Pane-Joyce Genealogy

Crispe family (88)

396. Benjamin Crispe. Born ca 1610.⁵ Benjamin died in betweeen 5 Nov 1683 and 21 Dec 1683 in Watertown, MA.⁵ Occupation: mason.

“Benjamin Crispe gave his age as about forty-five in 1656, about fifty-two in 1662 and about seventy-seven in 1683. This produces a bracket of 1606-1611 for his birth. In the 1656 instance he deposed that he was a ‘servant to major Gibbons 25 years agone,’ or in 1631. Major Gibbons was that Edward Gibbons who began his New England career with Thomas Mortion at Merrymount, regarded by the Pilgrims as the fount of all evil, and who, having been converted at the ordination of Mr. Higginson at Salem in 1629, rose very high in the Puritan government of Massachusetts Bay.”⁴⁴

aft 29 nov 1680 Benjamin first married Joanna Goffe, daughter of Thomas Goffe.⁵ Joanna died on 18 Apr 1698 in Charlestown, MA.⁴⁴

Joanna, widow of William Longley, a prominent citizen of Groton.⁴⁴

Benjamin second married Bridget [Crispe]. Bridget died ca 1677 in Groton, MA.

Their children include:

1046	i.	Elizabeth Crispe (28 Jan 1636/7-28 May 1681)
1047	ii.	Mary Crispe (20 May 1638-ca 1704)
1048	iii.	Jonathan Crispe (29 Jan 1639/40-bef 25 Oct 1680)
1049	iv.	Eleazer Crispe (14 Jan 1641/2-)
1050	v.	Zachary Crispe (ca 1644-)
1051	vi.	Mehitable Crispe (21 Jan 1645/6-)
1052	vii.	Mercy Crispe (ca 1648-bef 1 Apr 1686)
1053	viii.	Deliverance Crispe (ca 1650-27 Jul 1694)

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