Winifred King

Winifred King

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  1. 1.  Winifred KingWinifred King was born in 1635 in England; died in in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, British Colonial America.

    Other Events:

    • Misc: 25 Jul 1692, Connecticut, British Colonial America; was accused of witchcraft and acquited
    • Misc: 31 Aug 1697, Connecticut, British Colonial America; accused of witchcraft and indicted
    • Misc: 7 Oct 1697, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America; tried for witchcraft: The grand jury returned the verdict "Ignoramus," (not proven) and they were free to go home

    Notes:


    Winifred, the Witch of Wallingford
    Winifred King was married to Joseph Benham of New Haven on January 15, 1657, in Boston. The couple had fourteen children. The youngest child Winifred, at age thirteen, was accused with her mother of witchcraft and was tried in New haven and Harttford, and finally acquitted. Winifred King's mother is probably Mary Hale of Boston, wife of John. Mary Hale was a widow who ran a boarding house/nursing home in Boston, accused in 1680 of poisoning a young man, a former boarder, who had rejected her granddaughter and was about to marry another. The granddaughter's name was Johanna Benham, and she was "aged 19 or thereabouts" when she testified at the trial, just the age of Winifred's daughter Johanna, who is said to have died young. At the trial, Johanna called Mary Hale her grandmother, and Mary was said to have called Johanna, "my granddaughter, a hump-backed jade!" Mary was acquitted. There are records of Mary Hale in Boston from 1663 when she was paid 5 pounds for taking care of an indigent but nothing has yet been found about her before or after that. No further record has been found of Johanna.
    Joseph and Winifred Benham lived in New Haven until they moved to Wallingford in 1670 as one of the the thirty-seven founding families. Winifred was the only "foreign" wife, the only one among these families who had not been locally brought up and that, of course, made her particularly vulnerable to local malice. In Wallingford Joseph was allotted a six acre home lot on the main street, then called the 'Long Highway'. This was situated in the very center of the village, directly across from the site set aside for the ministry. In 1950 the First Congregational Church celebrated its 175th anniversary. For more than ten years, Joseph and Winifred Benham lived quietly. Sometime before 1680, their oldest daughter, Johanna, must have gone to Boston to live with her grandmother, and perhaps pick up some knowledge of nursing, as her mother had probably done. In 1682, their child, Joseph, was married to a widow, Hannah Merriman Ives, who was eight years older than he. Socially, this was a step up for Joseph because of the three classes in Wallingford, the Merrimans were in class 1 (paying the highest taxes and holding the most prominent positions), the Ives in class 2 (the great middle class of taxpayers and office holders), while the Benhams were in the lowest class 3 (with little money and no important jobs).
    Since no more is ever heard of the second Mary and her brother Samuel, we assume they died by 1680. This left Joseph and Winifred with only four of their many children left at home; two girls, Anna age 13, Sara age 6; and two boys, John age 11, and James age 3. They were, no doubt, very surprised to have Winifred in 1684, a year after their first grandchild was born.
    Rumors calling Winifred a witch must have been circulating for some years before Joseph finally lost his temper. Hannah Parker, wife of John Parker had even come to his house and suggested to Winifred that she was associated with the devil. Maybe she taunted her with having a child so late in life, (the baby Winifred had been born when she was 45, after a lapse of four years - unusual then) and suggested she had conjured up the baby! Or maybe she had asked about her "witch" mother, Mary Hale. Joseph pulled out his gun and threatened to shoot Hannah if the woman did not stop harassing his wife.
    Joseph's threat so infuriated the righteous Parkers that they separately and publicly accused both Benhams before the county court at New Haven on July 25, 1692, he of threatening to shoot Hannah and she of witchcraft. Joseph Benham was cited in court and fined. Winifred had to appear again in November when she was cleared but warned "solemnly reflect upon ye case and grounds of suspicion given in and alleged against her." And told if further grounds or evidence should appear against her she might "justly feare and exspect to be brought to her tryall for it." Joseph was required to post 20 pounds to ensure her further appearance.
    The fact that it took five years to find people to testify against Winifred, speaks very well for her character, and also shows that she must have had many friends in Wallingford. Outstanding among the friends are two very different families; the Dutch Johnson (or Jansens), originally from what is now Brooklyn, and the Eliasaph Prestons, the other deacon of the church. Not only was Preston a deacon but he was also one of the best educated men in Wallingford; he was the schoolteacher, and came from a line of educated men. Just as important was the fact that his wife, Elizabeth Beach, had a brother who had married the daughter of a very famous "witch" Mary Staples, of Fairfield. In 1653 Mary's husband had sued her accuser (the deputy governor of New Haven) for slander, and won. Among Mary's stated crimes was the fact that she had told a friend she did not believe in witches! In 1692 she was again accused (with a daughter and granddaughter) and again acquitted. Deacon Preston would have stood behind Winifred. Also his daughter Esther married Winifred's son James in 1703.
