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THE
BENSON FAMILY
OF
IRELAND AND THE UNITED STATES
GENERATION ONE
1. James Benson.
James Benson is thought to have been born in about 1730 in County Tyrone, Ireland. And, if the information contained in the below excerpt can be assumed to be accurate, it would appear that James arrived in South Carolina during the mid-1740's, eventually settling in what is now Union County. James was married in South Carolina to Martha Quinn, but unfortunately no record of this marriage has been found. James and Martha resided in South Carolina for the remainder of their lives. Martha is believed to have died in Union County prior to 1799, while James died there in 1801. His will, which was written on 20 April 1799, was subsequently probated before the Union County Court on 17 April 1801.
The following excerpt was taken from "Copeland, Bostick, Patton, and Allied Families."
"James and Martha Quinn Benson were both born in
County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. James Benson's great grandson, Dr. Henry Clark
Benson, a Methodist Minister, wrote an autobiographical sketch some years ago in which he
gave considerable information
about the early Benson family. Dr. Benson wrote that the Benson family was of English
descent, though residents of Ireland. James Benson, born about 1730, attempted to go to
America when about twelve years of age because he could not get along with his stepmother.
He packed a few clothes, went to Belfast, and booked passage to Richmond, Virginia where
his uncle resided. He hoped that his uncle would pay for his passage to America. Young
James decided to remain in Ireland, however, and did not attempt to make the trip until
about two years later. His ship, instead of going to Virginia, went instead to Charleston,
South Carolina, and there James was taken over by a man who paid for the passage to
America in exchange for James' labor on his farm. James Benson lived in Union District,
South Carolina, where he eventually married and where he became quite prosperous.
"Dr. Benson told an amusing incident about his great grandfather, James Benson, which occurred during the Revolutionary War. James Benson was a Quaker and refused to fight. He sided with the British, however, and vowed not to shave off his beard until King George had conquered the rebels. A colonel with a regiment of American soldiers was passing through the neighborhood where James lived, and the colonel, hearing about James, the "rank Tory," sent for a barber who shaved James, taking almost a half of bushel of hair off his face. Strangely enough, James Benson's sons fought on the side of the Americans."
In the above excerpt, Dr. Benson mentions that during the Revolutionary War, James Benson's "sons" fought on the side of the Americans. He subsequently identifies these sons as John, William, Henry, and James. Although James and Martha (Quinn) Benson may very well have had four sons, James Benson, Jr. is the only son named in his father's will. He is also the only male child of James and Martha Benson's to have been uncovered to date. Aside from the above autobiographical sketch, no information has been found to substantiate that James and Martha had other sons.
Known issue: (Surname Benson)
2. Mary
b. ca. 1753 in SC.
m. ca. 1772 to Jonathan Frost in Ninety-Six
District, SC.
d. December 1796 in Ninety-Six District, SC.
3. Sarah "Sally"
b. in SC.
m. Alexander Brown in Ninety-Six District, SC.
4. James
b. ca. 1759/60 in SC.
m. ca. 1783 to Elizabeth Clark in Ninety-Six
District, SC.
d. 1829/30 in Greene Co., OH.
GENERATION TWO
NOTE: Only the author's pedigree ancestor and known siblings are covered in this generation.
2. Mary Benson.
Mary Benson, the daughter of James Benson and Martha Quinn, was born in about 1753 in the State of South Carolina. She was later married in about 1772 to a man named Jonathan Frost in Ninety-Six District, South Carolina. Jonathan was the son of John and Mary Frost.
Mary's husband, Jonathan, is believed to be the Jonathan Frost who died in Ninety-Six District in 1783. Although no will was uncovered in the Ninety-Six District probate records, this individual’s estate was administrated on 11 September 1783, and an inventory was carried out on 15 September 1783. Mary, on the other hand, died in Union County, South Carolina during the month of December 1796. Her will, which was written on 25 December 1796, was admitted for probate on 2 January 1797. The below children were named in Mary's will.
