Benjamin SINGLETARY

Male 1656 - 1699  (43 years)


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  • Name Benjamin SINGLETARY  [1
    Born 04 Apr 1656  Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Buried 1699  Red Bank, Summerville, SC. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Jul 1699  Red Bank, Summerville, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I5959  Bob-Millie Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 

    Father Richard (Dunham) SINGLETARY
              b. Abt 1585, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 Oct 1687, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 102 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Susannah M. COOK
              b. 17 Mar 1616, Bayton, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Apr 1682, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Feb 1639  Haverhill, Mass. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2861  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary STOCKBRIDGE
              b. 29 Apr 1655, Sictuate, Mass Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Aft 1696, Red Bank, Summerville, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 42 years) 
    Married 04 Apr 1678  Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Susannah SINGLETARY
              b. 27 Jan 1679, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Aft 1749, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 71 years)  [natural]
     2. Richard SINGLETARY
              b. 16 Mar 1681, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Jun 1723, St. Dennis Charleston, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)  [natural]
     3. Jonathon SINGLETARY
              b. 28 Aug 1683, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 17 Jun 1750, St. Thomas & St. Denis, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)  [natural]
     4. John SINGLETARY
              b. 06 Jul 1686, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Bef 1690, Died Young Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 3 years)  [natural]
     5. Brayton SINGLETARY
              b. 25 Mar 1689, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1737, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)  [natural]
     6. Joseph SINGLETARY
              b. 09 Feb 1692, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Aft 1740, Berkeley Co., South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 49 years)  [natural]
     7. Mary SINGLETARY
              b. 14 Jul 1695, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     8. Hannah SINGLETARY
              b. 18 Oct 1696, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. St Thomas St Denis Parish, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F2849  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Note 1./
      Benjamin Singletary, youngest son of Richard (d.1687) was a soldier under Lieutenant Swett in "King Phillip's War" which was brought to an end April 12, 1676 upon the death of King Phillip. On the 4th of April, 1678 he married Mary Stockbridge and settled in his native town of Haverhill, Mass. 1695, he left Mass. and migrated to the Province of South Carolina and settled at a place on the Ashby River called Red Bank near Summerville, SC in the ST. Thomas & ST. Denis Parish. Here, on July 8, 1699 he obtained a warrant for 300 acres of land.

      Note 2./
      Benjamin Singletary. Born April 4th,1656. Married Mary Stockbridge April 4th, 1678 and settled in his native town of Haverhill, MA. In 1695 he left MA and settled in South Carolina. The book I have shows that his descendants chose to spell their name "Singeltary". It also says that Bejamin became the founder and head of the So. Carolina branch of the Singletary family. It shows that all of his children were born in MA. They are: 1) Susanna(h)Jan. 27,1679; 2)Richard,Mar 16,1681; 3) Jonathon, Aug. 28,1683; 4)John, July 6, 1686; 5) Broughton,Mar 25,1689; 6)Joseph,Feb 9, 1692-3; 7)Mary. July 14,1695

      Note 3./
      What is known is that Benjamin, youngest son of Richard (d.1687), migrated to South Carolina in 1695. Benjamin's descendants are the origin of the family in North and South Carolina. Benjamin received a warrant for 300 acres of land near Red Banks,SC (Summerville,SC) on July 8, 1699. On November 4,1703, Richard Singletary, Benjamin's son, was granted a warrant for 500 acres of land in Berkeley Co. SC. Berkeley County is located in the ST. Thomas & ST. Denis Parish area.
      South Carolina jury list for the years 1718 through 1783 include the following Singletarys from ST. Thomas & ST. Denis Parish: Benjamin 1744; Joseph Sr. and Jr. 1744; Jonathan 1744; Britian(Braton) 1720 & 1731; Jonathan 1720, 1731,1737, & 1740; Benjamin 1740,1751, & 1757; David 1751 & 1757; James 1731; Joseph Sr. 1737; Joseph Jr. 1740 & 1757; John 1757 & 1767; Richard 1720 & 1757; Thomas 1757.
      Jonathan, (son of Benjamin who migrated to SC) and his sons Richard, William and Joseph migrated to Bladen Co., NC in the Cape Fear River Basin in the early 1700's. They were associated with James and Maurice Moore and the "Goose Creek Faction" in the Tuscarora Indian Expeditions of 1712 and 1713. Jonathan witnessed a deed in Chowan Co., NC (Deed Book #1, No. 1032) dated july 30,1716 between Edward Smithwick of Albermarie Co. conveying 200 acres of land adjoining Nathan Moore to William Lattimer. Jonathan's son, Richard was granted 2000 acres of land in October 1728 in Bladen Co., NC. Richard also witnessed for Maurice Moore the conveyance of Lot. No. 9 of Brunswicktown to John Martindale on September 7, 1735. Colonel Maurice Moore was a leader of the "Goose Creek Faction", settled Brunswicktown and built Orton Plantation which he later gave to his brother "King Roger Moore". Jonathan's son, William, received a grant for 1200 acres of land in Bladen Co., NC in 1738 adjoining to his brother Richards land. Also, Joseph ( Jonathan's son) held land adjoining to his brothers Richard and William in Bladen Co., NC. Between the years of 1820 and 1850 most of the Singletary families in Bladen Co., NC migrated to Georgia, Florida and Alabama. They continued to move for land was still cheap in Georgia and public land was available in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.

      In many instances, Thomas Co., GA, became the point of departure for those moving west before 1840.
      Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to 1850. Farmer's Register, Vol. 4, p. 102.
      Directory of Ancestorial Heads of New Eng. Families, Vol.4, Frank R.Holmes
      First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge Olde East New Jersey, Orra Eugene Monnette, Parts 2, 3, and 4.
      Records for ST. Thomas and ST. Denis Parish, South Carolina.
      The Singletary Family History 1599 - 1989, Yvonne Miller Brunton.
      South Carolina Jury Lists, 1718 - 1783, Mary B. Warren.
      Wills, Land Grants, Deeds, Census of 1790 - 1850.
      Public Records of Bladen Co., North Carolina.
      Public Records of Thomas Co., Georgia.
      Public Records of Leon Co., Florida.
      [Singletary Family .FTW]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1730] LDS.
      Benjamin Singletary Sex: M : Birth: 4 Apr 1656 Place: Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts ; Death: 1701 Place: Redbank, Summerville, South Carolina :
      Parents: Father: Richard (Dunham) Sr. Singletary : Mother: Susannah M. Cooke
      Marriage(s): Spouse: Mary Stockbridge : Marriage: 4 Apr 1678 Place: Haverhill, Massachsuetts

    2. [S1485] Family Data Collection - Births, Ancestry.com.
      Singletary, Benjamin ; Father: Singletary, Richard Mother: Cooke, Susanna
      Birth Date: 4 April 1656 City: Haverhill ; County: State: MA


    3. [S1486] Family Data Collection - Deaths, Ancestry.com.
      Singletary, Benjamin ; Death Date: 1695 City: Redbank ; County: State: SC USA