    About 1667 a Dutchman named Jan Wouters moved to Branford, Connecticut with his wife and three sons. Lambert, born 1660 married Anna Benham, and Wouter (or Walter), born 1666 married Joanna Royce. Jan Wouter's first wife died and he married again, having nine more children. Jacob, born 1672, married Sarah Benham. Walter moved to Wallingford and settled there; even after the death of Joanna in 1688, he brought his second wife to live there. It was probably while visiting that their brother that Lambert and Jacob fell in love with the Benham girls. There is no record of when or where they were married, but it might have been Brooklyn (Flatbush), and since the first child recorded of either couple was baptized on Staten Island in 1696, it is possible they had a double wedding about 1694. This child was named Winifred, which must have brought great comfort and pleasure to her grandmother.
    The Dutch did not believe in witch nonsense and were probably anxious to get their women out of the range of malicious gossip as soon as possible. It is likely that John, who would have been 23 in 1694, left home about this time to seek his fortune; the Wallingford land records show no mention of John until 1726. So Joseph, Winifred, their son James and daughter Winifred might well have been alone.
    But the hounding wouldn't stop! Winifred was teased, inspected, questioned, watched all the time. Young Winifred was so like her mother, she was suspected, too. Can you hear Hannah Parker saying... "she was an unnatural child to begin with...the devil's spawn." The Benhams liked their home...they had worked hard to make it a good place to lay down roots and didn't want to tear them up. They probably spent more and more time on their farm at Cheshire, hoping against hope that the persecutions would stop
    Finally came the break that Hannah Parker was waiting for. Her second daughter, Hannah, who had married Josiah Royce in 1693, was left a widow and married a second time to Ebenzer Clark on December 22, 1696. Ebenezer had a fifteen year old daughter Sarah by his first wife Sarah Peck who had died in May of that year. We can surmise it would not take long for Elizabeth to convince her disconsolate and impressionable step-daughter that most of her troubles and those of her friends were due to the wicked witch Winifred Benham.
    Sarah had an orphan friend, Elizabeth, who had lost both her father and mother in the last nine years; Elizabeth Lathrop's father John died in 1688 and her mother Ruth Royce had married again to Abraham Doolittle who already had children. Then about 1694 her mother Ruth had died, her stepfather had married for a third time, and was now starting a new family. She must have felt unwanted and unloved and so was readily convinced she was bewitched. It is quite possible that by then she was living with her aunt, Martha Lathrop Moss, whose son John Moss, age 15, was the third accuser. These three were the witnesses that the Parkers and Deacon Hall had been looking for; they came from very good families and the Parkers would not appear to be involved.
    The trial was held at a 'Special County Court by order of Governor, held at New Haven August 31, 1697.' The accused were: Winnifred King Benham, age 58, Wallingford and Winnifred Benham Jr, age 13, Wallingford. They were accused by: Wallingford Children; John Moss 3rd, son of John Moss Jr. and Sarah Lathrop Moss; Elizabeth Lathrop, age 19; and Sarah Clark, age 16. The three teenagers testified that "they were frequently and sorely afflicted in their bodies by the said Benhams, mother and daughter or theire Apparicon and as they strongly suspect by their means or procurance by the Devil in their shapes." The court said that the death of a young child should be inquired into "with what appeared as spots on said child and the like spots on the said Benham quickly vanishing," and this time the court found "clear and sufficient ground of suspicion against them" and bound them over for trial at the next Court of Assistants in October.
    Joseph had to post a 40 pound bond to keep his wife and daughter out of jail, and guarantee their appearance. Where he found the money, goodness knows. In June of 1697, he sold 4 acres of land to Thomas Beach for 8 pounds 10 shillings. Maybe he mortgaged the rest of his land for the bond. Under no conditions would he let his family spend any time in prison.
    When the two Winifreds appeared before court at Hartford in October 7, 1697, they tried the experiment of casting her into water; "the Superior Court of Connecticut has searched her several times for Tets (witch marks). The grand jury returned the verdict "Ignoramus," (not proven) and they were free to go home. After this she was excommunicated from church by the minister of Wallingford. They could not know that this was the last recorded witchcraft trial in New England. Continued suspicion drove mother and daughter to seed refuge elsewhere; they fled for the less hostile environment of Staten Island in the Colony of New York.
    The two Johnson (or Wouters) girls (Anna and Sarah Benham) ended up on Staten Island and raised children. Either or both of them occupied a fine house overlooking the "Narrows" towards Brooklyn. it is now a tourist attraction, one of the oldest on the Island. Eventually both Johnsons moved to New Jersey.
    Young Winifred is in the 1706 census of Staten Island, married to Evert Van Namen, who moved there from Brooklyn about that time. Until her marriage she and her parents, while they lived, had probably been with the Johnsons in Brooklyn. Joseph Jr. died in 1702, leaving three children. John turns up just once, in 1726, as a signer of a power of attorney to his brother James and nephew Joseph for the sale of Joseph Sr.'s land, and the division of profits among his heirs. He was at the time living in Kings County, New York, which is Brooklyn. James who stayed in Wallingford, either with his brother Joseph until he died in 1702, or with his friend the Deacon Eliasaph Preston, married Esther Preston in 1704, and had a large family of his own. We do not know when or where Joseph or Winifred died...Joseph had died at least by 1714, when the new land division allotted shares to "the hairs of Joseph Benham, Senor."

