Benjamin Nye was born say 1659. He was the son of
Benjamin Nye and
Katherine Tupper.
1 Benjamin Nye died of at the "Ambush and Fight of Captain Pierce" in King Phillips War on 26 March 1676.
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Notes and Citations:
- [S494] Ian Hilder, George R. Nye and Jonathan A. Shaw, "Origins of Benjamin Nye", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 158 - 159 (October 2004 - January 2005), vol. 159, page 74.
- [S158] Descendants of Matthew Wing, online http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/RaymondWing/WINGDESC/index.htm#toc, Raymond T. Wing, webmaster, "Five men from Sandwich joined Captain Michael Pearse's Plymouth County Company to engage in the defense of the colonies during the King Philip War. They were Benjamin Nye, John Gibb, Stephen Wing, Daniel Bessey, and Caleb Blake. March 26, 1676, Captain Pearse's company was ambushed by the Narragansett Indians under Canonchet at Seekonk, and the day after the battle, the Rev. Noah Newman of Rehoboth wrote giving the names of forty-six of the unfortunate men who fell in the ambush. Among the names were those of Stephen Wing and Benjamin Nye [...].".