Benjamin Crisp

• Preferred Name: Benjamin Crisp^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Residence: Removed from Groton as the town was burned to the ground1676 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.3667 LONG: E71.1667 with note: Likely removed to Watertown. Know to have been there by 1681. Owned property there.
  
• Occupation: Mason
  
• Massacre: 27 JUL 1694 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.6116 LONG: E71.5746 with note: Description: Daughter Deliverance, her husband William Longley, and five of their children killed. Three Children were abducted. Accounts differ a little on the fate of Deliverance (Crisp) Longley's children: There is a stone monument memorializing the event. It shows that the Indians killed the father and mother (John Wm. Longley & Deliverance Crisp) plus five of their children with three more carried off into captivity. John William Longley was the son of Benjamin Crisp's 2nd wife Joanna Goffe and her first husband William Longley, so both families felt the grief of this event. Shortened Title and moved the particulars to the Description. Added Groton
  
• Occupation: In Charge of Meeting House1681 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.3667 LONG: E71.1667 with note: They moved back to Watertown in 1681 [was probably there by 1676 as Groton burned to the ground] and he was assigned "the charge of the meetinghouse...to sweep and ring the bell and what else is needful to be done to fasten the doors and windows when the exercise is done."
  
• Residence: Removed for Watertown1666 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.6116 LONG: E71.5746 with note: From the Life Sketch above
  
• Watertown Founders Memorial: with note: His name appears on the Watertown Founders Memorial, along with that of John Barnard (A61), Nathaniel Bowman, Abraham Browne, David Fiske, Thomas Flagg, John Flemming.
  
• FSID: 2MTZ-5HW
  
• Death: BET 5 NOV AND 21 DEC 1683 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.3667 LONG: E71.1667
  
• Residence: Removed from Charlestown1633 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.3667 LONG: E71.1667 with note: From the Life Sketch above
  
• Exact+date+of+second+marriage+unknown.++: with note: Description: Marriage happened after 29 November 1680 when his second wife's first husband died.
  