    The last witchcraft trial in Connecticut happened in 1697, where the charges against Wallingford residents Winnifred Benham and her teenage daughter were dismissed. The last recorded accusation of witchcraft in the state is against Colchester resident Sarah Spencer, who was determined by magistrates to be innocent and awarded damages. The trial of Connecticut Colony laws were updated in 1715, at which time witchcraft continued to be listed as a capital crime. The crime of witchcraft disappeared from the list of capital crimes when the laws were next printed in 1750.

    Winifred married Joseph Benham on 15 Jan 1657 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Joseph (son of John Benham and _____ _____) was born in 1623 in Plymouth, Devon, England; died in 1702 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Mary Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Sep 1657 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 10 Apr 1660.
    2. 3. Joseph Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 May 1659 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in 1702 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
    3. 4. infant girl Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1661 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in 1661 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
    4. 5. Joanna Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jul 1662 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in 1668.
    5. 6. Elizabeth Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Sep 1664 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 1 Aug 1669 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
    6. 7. John Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Dec 1666 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 16 Nov 1670 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
    7. 8. Sarah Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Oct 1668 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died after 3 Oct 1668 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
    8. 9. Anna Elizabeth Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1669 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in 1736 in New York Colony, British Colonial America.
    9. 10. John Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Nov 1671 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in 1751 in Long Island, Kings County, New York, British Colonial America.
    10. 11. Mary Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 May 1672 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in 1674.
    11. 12. Samuel Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 May 1674 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died after 12 May 1674.
    12. 13. Sarah Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Sep 1676 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died about 1752 in New Jersey, British Colonial America.
    13. 14. James Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Sep 1679 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 10 May 1745 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
    14. 15. Winifred Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Aug 1684 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in in New York Colony, British Colonial America.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Mary BenhamMary Benham Descendancy chart to this point (1.Winifred1) was born on 18 Sep 1657 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 10 Apr 1660.

