Benjamin Davidson is a friend of Felicity Merriman. Ben is a full time apprentice for Edward Merriman and is about fifteen at the start of the series. Ben is taller than Felicity but skinnier; he is described during his attempted runaway in the article Edward submits that he is about six feet tall with long brown hair and brown eyes. He is originally from Yorktown and his family and friends are back there.
Ben is initially introduced as a quiet and shy young man who keeps to himself and sleeps in the loft above the stables. He is apprenticed to Father to learn how to run a general store, and has been there approximately a month before the start of Meet Felicity in fall 1774. Social rules and expectations regarding apprenticing means he is expected to be treated as well as family by the Merrimans and cared for as an additional family member for the duration of his apprenticeship; for example, Martha provides him good britches for Sunday church.
Felicity does not think much of him in the beginning both because he is quiet and because due to his presence, she no longer is allowed to help her father and Marcus at Merriman's Store and so must must go home and do housekeeping things she finds boring (such as sewing and cooking). As he gets to know Felicity and her family, he opens up and becomes a good friend to Felicity as she does to him.
Ben is observant and picks up news well; he was the one to inform Mr. Merriman about how Jiggy Nye might have obtained Penny and that he's untrustworthy. He is well versed in horses, as he is able to identify Penny as a thoroughbred horse the first time she sees her. He is very headstrong and does not think his actions through many times, much like Felicity, and can be as impatient and hot tempered as her once he finds his cause to believe in: America's rising desire to seek independence from England. Ben believes in the Patriot cause and wants to fight in the army, even going so far as to run away to try to serve.
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