• Birth: BET 1606 AND 1611 in England
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), pp. 493-95, by Robert Charles Anderson, 1995. Note that the entry was later edited and republished in 2014 by the same author; see "The Winthrop Fleet; Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630" (NEHGS; Boston, 2014). The version below is the most current version:
  "BENJAMIN CRISP
  ORIGIN: Unknown
  MIGRATION: 1630 (based on appearance at court on 22 March 1630/1 [MBCR 1:85]).
  FIRST RESIDENCE: Charlestown
  REMOVES: Watertown by about 1633, Groton 1666, Watertown by 1681.
  OCCUPATION: Mason [MLR 3:173].
  CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Watertown church prior to 6 May 1646 implied by freemanship.
  FREEMAN: 6 May 1646 [MBCR 2:294].
  EDUCATION: Signed deed of 25 September 1666.
  OFFICES: On 13 April 1681 Watertown selectmen ordered that "Benjamin Crispe" have "the charge of the meeting house committed to him to sweep and ring the bell and what else is needful to be done to fasten the doors and windows when the exercise is done" [WaTR 2:7, 8].
  ESTATE: On 25 July 1636, "Benjamin Crispe" was granted a Great Dividend of twenty acres in Watertown [WaBOP 4]. On 28 February 1636/7, "Benjamin Creispe" was granted three acres in Beaverbrook Plowlands [WaBOP 6]. On 26 June 1637, "Benjamin Crispe" was granted three acres in Remote Meadows [WaBOP 9]. On 10 May 1642, "Beniamen Crispe" was granted a sixty-four acre farm [WaBOP 12].
  In the Watertown Inventory of Grants, "Benjamin Crispe" held six parcels of land: "an homestall of seven acres"; "twenty acres of upland ... being a Great Dividend in the 3 division & the 8 lot"; "nine acres of upland beyond the Further Plain & ... beyoung the Further Plain & the sixty-four lot"; "one acre of meadow ... at Beaverbrook Meadow"; "four [sic] acres of Remote Meadow; and three acres of plowland ... in the Hither Plain [WaBOP 88].
  In the Watertown Composite Inventory, "Benjamin Crispe" held four parcels of land: "an homestall of seven acres"; "twenty acres of upland being a Great Dividend in the 3 division & the 8 lot"; "nine acres of upland beyond the Further Plain & the 64 lot"; and "a Farm of sixty-four acres upland" [WaBOP 31].
  On 25 September 1666, "Benjamin Crispe of Watertown, mason," joined by "Bridget Crispe, his wife," sold to Thomas Boyden of Groton four parcels of land in Watertown: seven acres of upland and buildings; twenty acres of Great Dividend; twelve acres in Lieu of Township; and a fifty-three acre farm [MLR 3:173]. (Since the Lieu of Township land was the same as the upland beyond the Further Plain, and since the farms, as finally surveyed, were somewhat smaller than originally granted, these four parcels are the same as the holdings more than twenty years earlier in the Composite Inventory.)
  BIRTH: About 1610 (deposed aged forty-five in 1656, fifty-two in 1662 and seventy-seven in 1683 [Sarah Hildreth Anc 56, presumably from Middlesex Court Files]).
  DEATH: Watertown between 5 November 1683 and 21 December 1683 (Frederick C. Warner suggested this range of dates because on the latter date Crisp was replaced in his duties about the meetinghouse, but on the former date at a town meeting no mention was made of the need for such a replacement [WaTR 2:15]; certainly he is seen in no record after 31 October 1682 when he sold his son Jonathan's property [MLR 8:227]).
  MARRIAGE: (1) By 1636 Bridget _____; she d. Groton about the time of King Philip's War, and perhaps in consequence of the raid on Groton during that conflict.
  (2) After 29 November 1680 Joanna (Goffe?) Longley, widow of William Longley Sr. [TAG 62:26]. She died at Charlestown on 18 April 1698, aged 79 [ChVR 1:173; Wyman 248, citing gravestone]. She settled her estate on her Longley children [MPR 9:231; MLR 12:77].
  CHILDREN:
  With first wife
  i ELIZABETH CRISP, b. Watertown 8 January 1636[/7?] [NEHGR 7:159; WaVR 1:4]; m. Watertown 29 September 1657 George Lawrence [WaVR 20].
  ii MARY CRISP, b. Watertown 20 May 1638 [NEHGR 7:160; WaVR 1:5]; m. by 1661 William Green (eldest child b. Cambridge 21 May 1661) [TAG 62:25, citing MLR 20:338, 25:555].
  iii JONATHAN CRISP, b. Watertown 29 January 1639/40 [NEHGR 7:161; WaVR 1:6]; served in King Philip's War [Bodge 122, 272, 359, 360], and d. before 25 October 1680, when his father administered his estate [MPR 5:109; see also MLR 8:227]; apparently unmarried.
  iv ELEAZER CRISP, b. Watertown 14 January 1641[/2?] [NEHGR 7:281; WaVR 1:9]; no further record (but see TAG 62:27).
  v ZACHARIAH CRISP, b. say 1644; served in King Philip's War (including duty at Groton garrison) [Bodge 71, 360]; did not marry, but had an illegitimate child with Mary Stanwood (see Sarah Hildreth Anc 58 for details on his "turbulent youth").
  vi MEHITABLE CRISP, b. Watertown 21 January 1645/6 [WaVR 1:12]; no further record.
  vii MERCY CRISP, b. say 1648; m. Chelmsford 11 April 1667 Robert Parish (or Parris).
  viii DELIVERANCE CRISP, b. about 1650 (deposed in 1670 aged twenty [TAG 62:27]); m. by 1674 William Longley Jr. of Groton (her stepbrother) [TAG 62:27, and sources cited there].
  ASSOCIATIONS: A "Mr. Crispe" came on the "Plough" in 1631 and settled briefly at Watertown, the same year and place where BENJAMIN CRISP is first seen. This is suggestive, but may be mere coincidence.
  COMMENTS: On 22 March 1630/1, "It is orderd, that Beniamyn Cribb, John Cable, & Morris Trowent shall be whipped for stealing 3 pigs of MrBenjamin was born circa 1610 (deposed aged 45 in 1656, 52 in 1662 and 77 in 1683). Some say he was from Frisby, Lincolnshire, England, but Robert Charles Anderson gives his origins as unknown. His last name is sometimes spelled Crisp. He married Bridget ____ before 1637, probably in Watertown, Mass. A "Mr. Crispe" came on the Plough in 1631 and settled briefly at Watertown, the same year and place where Benjamin Crisp is first seen. It is not known with certainty if he is Benjamin.
  
