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Benjamin Pool
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Name Benjamin Pool Birth Abt 1679 Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Gender Male Death 25 Jan 1724 Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Notes - Will/Probate records name children in 1737 as: Jacob (oldest son), Sarah (wife of Josiah Stephens), Benjamin, Hannah and Mary. Lots of Benjamin's estate were divided up for each living child by Matthew Briggs, Henry Pitts, Josiah Talbott, James Williams and Ephriam Atwood on July 26, 1737.
Notes: Weymouth births (Benjamin, son of Isaac), Dighton death record (1724), 1738 guardianship record for minor child “Benjamin Pool, son of Benjamin & Hannah”, Probate file (widow Hannah, minor children), Probate clearly states widow Hannah, Children under guardianship in 1738, Dies 1724 — cannot be same as later Benjamins in 1760s–1780s deeds.
Person ID I14082 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 20 Feb 2026
Father Isaac Pool, b. Abt 1645, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
d. Aft 1712, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
(Age ~ 68 years) Mother Elishama, b. Abt 1650 Marriage Abt 1668 Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Family ID F3991 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hannah Whitmarsh, b. 27 Dec 1691, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
d. 18 Apr 1747, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
(Age 55 years) Marriage 9 Aug 1713 Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Children 1. Hannah Pool, b. 31 Oct 1713, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
d. 5 Feb 1724, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
(Age 10 years)+ 2. Jacob Pool, b. 13 Feb 1715, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts 
> 3. Sarah Pool, b. 21 Dec 1720, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts 
4. Benjamin Pool, b. 13 Sep 1722, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
d. 1748, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
(Age 25 years)5. Hannah Pool, b. 10 Jun 1725, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts 
6. Mary Pool, b. 11 Jun 1725, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts 
Family ID F3992 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Will/Probate records name children in 1737 as: Jacob (oldest son), Sarah (wife of Josiah Stephens), Benjamin, Hannah and Mary. Lots of Benjamin's estate were divided up for each living child by Matthew Briggs, Henry Pitts, Josiah Talbott, James Williams and Ephriam Atwood on July 26, 1737.
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Birth - Abt 1679 - Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts 

Marriage - 9 Aug 1713 - Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts 

Death - 25 Jan 1724 - Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts 
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Histories 
Early Pool Transcripts from Weymouth and Dighton Mass
The 4 generations of Isaac Pool, Benjamin, Joseph and others.
