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: March 2, 1677 40 37 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: about 1695 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: 1767 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Benjamin Wright Elizabeth Hand 1677–1767 Birth: March 2, 1677 40 37 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: 1767
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: November 12, 1679 42 39 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: about 1698 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: 1725 — Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ephraim Wilcox Silence Hand 1679–1725 Birth: November 12, 1679 42 39 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: 1725 — Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
4 years younger sister	Links Birth: July 10, 1683 46 43 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: about 1702 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jonathan Wright Ann Hand 1683– Birth: July 10, 1683 46 43 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death:
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: April 25, 1686 49 46 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: about 1705 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: October 27, 1747 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Cornelius Dowd Jane Hand 1686–1747 Birth: April 25, 1686 49 46 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: October 27, 1747 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Family with Mary Wilcox
himself	Links Birth: February 8, 1673 36 33 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: July 10, 1695 — Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Death: December 7, 1744 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA LDS baptism: June 16, 1931 LDS endowment: April 25, 1934 LDS spouse sealing: February 2, 1956 LDS child sealing: May 19, 1992 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Wilcox Nathaniel Hand John Hand Mary Hand Submit Hand Ebenezer Hand Benjamin Hand Elizabeth Hand Mary Hand Silence Hand Jane Hand Benjamin Hand 1673–1744 Birth: February 8, 1673 36 33 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: December 7, 1744 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
wife	Links Birth: Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Marriage: July 10, 1695 — Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Death: October 24, 1749 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA LDS spouse sealing: February 2, 1956 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Benjamin Hand Nathaniel Hand John Hand Mary Hand Submit Hand Ebenezer Hand Benjamin Hand Elizabeth Hand Mary Hand Silence Hand Jane Hand Mary Wilcox –1749 Birth: Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Death: October 24, 1749 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Marriage	Marriage: July 10, 1695 — Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
9 months son	Links Birth: April 12, 1696 23 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: April 19, 1722 Death: April 19, 1752 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA LDS baptism: September 3, 1932 LDS endowment: June 16, 1933 LDS child sealing: June 20, 1949 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jemima French Nathaniel Hand 1696–1752 Birth: April 12, 1696 23 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: April 19, 1752 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
2 years son	Links Birth: June 12, 1698 25 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: about 1727 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: April 1739 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA LDS baptism: September 3, 1932 LDS endowment: January 20, 1933 LDS child sealing: February 2, 1956 LDS spouse sealing: March 12, 1958 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Deborah Bishop Elizabeth Hand John Hand Deborah Hand Submit Hand John Hand John Hand 1698–1739 Birth: June 12, 1698 25 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: April 1739 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
2 years daughter	Links Birth: June 6, 1700 27 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: August 17, 1702 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA LDS child sealing: June 20, 1949 LDS baptism: LDS endowment: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Mary Hand 1700–1702 Birth: June 6, 1700 27 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: August 17, 1702 — East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
2 years daughter	Links Birth: August 5, 1702 29 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: February 1, 1726 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: July 25, 1734 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA LDS baptism: June 21, 1932 LDS endowment: June 8, 1933 LDS child sealing: June 29, 1949 LDS spouse sealing: October 22, 1991 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ebenezer Bartlett Ebenezer Bartlett Ichabod Bartlett Mary Bartlett Reuben Bartlett Abigail Bartlett Submit Hand 1702–1734 Birth: August 5, 1702 29 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: July 25, 1734 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
