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Elihu Benson 1756–1804 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1756

Birth Location: Glocester (Now Burrilville) Provindence, RI, Rhode Island, USA

Death Date: 1804

Death Location: Danby, Rutland County, VT, Vermont, USA

Father: Job Benson

Mother: Mary Richardson

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The story of Elihu Benson began in 1756 in Glocester (Now Burrilville) Provindence, RI, Rhode Island, USA. Elihu Benson passed away in 1804 in Danby, Rutland County, VT, Vermont, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Elihu Benson began in 1756 in Glocester (Now Burrilville) Provindence, RI, Rhode Island, USA.
  • Elihu Benson passed away in 1804 in Danby, Rutland County, VT, Vermont, USA.

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Elihu Benson's Ancestors

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Elihu Benson
1756–1804
Birth Place: Glocester (Now Burrilville) Provindence, RI, Rhode Island, USA
Parents
Job Benson
1722–1801
Glocester, Providence County, RI, Rhode Island, USA
Mary (Miriam) Richardson
1726–1792
Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Grandparents
John Benson
1703–1758
Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Judith (Jenckes) (Benson)
1702–1763
Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Jonathan Richardson
1702–1770
Mendon, Worcester, MA, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Buckland
1700–
Rehoboth, Bristol, MA, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Isaac Benson
1669–1762
Mary
1671–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John "Binson"
1635–1711
Elizabeth Marsh
1646–1704

Elihu Benson's Timeline

2 Records

1756
1756
Birth of Elihu Benson in Glocester (Now Burrilville) Provindence, RI, Rhode Island, USA
Glocester (Now Burrilville) Provindence, RI, Rhode Island, USA
1804
1804
Age 48
Death of Elihu Benson in Danby, Rutland County, VT, Vermont, USA
Danby, Rutland County, VT, Vermont, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1756
    Event Place: Glocester (Now Burrilville) Provindence, RI, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1804
    Event Place: Danby, Rutland County, VT, Vermont, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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