  2. 3.  Joseph BenhamJoseph Benham Descendancy chart to this point (1.Winifred1) was born on 25 May 1659 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in 1702 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

    Joseph married Hannah Merriman on 17 Aug 1682 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. Hannah was born on 16 May 1651 in New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Mary Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 May 1683 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 17 Aug 1747.
    2. 17. Joseph Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Dec 1685 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 18 Apr 1754 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; was buried in Apr 1754 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
    3. 18. Abigail Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Apr 1688 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in 1741 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

  3. 4.  infant girl Benhaminfant girl Benham Descendancy chart to this point (1.Winifred1) was born in 1661 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in 1661 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

  4. 5.  Joanna BenhamJoanna Benham Descendancy chart to this point (1.Winifred1) was born on 25 Jul 1662 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in 1668.

  5. 6.  Elizabeth BenhamElizabeth Benham Descendancy chart to this point (1.Winifred1) was born on 13 Sep 1664 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 1 Aug 1669 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

  6. 7.  John BenhamJohn Benham Descendancy chart to this point (1.Winifred1) was born on 28 Dec 1666 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 16 Nov 1670 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

  7. 8.  Sarah BenhamSarah Benham Descendancy chart to this point (1.Winifred1) was born on 3 Oct 1668 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died after 3 Oct 1668 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

  8. 9.  Anna Elizabeth BenhamAnna Elizabeth Benham Descendancy chart to this point (1.Winifred1) was born in 1669 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in 1736 in New York Colony, British Colonial America.

    Family/Spouse: Lambert Johnson. Lambert was born in in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 10.  John BenhamJohn Benham Descendancy chart to this point (1.Winifred1) was born on 3 Nov 1671 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in 1751 in Long Island, Kings County, New York, British Colonial America.

    Notes:


    John Benham was born November 3, 1671 in Wallingford, Connecticut. He married Neeltye, a dutch girl. Her name translated is Eleanor or Nellie. This John Benham is sometimes referred to as John Benham of Long Island or John Benham, Englishman. He settled at Bergen, New Jersey in 1693 at which time he was between 21 and 22 years old. There is much contradiction on his children, but without doubt one of his children was son John, born August 15, 1692.

    Family/Spouse: Vulpie Wolfe. Vulpie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    John married Anna Neeltje Kymber about 1691. Anna was born about 1672 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, British Colonial America; died about 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. John Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Aug 1692 in Bergen County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died on 8 Aug 1784 in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
    2. 20. Antie Benham  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    3. 21. Joosje Benham  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    4. 22. Peter Benham  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  10. 11.  Mary BenhamMary Benham Descendancy chart to this point (1.Winifred1) was born on 12 May 1672 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in 1674.

  11. 12.  Samuel BenhamSamuel Benham Descendancy chart to this point (1.Winifred1) was born on 12 May 1674 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died after 12 May 1674.

  12. 13.  Sarah BenhamSarah Benham Descendancy chart to this point (1.Winifred1) was born on 6 Sep 1676 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died about 1752 in New Jersey, British Colonial America.

