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  <name>
    <surname>Nason</surname><given>Benjamin (Sr)</given>
  </name>
  <birth><date>1655 (1641?)</date><place>S.Berwick, ME</place></birth>
  <death><date>17 Jul 1714</date><place>Berwick, ME</place></death>
  <father person="richardnason1606"></father>
  <mother>
    <name><surname>Baker</surname><given>Sarah</given></name>
  </mother>
  <family index="1">
    <marriage><date>13 Jun 1687</date><place>Stratford, NH</place></marriage>
    <spouse person="marthacanney1669" sex="F"></spouse>
    <child sex="F">
      <name><surname>Nason</surname><given>Sarah </given></name>
      <birth><date>1688</date><place>Kittery, ME</place></birth>
      <death><date>UNKNOWN</date><place>?</place></death>
    </child>
    <child sex="F">
      <name><surname>Nason</surname><given>Mary </given></name>
      <birth><date>25 Sep 1689</date><place>Kittery, ME</place></birth>
      <death><date>UNKNOWN</date><place>?</place></death>
    </child>
    <child person="benjaminnason1691" sex="M"></child>
    <child sex="F">
      <name><surname>Nason</surname><given>Patience </given></name>
      <birth><date>10 Nov 1693</date><place>Kittery, ME</place></birth>
      <death><date>UNKNOWN</date><place>?</place></death>
    </child>
    <child sex="M">
      <name><surname>Nason</surname><given>William </given></name>
      <birth><date>18 Jul 1695</date><place>Kittery, ME</place></birth>
      <death><date>&lt;1737</date><place>?</place></death>
    </child>
    <child sex="F">
      <name><surname>Nason</surname><given>Phoebe </given></name>
      <birth><date>22 Jan 1698</date><place>?</place></birth>
      <death><date>UNKNOWN</date><place>?</place></death>
    </child>
    <child sex="F">
      <name><surname>Nason</surname><given>Anna </given></name>
      <birth><date>2 May 1700</date><place>?</place></birth>
      <death><date>UNKNOWN</date><place>?</place></death>
    </child>
    <child sex="F">
      <name><surname>Nason</surname><given>Lydia </given></name>
      <birth><date>UNKNOWN</date><place>?</place></birth>
      <death><date>UNKNOWN</date><place>?</place></death>
    </child>
  </family>

  <family index="2">
    <marriage><date>1705</date><place>Berwick, ME</place></marriage>
    <spouse sex="F">
      <name><surname>Bolles</surname><given>Sarah</given></name>
      <birth><date>UNKNOWN</date><place>?</place></birth>
      <death><date>UNKNOWN</date><place>?</place></death>
      <father>
        <name><surname>Bolles</surname><given>Joseph</given></name>
      </father>
      <mother></mother>
    </spouse>
  </family>

  <family index="3">
    <marriage><date>27 Dec 1708</date><place>Portsmouth, NH</place></marriage>
    <spouse person="elizabethmartyn" sex="F"></spouse>
  </family>

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	Benjamin married Martha Canney in June of 1687 in Stratford, New Hampshire.  He married Sarah Bolles about 1705, daughter
	of Joseph Bolles.  He married Elizabeth Martyn Kennard Furber on December 27, 1708 in Portsmouth,  Rockingham Co. New Hampshire.
	<br />
	Benjamin signed a Berwick petition on 3 Apr. 1698 for money to support the ministry as "The greater part of sd parish is wholly wasted
	by the enemy... our Inhabitants are generally Exceedingly poor... Our Crops of Corn... have Extremely faild... Although we have ben
	by degrees almost utterly consumed by this tedious war yet, Rates have fallen very frequent &amp; heavy upon us... Benjamin Nason... Thomas Goodwin...".  
	He also signed the petition dated 20 May 1698 requesting &#163;20 for the maintenance of the ministry: "whereas the circumstances of the
	parish of Barwick continues as bad as, or rather more grievous than hitherto by reason of the not ceasing of the wars &amp; the extreme
	deadness in trading." They were granted &#163;15 for the maintenance of the ministry for the year beginning Sept. 1698 on 2 Dec. 1698.
	<br />
	Marriage Notes for Benjamin Nason and Martha Canney:
	<br />
	The American Marriage Records before 1699, list a Benjamin Nason and Martha Taylor married Jun 30, 1687 in Hampton, New Hampshire.
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	The following is an extract from the book: "New England Captives Carried to Canada".
	<br />
	In 1694 Sarah Nason, who could not have been more than six years old, was taken. In our Archives is the following petition:
	<br />
	Barwick, September 21, 1700.
	<br />
	To the Honorable William Stoughton, Esp. Lieu. Governor Together with the Honored Council and Representatives, of His Majesties Province of The Massachusetts Bay Convened In General Assembly - Benjamin Nason, of Barwick In the County of York humbly Petitioneth,
	<br />
	That, Whereas In the year of or Lord 1694 his daughter Sarah was by the Indian Enemy Captured and in their hands detained till January 1699 or 1700, At which time, She was Redeemed by one Thomas Hutchings, off whom your Petitioner was Necessitated to Purchase her by Paying to him the Sum of five Pounds, five Shillings, &amp; Sixpence, . . . . Or Else to forego her, besides his sustaining Other Losses &amp; being wounded to the Disabling of One hand in great measure, by the Same Enemy.     He begs that the charges be allowed, "which favour he Understands Others in Like Case have obtained etc."    The following list of expenses was sent with the petition:
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  for her ransom 10 Jan.         3 Pounds  10 Shillings  0 Pence
  for 1 blanket                  0 Pounds  07 Shillings  0 Pence
  for 1 pair of stockens         0 Pounds  03 Shillings  0 Pence
  for 1 shoes                    0 Pounds  07 Shillings  0 Pence
  for 1 comb                     0 Pounds  00 Shillings  6 Pence
  for her being adored 3 weeks   0 Pounds  18 Shillings  0 Pence
                                 --------------------------------------
                                 5 Pounds  05 Shillings  6 Pence
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		 After eight months delay, only four pounds was allowed.
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  <reference source="s101" />
  <reference source="s149" />

</person>
