58. Benjamin Hillman was born on 10 Dec 1822 in Massachusetts. He died before 1912 in New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA. He was a mariner and farmer. Family tradition has that when he moved to New Bedford between 1876 and 1880 that practised medicine. He was married to Sophronia A. Look on 16 Jul 1845 in Tisbury, Dukes Co., MA. Benjamin Hillman and Sophiana Look are first found in the 1844 - 1920 marriage records of Tisbury, MA. Benjamin and Sophiana and their children Mary N. and Rebecca W. are listed in the 1850 and 1870 Federal Census of Tisbury, MA. The family is not listed in the 1860 Federal Census or the 1865 Massachusetts Census for Tisbury.
59. Sophronia A. Look
was born on 7 Apr 1825 in Tisbury, Dukes Co., MA. She died on 6 Feb 1876
in Tisbury, Dukes Co., MA. After the death of Sophronia in 1876, Benjamin moved
to New Bedford, MA., and this would have occured prior to 1880 since he in not
listed in that years Federal Census of Tisbury, MA. She was buried in Middletown
Cemetery, West Tisbury, MA. Children were:
29 i.
Mary N. Hillman.
ii.
Rebecca W. Hillman was born on 18 Mar 1850 in Tisbury, Dukes Co., MA. She
died between 1880 and 1940.
iii.
Gafton N. Hillman was born in 1854 in Tisbury, Dukes Co., MA. He died on
21 May 1917 in Tisbury, Dukes Co., MA.
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