Individual Details

Lt. Benjamin Bulter MAXWELL

(17 Mar 1737 - 2 Feb 1829)

Benjamin Maxwell was the sixth child of Hugh Maxwell and Sarah Corbett who lived and died at Bedford, MA about 1760. Benjamin was born at Woburn, MA in 1737 and died at Heath, February 2, 1829. He married Anna Winslow in Heath in 1762. A second record shows their marriage in Bedford on January 7, 1762. Anna was born in Heath in 1743. They had children, Sarah b. 1763, Benjamin b. 1771, William b. 1777, Alexander Park b. 1786 and Frazier b. 1788. Benjamin Sr. died in Heath on February 2, 1829 and Anna on October 28, 1814.

Later marriage records show Benjamin Jr. married Mary Cheney in Heath in 1803. They had six children, all born in Heath including, Benjamin b. 1804 and Sarah b. 1808.

Sarah Maxwell b. 1763 probably married William Buck (b. 1755) in 1785. They had seven children; Sally, Cynthia, Mariette, William, Erastus, Winslow and Luther between 1787 and 1803.











Events

Birth17 Mar 1737Woburn, Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Christen17 Mar 1737Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Military1755during the French & Indian War in Major Roger's Rangers
Marriage7 Jan 1762Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts - Anna WINSLOW
Military1776 - 1782during the Revolutionary War. He was commissioned a Lt. during the Revolution. He served at Ticonderoga in Capt. Lawrence Kemp's company and in the Burgoyne campaign under Capt. Nahum Ward and Col. David Wells
Residence1800Heath, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Residence1810Heath, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Death2 Feb 1829Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts
BurialSouth Cemetery, Heath Franklin County Massachusetts, United States

Families

SpouseAnna WINSLOW (1743 - )
ChildLetitia MAXWELL (1769 - 1825)
ChildSylvanus MAXWELL (1780 - 1829)
ChildWinslow Hugh MAXWELL (1783 - 1859)
ChildWilliam MAXWELL (1777 - )
ChildOlive MAXWELL (1774 - 1777)
ChildBenjamin MAXWELL Jr (1771 - 1854)
ChildAlexander Park MAXWELL (1786 - 1864)
ChildMartha "Patty" MAXWELL (1769 - 1862)
ChildFrazier MAXWELL (1788 - )
ChildMs. Anna MAXWELL (1767 - 1851)
ChildMary "Polly" MAXWELL (1765 - 1823)
ChildSarah "Sally" MAXWELL (1763 - 1839)
FatherHugh MAXWELL (1701 - 1759)
MotherSarah CORBET (1691 - 1769)
SiblingMaria Margaretta MAXWELL (1729 - )
SiblingWilliam Gershom MAXWELL (1729 - 1824)
SiblingMargaret MAXWELL (1731 - 1827)
SiblingHugh MAXWELL (1733 - 1799)
SiblingJames MAXWELL (1735 - 1818)
SiblingSarah MAXWELL (1739 - 1829)
SiblingMajor Thompson MAXWELL (1742 - 1832)

Notes

Military

Rogers' Rangers was initially a provincial company from the colony of New Hampshire, attached to the British Army during the Seven Years' War (called the French and Indian War in the United States). The unit was quickly adopted into the British army as an independent ranger company. It was trained by Major Robert Rogers as a rapidly deployed light infantry force tasked mainly with reconnaissance as well as conducting special operations against distant targets. Their tactics were built on earlier colonial precedents and were codified for the first time by Rogers. The tactics proved remarkably effective, so much so that the initial company was expanded into a ranging corps of more than a dozen companies (containing as many as 1,200–1,400 men at its peak). The ranger corps became the chief scouting arm of British Crown forces by the late 1750s. The British valued them highly for gathering intelligence about the enemy.
Later, the company was revived as a Loyalist force during the American Revolutionary War. Nonetheless, a number of former ranger officers became Rebel (Patriot) commanders. Some ex-rangers participated as Rebel (Patriot) militiamen at the Battle of Concord Bridge.

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Endnotes

1. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCQJ-45L : 4 December 2014), Benjamin Maxwell and Annar Winslow, 07 Jan 1762; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0873746 IT 1..

2. "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH51-597 : accessed 21 January 2017), Benjamin Maxwell, Heath, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 992, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 15; FHL microfilm 205,614. .

3. "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH2B-B33 : accessed 21 January 2017), B Maxwell, Heath, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 214, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 19; FHL microfilm 205,627. .

4. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVK2-LYWY : 13 December 2015), Benjamin Butler Maxwell, 1829; Burial, Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States of America, South Cemetery; citing record ID 48687650, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..