    Sarah married Jacob Johnson in 1695 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. Jacob was born in in Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  13. 14.  James BenhamJames Benham Descendancy chart to this point (1.Winifred1) was born in Sep 1679 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 10 May 1745 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

    Notes:


    James was the eleventh of fourteen children of Joseph and Winifred (King) Benham. He was born about 1679, and died in 1745. He lived his entire life in Wallingford, Connecticut. (Source: Lela (Shepherd) Wilkins, "William R. Benham and wife Helen Maria Bingham", (Vol. 1, Cousins Etc., 1994) Chapter 2, pg. 12)

    James married Esther Preston on 9 Dec 1702 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. Esther was born on 28 Feb 1683; died on 4 Jul 1764. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  14. 15.  Winifred BenhamWinifred Benham Descendancy chart to this point (1.Winifred1) was born on 21 Aug 1684 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in in New York Colony, British Colonial America.

    Family/Spouse: Evert Van Namen. Evert and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 16.  Mary BenhamMary Benham Descendancy chart to this point (3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 18 May 1683 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 17 Aug 1747.

    Mary married Thomas Yale on 16 May 1705 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. Thomas was born on 20 Mar 1679; died on 26 Sep 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 17.  Joseph BenhamJoseph Benham Descendancy chart to this point (3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 5 Dec 1685 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 18 Apr 1754 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; was buried in Apr 1754 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

    Other Events:

    • Will: 3 Apr 1754
    • Probate: 1 Jun 1754

    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.

    Joseph married Hope Cook on 18 Dec 1706 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. Hope was born on 27 Sep 1686 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 30 Jan 1731 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; was buried in Jan 1731 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Hannah Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Dec 1708 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; and died.
    2. 24. Joseph Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Apr 1711 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 14 Mar 1777 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
    3. 25. Enos Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Sep 1713 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; and died.
    4. 26. Thankful Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Feb 1716 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 23 May 1790 in North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; was buried in May 1790 in Northford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
    5. 27. Phebe Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 May 1718 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; and died.
    6. 28. Elizabeth Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1721 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 4 May 1781 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States; was buried in May 1781 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
    7. 29. John Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Oct 1723 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 24 May 1811 in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States; was buried in May 1811 in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
    8. 30. Lois Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Apr 1726 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died before 1779 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
    9. 31. Esther Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Mar 1730; died on 25 Aug 1802 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

    Joseph married Mary Curtis on 5 Apr 1732 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. Mary was born on 18 Mar 1706 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died about Aug 1755 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. Benjamin Jarvis Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 May 1733 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 17 Apr 1822 in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
    2. 33. Reuben Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Sep 1734 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died about 1784 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
    3. 34. Shadrack Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jan 1736 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 12 Mar 1813 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
    4. 35. Mary Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1738 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died after 1786 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
    5. 36. Abigail Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1740 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 1 Nov 1741 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
    6. 37. Lettice Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1744 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; and died.
    7. 38. James Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Feb 1746 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died before 1831 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
    8. 39. Daniel Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Jul 1750 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 16 May 1751 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

  3. 18.  Abigail BenhamAbigail Benham Descendancy chart to this point (3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 14 Apr 1688 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died in 1741 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

    Abigail married Samuel Durham in Dec 1713 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, British Colonial America. Samuel was born in 1683; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 19.  John BenhamJohn Benham Descendancy chart to this point (10.John2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 15 Aug 1692 in Bergen County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died on 8 Aug 1784 in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Will: 7 Aug 1784, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
    • Probate: 20 May 1785, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States

    Notes:


