Catherine Reeder

Catherine married Daniel Wright, Jr. on 12 Feb 1818 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Daniel was born on 3 Sep 1790 in Thetford, Orange County, Vermont, United States; died on 6 Oct 1861 in Fayette County, Indiana, United States; was buried on 9 Oct 1861 in Orange, Fayette County, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Milton Wright was born on 17 Nov 1828 in Rushville, Rush County, Indiana, United States; died on 3 Apr 1917 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Apr 1917 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States.

George married Margaret Van Cleve on 2 Jun 1796 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Northwest Territory, United States. Margaret (daughter of John Van Cleve and Catherine Benham) was born in Feb 1779 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States; died on 12 Sep 1858 in Richland, Rush County, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Military: Revolutionary War

John married Catherine Benham on 1 Aug 1771 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America. Catherine (daughter of Peter Benham and Anne James) was born on 11 Oct 1756 in Huntington, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died on 6 Aug 1837 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 31 May 1759, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; Address:
  Old Tennent Church

Notes:

Catherine Benham VanCleve Thompson was the first white woman to set foot in what is now Dayton, Ohio. She and John VanCleve came to Cincinnati in 1790 when it was still called Losantiville. Within two years of their arrival, John VanCleve was killed by Indians and Catherine married a Samuel Thompson. In April of 1796, the Thompsons decided to move north to the new settlement of Dayton, Ohio, named after Jonathan Dayton, a Rev. war veteran. Three groups of people arranged to go at the same time. Since there were no wagon trails the party which included Catherine VanCleve Thompson opted to travel by flat-bottomed boat up the Great Miami River and arrived before those who traveled overland. The boat trip took about 10 days.

Other Events:

• Baptism: 1 Jan 1725, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; Address:
  Dutch Reformed Church
• Military: Between 1776 and 1778; American Revolutionary War - Sergeant/Ensign

Notes:

...The New Jersey Colonial Documents, marriage records, list the three marriages of this Peter Benham. He first married in 1747 to Anne (or Anna) James, daughter of Robert and Amey James. She died in 1758
...Peter married the second time on Apr 2, 1759 in New Jersey as Peter Benham of Middlesex to Hannah Clayton of Monmouth, New Jersey.
...Peter married the third time on Feb 24, 1761 as Peter Benham of Freehold, New Jersey to Catharine Wessel of Freehold, New Jersey. She outlived him and was granted letters of administration on his estate in Loudon County, Virginia. These letters were obtained Jun 12, 1780 and the bond posted was for 1000 pounds. From the amount of the bond, Peter left behind a small estate. He left no will and consequently Peter's eldest son, John, under the English law succeeded to the estate.
...Feb 12, 1781 James and his brother Nathaniel, orphans of Peter were bound to Samuel Cox by the Loudon County Court through the Wardens of Shelbourne Parish. I have spoken to the Rector of Shelbourne Parish and he advises that at the time this took place the Parish had almost as much jurisidiction over the welfare of the citizens of Virginia as the state courts. Shelbourne Parish is the Episcopal Church.
...Upon visiting the Daughters of American Revolution Headquarters in Washington, D.C. I found that numerous persons had established their ties with Peter Benham.
...These DAR records show that Peter served as a sergeant in Captain West's Company and also designated as Captain's Reuben Briscoe 3rd Virginia Regiment (1776 - 1778). Documentation for this is found in Colonel Thomas Marshal and Colonel William Heth's report of AGO Court records, Loudon County Virginia.
...I also found in the accounts of the United States for the Militia of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, Book A, page 282 where Peter furnished sundries for the Militia of the just mentioned states and was paid 30 pounds.
...Peter was a military sergeant of Carters Company, 10th Regiment which is recorded in the Colonial and State records of North Carolina Volume 1 - 16, page 1120 and Polio, North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Volume 2, page 8.
...While living in Loudon County Virginia Peter was appointed an Ensign on May 1778 in the Virginia militia. His appointment appears in "Legends of Loudon" by Harrison Williams, page 126 and also in the book "Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War" by McAllister, pages 210 and 213.
...Page 205 of the HISTORY OF THE OLD TENNENT CHURCH, by the Reverend Frank R. Symmes, 1904, under Early Baptismal Records, is the following: "Peter Benham had baptised: John, Robert, Peter, Richard, Amey, and Catharine, all baptized at once, presented by their father and their mother-in-law Hannah which had been (illegible) Clayton, May 31, 1759."
...It appears that Peter Benham after his marriage to Catharine Wessell in 1761 moved to Loudon County Virginia. His six older children were left behind in the care of their grandmother Catharine (Van Dyke) Benham. (Source: Compiled by James Lee Wignall, Following the Footprints on the Sands of Time, 1986)

Peter married Anne James on 2 Apr 1747 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America. Anne (daughter of Robert James, Sr. and Amey _____) was born on 29 Jan 1727 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died in 1758 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]