3 years son	Links Birth: September 5, 1705 32 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: May 31, 1725 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: September 13, 1743 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: June 10, 1746 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: LDS baptism: September 3, 1932 LDS endowment: January 26, 1933 LDS child sealing: June 20, 1949 LDS spouse sealing: October 22, 1991 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Susanna French Ebenezer Hand Temperance Hand Ichabod Hand Jemima Hand Aaron Hand Ira Hand Timothy Hand Family with spouse Mary West Family with spouse Anna Crampton Ebenezer Hand 1705– Birth: September 5, 1705 32 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death:
3 years son	Links Birth: May 7, 1708 35 — Of Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage: October 29, 1730 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: December 7, 1748 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA LDS baptism: September 3, 1932 LDS endowment: May 25, 1933 LDS child sealing: June 20, 1949 LDS spouse sealing: September 3, 1957 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Penfield Mary Hand Huldah Hand Abigail Hand Benjamin Hand 1708–1748 Birth: May 7, 1708 35 — Of Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: December 7, 1748 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
daughter	Links Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Elizabeth Hand –
daughter	Links Birth: August 15, 1712 39 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: LDS baptism: October 26, 1954 LDS endowment: August 17, 1955 LDS child sealing: February 2, 1956 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Mary Hand 1712– Birth: August 15, 1712 39 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death:
daughter	Links Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Silence Hand –
daughter	Links Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Jane Hand –

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Note	BIRTH: Barbour Collection of Vital Records, FHL film 2920, Guilford V.R. Vol A, p. 78. "Benjamin Hand, son of Joseph and Jane" Benjamin, son of Joseph and Jane Wright Hand was born 8 Feb. 1673." (Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut, FHL 974.67 G1 D2t, p. 595.) DEATH: Barbour Collection, FHL film 2920, Guilford VR, Vol 2, p. 138. Date is 1748. Also found in Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut, FHL 974.67 G1 D2t, p. 595. However, the date given was 10 August 1744. PROBATE: Benjamin's probate is in Guilford Probates, Vol. 4, 1739-1751, FHL 4354, p. 211. Sept. 4, 1744, Benjamin Hand and Nathaniel Hand are executors of the will of Benjamin Hand, Esq. of Guilford. p. 212 is the will: "Mary my wife" to receive 1/3 of the estate. "My son Nathaniel Hand" received much land. "My son John Hand his children Elizabeth Hand, Deborah Hand, Submit Hand and John Hand," received land. "My son Ebenezer Hand to receive all that farm on which he now dwells." "My son Benjamin Hand" to receive the farm. "My granddaughter Mary Bartlett" to receive 70 pounds at the time of her marriage. If she dies it goes to her brothers Ebenezer and Ichabod Bartlet. His son John Hand's probate mentions the land "belonging to the heirs of Benjamin Hand, dec'd" and land "belonging to the heirs of aged Joseph Hand which he willed to his grandchildren and Ether Hand..." (Probate of Guilford, 1739-1750, FHL film 4354, p. 692, May 2, 1751. BIOGRAPHY: "Benjamin Hand (Joseph, John, John) was born 2/8/1672/73 ; died August 1744. He was an important citizen of East Guilford, representing it 11 years at the General Court of Connecticut and often serving as the moderator at town meetings. He married July 10, 1695 Mary, a daughter of John Wilcox of Middleton CT. She died 10/24/1749." Comments copied from "Hand Sisson and Scott, More Yeoman Ancesters" MARRIAGE RECORD: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence Almon Torrey, p. 340.Genealogical & Family History of the State of Connecticut, US/Can 974.6, D2c, p. 1227. NEHG Register, Vol. 55, Jan. 1901, p. 31,32. PROBATE RECORD: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut), Probate files collection, early to 1880 (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977-1979), FHL US/CAN Film [ 1015134 ], Family History Library, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3400. Names his wife Mary and children and grandchildren: Sons: Nathaniel, Ebenezer, Benjamin, John's children; Elizabeth Hand, Debra Hand, Submit Hand, John Hand Submit's children; Ebenezer Bartlett, Ichabod Bartlett, Mary Bartlett ANCESTORS: Benjamin HAND, born 6 Feb 1672/1673 in Guilford, New Haven, Ct,USA. Death: Aug 1748 in Guilford,New Haven,Ct,USA. Father: Joseph HAND b: 1638 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; Mother: Jane WRIGHT b: 1644 in Guilford, New Haven,Ct. (Sources: Ralph D. Smith, Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Hartford The Ct Society of the Order of the Founders & Patriots of America.) RESEARCH: Another man named Benjamin Hands mar. Sarah Ward in 1688 in Middletown and had children there. He died July 8, 1739 in Middletown. Was never in Guilford.
Note	Barbour Collection of Vital Records, Family History Library film 2920, Guilford Vital Records Vol A, p. 95, 98. "On July 10, 1695 Benjamin Hand of Guilford mar. Mary Wilcocks of Middletown at Middletown." Also recorded in Guilford Vital Records. SEALING: 2 Feb. 1956, submitter Bessie Ritchie Rogers, FHL film 457022. Redone in 1991 in the Las Vegas Temple (FHL film 1553765, batch 5017414, sheet 29.