  He was first at Watertown (named freeman there in 1646), then removed to Groton by 1666 and was back in Watertown in 1681.
  
  Benjamin was a mason by trade. He was literate as he signed a deed, rather than using a mark.
  
  On 7 Oct 1656 Benjamin Crisp, aged about 45, deposed that he was a servant to Major (Edward) Gibbons "25 years agone,”so almost certainly he came to New England as an indentured servant. Edward Gibbons (c. 1600-1654) arrived first in MA aabout 1623 and lived for a time at Morton's Merrymount settlement and trading post in what is now Quincy, MA. Morton was arrested and deported for trading guns to Indians and notorious for activities best described as wanton debauchery by the Puritans. On the other hand, Morton regarded the Puritans as intolerant and narrow minded. Morton's people intermarried with Algonquins and Morton once said they were more civilized and humanitarian than his intolerant (Puritan) neighbors. Morton went ballistic when he discovered that Wollaston (who Merrymount was first named for) had been selling indentured servants into slavery on VA tobacco plantations. He raised such cain that Wollaston was forced to flee to VA in 1626. Ultimately the Puritans prevailed, chopping down their Maypoles and other things that symbolized heathen behavior to them. In 1635 Edward Gibbons, then a Lt., and Sgt. Simon Willard took a small bark to the mouth of the Connecticut with 20 carpenters and other workmen. Perhaps Benjamin Crispe accompanied. Edward Gibbons was present with Gov. John Winthrop when the Puritans negotiated with the Indians for the sale of land in Charlestown, MA and surrounding areas.
  
  His name does not appear in records frequently for public service. On 13 April 1681 Watertown selectmen ordered that "Benjamin Crispe" have the "charge of the meeting house committed to him to sweep and ring the bell and what else is needful to be done to fasten the doors and windows when the exercise is done." (Watertown Town Records, 2:7, 8) For taking care of the meeting house, he was to receive an annual salary of 4 pounds, 10 shillings, and was also to be the keeper of the pound. He was then, by his own estimate, in his 70s. Quite remarkable he was still working at that age, which would have been a positively ancient age in the 17th century.
  
  Benjamin received six land grants at Watertown: seven acres for his homestead, twenty acres of upland in Great Dividend, nine acres of upland beyond the Further Plain; one acre of meadow at Beaver Brook, four acres of Remote Meadow, and three acres of plowland in the Hither Plain (Beaverbrook Plowlands).
  
  On 25 Sept 1666 "Benjamin Crispe of Watertown, mason," joined by "Bridget Crispe, his wife," for a valuable sum of money sold to Thomas Boyden of Groton four parcels of land in Watertown: seven acres of upland and buildings; twenty acres of Great Dividend; twelve acres in Lieu of Township; and a 53 acre farm.
  
  There is no account of his lands at Groton, but they were perhaps those held by his son Jonathan. Presumably he witnessed the Indian attack on the town on 13 March 1675/6, as two of his sons were among the defenders.
  
  Groton was destroyed on that day in March and many of the surviving citizens left town, returning two years later to rebuild.
  
