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Benjamin Lynde (September 22 1666 – January 28 1749) was a lawyer and magistrate of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Born in Salem he was sent to England by his parents where he read law at the Middle Temple. He was the first Chief Justice (appointed associate 1712 chief justice 1729) of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature the province’s highest court to have formal training as a lawyer.