NOTE: In Mary’s will, she referred to her "four youngest children" as being Barnett, Elizabeth, Rachel, and William. Unfortunately, it is not known at this time whether these children were fathered by Jonathan Frost, or if they were born out of wedlock after Jonathan’s death. One reason for not believing they were Jonathan Frost’s children revolves around the fact that Mary specifically gives the full name, either birth or married, for the four children known to have been her’s and Jonathan’s, but does not give any surname to her four youngest children. In addition, in the will of Mary’s father, James Benson, he only refers to his "four" grandchildren, those known to be Mary and Jonathan’s. Because Mary’s youngest children may not have carried the Frost surname is one reason that no information has been found concerning any of them. Regardless of who the father is, the eight children listed below are known to be Mary’s, and are therefore included in this genealogy.
Issue: (Surname Frost)
5. Sarah
b. 27 November 1773 in Ninety-Six District, SC.
m. (1) ( ) Williams in
SC.
m. (2) Moses Lindsey, probably in SC.
d. 21 November 1834 in Williamson Co., TN.
6. John M.
b. 27 January 1775 in Ninety-Six District, SC.
m. 1802 to Rhoda Miles in SC.
d. 21 June 1836 in Williamson Co., TN.
7. Mary
b. ca. 1777 in Ninety-Six District, SC.
m. ca. 1798/99 to James Copeland in SC.
d. 20 March 1833 in Williamson Co., TN.
8. Rebecca
b. 8 June 1779 in Ninety-Six District, SC.
m. Deason Knight in SC.
d. 21 September 1856 in Williamson Co., TN.
Issue: (Surname ?)
9. Barnett
b. in Ninety-Six District, SC.
10. Elizabeth
b. in Ninety-Six District, SC.
11. Rachel
b. in Ninety-Six District, SC.
12. William
b. in Ninety-Six District, SC.
3. Sarah "Sally" Benson.
Sarah Benson, the daughter of James Benson and Martha Quinn, was born in the State of South Carolina. She was later married in South Carolina to a man named Alexander Brown. Sarah and Alexander eventually moved to Ohio.
In a deed, which was dated 19 October 1821, Sarah, a legatee of her father, James Benson, and James Brown and his wife, Sarah, Robert Brown and his wife, Hannah, Anna Goens (Goings), Elizabeth Brown, and Polly Brown, sold 100 acres of land along the Tyger River in Union County, South Carolina to William Brown and his wife, Polly. William subsequently resold this land to Theophilus Penny. In a later deed that was dated 29 September 1829, Alexander and Sarah sold 39.66 acres of land to Israel Thompson for $100. Their son, James, subsequently sold the adjoining 39.66 acres of land to Mr. Thompson on 23 December 1829.
Issue: (Surname Brown)
13. Martha
b. ca. 1787 in Ninety-Six District, SC.
14. Elizabeth
b. ca. 1789 in Ninety-Six District, SC.
15. James
b. 8 April 1792 in Ninety-Six District, SC.
m. 6 February 1820 to Sarah "Sally"
Coates in Miami Co., OH.
d. 15 March 1878 in Darke Co., OH.
16. Anna
b. ca. 1793 in Union Co., SC.
m. David Goens (Goings).
17. William
b. calc. 1795 in Ninety-Six District, SC.
m. Mary "Polly" (
) in OH.
18. Robert
b. 11 April 1796 in Union Co., SC.
m. 29 April 1821 to Hannah Penny in Miami Co.,
OH.
d. 3 October 1879 in Darke Co., OH.
16. Polly
b. ca. 1797 in Ninety-Six District, SC.
20. Sarah
b. ca. 1799 in Union Co., SC.
4. James Benson.
James Benson, the son of James Benson, Sr. and Martha Quinn, is thought to have been born in about 1759/60 in the State of South Carolina. During the Revolutionary War, James served as a horseman in Colonel Thomas Brandon's Regiment, and during the years 1781 and 1783, he also supplied provisions and forage to the American forces.
After the War, James married Elizabeth Clark, and from this union ten children were born. Elizabeth, who was born on 20 June 1767 in York County, Pennsylvania, was the daughter of John Clark and Mary Campbell. Although the actual date of their marriage has not been determined, it is believed to have taken place around 1783. This date is primarily based upon the stated age of their eldest son, William, when he died in 1847.