  The couple had eight children, born Watertown: Elizabeth, Mary, Jonathan, Eleazer, Zachariah/Zachary, Mehitable, Mercy, and Deliverance.
  
  Benjamin Crispe was married second in about 1683 to Joanna Goffe, widow of William Longley, a prominent citizen of Groton. Her son William Longley Jr. married Benjamin and Bridget's daughter Deliverance. Deliverance's family suffered horribly, with perhaps 5 of their children along with Deliverance and her husband being killed by the Native Americans in an attack on Groton in 1694..
  
  Benjamin Crispe
  Benjamin Crispe was born about 1611 in Frisby, Lincolnshire, England. He gave his age as about forty-five in 1656, about fifty-two in 1662 and about seventy-seven in 1683. This produces a bracket of
  
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  Benjamin Crisp
  BIRTH 1610
  Firsby, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England
  DEATH 5 Nov 1683 (aged 72–73)
  Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U
  
  === Bridget's Death ===
  Bridget died in Groton MA in an Indian attack in 1675 when Benjamin was 64.
  
  === !BIRTH-MAR-DEATH:(1) "Genealogical Dicti ===
  !BIRTH-MAR-DEATH:(1) "Genealogical Dictionary of New England" by Savage, pg 473; (2) "Pioneers of Massachusetts" pg 122, CRISP,CRISPE,Benjamin, mason, Watertown propr, 1636, frm. 4 May 1646. He deposed 7 Aug 1656, age abt 45 years, that he was servent to Maj. Gibbons 25 years agone. [Mdx. Files]. Wife Bridget; ch. Elizabeth b. 8 Jan 1636-7, Mary b. 20 Mar 1638, Jonathan b. 20 Nov 1639, Eleazer b. 14 Nov 1641, Mehitabel b. 21 Nov 1645, [Zachariah]. His wife d. and he m. 2nd Jonna Longley, who d. at Charlestown 8 apr 1698, ae 79. In her will she men- tioned daus. Mary Leman, Sarah Rand and Lydia Nutting); (3) Chap. Twelve, pg 105, Benjamin Crispe was a mason by trade was in Watertown possibly as early as 1629. He was a servant of Maj. Gibbons. In 1636 he receiv- ed twenty acres of land and became a prorietor of Watertown. The land was ident- ified as Lot no. 8. In 1637 he received three acres of land known as Lot no. 33. His next grant of land was for sixty four acres described as Lot no. 16. He received "an homestall of seven acres more or less bounded on the East with William Godfree and and Henry Bright fen, then West with Stone Street, then north with Thomas Smith and then South with Henbry Bright fen; twenty acres of upland being dividend in the 3rd division and the 8th lot. A frame of 64 acres upland in the 4th division. He became a freeman 4 May 1646. On the 7th day, 8 Month 1656, he deposed that he was about 45 years old and that he was a sevant of Maj. Gibbons 25 years agone. Late in life re removced to Groton, but return- ed before 1682, and married Joanna Goffe, the widow of William Longly. He and his wife Bridget were the parents of six children, all born in Watertown; (4)"The Great Migration Begins", pg 493-495, lists extensive information on Benjamin Crispe and his children; (5) IGI;
  
  === Joanna Goffe Longley ===
  whom Benjamin married was the mother of his daughter Deliverance's husband William Longley
  
  === Employment ===
  He worked for Major Giggons in 1631. Moved to Watertown in1636
  Emigrated toma. in 1629, aboard the "Plough:
  He was admitted a freeman in 6May1646 in Watertown,Ma.
  
