Benjamin Hands (1682) / Sarah (Ward) Hands

Name: Benjamin Hands

Birth: Abt. 1659, Little Bourton, Parish of Cropredy, Oxfordshire, England. (NEHGSR)

Emigration: From London, England, to Boston, Mass. about 1681; to Middletown, Conn. in 1682. (NEHGSR)

Death: January 8, 1739/40, Middletown, Conn. (BCVR)

Occupation & Public Service: Husbandman (MLR)

Marriage: m. Sarah Ward, June 14, 1688, Middletown, Conn. (b. December 18, 1667, Middletown, Conn.; d. April 27, 1744, Middletown, Conn.) She was the daughter of William and Phebe Ward of Middletown, Conn. (SAV)

Children: 4 children between 1689-1706. (BCVR) (MLR) (See in-depth profile in Member Area for details.)

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The First Meeting House, Middletown, Conn. The engraving below by W.C. Butler was a fanciful illustration for David Field's Centennial Address published in 1853. In 1939 the image was used on the title page of The Log Cabin Myth by Harold R. Shurtleff. Surrounding the engraving are signatures of some of the first settlers as found on wills and deeds by Charles C. Adams in preparation of Middletown Upper Houses (1908).