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Benjamin Smith BENTON

Benjamin Smith BENTON

Male 1759 - 1833  (73 years)

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  • Name Benjamin Smith BENTON  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Birth 17 Sep 1759  Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Apr 1833  , Montgomery, MD, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Burial Damascus, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Person ID I5252  Ancestrees
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2024 

    Father Corporal Joseph (B.) BENTON,   b. 15 Oct 1725, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1807, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth SMITH,   b. 6 Dec 1727, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1783, , Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1754  Rock Creek Church, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah WILLET,   b. 1768   d. 1833 (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 15 May 1783  Upper Marlborough, Prince George's, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8, 9
    Children 
     1. Erasmus Willet BENTON, Sr,   b. 16 Mar 1793, St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 1872, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. William W. BENTON,   b. Abt 1792, , , MD, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1835, Of Md, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Benjamin BENTON, Jr.,   b. Bef 1804   d. Bef 1833, Of Frederick, MD, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 29 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Mary WARTHEN,   b. 1796   d. Aft 1833, Of Md, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Sarah WARTHEN,   b. 1783   d. Aft 1833, Of Md, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Ann BENTON,   b. Aft 1797   d. Aft 1833, Of Md, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Eliza A. BENTON,   b. Abt 1812, , , MD, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Of Howard District, Anne Arundel, MD, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Nancy BENTON,   b. Abt 1800, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1844, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. Nathan BENTON   d. Aft 1833, Of Md, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Elizabeth BENTON,   b. , Montgomery, MD, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Of Frederick, MD, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F106  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2024 

  • Notes 
    • In the 1800 census, Benjamin and his wife were between the ages of 26 and 45. He had 4 sons and 1 daughter under age 10, one son and daughter under age 10-16, one son and daughter from age 16-26, one son and daughter from age 26-45 and 1

      He's buried on his farm. Benjamin had 11 children listed in the record at the time of his death. Nathan; William W.(married Ruth Shipley 16 Dec 1835; Edward, living in Ohio; Mary, wife of Leonard Wathen; Erasmus,living in Indiana; Sarah, marrie
      d William Wathen; Ann, married Archibald Shipley; Elizabeth, married Richard Edward Shipley Jan 1825; Eliza married Larkin Shipley 4 May 1829; Benjamin, married Mari Plummer 19 April 1821. On Oct. 13, 1833, Nathan and William W. Benton petitioned the court to divide their father's land. (CL-611)

  • Sources 
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    2. [S975] Maryland Genealogical Society, Inc., Montgomery County, Maryland 1800 Census (Baltimore: Family Line Publications, c. 1972, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah).

    3. [S976] Bowman, Una A., Benton Family Genealogy Forum dated July 20, 2001 (genealogy.com).

    4. [S56] Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2014 Place:Lehi, UT, USA;), Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 1,2189::0.

    5. [S987] Ancestry.com, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2011 Place:Provo, UT, USA;), 1,2129::0.

    6. [S1011] Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:1999 Place:Provo, UT, USA;), 1,3552::0.

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    10. [S529] Hollis, Susianne, S. Hollis to L. Dudick Email letters dated 1999 + at shollis57@hotmail.com.

    11. [S602] Bowman, Una, Benton Family Genealogy Forum at http://www.genforum.genealogy.com/benton/messages/1745.html (Jul 20 2001).

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