"From Daniel T.V. Huntoon's History of The Town of Canton,
Massachusetts (1893)"
“Colonel Benjamin's first wife, the mother of Benjamin, who died at
Jamaica Plain, was Ruth, daughter of Deacon Joseph and Mary (Tolman)
Hartwell, and was born Sept. 3, 1738, on what is known now as the
Kollock farm. Her sister Elizabeth married Roger Sherman, Nov. 17,
1749. Ruth was married to Bussey, Nov. 26, 1755, and died Dec. 5,
1776.”
