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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Private / Minute Man
Author: DeCody Brad Marble
Benjamin Marble was born in 1725 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Joseph Marble, age 26 and Hannah Keyes, age 21. On 19 February 1742, Benjamin Marble of Lancaster, a minor (age 17), chose James Keys (Benjamin’s maternal Grandfather) of Bolton as his guardian. Benjamin stated that he was the son of Joseph MARBLE, late of Lancaster. James Keys filed a guardian bond on the same day, with Caleb Wilder and David Wilder of Lancaster as sureties. Jonathan Houghton and Abel Wilder witnessed the bond. From this record, Benjamin MARBLE's birth date can be calculated to 1725, and his father is definitely identified as Joseph MARBLE.
Like the lead character in the movie, “The Patriot”, portrayed by Mel Gibson, Benjamin Marble, a father of a large family, participates in some military campaigns of the French and Indian War. Then duty to country calls upon him again on 19 Apr 1775, at the age of 50, the father of eleven children, marches within Colonel John Whitcomb's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia to Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the Lexington Alarm, the first battle of the American Revolution.
When he was 24 years old, Benjamin Marble married Martha "Maby" Goss on October 5, 1749, in Bolton, Massachusetts. Members of the first Congregational Church (First Parish), UCC, in Bolton, under first Pastor, Reverend Thomas Goss, who married them. They had 11 children in 21 years.
01. Sarah was born on November 10, 1750, in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. 02. Joseph was born on October 23, 1752, in Bolton, Massachusetts. 03. Hannah was born on December 23, 1755, in Bolton, Massachusetts. 04. Martha Patience "Patty" was born on October 6, 1758, in Bolton, Massachusetts. 05. Benjamin Junior was born on April 25, 1761, in Bolton, Massachusetts. 06. Levi was born on May 1, 1763, in Bolton, Massachusetts. 07. Patience was born on April 2, 1764, in Bolton, Massachusetts. 08. Oliver was born on March 7, 1767, in Bolton, Massachusetts. 09. Mary was born on August 9, 1769, in Bolton, Massachusetts. 10. John was born on August 9, 1769, in Bolton, Massachusetts. 11. Elizabeth was born on June 11, 1771, in Bolton, Massachusetts.
Benj Marble Junior "testify and say that in the year 1776, I removed with my Father from Bolton, Mass to the town of Winchester in the State of New Hampshire"
Benjamin Marble lived in Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont, in 1790 (Census).
An elderly couple in age group, over 45, Benjamin Marble & wife, Martha Goss appear to be residing with their son Oliver Marble in Winchester, NH 1800 Census.
Benjamin Marble died between 1800 and 1806, 1806 was the death year of his wife, Martha Goss Marble.
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