Personal Life and Legacy
Benbow married a woman named Martha (died 1722) after his return to England in 1681. The marriage soon produced children; including a daughter, Martha, following by sons Richard and John. John would go on to also serve in the Royal Navy. The family lived in the parish of St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, and had another son Solomon, who was baptised in 1686 but died in infancy. There are also records of two more sons named Richard who were born in Kent, and another daughter, Katherine. In 1709 Katherine married Paul Calton of Milton, Berkshire, where Benbow is said to have stayed in the 1690s.
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