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Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:1192Search: Full Last First
id 1192 lastname Stewart firstname Benjamin sex m birth_date 1819c birth_place ME date_admitted Hancock 1855, 1859-1861. covenant_signed Master gardener, 1860. shaker_residences 1855 MA census Pittsfield family 462: in William Williams family, farmer, age 41, born MA. Wrote friendly letters to Br Joseph [Tillinghast?], thanking him for news of New Bedford, 1859.02.26 & 1859.08.02, OClWHi.IV:A-20. 1860 U.S. census, Pittsfield, MA family 2204 (William Williams' Hancock East Family): age 46, born ME. Died 1861.08.02, age 47, at Hancock East Family, SDR.NEHGR p128. Died from 'a long and severe illness, which he bore with exemplary fortitude,' William Williams letter to Friend Joseph 1861.08.07, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Died age 42, MPH.8000 p174. NF Hancock or Pittsfield MVR. health 1861.08.02 occupation Hancock departure_apostasy a long and severe illness notes MPH.8000 p174.