Although James may have been associated with the Quakers prior to his marriage, the earliest Quaker record that has been found which pertains to him was in the minutes of the Bush River Monthly Meeting of Friends in Newberry County, South Carolina. It was dated 26 April 1788, and stated that he was "received by request."
James and Elizabeth were later united with the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, however, in what is now Union County, South Carolina. In the minutes of this Meeting, dated 24 August 1805, was found the following: "James Benson and family given certificate to Miami Monthly Meeting, Ohio." Like many of the Quakers living in the Carolinas and Virginia, James and Elizabeth moved to Ohio after it had become a state in 1803. One of the main drawing points of Ohio was that it had been granted statehood as a "free state," and many southern Quakers were anti-slavery. Whether the Benson's were anti-slavery Quakers, or whether they were simply looking to settle on new land, is not known, however.
The Benson's were subsequently received at the Miami Monthly Meeting on 14 November 1805, and soon took up land along the Little Miami River in Greene County. In 1810 a new meeting was established as an offshoot of the Miami Monthly Meeting. It was called Caesar's Creek Monthly Meeting, and was located just over the line in what is now Clinton County, Ohio. The minutes of the Caesar's Creek Monthly Meeting show that three of James and Elizabeth's children were married there. The Benson's were listed in the Ohio census records as living in Sugar Creek Township in Greene County, and it appears that they remained there until James' death in 1829, or early 1830.
Prior to his death, James deeded nearly all of his land holdings to his children. They in turn deeded these lands to John Benson after James' death. John Benson was the youngest child of James and Elizabeth, and most of the older children had already moved to Indiana. On 27 January 1831, James' widow, Elizabeth, was granted a certificate to the Cherry Grove Monthly Meeting at Lynn in Randolph County, Indiana to be near several of her children who had previously moved there. She remained there until her death on 31 January 1844. Elizabeth was buried at Lynn.
Issue: (Surname Benson)
21. William
b. 13 August 1784 in Ninety-Six District, SC.
m. 14 January 1808 to Mary Stewart in Warren
Co., OH.
d. 2 August 1847 in Warren Co., IN.
22. Mary
b. 22 December 1788 in Ninety-Six District, SC.
m. 28 June 1810 to Edward Allen in Greene Co.,
OH.
d. 27 September 1843 in Warren Co., IN.
23. Henry
b. 30 October 1790 in Ninety-Six District, SC.
m. 30 January 1812 to Margaret Hammer at the
Caesar's Creek M.H., Clinton Co., OH.
d. 1849 in Randolph Co., IN.
24. Jonathan
b. ca. 1793 in Ninety-Six District, SC.
m. 2 December 1813 to Ruth Brock at the
Caesar's Creek M.H., Clinton Co., OH.
25. James, Jr.
b. 29 November 1794 in Ninety-Six District, SC.
m. 13 February 1823 to Mary Snipes in Warren
Co., OH.
d. 3 May 1876 in Warren Co., IN.
26. Thomas
b. ca. 1798 in Union Co., SC.
m. 1 August 1816 to Mary Kelly at the Caesar's
Creek M.H., Clinton Co., OH.
27. Samuel
b. 1 December 1800 in Union Co., SC.
m. 7 January 1822 to Martha "Patsy"
Martindale in Warren Co., OH.
d. 13 December 1866 in Warren Co., IN.
28. Clark
b. 11 January 1802 in Union Co., SC.
m. 11 November 1824 to Elizabeth Ann Wilson in
Greene Co., OH.
d. 22 February 1857 in Warren Co., IN.
29. Hester Ann
b. 1804 in Union Co., SC.
m. 19 March 1829 to Thomas Dunn in Greene Co.,
OH.
d. 27 June 1844 in Warren Co., IN.
30. John
b. 6 February 1809 in Greene Co., OH.
m. (1) 3 January 1828 to Jane Hunt in Randolph
Co., IN.
m. (2) ca. 1854 to Gulielma Hough in Randolph
Co., IN.
d. 9 August 1879 in Randolph Co., IN.
GENERATION THREE
NOTE: Only the author's pedigree ancestor and known siblings are covered in this generation.
