68. Margaret⁴ Wallingford (Nicholas³, Nicholas², Nicholas¹) was born in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts 13 July 1706.⁽⁷⁵³⁾ Margaret died 22 October 1754.⁽⁷⁵⁴⁾

She married Benjamin George, 8 August 1728, in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁷⁵⁵⁾ Benjamin was born 11 October 1704, in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁷⁵⁶⁾ Benjamin was the son of Francis George and Sarah Hadlock. Benjamin died 22 October 1754, in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁷⁵⁷⁾

She was baptized 14 July 1706 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁽⁷⁵⁸⁾ Margaret and Benjamin George are signatories to a pair of receipts in the estate papers of her brother Jonathan Wallingford . In the first, dated 10 January 1737, they acknowledge receipt of 15 pounds 11 shillings Old Tenor from Jonathan, due them as the "full part of our father Nicholas Wallingford's Estate". A bond of her brother Jonathan on 4 July 1737 mentions Benjamin George of Newbury in right of his wife Margaret.⁽⁷⁵⁹⁾ Nearly ten years later, on 10 October 1746, dated from Bradford, Margaret and Benjamin, along with three other siblings and two of their spouses, acknowledge having received from Jonathan 4 pounds, 13 shillings, and 4 pence "in full of a Bond which was due to Jemima Wallingford late Decd" This was witnessed by John Hopkinson and Thomas Savory.⁽⁷⁶⁰⁾

Margaret Wallingford and Benjamin George had the following children:

162 i. Benjamin⁵ George was born 4 August 1734.⁽⁷⁶¹⁾

163 ii. Hannah George was born before 20 July 1735. She was baptized 20 July 1735.⁽⁷⁶²⁾

164 iii. Martha George was born 4 October 1737.⁽⁷⁶³⁾

165 iv. Nicholas George was born 26 November 1739.⁽⁷⁶⁴⁾

166 v. Jonathan George was born 24 August 1741.⁽⁷⁶⁵⁾

167 vi. Simeon George was born about 1743.⁽⁷⁶⁶⁾

168 vii. Margaret George was born about 1745.⁽⁷⁶⁷⁾

169 viii. Sarah George was born about 1750.⁽⁷⁶⁸⁾

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