Tombstone Tuesday ~ Benjamin Balch, died 1736 at age 11

This tombstone was photographed at the Abbott Hale Cemetery in Beverly, Massachusetts

HERE LYES BURIED

THE BODY OF

BENJAMIN BALCH

ONLY SON OF

DEAC. BENJ. BALCH

& MARCY HIS WIFE

WHO DEPARTED

THIS LIFE AUG. 4

1736 IN Ye 11 YEAR

OF HIS AGE

Deacon Benjamin Balch is my 1st cousin, 8 generations removed.  His father, Samuel Balch is the brother of my 7th great grandmother, Mary Balch (about 1667 - 1737) who married Nathaniel Stone.  Benjamin Balch married Mercy Leach on 27 June 1705 in Beverly, Massachusetts.  She is a descendant of my 10th great grandfather, Lawrence Leach (about 1583 - 1662) of Beverly.  Mercy and Benjamin had five daughters and Benjamin (above) who died young).  Two of the daughters died young, too, but I could not find their tombstones here in this cemetery. 

Benjamin Balch lived in the old Balch homestead which is still standing in at 448 Cabot Street in Beverly. 

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Benjamin Balch, died 1736 at age 11", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 8, 2016, (http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/11/tombstone-tuesday-benjamin-balch.html: accessed [access date]).