  === SOURCE: Ancestors of Charles Harry Bevan ===
  SOURCE: Ancestors of Charles Harry Bevan Received from Jan Bevan Brown 5 Shady Lane Danville, IL 61832 2001
  
  === One Source has children's DOB as: ===
  Elizabeth 1636-1691
  Mary 1638-1713
  Jonathan 1639-1688
  Eleazer 1641-1726
  Zachariah 1644-1677
  Mehitable 1645-
  Mercy 1648-1686
  Deliverance 1650-1694
  
  === !Mass.1629. !BIRTH: SPOUSE: CHILDREN: Ge ===
  !Mass.1629. !BIRTH: SPOUSE: CHILDREN: Genealogies of the Early Settlers of Watertown,Mass. ;Henry Bond: 1855. Pg 188/9. !BIRTH: FATHER: SPOUSE: MARRIAGE: CHILDREN: DEATH: Genealogy- The Great Migration Begins: Robert Charles Anderson: 1995: Vol 1, Pg 493-5.
  
  === Parentage Source [this is a secondary source containing speculation as to the parents of Benjamin Crisp] ===
  https://www.geni.com/people/Richard-Crispe/6000000001374413501
  
  === Information source: Bond "Watertown" Wat ===
  Information source: Bond "Watertown" Watertown Rec. V. 1 & 2. Anc of Sarah Hildreth by Davis p 57 & 58. Wilfred A. Hager, 912 W. 1st St. Rm. 5, Los Angeles, Cal. (7th gg son) Child # 7 have been added to this sheet by Beth W. Adams, 940 Forest Drive, Casper, Wyoming on 8 Sept. 1964.
  
  === !MARRIAGE: place not given for either ma ===
  !MARRIAGE: place not given for either marriage SOURCES: Bonds 'Watertown' Watertown Rec. V.1 & 2 Anc of Sarah Hildreth by Davis p 57 & 58
  
  === Benjamin came to New England on the "Plo ===
  Benjamin came to New England on the "Plough" 6 July 1631 - To Nantasket and later to Watertown.
  
  === !Mass.1629. !BIRTH: SPOUSE: CHILDREN: Ge ===
  !Mass.1629. !BIRTH: SPOUSE: CHILDREN: Genealogies of the Early !BIRTH: FATHER: SPOUSE: MARRIAGE: CHILDREN: DEATH: Genealogy- The Great
  
  === DIED NOV 1683 GROTON MASS ===
  DIED NOV 1683 GROTON MASS
  
  === Benjamin, mason. Watertown, propr., 1636 ===
  Benjamin, mason. Watertown, propr., 1636, frm. May 4, 1646. He deposed 7 Aug 1656, ae about 45 years, that he was servant to Maj. Gibbons 25 years agone. (Mdx Files) 20
  
  === [My Family Tree.FBK.FTW] [timothy_paris ===
  [My Family Tree.FBK.FTW] [timothy_parish.ged] Facts about this person: Fact 1 Mason Fact 2 Worked for Maj. Gibbons in 1631 Fact 3 Moved to Watertown in 1636 Moved Buried Groton, MA
  
  === Bond Watertown p 331: Benjamin Crispe o ===
  Bond Watertown p 331: Benjamin Crispe of Watertown a mason and wife Bridget Septer 21, 1666 sold to Thomas Boyden of Groton a dwelling place with 7 acres and several other parecels of land amounting to 92 acres. Benjamin probably moved to Groton about that time, 1666. Will of Joanne Crispe of Groton (? widow of Jonathan) mentions her daughters: Mary Lemon, Sarah Rand, and Lydia Nutitng; grand daugher Sarah Nutting, grandchild Lydia, Elizabeth, and William Longley granddaughter Anna Laurence Grand daughters Mary and Elizabeth Shaddock Three grandchildren in captivity
  
  === !SOURCE: Descendants of William Longley ===
  !SOURCE: Descendants of William Longley FHL film # 0178181 of Watertown and Groton. Birth & death dates from Torrey. Source: History of the Crispe Family FHL film # 1465568 item #2. SAVAGE: "From Bond we learn, that in 1630, he was serv. of Maj. Gibbons, and, perhaps, came as early as 1629; late in life rem. to Groton, but was ret. bef. 1682 to W. and had m. Joanna, wid. of William Longley." SOURCE: The Great Migration Begins p. 493.
  
