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Jonathan Bradford Benjamin 1731–1796 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 August 1731

Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America

Death Date: 14 September 1796

Death Location: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America

Father: John IX

Mother: Mary Smith

Spouse(s): Lucretia Backus

Children(s): Sybil Jones, Clara Benjamin

Jonathan Bradford Benjamin was born in 1731 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America, the child of John Benjamin Ix And Mary Smith. Jonathan Bradford Benjamin married Lucretia Backus, and had children including Clara Benjamin, Sybil Jones. Jonathan Bradford Benjamin passed away in 1796 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Jonathan Bradford Benjamin was born in 1731 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America, the child of John Benjamin Ix And Mary Smith.
  • Jonathan Bradford Benjamin married Lucretia Backus, and had children including Clara Benjamin, Sybil Jones.
  • Jonathan Bradford Benjamin passed away in 1796 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jonathan Benjamin's Ancestors

Self
Jonathan Benjamin
1731–1796
Birth Place: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
Parents
John Benjamin IX
1700–1773
Wethersfield, Hartford, Colonial Connecticut
Mary Smith
1699–1763
Springfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Phillip Smith
1665–1725
Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA
Mary Bliss
1670–1707
Springfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Bliss
1647–1720
Mary Leonard
1647–1724
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Blisse
1583–1650
Margaret Hulins
1595–1684
Peter Tilton
1620–1698
Sarah Heald
1620–1711

Jonathan Benjamin's Descendants

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Jonathan (Bradford) Benjamin (28 August 1731–14 September 1796) m. Lucretia Backus (23 March 1734–22 Mar 1803)
  1. 1. Sybil Jones 1755–1814
  2. 2. Clara Benjamin 1762–1849 m. Josiah Meigs 1757–1822
    1. 1. John (Benjamin) Meigs 1808–1898
    2. 2. Charles (Delucena) Meigs 1792–1869 m. Mary Montgomery 1795–1865
      1. 1. Charles (Delucena) Meigs 1817–
      2. 2. Emily (Skinner) Meigs 1824–
      3. 3. Franklin (Bache) Meigs 1814–
      4. 4. Henry (Vincent) Meigs 1821–
      5. 5. John (Forsyth) Meigs 1818–
      6. 6. Mary (Crathorne) Meigs 1838–1917
      7. 7. Montgomery (Cunningham *FS* Meigs United States Army officer, civil engineer, construction engineer for a number of facilities in Washington, D.C., and) Quartermas 1816–1892 m. Louisa Meigs 1816–1879
        1. 1. John (Rodgers) Meigs 1841–1864
        2. 2. Charles (Delucena) Meigs 1845–1853
        3. 3. Vincent (Trowbridge) Meigs 1851–1853
        4. 4. Mary (Montgomery) Taylor 1843–1930
        5. 5. Infant (Daughter) Meigs –1856
        6. 6. Montgomery Meigs 1847–1931
      8. 8. Samuel (Emlen) Meigs 1828–
      9. 9. William (Montgomery) Meigs 1826–
    3. 3. Henry Meigs 1782–1861
    4. 4. Samuel (William) Meigs 1788–1818
    5. 5. Clara Forsyth 1784–1853

Jonathan Benjamin's Timeline

2 Records

1731
28 August 1731
Birth of Jonathan Bradford Benjamin in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
1796
14 September 1796
Age 65
Death of Jonathan Bradford Benjamin in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA
Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 August 1731
    Event Place: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 September 1796
    Event Place: Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Pennsylvania, U.S., Society of Mayflower Descendants Applications, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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

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