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Jerome Messenger Benson 1810–1877 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 November 1810

Birth Location: Fabius, Onondaga County, New York, United States of America

Death Date: 17 April 1877

Death Location: San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America

Father: Benjamin Benson

Mother: Keziah Benson

Spouse(s): Mary ROADES

Children(s): Amelia Willis, Eveline Smith, Susannah Vance, Louisa Brown, Jerome Benson, Dudley Benson, Mary Downey, Eveline Olsen, Emily Kendall, Lovina Curen, Eliza Benson

The story of Jerome Messenger Benson began in 1810 in Fabius, Onondaga County, New York, United States of America. Jerome Messenger Benson married Mary Roads Or Roades, and had children including Amelia Willis, Dudley Albert Benson, Eliza Jane Benson, Emily Kendall, Eveline Olsen, Eveline Smith, Jerome Messinger Benson, Louisa Keziah Brown, Lovina M Van Curen, Mary Elizabeth Downey, Susannah Vance. Jerome Messenger Benson passed away in 1877 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Jerome Messenger Benson began in 1810 in Fabius, Onondaga County, New York, United States of America.
  • Jerome Messenger Benson married Mary Roads Or Roades, and had children including Amelia Willis, Dudley Albert Benson, Eliza Jane Benson, Emily Kendall, Eveline Olsen, Eveline Smith, Jerome Messinger Benson, Louisa Keziah Brown, Lovina M Van Curen, Mary Elizabeth Downey, Susannah Vance.
  • Jerome Messenger Benson passed away in 1877 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Jerome Benson's Ancestors

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Jerome Benson
1810–1877
Birth Place: Fabius, Onondaga County, New York, United States of America
Parents
Benjamin Benson
1773–1846
Maple, Rensselaer, British Colonial America, New York, USA
Keziah Benson
1779–1857
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America
Grandparents
Stutson (or Stedson) Benson
1741–1820
Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colon, Massachusetts, USA
Bathsheba (Lewis) *
1746–1830
Walloomsac, Albany, Colony of New York, British Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
John County
1699–1780
Bathsheba Fuller
1708–1780
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Captain Lewis
1677–1766
Hannah Judson
1681–1756
Daniel (Reverend)
1669–1758
Mary Ormsby
1672–1758

Jerome Benson's Descendants

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Jerome (Messenger) Benson (5 November 1810–17 April 1877) m. Mary (ROADS or) ROADES (2 July 1812–9 June 1853)
  1. 1. Amelia Willis 1845–1889
  2. 2. Eveline Smith 1834–1925
  3. 3. Susannah Vance 1833–1898
  4. 4. Louisa (Keziah) Brown 1840–1907
  5. 5. Jerome (Messinger) Benson 1849–1910
  6. 6. Dudley (Albert) Benson 1863–1888
  7. 7. Mary (Elizabeth) Downey 1838–1917
  8. 8. Eveline Olsen 1835–1925
  9. 9. Emily Kendall 1858–1932
  10. 10. Lovina (M. Van) Curen 1847–1910
  11. 11. Eliza (Jane) Benson 1852–1917 m. Lumen (Humphrey) Gaskill 1843–1914
    1. 1. Emma Gaskill 1879– m. Platt (Waite) Preston 1880–1914
      1. 1. Helen (Erma) Preston 1908–1984 m. James (B) Spellar 1906–
      2. 2. Platt (Walter) Preston 1906–1990 m. Nora Thompson 1906–
        1. 1. Janice (*FS* June Preston Preston American child actress in the 1930s and early) 1940s 1928–2022
    2. 2. William (L.) Gaskell 1870–
    3. 3. Merin (L.) Gaskell 1874–
    4. 4. Carrie Gaskell 1877–
    5. 5. Furman (L.) Gaskell 1880–
    6. 6. Donald (M.) Bensen 1865–

Jerome Benson's Timeline

2 Records

1810
5 November 1810
Birth of Jerome Messenger Benson in Fabius, Onondaga County, New York, United States of America
Fabius, Onondaga County, New York, United States of America
1877
17 April 1877
Age 67
Death of Jerome Messenger Benson in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 November 1810
    Event Place: Fabius, Onondaga County, New York, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 April 1877
    Event Place: San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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