Peter Benham b. 1 Jan 1725 Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America d. 12 Jun 1780 Loudoun County, Virginia, United States: Tangled Roots

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Name	Peter Benham
Born	1 Jan 1725	Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Baptism	1 Jan 1725	Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America [2]
	Address: Dutch Reformed Church
Military	Between 1776 and 1778 [3]
	American Revolutionary War - Sergeant/Ensign
Died	12 Jun 1780	Loudoun County, Virginia, United States [4]
Person ID	I566	TangledRoots
Last Modified	22 Oct 2021

Father	John Benham, b. 15 Aug 1692, Bergen County, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. 8 Aug 1784, Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States (Age 91 years)
Mother	Geertje Van Dyke, b. Abt 1700, d. Aft 1792 (Age > 93 years)
Married	Abt 1717	Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America
Family ID	F363	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Anne James, b. 29 Jan 1727, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. 1758, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age 30 years)

Married 2 Apr 1747 Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America [5]

Children

	1. John Benham, b. 16 May 1748, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. 1782, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States (Age 33 years)
	2. Robert Benham, b. 7 Nov 1750, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. 6 Feb 1809, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States (Age 58 years)
	3. Amey Benham, b. 7 Dec 1751
	4. Peter Benham, b. 12 Oct 1753, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. Abt 27 Oct 1795, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 42 years)
	5. Richard Benham, b. 24 Feb 1755, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. Abt 1819, Symmes Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States (Age 63 years)
	6. Catherine Benham, b. 11 Oct 1756, Huntington, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. 6 Aug 1837, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States (Age 80 years)

Last Modified 16 Jan 2022

Family ID F360 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Hannah Clayton, b. Abt 1740, d. Yes, date unknown
Married	2 Apr 1759	New Jersey, British Colonial America [6, 7]
Last Modified	16 Jan 2022
Family ID	F361	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 3 Catherine Wessel, b. 1728, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America , d. Bef 12 Feb 1781, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States (Age < 53 years)

Married 24 Feb 1761 New Jersey, British Colonial America [8, 9]

Children

	1. Ann Benham, b. 4 Sep 1762, Loudoun County, Virginia, British Colonial America , d. 1763 (Age 0 years)
	2. Elizabeth Benham, b. 14 May 1764, Loudoun County, Virginia, British Colonial America , d. 1765 (Age 0 years)
	3. Lydia Benham, b. 26 Jul 1769, Loudoun County, Virginia, British Colonial America , d. 1770 (Age 0 years)
	4. James Benham, b. 9 Jun 1772, Loudoun County, Virginia, British Colonial America , d. 18 Nov 1849, Brown Township, Ripley County, Indiana, United States (Age 77 years)
	5. Nathaniel Benham, b. 20 Apr 1775, Loudoun County, Virginia, British Colonial America , d. 31 Dec 1813, Franklin County, Kentucky, United States (Age 38 years)
	6. Jacob Benham, b. 2 Jan 1778, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States , d. 31 Aug 1866, Marion Township, Washington County, Iowa, United States (Age 88 years)

Last Modified 16 Jan 2022

Family ID F362 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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)