21. William Benson.
William Benson, the son of James Benson and Elizabeth Clark, was born on 13 August 1784 in the Ninety-Six District of South Carolina. He was later married in Warren County, Ohio on 14 January 1808 to a woman named Mary Stewart (also written Mary Stuart). Mary, who was a native of North Carolina, was calculated to have been born there in 1790. She was the daughter of Robert Stewart and Ann Hornaday.
Although William and Mary Benson resided in Ohio for a number of years, they eventually moved to Randolph County, Indiana, and then later moved on to Warren County, Indiana. William died in Warren County, Indiana on 2 August 1847. He was subsequently buried in the Union Cemetery in John Q. Adams Township in Warren County.
The children listed below as (female) were abstracted from available pre-1850 census records. These are also believed to be William and Mary's daughters, but have not been positively identified as yet.
Known and enumerated Issue: (Surname Benson)
31. John
b. 28 November 1808 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 21 February 1833 to Ruth Harris in Randolph
Co., IN.
d. 26 May 1862 in Warren Co., IN.
32. James
b. calc. 1811 in Greene Co., OH.
m. (remained single)
33. Robert S.
b. 21 January 1813 in Greene Co., OH.
m. (1) 15 November 1832 to Rebecca Hunt in
Randolph Co., IN.
m. (2) 9 November 1837 to Mary Ann Metsker in
Warren Co., IN.
d. 13 March 1843 in Warren Co., IN.
34. Henry Clark
b. 10 April 1815 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 7 June 1843 to Matilda M. Williamson in
Putnam Co., IN.
35. (female)
b. in Greene Co., OH.
36. Alexander
b. 13 April 1820 in Greene Co., OH.
d. 21 March 1840 in Warren Co., IN.
37. (female)
b. in OH. or IN.
38. Rebecca
b. calc. 1830 in IN.
39. William Christie
b. in IN.
22. Mary Benson.
Mary Benson, the daughter of James Benson and Elizabeth Clark, was born on 22 December 1788 in Ninety-Six District, South Carolina. She was later married on 28 June 1810 to Edward Allen in Greene County, Ohio. Edward, who was the eldest son of Jackson Allen and Sarah Bond, was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia on 25 September 1790.
Although Edward and Mary were both Quakers, they eventually left that faith and joined the Methodist Church. Two years after their marriage, Edward was drafted and served in the War of 1812 as a private in the 1st Regiment of the Ohio Militia (4th Brigade, 1st Division). Because of this service, he received a warrant for 40 acres of land.
In 1829, Edward and Mary moved into western Indiana, where they settled in Warren County. Mary Benson died in Warren County on 27 September 1843 after a lingering illness. After Mary passed away, Edward married for a second time to a woman named Nancy Alexander on 29 March 1844 in Warren County. Shortly thereafter, Edward and Nancy moved to Wisconsin to be closer to some of his children. According to available census records, Edward and Nancy were residing in Jefferson Township in Green County, Wisconsin in 1850.
Several years later, Edward, along with his 16 year old grandson who was also named Edward, made a visit to Indiana. On the way home he came down with cholera and died in the vicinity of Elgin in Cook County, Illinois. This was in the year 1855. Whatever became of his widow, Nancy, has not been determined.
Issue: (Surname Allen)
40. John
b. 4 June 1813 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 19 August 1832 to Lavina Odle in Warren Co.,
IN.
d. 11 February 1860 in Green Co., WI.
41. Elizabeth "Betsy"
b. 27 April 1816 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 13 April 1837 to Edmund Davis Brady in
Warren Co., IN.
d. 10 September 1881 in Warren Co., IA.
42. Jackson
b. 26 August 1818 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 24 December 1837 to Rebecca Jane Brady in
Warren Co., IN.
d. 20 October 1883 at Lebanon, Smith Co., KS.
43. Ruth
b. 24 August 1821 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 6 August 1840 to William N. Dunn in Warren
Co., IN.
d. 25 September 1856 in Green Co., WI.
44. Hester Ann
b. 17 December 1824 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 12 January 1843 to Joseph C. Alexander in
Warren Co., IN.
d. 17 July 1868 in Warren Co., IA.
