Captain Benjamin Homer

Captain Benjamin Homer

Male 1771 - 1825  (54 years)

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  • Name Benjamin Homer 
    Prefix Captain 
    Born 18 Aug 1771  Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Dec 1825 
    • AGE 55yrs.

      COD shipwrecked and frozen to death on schooner Huntress, on Sandwich beach
      [on stone with son, Loren H.]
    Buried Aft 13 Dec 1825  Ancient Cemetery, Yarmouth Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Inscription:

      Sacred
      To the Memory of
      Capt. BENJAMIN HOMER
      who was shipwrecked and
      frozen to death on board
      the Schr. Huntress on Sandwich
      beach Decr. 13th 1825
      in his 55th year.

      Also LOREN H. HOMER
      Son of
      Catt. Benjamin Homer
      who was lost from on board
      the Brig Massachusetts on
      her passage from Bremen to
      Boston Octr. 8th 1823
      in his 24th year.

      Come dearest friends drying your tears
    Person ID I97173  New England Hall Families Master Tree
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2019 

    Father Robert Homer,   b. 28 Jan 1741/42, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1803, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Jerusha Sears,   b. 28 Jun 1740, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1803, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married Bef 1771 
    Family ID F37383  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah "Susan" Hall,   b. 6 Sep 1777, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1857  (Age 79 years) 
    Married Bef 1797 
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2016 
    Family ID F37382  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Aug 1771 - Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Aft 13 Dec 1825 - Ancient Cemetery, Yarmouth Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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