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Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford
The world's smoky rooms and freezing homes were soon to be remedied with the birth of Benjamin Thompson Jr. Benjamin Thompson Jr. was born to Ruth and Benjamin Thompson on March 26, 1753 in the small town of Woburn, Massachusetts.1
Little is known about Benjamin Thompson Jr.'s family. What is known about his father is that he was born in 1729 and he married Ruth Simonds in 1752. We also know that Benjamin Thompson was the oldest of Captain Ebenezer's four children and died in 1755. Benjamin Thompson Jr.'s mother was born in 1730 and lived what was considered an uncommon life span of 80 plus years. Ruth and Benjamin Thompson were married for only a year when Benjamin Thompson Jr. was born. When Ruth Thompson was widowed late in 1755 she waited less than one year to re-marry. She married Lieutenant Josiah Pierce and they had four children together. Because of Benjamin Thompson Jr.'s young age, at his father's death, Lieutenant Josiah Pierce was to......

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