Next up in the Tower family sketches is Benjamin Tower and Deborah Whipple, who settled in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts soon after their marriage.

Benjamin Tower was born on 25 January 1673, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, the first son and eldest known child of John Tower and Sarah Hardin/g of Hingham, Plymouth and Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Benjamin married Deborah Whipple, c1698, probably in Providence County, Rhode Island. She was the daughter of David Whipple and his second wife, Hannah Tower and born 12 September 1681 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

Benjamin and Deborah settled in Attleboro and lived there for many years, as the births of their children from 1700 until 1721 are all recorded in the town.

Exactly where Benjamin and family lived in the later 1720s and early 1730s is unclear, as Benjamin gave 4 lots of land in Wrentham to his son Benjamin and bought land in Smithfield, Rhode Island in 1731. No records have been found to support the idea that he actually lived in those towns, but it is possible.

Sometime between 1722 and 1743, the Tower family moved to Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, where Benjamin died on 2 May 1743. Deborah survived Benjamin by quite a few years, also passing away in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode island on 26 March 1755.

Benjamin and Deborah had hardy genes, as only their last child, Enoch, died young.

Children (All born in Attleboro):

1. Gideon, born 24 February 1699/1700; died 29 December 1772, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; married Mary Ray, 2 October 1729, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
2. Patience, born 10 April 1702; died after 1731, possibly in Connecticut; married Nathan Carpenter, 26 December 1723, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts
3. Sarah, born 16 August 1704; died c1792; married Elisha Sabin, 10 June 1732, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts
4. Margaret, born 26 October 1706; died 9 April 1787, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; married Jeremiah Bartlett, 10 May 1730, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
5. Zipporah, born 4 December 1709; married Joseph Jackson, 28 January 1730, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts. No death dates have been found for this couple, who lived first in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island in the 1740s and in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts when daughter Ruth was born in 1755.
6. John, born 23 November 1711; died c1753, Connecticut; married Hannah Hancock, 22 November 1739, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
7. Hannah, born 2 January 1714; died c1791; married William Hancock, 19 July 1733, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts
8. Benjamin, born 25 February 1716; died c1792; married Ruth (MNU)
9. Esther, born 5 January 1718; died c1766; married Morris Tucker, 2 April 1741, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
10. Joseph, baptized 13 September 1720; died before 20 July 1761, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; married Judith Briggs, 9 April 1743
11. Enoch, baptized 3 December 1721; no further record and not in his father’s will

Benjamin and Deborah (Whipple) Tower have many descendants today!