FERNALD, Benjamin

Benjamin married CHADBOURNE, Lucy on 21 Nov 1744. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married GERRISH, Jane on 12 Jan 1764. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer and cordwainer
• Residence: Spruce Creek, York, ME, USA

Notes:

From Stackpole p 378:

Dea. John Fernald married, about 1697, Sarah -
.
He was a farmer and cordwainer, and lived near Spruce Creek.
He died in 1754.

John married Sarah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Cordwainer

Notes:

From Stackpole p. 376

John Fernald married Mary, dau. of Thomas and Margery Spinney. He was a cordwainer and had a grant of land in 1671. He died 19 April 1687.

John married SPINNEY, Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Surgeon in English Navy
• Residence: Doctors Island, Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH, USA

Notes:

From Stackpole p 30: One who has given much study to
the genealogy of the Fernald family has told me that the
descendants of Reginald Fernald number fifty thousand.

From Stackpole p 375:

Renald (also called Reginald) Fernald came to Portsmouth
in 1631 as the surgeon of Capt. John Mason's Company. It is
a tradition that he was a surgeon in the English Navy. resigning
his post to come to America. He was Clerk of Court, Recorder
of Deeds. Commissioner, and Surveyor, and was Town Clerk at
the time of his death. He lived on "Doctor's," now Peirces
Island, where he died between 17 May and 7 Oct., 1656, and is
said to have been buried at Point of Graves cemetery in Portsmouth.
His wife's name was Joanna, who died in 1660.

Renald married WARBURTON, Joanna. Joanna died in 1660; was buried in Point of Graves Cemetery, Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Stackpole page 375:

Renald (also called Reginald) Fernald came to Portsmouth in 1631 as the surgeon of Capt. John Mason's Company. It is a tradition that he was a surgeon in the English Navy. resigning his post to come to America. He was Clerk of Court, Recorder of Deeds. Commissioner, and Surveyor, and was Town Clerk at the time of his death. He lived on "Doctor's," now Peirces Island, where he died between 17 May and 7 Oct., 1656, and is said to have been buried at Point of Graves cemetery in Portsmouth. His wife's name was Joanna, who died in 1660.

Thomas married Margery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]