Joseph Benham

1685 - 1754  (68 years)

• Name	Joseph Benham
  Born	5 Dec 1685	Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Apr 1754	Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America   [3]
  	Address: Center Street Cemetery
  Will	3 Apr 1754  [4]
  Died	18 Apr 1754	Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America   [3, 5]
  Probate	1 Jun 1754  [6]
  Person ID	I4428	TangledRoots
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Joseph Benham,   b. 25 May 1659, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. 1702, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America  (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Hannah Merriman,   b. 16 May 1651, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Married	17 Aug 1682	Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F743	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hope Cook,   b. 27 Sep 1686, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. 30 Jan 1731, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America  (Age 44 years)
  Married	18 Dec 1706	Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America   [7, 8]
  Children	1. Hannah Benham,   b. 2 Dec 1708, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Joseph Benham,   b. 18 Apr 1711, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. 14 Mar 1777, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America  (Age 65 years)   3. Enos Benham,   b. 8 Sep 1713, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Thankful Benham,   b. 14 Feb 1716, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. 23 May 1790, North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States  (Age 74 years)   5. Phebe Benham,   b. 20 May 1718, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Elizabeth Benham,   b. Abt 1721, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. 4 May 1781, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States  (Age 60 years)   7. John Benham,   b. 4 Oct 1723, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. 24 May 1811, Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States  (Age 87 years)   8. Lois Benham,   b. 30 Apr 1726, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. Bef 1779, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States  (Age < 52 years)   9. Esther Benham,   b. 22 Mar 1730,   d. 25 Aug 1802, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F1945	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Curtis,   b. 18 Mar 1706, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. Abt Aug 1755, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America  (Age 49 years)
  Married	5 Apr 1732	Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America   [9, 10]
  Children	1. Benjamin Jarvis Benham,   b. 23 May 1733, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. 17 Apr 1822, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States  (Age 88 years)   2. Reuben Benham,   b. 30 Sep 1734, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. Abt 1784, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States  (Age 49 years)   3. Shadrack Benham,   b. 14 Jan 1736, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. 12 Mar 1813, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States  (Age 77 years)   4. Mary Benham,   b. Abt 1738, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. Aft 1786, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States  (Age > 49 years)   5. Abigail Benham,   b. Abt 1740, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. 1 Nov 1741, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America  (Age 1 years)   6. Lettice Benham,   b. Abt 1744, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. James Benham,   b. 1 Feb 1746, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. Bef 1831, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States  (Age < 84 years)   8. Daniel Benham,   b. 31 Jul 1750, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. 16 May 1751, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F1946	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Dec 1685 - Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Married - 18 Dec 1706 - Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Married - 5 Apr 1732 - Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Buried - Address: Center Street Cemetery - Apr 1754 - Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Died - 18 Apr 1754 - Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  ...Inventory of estate: 7216.6.18 In this will he is called Sergeant Joseph. He left to "Mary, my dear and beloved wife" the use of 1/3 of his lands as long as she remained his widow, except for the lands which came to him from his first wife, Hope Cook, and the use of 1/3 of all his household good, which were to go afterward to "my and her three daughters, Mary, Abigail, and Lettice." ...To his eldest son, Joseph, he left 1/9 of the land he had purchased from the Rev. Sam Whittlesey, which descended to me on the right of my first wife and a pair of sleeve buttons that was my fathers. ...He left bequests to Enos, my second son, to John my third son, to daughter Hannah, wife of Sam Beach, to a daughter Thankful, widow of Jonathan Peck, to daughter Phebe, wife of Robert Austin, to daughter Elizabeth, wife of David Merriman, to daughter Lois, wife of Enoch Calver, to Rueuben my fourth son (one half of his dwelling house), to Shadrach my sixth son, to James my youngest son (one half of dwelling house.) Mary Benham was made the guardian of the six youngest children. In Dec 1763 Benjamin Benham was made guardian for James.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1383] JBenham.rtf. Joseph Benham, b. December 05, 1685, Wallingford, New Haven Conn. [S486] Book: Barnes and allied Families of Long Island and Connecticut, pg. 109. Joseph b. 5 Dec 1685 at Wallingford, CT [S1888] Find A Grave, MEMORIAL ID 159970469 Joseph Benham, III. Joseph Benham, III BIRTH 5 Dec 1685 Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA DEATH 18 Apr 1754 Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA BURIAL Center Street Cemetery Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA MEMORIAL ID 159970469 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Joseph Benham Hope Cook [S1383] JBenham.rtf. Will: April 03, 1754 [S486] Book: Barnes and allied Families of Long Island and Connecticut, pg. 109. d. 18 Apr 1754 at Wallingford. He was a Sergeant [S1383] JBenham.rtf. Probate: June 01, 1754 [S1383] JBenham.rtf. He married (1) Hope Cooke December 18, 1706 in wallingford, New Haven, Conn. [S486] Book: Barnes and allied Families of Long Island and Connecticut, pg. 109. m. (1) 18 Dec 1706 Hope Cook, b. 17 Sep 1686 at Wallingford, CT; d. 30 Jan 1731/2; da. Samuel & Hope (Parker) [S1383] JBenham.rtf. He married (2) Mary Curtis April 05, 1732 in Wallingford, New Haven, County, Ct. [S486] Book: Barnes and allied Families of Long Island and Connecticut, pg. 110. m. (2) 5 Apr1732 Mary Curtis, b. 18 Mar 1706 at Wallingford; da. Samuel and Elizabeth (Frederick) of Wallingford.