Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Family of Benjamin Stockbridge (7623) & Mercy Tilden (20142)

19107. Elizabeth Stockbridge. Born on 19 Aug 1702 in Scituate, MA.116

Elizabeth was living with her husband in Bridgewater, MA, 17 Apr 1753.104

On 29 Jan 1721 when Elizabeth was 18, she first married Amos Turner (19121) , son of Col. Amos Turner Esq. (7871) (ca 1671-13 Apr 1739) & Mary Hyland (7629) (15 May 1667-5 Nov 1729), in Scituate, MA.116 Born on 16 Nov 1695 in Scituate, MA.116 At the age of 13, Amos was baptized in First Parish Church, Scituate, on 10 Jul 1709.116 Amos died bet 1730 and 1740.104

Their children include:
30231 i. Priscilla Turner (ca 1727-)
30232 ii. Jane Turner (ca 1727-)
30233 iii. Anne Turner (ca 1729-11 Oct 1807)
30234 iv. Amos Turner (ca 1731-1 Aug 1780)

On 8 Jul 1740 when Elizabeth was 37, she second married Shadrach Keen (12556) , son of John Keen (4098) (ca 1661-ca 1744) & Rebecca Barker (9198) (say 1674-aft 1728), in Hanover, MA.104 Born on 1 May 1703 in Pembroke, MA.125 Shadrach died aft 29 Mar 1771.104

Child of Shadrach and Elizabeth: William b. Bristol, RI, 1742 and d. East Bridgewater, 1747.104

19108. Dr. Benjamin Stockbridge. Born on 30 Aug 1704 in Scituate, MA.116 Benjamin died in 1788 in Scituate, MA.116 Buried in Union Street Cem., Scituate Centre. Religion: vestryman for 29 years at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Scituate.104

From Deane’s History of Scituate:6
    Benjamin “was the 2d. regularly bred physician, who settled in Scituate [Dr. Isaac Otis having been the first7]. He was educated under Dr. Bulfinch, of Boston, and succeeded to the Stockbridge Mansion. There is undoubted testimony, that he was the great physician of his day. His account books exhibit sufficient evidence, that he was a consulting physician in difficult cases, in a circle, embracing the whhole country from Falmouth to Worcester, and to Ipswich. He is remembered by a few aged people [in 1831], as having held the reputation of the first physician of the time, and not the reputation of quackery, but that of an enlightened benefactor to mankind. (Dr. Benjamin educated many young gentlemen in Medicine, from Boston, and other towns, amongst whom we may name the distinguished Dr. Isaac Winslow of Marshfield, who married his daughter.) He is described as a gentleman of wit and taste, eminently pleasing in his own hospitable mansion, and the delight of literary society: and we may add, that he had made attainments in the science of music which were rare at that time.”

On 3 Jun 1731 when Benjamin was 26, he married Ruth Otis (25772) , daughter of Job Otis (13738) (20 Mar 1667-1758) & Mercy Little (20169) (26 Feb 1678-1755), in the Second Church of Scituate.85 Born on 13 Mar 1712.116 Ruth died in Scituate, MA, on 5 Jan 1745; she was 32.116 Buried in Union Street Cem., Scituate Centre.

Scituate vital records say Ruth, wife of Benjamin, died 5 Jan 1745, but the gravestone record says Ruth Otis, wife of Benjamin, died 1752.

Their children include:
30235 i. Benjamin Stockbridge (Died young) (17 Jan 1731/2-17 Jun 1736)
30236 ii. Ruth Stockbridge (18 Nov 1733-12 Feb 1822)
30237 iii. Dr. Charles Stockbridge (23 Mar 1734-23 Nov 1806)
30238 iv. Mercy Stockbridge (Died unmarried) (1 Oct 1736-aft 25 Aug 1819)
30239 v. Elizabeth Stockbridge (6 Mar 1737-Nov 1801)
30240 vi. Polly Stockbridge (Died soon) (17 Jan 1740-30 Jun 1741)
30241 vii. Benjamin Stockbridge (Died soon) (15 Jun 1742-4 Nov 1744)
30242 viii. Benjamin Stockbridge (Died soon) (19 Oct 1744-4 Nov 1744)

19109. Mercy Stockbridge. Born on 6 May 1707 in Scituate, MA.116 Mercy died in Scituate, MA, on 6 Jan 1788; she was 80.116 Buried in Scituate, MA GR6.

ca 1735/6 Mercy married Capt. Benjamin James (14380) , son of Dea. John James (19521) (10 Jan 1676/7-28 Sep 1761) & Eunice Stetson (5130) (Mar 1683/4-29 Aug 1717).104 Born on 12 May 1711 in Scituate, MA.116 Benjamin died in Scituate, MA, on 28 Nov 1788; he was 77.116 Buried in Scituate, MA GR6.

Benjamin settled on the east of Colman Hills.7

Their children include:
26425 i. Mercy James (11 Sep 1737-)
26426 ii. Benjamin James (23 Feb 1744/5-23 Mar 1797)

19110. Charles Stockbridge. Born on 25 Sep 1711 in Scituate, MA.116

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