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Benjamin was born into a large and prosperous
Anglican family, that of Colonel John James Mackall (1717–1772) and Mary (Hance) Mackall. Besides tobacco, they raised five sons and eight daughters. Benjamin was the second son, so he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1765. He practiced law in
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