23. Henry Benson.
Henry Benson, the son of James Benson and Elizabeth Clark, was born on 30 October 1790 in the Ninety-Six District of South Carolina. He was later married on 30 January 1812 to a woman named Margaret Hammer at the Caesar's Creek Meeting House in Clinton County, Ohio. Margaret, who was a native of North Carolina, had been born there on 6 April 1791. She was the daughter of David and Charlotte Hammer.
In about 1824, Henry and Margaret moved to Randolph County, Indiana, where they resided for the remainder of their lives. According to the records of the Cherry Grove Monthly Meeting of Friends in Randolph County, Margaret and her children, Mary and William, were received into membership there on 12 February 1825. Their endorsement came from the Caesars Creek Monthly Meeting in Clinton County, Ohio. Henry subsequently died of cholera in Randolph County in 1849.
Issue: (Surname Benson)
45. Mary
b. 18 March 1818 in Clinton Co., OH.
m. 26 December 1839 to Levi Kenworthy in
Randolph Co., IN.
46. William
b. 26 August 1821 in Clinton Co., OH.
m. 25 April 1848 to Elvira Freestone in
Randolph Co., IN.
47. John Milton
b. 17 April 1823 in Clinton Co., OH.
d. 16 April 1824 at Lynn, Randolph Co., IN.
48. John
b. 17 July 1829 in Randolph Co., IN.
d. 14 July 1830 at Lynn, Randolph Co., IN.
24. Jonathan Benson.
Jonathan Benson, the son of James Benson and Elizabeth Clark, was born in the Ninety-Six District of South Carolina in about 1793. He was later married on 2 December 1813 at the Caesar's Creek Meeting House in Clinton County, Ohio to a woman named Ruth Brock. Ruth was the daughter of George and Charity Brock.
In about 1820, Jonathan and Ruth moved to Randolph County, Indiana, where they settled in West River Township. They apparently remained in Randolph County for only a few years, however, before moving back to Ohio. According to the 1830 census of Ohio, Jonathan and Ruth were living in Sugar Creek Township in Greene County during that year.
In 1835, Jonathan and Ruth apparently decided to move back to Randolph County, Indiana again. During the month of December 1835, Ruth and several of her children were received into membership at the Cherry Grove Monthly Meeting of Friends in Randolph County. Their endorsement, which was dated 27 August 1835, came from the Caesars Creek Monthly Meeting in Clinton County, Ohio.
Issue: (Surname Benson)
49. Elijah
b. calc. 1815 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 22 September 1835 to Ann Sanders in Greene
Co., OH.
50. James
b. ca. 1817 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 22 November 1837 to Rebecca York at the
Cherry Grove M.H., Randolph Co., IN.
d. 1866 in Randolph Co., IN.
51. Isaac
b. calc. 1819 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 3 February 1842 to Martha Kinsey in Randolph
Co., IN.
52. Charity
b. probably in Randolph Co., IN.
53. Clark
b. in Greene Co., OH.
54. Henry
b. in Greene Co., OH.
55. Lucinda
b. in Greene Co., OH.
56. Samuel
b. in Greene Co., OH.
57. Jonathan
b. in Greene Co., OH.
58. John Milton
b. 11 April 1840 in Randolph Co., IN.
m. 6 January 1861 to Eliza Jane Cox in Randolph
Co., IN.
d. 2 April 1920 at Winchester, Randolph Co.,
IN.
25. James Benson.
James Benson, the son of James Benson and Elizabeth Clark, was born 0n 29 November 1794 in the Ninety-Six District of South Carolina. He was later married in Warren County, Ohio to a woman named Mary Snipes on 13 February 1823. Mary, who was a native of North Carolina, was calculated to have been born there in 1793.
James and Mary originally settled on a farm in Sugar Creek Township in Greene County, Ohio. They later moved to Warren County, Indiana, however, where they resided in John Q. Adams Township. Mary died in Warren County, Indiana on 14 February 1852, and was subsequently buried in the Pine Village Cemetery. James, on the other hand, died in Warren County on 3 May 1876, and was buried in the McCabe Cemetery.
The children listed below as (female) were abstracted from available pre-1850 census records. These are also believed to be James and Mary's daughters, but have not been positively identified as yet.
Known and enumerated Issue: (Surname Benson)
59. (female)
b. ca. 1824 in Greene Co., OH.
