BALCH, Benjamin

1629 - Aft 1714  (> 85 years)

• Name	BALCH, Benjamin
  Born	1628/9	Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  	Address: Naumkeag Settlement
  Gender	Male
  _COLOR	8
  _UID	44A4C4A629FA0543965474FF405975BDE59A
  Died	Aft Jan 1714	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I4059	Our Ancestry
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2006

  
  

  Father	BALCH, John,   b. Horton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom ,   d. May 1648, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Mother	Margary
  Married	BFR. 1628	Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  	Address: Naumkeag Settlement
  Family ID	F1214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	GARDNER, Sarah,   d. 5 Apr 1686, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Married	Abt 1650	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Children	+ 1. BALCH, Samuel,   b. May 1651, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 14 Oct 1723, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age ~ 72 years)   2. BALCH, Benjamin,   b. 1653, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. BALCH, John,   b. 1654, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. BALCH, Joseph,   b. 1658, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. BALCH, Freeborn,   b. 1660, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. BALCH, Sarah,   b. 1661, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. BALCH, Abigail,   b. 1663, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. BALCH, Ruth,   b. 1665, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. BALCH, Mary,   b. 1667, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. BALCH, Jonathan,   b. 1670, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. BALCH, David,   b. 1671, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F1212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	CLARKE, Abigail,   b. Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Jan 1690, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Married	5 Feb 1689	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F1216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	MALLET, Grace,   d. BFR 1704, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Married	15 Mar 1691/2	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Children	1. BALCH, Deborah,   b. 6 Jun 1693, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. BALCH, Lydia,   b. 28 Aug 1695, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F1217	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin was born during a cold, hard winter where his parents, along with other colonists, were trying to survive in their new surroundings on the Sagamoreship of Naumkeag--a densely wooded peninsula--later named Salem. In 1638, Benjamin's father, John, built a two story frame house across the harbor from Salem. This area was later named Beverly. Benjamin grew up in this house, and it passed on to him at his father's death. He was independent of the rigid puritanical notions of the times.

  
  

• Sources

  [S901] Genealogy of the Balch Families in America.