  === [Portertoimport.FTW] Pope's "Pioneers o ===
  [Portertoimport.FTW] Pope's "Pioneers of Massachusetts" Page 122 "Benjamin, mason, Watertown, propr.; 1636, frm. May 4, 1646. He deposed 7 (8) 1656, ae ab out 45 years, that he was servant to Maj. Gibbons 25 years agone. [Mdx. Files.] Wife Bridget ; ch. Elizabeth b. Jan. 8, 1636-7, Mary b. 20 (3) 1638, Jonathan b. 29 (11) 1639, Eleazer b . 14 (11) 1641, Mehitabel b. 21 (11) 1645, [Zachariah.] His wife d. and he m. 2. Jonna Longle y, who d. at Charlestown April 8, 1698, ae. 79. In her will she mentioned daus. Mary Leman, S arah Rand and Lydia Nutting; gr. daus. Anna Lawrence, Lydia and Elizabeth Longley, Sarah Nutt ing, Mary and Elizabeth Shaddock; gr. son Wm. Longley; 3 children in captivity."

• Notes:

  Description: England to Massachusetts on the Plough
  
  Added Watertown. Should be Charlestown. My error.

• m. AFT 29 NOV 1680 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

• m. ABT 1636 in of Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

1. Elizabeth Crisp, b. 8 JAN 1636/37 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America     d. 28 MAY 1691 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
2. Deliverance Crisp, b. ABT 1650 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America     d. 27 JUL 1694 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

1. Title: Benjamin Crispe in entry for Jonathan Crispe, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F465-Y7F : 20 May 2022), Benjamin Crispe in entry for Jonathan Crispe, 29 Nov 1639; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009514.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F465-Y7F;
   
2. Title: Benjamin Crispe in entry for Elizabeth Crispe, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F465-TVN : 20 May 2022), Benjamin Crispe in entry for Elizabeth Crispe, 8 Nov 1636; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009514.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F465-TVN;
   
3. Title: Ben. Crispe in the Massachusetts Applications of Freemen, 1630-91
   Author: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts Applications of Freemen, 1630-91 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Paige, Lucius R.. List of Freemen of Massachusetts. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1849.
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/4296/records/1799;
   Note: Name: Ben. Crispe Date: 6 May 1646 Original Source: C. R., Vol. II. p. 124.
   
4. Title: Middlesex County, Massachusetts Deponents, 1649-1700
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/5233/records/528;
   
5. Title: Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-L43M?cc=2106411&wc=MC1M-8WG%3A361613501%2C364520601
   Author: "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-L43M?cc=2106411&wc=MC1M-8WG%3A361613501%2C364520601 : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1678-1684 vol 7-8 > image 511 of 682; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-L43M;
   Note: Sale by Benjamin Crispe of Groton as executor for his son Jonathan Crispe, deceased, sells to William Green of Groton, a homelot formerly belonging to Jonathan Crispe, dated 1682
   
6. Title: Middlesex County, Massachusetts Deponents, 1649-1700
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/5233/records/691;
   
7. Title: Benjamin Crisp in the New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635
   Author: Source Information Ancestry.com. New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/2496/records/46082;
   Note: Name: Benjamin Crisp Gender: Male Birth Date: 1610 Emigration Year: 1631 First Residence Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Est Year Changed Residence: 1681 Also Resided At: Watertown Death Date: 1683 Household Members: Name Birth Year Benjamin Crisp 1610
   
8. Title: The ancestry of Sarah Hildreth, 1773-1857 : wife of Annis Spear of Litchfield, Maine by Davis, Walter Goodwin, 1885-1966 (careful contains some errors, especially re: Benjamin's daughters)
   Author: see page 56
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/ancestryofsarahh00davi/page/56/mode/2up;
   
9. Title: True Parentage [contains speculation regarding the parents of Benjamin Crisp]
   Author: https://www.geni.com
   Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Richard-Crispe/6000000001374413501;
   Note: Someone keeps deleting these records of his parentage. These sources prove these two are his parents.
   Page: So that whoever is deleting this will back off and realize that the Chrisp/Crisp/Crispe family tree doesnt end with Benjamin Crisp.
   