    ...JOHN BENHAM: The exact date of birth is unknown. In the BENHAM FAMILY OF AMERICA, by Randall it states he was born August 15, 1702/04, and according to Mr. Milford Benhams chart and the Wright papers he was born August 15, 1692.
    ...In a letter written November 12, 1946 by Mr. Fred R. Benham of Indianapolis, Indiana, to his Uncle Silas Benham, a copy of which was loaned to Mrs. Georgianna Randall, to aid her in writing THE BENHAM FAMILY IN AMERICA, it said: "John Benham (1702-1785) was a man of some importance. His name consistently appears in the records of his country along with his dutch son-in-laws. He left a sizable estate, including slaves and real estate. There are records where he purchased and paid 6.18.5 pounds for a French Psalm book, Alsops Demus, Tutamen, Porthsmouth Dispute, Basarush, and others. The personal inventory of his estate suggest household furnishings of a cultivated and gentle family. His household was furnished with iron and plated cooking utensils, eight books listed by his executors at 15 shillings, and good evidence of his station in life was " 1 bed with curtains." In all his personal property for administrative purposes was valued at 68 pounds. He freed old slave " the old Wench Rose." He gave a slave to each of his daughters, probably for their domestic use. He left nothing in his will to his second son, Peter, our lineal ancestor, who was dead at the time the will was made, but left Peter's eldest son John 5 shillings.
    ...The books mentioned above were purchased by John Benham in an estate sale in 1729. In NEW JERSEY ARCHIVES 1st SERIES ABSTRACTS OF WILLS, Vol. 16-70 1730, page 440 appears "1729 April 12. Stelle, Ambrose of Monmouth County, Trader. Inventory of the personal Estate of 6.18.5, Incl. A French Psalm book, Alsops Decus and Tutamen, the portsmough Dispute and Basaruah zb.; made by Henry Leonard and Daniel Tillton, sworn to by Jonathan Forman, the Administrator. 1729 November 8 account of the sale at public auction, which has brought for the goods as inventoried 9.3.2, the buyers being Aaron Forman, Samuel Forman, Samuel Barton, Thos. Redford, Benjamin Van Cleaf, William Creag, Lawrence Van Cleaf, Joseph Froman, Steven Aumock, John Forman, and John Benham.
    1732 November 1 account by the administrator, who" desireth allowance of a certain debt due by bond to Walter Thong of New York, Merchant and paid by the Administrator 20"
    ...John Benhams will of August 17, 1784 was probated May 20, 1785 and appears in Monmouth County New Jersey Archives, Vol. VI: 41 of Abstracts of wills of 5401-5408 M. Book 27:133. It says he was sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory. It names;
    ...Grandson John, son of Peter, 5 shillings
    ...Son Joseph 10 pounds
    ...Daughter Ann Taylor (negro girl Nan)
    ...Daughter Handerrickye (same as Hendrics) Van Dike (negro girl named Bett)
    ...Daughter Catharine Van Horn (negro girl named Rose)
    ...Daughter Elizabeth Covenhoven (negro boy named Yafe)
    ...Wife Catharine Benham full use of lands and all remaining goods for her lifetime. After her death it was to be sold and divided among his daughters: the four named above, and his grandchildren who were the children of his deceased daughter, Mary Clayton. He named these children: Robert Clayton, John Clayton, William Van Cleave and said they were to have one share
    ...He freed old wench Rose, after the death of his wife.

    Executors named: Hendricke Smock and Garret Canderveer. Signed by mark in presence of John Van Cleave, Joseph Hilzee, and Hendricke Smock. The inventory amounted to 68.11.3: taken by John Clayton and David Covenhoven, Appraisers and dated May 3, 1785.

    Probate:

    Extract from the Will of John Benham
    Item I give an bequeath unto my well beloved wife Catharine Benham the full use and Benefit of all my Lands and Tenemants, and all the remaining Part of my goods and Chattels movable or immoveable during her natural Life, and after my Wifes Decease It is my Will and desire that all and every part of real and Personal Estate be sold by my Executors and equally divided betwixt my Daughters __?__. I do likewise make & ordain Hendrick Smock & Garret Vanderveer my sole Executors of this my last will and Testament __?__.