60. (female)
b. in Greene Co., OH.
61. Iverson H.
b. calc. 1830 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 28 September 1853 to Jane P. Webb in
Randolph Co., IN.
26. Thomas Benson.
Thomas Benson, the son of James Benson and Elizabeth Clark, was born in about 1798 in Union County, South Carolina. He was later married at the Caesar's Creek Meeting House in Clinton County, Ohio to a woman named Mary Kelly on 1 August 1816. Mary, who was also a native of South Carolina, was calculated to have been born there in 1799. She was the daughter of Robert and Sarah Kelly.
Although Thomas and Mary originally settled on a farm in Sugar Creek Township in Greene County, Ohio after their marriage, sometime prior to 1830, they moved to Randolph County, Indiana. After residing in Randolph County for about seven years, they subsequently moved on to Warren County, Indiana, where they settled in John Q. Adams Township. In about 1846, however, Thomas and Mary moved again, this time to a farm near the town of Monroe in Green County, Wisconsin.
The child listed below as (female) was abstracted from available pre-1850 census records. She is believed to be one of Thomas and Mary's daughters, but has not been positively identified as yet.
Issue: (Surname Benson)
62. (female)
b. ca. 1818 in Greene Co., OH.
63. Jonathan
b. calc. 1820 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 2 December 1840 to Eliza Ann Jones in Warren
Co., IN.
64. Mary Ann
b. ca. 1822 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 26 January 1846 to Herod M. Townsend in
Green Co., WI.
65. Samuel
b. calc. 1824 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 3 January 1849 to Fidelia Church in Green
Co., WI.
66. Sarah
b. calc. 1827 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 15 April 1852 to William J. Barngrover in
Green Co., WI.
67. Robert Kelly
b. calc. 1829 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 8 September 1853 to Elizabeth M. Dunaway in
Green Co., WI.
68. Elizabeth
b. calc. 1831 in Randolph Co., IN.
m. 17 October 1855 to Lewis Mc Bride in Green
Co., WI.
27. Samuel Benson.
Samuel Benson, the son of James Benson and Elizabeth Clark, was born in Union County, South Carolina on 1 December 1800. He was later married in Warren County, Ohio to a woman named Martha "Patsy" Martindale on 7 January 1822. Martha, who was a native of Ohio, was calculated to have been born there in 1805.
Samuel and Martha eventually moved to Indiana, where they settled on a farm in John Q. Adams Township in Warren County. Samuel subsequently died in Warren County on 13 December 1866. His will, which was dated 29 August 1866, was admitted for probate on 18 December 1866. Samuel was buried in the Union Cemetery in John Q. Adams Township in Warren County.
Known issue: (Surname Benson)
69. Mary Maria
b. ca. 1823 in OH.
m. (1) 15 March 1840 to Jesse Young in Warren Co.,
IN.
m. (2) 12 January 1858 to Allen
Nicholas in Warren Co., IN.
70. William Martindale
b. 20 September 1830 in IN.
m. 26 September 1853 to Prudence Malinda
Slauter in Warren Co., IN.
71. Henry Washington
b. 20 May 1836 in IN.
d. 28 January 1839 in Warren Co., IN.
28. Clark Benson.
Clark Benson, the son of James Benson and Elizabeth Clark, was born in Union County, South Carolina on 11 January 1802. He was later married in Greene County, Ohio to a woman named Elizabeth Ann Wilson on 11 November 1824. Elizabeth, who was a native of Ohio, was calculated to have been born there in 1805.
Clark and Elizabeth eventually moved to Indiana, where they settled in Warren County. They later purchased 80 acres of land in Warren County from Samuel B. Clark for $ 200 on 4 October 1830. Clark died in Warren County on 22 February 1857, while Elizabeth died there on 22 July 1872. Clark's will, which was written on 8 July 1854, was submitted for probate on 2 March 1857. Both Clark and Elizabeth were buried in the Union Cemetery in John Q. Adams Township in Warren County.
The three children listed below as (male) or (female) were abstracted from available pre-1850 census records. These are also believed to be Clark and Elizabeth's children, but have not been positively identified as yet. Because they were not named in Clark's will, however, it is believed that they probably died at an early age.
