John Benson was born in about 1608 in England. He married Mary Williams, daughter of Robert Williams and Agnes Atkins, 14 October 1633 in Caversham, Oxfordshire. They emigrated in 1638 and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts. They had five children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and South Carolina.

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John Benson (1608-1678) was born in Caversham, England. He, his wife Mary (d. 1681), whom he married ca. 1634 in England, and their two young children came to America in 1638. They settled in the town of Hingham. He died in Hull, Massachusetts.

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