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BIOGRAPHY: Munn Family Genealogy compiled by Jean Farrar Munn. Feb. 1980Benjamin Munn and possibly two of his brothers came to New England in 1635. They settled first along the coast of what is now Connecticut, later moving up the river of that name, into Massachusetts. Benjamin fought in the Pequot War of 1637. For his service he was awarded “by the Towne’s Courtesies†a portion of land on “the east side of Cow Pasture Laneâ€, now the site of Chicopee Bank in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was a viewer of chimneys and ladders. In 1649 he married Abigail Burt Ball, widow of Francis Ball who had drowned in 1648, leaving his wife with two small sons. Benjamin and Abigail had 4 sons and 2 daughters. He is reported to have been killed by Indians in 1675.
BIOGRAPHY: RootsWeb – Soldier in Pequot War. To Hartford 1639. To Springfield 1649. Fined there “for taking tobacco on his haycock.†In 1665 being very weak and aged he was excused from military service. Probably killed by Indians November 1675.
BIOGRAPHY: Genealogy Dictionary of the First Settlers to New England by James A. Savage.
Benjamin Munn was in Hartford from which he served in the Pequot War 1637. He removed to Springfield and married Abigail Burt, widow of Francis Ball. His widow married Lieut. Thomas Stebbins and his daughter, Abigail, married Thomas Stebbins, Jr.
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Soldier in Pequot war, 1637. Of Hartford, CT, 1639.
Removed to Springfield, MA,1649. Fined 10s in 1663 for smoking in his hay-loft.
Probably killed by Indians.
Provided by: Hal W. Jennings
Sources: Death: A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, by George Sheldon, 1895,
1972. Page: 243
His name is inscribed on the west face of the Founders Monument in Hartford, Connecticut.
Samuel BALL, at age 18, was sentenced to whipping post for abusing
stepfather (Capt. Benjamin MUNN) by saying to him: "A father indeed,
you are no better than an old Indian." Samuel, however, was given
the option of paying a fine of 50 schillings, which he did.
Source of Information: Ancestry of Col. John Harrington Stevens and
Francis Helen Miller by Mary Lovering Holman, Concord, N.H. 1948.
1632 Owner of land in Hartford, CT
1637 Soldier in the Pequot War; received land for his services
BEF. 1649 Moved from Hartford to Springfield
1665 Weak and aged, exempted from military service
1663 Fined 10 shillings for taking tobacco on his haycock
Nov. 1675 possibly killed by Indians in Deerfield
Was a member of Capt. Mason's Company, engaged in the Pequot war,and was
at the attack on the fort at Groton, where several hundred of Indians
were slain.
Source: "The Life & Times of Henry Burt of Springfield" (1893)
Re: Benjamin Munn/CT/MA/Genealogy
Posted by: Dulcie Date: September 14, 2000 at 08:21:44
In Reply to: Re: Benjamin Munn/CT/MA/Genealogy by dona of 739
Benjamin Munn (b. 1625)is the last on the Munn line that I have. I have a source being the townhall of Gill, MA for information on Benjamin Mun(n). In 1645, Samuel Ball was presented to the court for abusing his father-in-law, (in actuality his stepfather)for which he (Samuel) was whipped on his "naked body" 20 stripes except he paid a fine of fifty shillings. In 1649, he married Abigail Burt Ball, but it is not known how long he lived in Springfield, MA. In 1659, 1662, and 1661 he occupied Seat No. 3 in the Meeting House in Springfield, MA. He was granted lands in 1655. Also check for the "Life and Times of Henry Burt and some of his Descendants" by Henry & Silas Burt, 1893, p. 235. He was excempt from military service for being of great age in 1665, and died in 1675 noted in the Records of Death for Springfield in Volume One, p. 180. If there is anything else please let me know. Dulcie
• Religion: Puritan (one of Rev. Thomas Hooker's followers)
Benjamin Mun was a resident of Hartford in 1637, but moved to Springfield the same year. He joined John Mason's Company in an expedition against the Pequots in 1637 and was at the attack on the fort at Groton, CT, where several hundred Indians were slain; this expedition followed an attack made by the Indians upon Weathersfield, where many settlers were killed. In May, 1637, Mason set out with his followers and was joined by Uncas, chief of the Mohegans. Mason's company consisted of only 77 Englishmen, while the savages numbered about ten times that. As they were strongly entrenched behind almost impassable palisades, the Mohegan and Narragansett Indians that had joined the expedition deserted before the assault took place, and upon the return of Mason's company, Benjamin received, with others, by "the town's courtessie" in 1639, a grant of land on the east side of the "cow pasture lande" now know as North Main Street. He was the official "Viewer of Chimneys and Ladders" in Springfield, the duties of which referred to precautionary measures to prevent fired originating in the thatched roofs then universally used.
The following soldiers of Hartford received grants of land for services in the Pequod war. Their names are preserved in the ancient Town Record of Hartford:
John Brunson William Blumfield Thomas Bull
Thomas Bunce Thomas Barnes Peter Blachford
Benjamin Burr John Clarke Thomas Root
Rev. Samuel Stone John Warner Nicholas Clarke
Capt. John Cullick Sergt. Philip Davis Nicholas Disborough
William Heyden Thomas Hales Samuel Hales
John Hills Thomas Hollybut Thomas Spencer
George Steele John Halloway Jonathan Ince
Benjamin Munn Nicholas Olmstead Richard Olmstead
John Purchas William Pratt William Philips
Thomas Stanton Samuel Whitehead -The above list is copied from "Hartford in the Olden Time," by "Scaeva." The author adds the names of Thomas Munson, Stephen Hart, Zachary Field, and William Cornwell as probable names to be added to the list.