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Edward Benton 1740–1794 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Apr 1740/41

Birth Location: Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 3 Oct 1794

Death Location: Albany, Albany, New York, USA

Father: James 2nd

Mother: Experience Stocker

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Edward Benton was born in 1740 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, the child of James M Benton 2Nd And Experience Stocker. Edward Benton passed away in 1794 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA.

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Biography

  • Edward Benton was born in 1740 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, the child of James M Benton 2Nd And Experience Stocker.
  • Edward Benton passed away in 1794 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA.

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Edward Benton's Ancestors

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Edward Benton
1740–1794
Birth Place: Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Parents
James M Benton 2nd
1695–1785
Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Experience Stocker
1698–1781
Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
James Benton
1665–1733
Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Hannah (Maria) Bushnell
1670–1756
Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Edward (Stocker Stocking) II
1675–1754
Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony, British America
Maria ('Mary') DeWolf
1681–1704
Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony, British America
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Sr.
1639–1714
Elizabeth Relf
1647–1713
Samuel Stocker
1641–1682
Mary Divine
1643–1675
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Sr.
1625–1684
Esther Marshall
1625–1684

Edward Benton's Timeline

2 Records

1740
12 Apr 1740/41
Birth of Edward Benton in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1794
3 Oct 1794
Age 54
Death of Edward Benton in Albany, Albany, New York, USA
Albany, Albany, New York, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Apr 1740/41
    Event Place: Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Oct 1794
    Event Place: Albany, Albany, New York, USA

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