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THE LEARNED FAMILY IN AMERICA
C-6 BENONP {Isaac3, William1), so named ("son of my sorrow?) because he was bom at the time of his father?s death, was bapt. 17 Oct. 1657; m. (1) at Sherbom, 18 June 1680, MARY FANNING, b. 27 Oct. 1662; d. in childbirth, 14 Oct. 1688, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Daniel) Fanning; m. (2) SARAH WRIGHT, who d. 25 Jan. 1736/7, dau. of Capt. Edward Wright, of Sudbury. Benoni was the second deacon of the church of Sherbom, and constable in 1682; selectman, 1690-1710; d. 10 April 1738.
Children: (by first wife)
*D-12	i THOMAS4, b. 11 Feb. 1681/2.
D-13	ii BENJAMIN4, b. 15 Aug. 1686; m. 13 Feb. 1710, HANNAH
BABCOCK; d. 22 April 1712.
Child:
E-54a ^	JAMES?, b. and d. 1712.
D-14 iii* MARY4, b. 10 Oct. 1688; m. 11 Dec. 1712, WILLIAM BOND, of Watertown; d. 24 April 1716.
Child:
Benjamin Bond, b. 15 June 1715, from whom descended .	Dr. Henry Bond, the author of Genealogies of Watertown,
Boston, 1860 (ed. ii).
(by second wife)
D-15	iv	HANNAH4, b. 16 Sept. 1690; m. 5 April 1710, Capt. JAMES
LELAND, (1687-1768), of Grafton (Leland Magazine, p. 33). D-16	v	SARAH4, b. 9 March 1692; m. ISAAC KENDALL (Barry, Fram-
ingham, p. 307).
D-17	vi	ELIZABETH4, b. 28 April 1694; m. 27 Jan. 1710, deacon
TIMOTHY LELAND (Leland Magazine, p. 26).
D-18	vii	JOHN4, b. 2 May 1696; not mentioned in his father?s will (Bond,
Watertown, p. 335).
D-19	viii	TABITHA4, b. 19 March 1698; m. 5 Jan. 1721, JONATHAN
DEWING; d. ante 1738; three children (Bond, Watertown, p. 335; Barry, Framingham, p. 307).
D-20	ix	ABIGAIL4, b. 4 July 1700; m. 10 March 1740, JOHN WOOD-
BURY, of Sudbury.
D-21	x	THANKFUL4, b. 1 Aug. 1702, m. 2 May 1738, JOSEPH HOVEY,
of Mansfield.
*D-22	xi	EDWARD4, b. 2 Dec. 1705.
D-23	xii	BATHSHEBA4, b. 3 May 1708, m. 9 Jan. 1702, JOSIAH HENDEE,
of Oxford.
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In the fourth generation we have, therefore, only the following who bore the name and left male descendants: Isaac4, William4, Ebenezer*, Moses4, Thomas4 and Edward4. Isaac and Ebenezer settled in Oxford, Mass., and are the ancestors of the Oxford branch; William settled in Killingly, Ct., and is the ancestor of the Killingly family; Moses settled in Framingham, and from him comes the Templeton branch; Thomas settled in Watertown; Edward moved from Sherbom to Dublin, and is the ancestor of the Dublin, N.H. branch.