Issue: (Surname Benson)
72. (female)
b. in Greene Co., OH.
d. believed to have died young.
73. (male)
b. in Greene Co., OH.
d. believed to have died young.
74. (female)
b. in Greene Co., OH.
d. believed to have died young.
75. John C.
b. calc. 1834 in Warren Co., IN.
76. Elizabeth Emily
b. calc. 1838 in Warren Co., IN.
m. Laben Waymire in Warren Co., IN.
77. Harvey
b. calc. 1840 in Warren Co., IN.
m. Lydia Ann Waymire in Warren Co.,
IN.
78. David B.
b. October 1842 in Warren Co., IN.
m. (1) 5 December 1869 to Amanda
Clark in Fountain Co., IN.
m. (2) 31 December 1874 to Klimina
"Minnie" R. Draper in Warren Co., IN.
79. George W.
b. 1844 in Warren Co., IN.
d. 16 November 1852 in Warren Co., IN.
80. Mary Margaret
b. 7 September 1849 in Warren Co., IN.
d. 20 August 1852 in Warren Co., IN.
81. Rachel Rebecca
b. in Warren Co., IN.
29. Hester Ann Benson.
Hester Benson, the daughter of James Benson and Elizabeth Clark, was born in 1804 in Union County, South Carolina. She was later married on 19 March 1829 to a man named Thomas Dunn in Greene County, Ohio. Thomas, who was a native of Virginia, was calculated to have been born there in 1806.
Although Hester and Thomas remained in Greene County for several years after their marriage, they eventually moved to Warren County, Indiana. Hester died in Warren County on 27 June 1844. She was subsequently buried in the Union Cemetery in John Q. Adams Township in Warren County.
After Hester passed away, Thomas married in Warren County, Indiana for a second time on 1 May 1845 to a woman named Cynthia Berry. Shortly thereafter, Thomas and Cynthia moved to Wisconsin, where they are shown on the 1850 census as residing in Green County. Listed with Thomas were his five children from his first marriage to Hester, and three younger children from his second marriage to Cynthia. These were: Isaac N., Hester A., and Martin L. Dunn.
Issue: (Surname Dunn)
82. John Rafer
b. 28 August 1831 in Greene Co., OH.
m. (1) 26 March 1857 to Nancy Emma Thomason in
Green Co., WI.
m. (2) 18 June 1872 to Mary E. Burson in Warren
Co., IA.
d. 13 April 1914 in Belmont Twp., Warren Co.,
IA.
83. Eliza J.
b. 2 April 1833 in Randolph Co., IN.
d. 16 October 1911 at Indianola, Warren Co.,
IA.
84. Emaline R.
b. calc. 1836 in Randolph Co., IN.
85. William C.
b. calc. 1840 in Randolph Co., IN.
m. 24 December 1865 to Matilda J.
Woodward in Fountain Co., IN.
86. Charles W.
b. 31 July 1842 in Warren Co., IN.
m. (1) 2 December 1866 to Sarah Moorman in
Warren Co., IA.
m. (2) 9 January 1889 to Amelia Elizabeth Cason
in Warren Co., IA.
d. 22 November 1917 at Indianola, Warren Co.,
IA.
30. John Benson.
John Benson, the youngest son of James Benson and Elizabeth Clark, was born in Greene County, Ohio on 6 February 1809. John was apparently married twice during his life. He married his first wife, Jane Hunt, on 3 January 1828 in Randolph County, Indiana. Jane, who had been born on 15 November 1804, was a native of South Carolina. She was the daughter of Abraham and Sarah Hunt.
Although John and Jane resided in Sugar Creek Township in Greene County for several years after their marriage, they eventually moved to Randolph County, Indiana. According to the records of the Cherry Grove Monthly Meeting of Friends in Randolph County, Abraham and Clark, minor children of John Benson, were received into membership there on 17 July 1837. Jane died in Randolph County in 1850.
After his first wife passed away, John married for a second time, also in Randolph County, Indiana, to a woman named to Gulielma Hough in about 1854. Gulielma, who was born on 28 July 1825 in Wayne County, Indiana, was the daughter of Jonathan Hough and Gulielma Hutchins. John, who was a farmer in Washington Township in Randolph County, died there on 9 August 1879. He was subsequently buried at Lynn. Gulielma died on 21 February 1912.