    John married Geertje Van Dyke about 1717 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America. Geertje (daughter of Charles Van Dyke) was born about 1700; died after 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. John Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Apr 1722 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died in 1800 in Washington County, Virginia, United States.
    2. 41. Peter Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jan 1725 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died on 12 Jun 1780 in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States.
    3. 42. Anna Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Jan 1727 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died in in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
    4. 43. Mary Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1729; died before 1784 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
    5. 44. Elizabeth Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Oct 1734 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; and died.
    6. 45. Benjamin Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 17 Dec 1738 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; and died.
    7. 46. Catherine Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1724 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; and died.
    8. 47. Nealtie Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 2 Dec 1742 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; and died.
    9. 48. Joseph Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1744 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died after 1784.
    10. 49. Hendrica Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1746 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died in in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

  5. 20.  Antie BenhamAntie Benham Descendancy chart to this point (10.John2, 1.Winifred1) and died.

  6. 21.  Joosje BenhamJoosje Benham Descendancy chart to this point (10.John2, 1.Winifred1) and died.

  7. 22.  Peter BenhamPeter Benham Descendancy chart to this point (10.John2, 1.Winifred1) and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 23.  Hannah BenhamHannah Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 2 Dec 1708 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; and died.

  2. 24.  Joseph BenhamJoseph Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 18 Apr 1711 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 14 Mar 1777 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

    Family/Spouse: Em Curtis. Em was born on 29 Jul 1714 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 23 Apr 1789 in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 25.  Enos BenhamEnos Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 8 Sep 1713 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; and died.

  4. 26.  Thankful BenhamThankful Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 14 Feb 1716 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 23 May 1790 in North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; was buried in May 1790 in Northford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

  5. 27.  Phebe BenhamPhebe Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 20 May 1718 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; and died.

  6. 28.  Elizabeth BenhamElizabeth Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born about 1721 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 4 May 1781 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States; was buried in May 1781 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

  7. 29.  John BenhamJohn Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 4 Oct 1723 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 24 May 1811 in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States; was buried in May 1811 in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

  8. 30.  Lois BenhamLois Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 30 Apr 1726 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died before 1779 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

  9. 31.  Esther BenhamEsther Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 22 Mar 1730; died on 25 Aug 1802 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

  10. 32.  Benjamin Jarvis BenhamBenjamin Jarvis Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 23 May 1733 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 17 Apr 1822 in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.

  11. 33.  Reuben BenhamReuben Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 30 Sep 1734 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died about 1784 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

  12. 34.  Shadrack BenhamShadrack Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 14 Jan 1736 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 12 Mar 1813 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

    Shadrack married Elizabeth Austin on 4 Dec 1758 in Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. Elizabeth was born about 1743. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 50. Job Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Aug 1759; and died.
    2. 51. Mercy Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Apr 1761; and died.
    3. 52. Lucy Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Jun 1763; and died.
    4. 53. Elizabeth Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Aug 1765; and died.
    5. 54. Mary Curtis Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Aug 1767; and died.
    6. 55. Katherine Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Feb 1770; and died.
    7. 56. Lowly Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jan 1773; and died.
    8. 57. Harvey Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Oct 1776; and died.
    9. 58. Daniel Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Apr 1783 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States; died in 1866.
    10. 59. Mercy Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jul 1785; and died.

  13. 35.  Mary BenhamMary Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born about 1738 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died after 1786 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

  14. 36.  Abigail BenhamAbigail Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born about 1740 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 1 Nov 1741 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

  15. 37.  Lettice BenhamLettice Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born about 1744 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; and died.

  16. 38.  James BenhamJames Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 1 Feb 1746 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died before 1831 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

  17. 39.  Daniel BenhamDaniel Benham Descendancy chart to this point (17.Joseph3, 3.Joseph2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 31 Jul 1750 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 16 May 1751 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

  18. 40.  John BenhamJohn Benham Descendancy chart to this point (19.John3, 10.John2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 3 Apr 1722 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died in 1800 in Washington County, Virginia, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 3 Apr 1722, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; Address:
      Dutch Reformed Church


  19. 41.  Peter BenhamPeter Benham Descendancy chart to this point (19.John3, 10.John2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 1 Jan 1725 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died on 12 Jun 1780 in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 60. John Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 May 1748 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died in 1782 in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States.
    2. 61. Robert Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Nov 1750 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died on 6 Feb 1809 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Feb 1809 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States.
    3. 62. Amey Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Dec 1751.
    4. 63. Peter Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Oct 1753 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died about 27 Oct 1795 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.
    5. 64. Richard Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Feb 1755 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died about 1819 in Symmes Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States.
    6. 65. Catherine Benham  Descendancy chart to this point 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.

