Individual Details
Benjamin Hovey
(9 May 1775 - 30 Mar 1866)
Benjamin Hovey had a hat factory in Dracut which was located on Pleasant Street until 1814 when the shop was moved to Sladen Street.
Events
| Birth | 9 May 1775 | Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 2 Aug 1797 | Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts - Lois Jenkins | |||
| Will | 1866 |  | |||
| Death | 30 Mar 1866 | Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
Families
| Spouse | Lois Jenkins (1767 - 1846) |
| Child | Mary Hovey (1797 - 1853) |
| Child | Benjamin Hovey (1800 - 1801) |
| Child | Benjamin Hovey (1804 - 1805) |
| Child | Louisa Hovey (1806 - 1829) |
| Child | Nancy Heath Hovey (1808 - 1882) |
| Father | Thomas Hovey (1736 - 1826) |
| Mother | Mary Abbott (1737 - 1813) |
| Sibling | Thomas Hovey (1762 - 1812) |
| Sibling | Henry Abbott Hovey (1764 - 1830) |
| Sibling | John Hovey (1765 - ) |
| Sibling | James Platts Hovey (1767 - 1831) |
| Sibling | Mary Hovey (1769 - 1837) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Hovey (1771 - 1838) |
| Sibling | Samuel Hovey (1773 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Joshua Hovey (1778 - 1804) |
| Sibling | Joseph Hovey (1784 - 1860) |
Notes
Will
Case number 34657Benjamin Hovey wrote his will February 1860. He bequeaths all of his personal and real estate to daughter Nancy H. Hovey. He describes at length the boundaries of the property that will go to Nancy. He makes bequests of five dollars each to his three grandchildren Mary Emerson, Joseph Swan and Edward P. Swan. The three grandchildren named are the children of his daughter of Mary Hovey and her husband Joseph Swan. Mary Swan Emerson died in 1863 between the date of the will and the probate of the estate.