Issue from 1st marriage: (Surname Benson)
87. Abraham Hunt
b. 28 October 1830 in Greene Co., OH.
m. 4 August 1854 to Ruth Talbert at the New
Garden M.M., Wayne Co., IN.
88. Clark
b. 6 November 1833 in Randolph Co., IN.
m. ca. 1855 to Sylvania Beard in Randolph Co.,
IN.
d. 5 August 1912 in Randolph Co., IN.
89. Rebecca
b. 3 May 1836 in Randolph Co., IN.
m. 12 January 1856 to Levi Beard on 12 January
1856 in Randolph Co., IN.
90. James W.
b. 9 July 1838 in Randolph Co., IN.
d. 28 February 1861 at Lynn, Randolph Co., IN.
91. Henry
b. 22 February 1842 in Randolph Co., IN.
d. young.
92. Sarah Jane
b. 30 June 1844 in Randolph Co., IN.
d. 5 September 1846 at Lynn, Randolph Co., IN.
93. Mary Elizabeth
b. 6 November 1846 in Randolph Co., IN.
m. 5 February 1870 to Henry Pickett in Randolph
Co., IN.
Issue from 2nd marriage: (Surname Benson)
94. Thomas Clarkson
b. 2 September 1856 in Randolph Co., IN.
m. 26 March 1884 to Helen C. "Nellie"
Hine in De Kalb Co., IN.
95. Jane
b. 17 July 1859 in Randolph Co., IN.
96. Albert
b. 12 June 1863 in Randolph Co., IN.
REFERENCES
NOTE: With very few exceptions, all of the reference material listed below was found in the Genealogical and Family History Library operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ancestral Files - Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT.
Brady, Ruth Styles. Some Descendants and Related Families of Robert Brady (1786-1853) and Catherine Scott Brady (1790-1861). Marble Falls, TX., 1975.
Cemetery Records, Warren Co., IN.
Census Records - Indiana (1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930).
Census Records, Iowa (1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930)
Census Records - Kansas (1900, 1910, 1920, 1930).
Census Records - Ohio (1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860).
Census Records - South Carolina (1790, 1800).
Census Records - Wisconsin (1850, 1860, 1870).
Court Records, Union Co., SC.
Deed Records, Greene Co., OH.
Deed Records, Randolph Co., IN.
Deed Records, Union Co., SC.
Deed Records, Warren Co., IN.
International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) in the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT.
Jantz, Virginia Copeland. Copeland, Bostick, Patton, and Allied Families.
Marriage and/or Marriage Bond/License Records, Green Co., WI.
Marriage and/or Marriage Bond/License Records, Greene Co., OH.
Marriage and/or Marriage Bond/License Records, Miami Co., OH.
Marriage and/or Marriage Bond/License Records, Putnam Co., IN.
Marriage and/or Marriage Bond/License Records, Randolph Co., IN.
Marriage and/or Marriage Bond/License Records, Warren Co., IA.
Marriage and/or Marriage Bond/License Records, Warren Co., IN.
Marriage and/or Marriage Bond/License Records, Warren Co., OH.
Minutes of the County Court (1785-1799), Union Co., SC.
Moss, Bobby Gilmer. Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1983.
Records of Bush River Monthly Meeting, Newberry Co., SC.
Records of Caesar's Creek Monthly Meeting, Clinton Co., OH.
Records of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Union Co., SC.
Records of Cherry Grove Monthly Meeting, Randolph Co., IN.
Records of Miami Monthly Meeting, Greene Co., OH.
Records of New Garden Monthly Meeting, Wayne Co., IN.
Records of Sugar River Monthly Meeting, Montgomery Co., IN.
Sacred to the Memory - Inscriptions from Eastern Warren County, Indiana Cemeteries 1826-1974. Vol. I. Compiled by Rosella Jenkins and Diana Knowles, 1975.
Tucker, Ebenezer. History of Randolph County, Indiana. Chicago, IL: A. L. Kingman, 1882.
Will/Probate Records, Union Co., SC.
Will/Probate Records, Warren Co., IN.