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Benjamin Lanier 1740–1789 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1740

Birth Location: Brunswick, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 3 September 1789

Death Location: Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, USA

Father: Corp. Confederate)

Mother: Ann MacLin

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The story of Benjamin Lanier began in 1740 in Brunswick, Virginia, USA. Benjamin Lanier passed away in 1789 in Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Benjamin Lanier began in 1740 in Brunswick, Virginia, USA.
  • Benjamin Lanier passed away in 1789 in Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, USA.

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Benjamin Lanier's Ancestors

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Benjamin Lanier
1740–1789
Birth Place: Brunswick, Virginia, USA
Parents
Corp. Thomas Sampson Lanier (Civil War - Confederate)
1707–1745
Surry County, Virginia, United States of America
Ann MacLin
1709–1751
Brunswick, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Thomas (Sampson Tithable) Lanier
1682–1743
Charles City, Charles, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth Washington
1684–1773
Surrey, Prince George, Virginia, USA
Katherine Brewer
1680–1733
James, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Sackfield Brewer
1634–1737
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Marie Waterman
1602–1631

Benjamin Lanier's Timeline

2 Records

1740
1740
Birth of Benjamin Lanier in Brunswick, Virginia, USA
Brunswick, Virginia, USA
1789
3 September 1789
Age 49
Death of Benjamin Lanier in Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, USA
Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Brunswick, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 September 1789
    Event Place: Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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