Sanford database showed year of birth as 1684, but this was in the 1684/1685 winter before the new calendar. He is reported to have been a ship captain.
Excerpts of Benj’s Will dated July 5, 1755 and proved Aug. 13, 1759. Executrix, wife Deborah.
To son Benjamin, land in Portsmouth with buildings;
To dau. Mary Fish £ 5;
To daughter, Deliverance Sisson, £ 50;
To dau. Patience Tallman, £ 45; and new chest;
To sons William and James 20 s each;
To daughter Sarah Godfrey, a feather bed;
To grand-daughters Bethaniah and Freelove Tallman each a half of the bounty money that was their father’s on account of the expedition against Cape Breton.
To wife, the homestead in Warwick, 2 acres for life, and then equally to grandsons William and Samuel, sons of James;
To wife also the whole of the movable estate.
Inventory £ 498, 15s, 11d, viz.; wearing apparel £ 26, shoemakers tools £ 20, 16 s. (noted elsewhere as $100 which may be O.K. The dollar was first minted in 1794), bond £ 90, 2 old wheels, 8 swine, 2 hens, etc., etc..