    Peter married Hannah Clayton on 2 Apr 1759 in New Jersey, British Colonial America. Hannah was born about 1740; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Peter married Catherine Wessel on 24 Feb 1761 in New Jersey, British Colonial America. Catherine was born in 1728 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died before 12 Feb 1781 in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 66. Ann Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Sep 1762 in Loudoun County, Virginia, British Colonial America; died in 1763.
    2. 67. Elizabeth Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 May 1764 in Loudoun County, Virginia, British Colonial America; died in 1765.
    3. 68. Lydia Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jul 1769 in Loudoun County, Virginia, British Colonial America; died in 1770.
    4. 69. James Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Jun 1772 in Loudoun County, Virginia, British Colonial America; died on 18 Nov 1849 in Brown Township, Ripley County, Indiana, United States.
    5. 70. Nathaniel Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Apr 1775 in Loudoun County, Virginia, British Colonial America; died on 31 Dec 1813 in Franklin County, Kentucky, United States.
    6. 71. Jacob Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Jan 1778 in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States; died on 31 Aug 1866 in Marion Township, Washington County, Iowa, United States.

  20. 42.  Anna BenhamAnna Benham Descendancy chart to this point (19.John3, 10.John2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 29 Jan 1727 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died in in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Anke Benham
    • Baptism: 29 Jan 1727, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; Address:
      Dutch Reformed Church

    Anna married Joseph Taylor on 25 Sep 1762 in Lower Freehold, New Jersey, British Colonial America. Joseph and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  21. 43.  Mary BenhamMary Benham Descendancy chart to this point (19.John3, 10.John2, 1.Winifred1) was born about 1729; died before 1784 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

    Mary married Jonathan Clayton on 6 Dec 1759 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America. Jonathan was born about 1729 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died about 1779. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  22. 44.  Elizabeth BenhamElizabeth Benham Descendancy chart to this point (19.John3, 10.John2, 1.Winifred1) was born on 5 Oct 1734 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; and died.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 5 Oct 1734, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; Address:
      Dutch Reformed Church

    Elizabeth married Garret Covenhaven on 26 Feb 1759 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America. Garret and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  23. 45.  Benjamin BenhamBenjamin Benham Descendancy chart to this point (19.John3, 10.John2, 1.Winifred1) was born before 17 Dec 1738 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; and died.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 17 Dec 1738, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; Address:
      Old Tennent Church


  24. 46.  Catherine BenhamCatherine Benham Descendancy chart to this point (19.John3, 10.John2, 1.Winifred1) was born about 1724 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Van Horne. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  25. 47.  Nealtie BenhamNealtie Benham Descendancy chart to this point (19.John3, 10.John2, 1.Winifred1) was born before 2 Dec 1742 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; and died.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 2 Dec 1742, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; Address:
      Old Tennent Church


  26. 48.  Joseph BenhamJoseph Benham Descendancy chart to this point (19.John3, 10.John2, 1.Winifred1) was born in 1744 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died after 1784.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 1744, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; Address:
      Old Tennent Church

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 72. Joseph Benham  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1773 in Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; died in Jul 1833 in Crawford County, Indiana, United States.

  27. 49.  Hendrica BenhamHendrica Benham Descendancy chart to this point (19.John3, 10.John2, 1.Winifred1) was born in 1746 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died in in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Henderickye Benham

    Hendrica married Jacob VanDike on 10 Nov 1768. Jacob was born before 1768 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]