10. Title: Benjamin Crisp, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-KDGZ : 24 May 2022), Benjamin Crisp, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 35966147, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-KDGZ;
    
11. Title: Benjamin Crisp in entry for Mehettebel Crisp, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
    Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F465-YLX : 20 May 2022), Benjamin Crisp in entry for Mehettebel Crisp, 21 Nov 1645; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009514.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F465-YLX;
    
12. Title: Ben Crispe in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (residence in 1657)
    Author: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/2495/records/77569175;
    Note: Name: Ben Crispe Event Type: Miscellaneous Residence Date: 14 May 1657 Residence Place: Watertown, Massachusetts
    
13. Title: Greenquist, Eric A. 2020. The Ancestry of Stearns Hay Whitney. Title no. 4234652, FamilySearch International. vii, 441 pp. Available from https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/
    
14. Title: "Pioneers of Massachusetts"
    Author: Charles Henry Pope. "Pioneers of Massachusetts" (Boston: 1900; reprinted: Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986)
    Note: p. 122: "Crisp, Crips, Crispe ... Benjamin, mason. Watertown, propr., 1636, frm. May 4, 1646. He deposed 7 (8) 1656, age about 45 years, that he was servant to Maj. Gibbons 25 years agone. [Mdx. Files.] Wife Bridget; ch. Elizabeth b. Jan. 8, 1636-7, Mary b. 20 (3) 1638, Jonathan b. 29 (11) 1639, Eleazer b. 14 (11) 1641, Mehitabel b. 21 (11) 1645, [Zachariah.] His wife d. and he m. 2 Jonna Longley, who d. at Charlestown April 8, 1698, ae. 79. In her will she mentioned daus. Mary Leman, Sarah Rand and Lydia Nutting; gr. daus. Anna Lawrence, Lydia and Elizabeth Longley, Sarah Nutting, Mary and Elizabeth Shaddock; gr. son Wm. Longley; 3 children in captivity."
    
15. Title: Benjamin Crisp in entry for Mary Crispe, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
    Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F465-YSX : 20 May 2022), Benjamin Crisp in entry for Mary Crispe, 20 Mar 1638; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009514.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F465-YSX;
    
16. Title: History of the Crispe family (by BJ Cigrand, 1901)
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/11838/records/157;
    
17. Title: An account of the early land-grants of Groton, Massachusetts
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/18851/records/52;
    
18. Title: Joanna Crisp, "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991"
    Author: "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 for Joanna Crisp." Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 for Joanna Crisp. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Dec. 2018. .
    Publication: Name: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9069/007553417_00381?indiv=try&h&db;
    Note: Source created by http://RecordSeek.com
    Page: Probated will of Joanna Crisp Mentions she is the Relict of Benjamin Crisp and widow of William Longley Dated 13 April 1698 Daughters mentioned Mary Leman Sarah Rand Lydia Nutting Grandchildren mentioned are Elizabeth Longley Anna Lawrence William Longley Mary Shaddock Elizabeth Shaddock Samuel Leman Sarah Nutting
    
19. Title: Genealogies of the families and descendants of the early settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston : to which is appended the early history of the town
    Author: https://archive.org Boston Public Library
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/genealogiesoffam00bond;
    Note: by Bond, Henry, 1790-1859; Jones, Horatio Gates, 1822-1893 Published 1860 George Lawrence and Elizabeth Crisp and Family PAGE 331 Benjamin Crisp Page 189
    Page: Benjamin Crisp 1606-1683 cited on page 189