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Mary Benton 1642 – 1718 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 FEB 1642

Birth Location: Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Death Date: 1 MAR 1718

Death Location: Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Father: Edward Benton

Mother: Alice Purden

Spouse(s): Samuel Thorpe

Children(s): Mary Thorpe, Elizabeth Thorpe, Samuel Thorp, Hannah Thorpe, Ebenezer Thorpe, Naomi Thorpe, John Thorpe, Samuel Thorp, Hannah Thorp, Eleazar Thorpe, Nathan Thorpe

In 1642, Mary Benton entered the world in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, born to Edward Benton and Alice Anne Purden. Mary Benton married Samuel Thorpe, and had children including Mary Elizabeth Thorpe, Elizabeth Thorpe, Samuel Thorp, Hannah Thorpe, Ebenezer Thorpe, Naomi Thorpe, John Thorpe, Samuel Thorp, Hannah Thorp, Eleazar Thorpe, Nathan Thorpe. Mary Benton passed away in 1718 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1642, Mary Benton entered the world in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, born to Edward Benton and Alice Anne Purden.
  • Mary Benton married Samuel Thorpe, and had children including Mary Elizabeth Thorpe, Elizabeth Thorpe, Samuel Thorp, Hannah Thorpe, Ebenezer Thorpe, Naomi Thorpe, John Thorpe, Samuel Thorp, Hannah Thorp, Eleazar Thorpe, Nathan Thorpe.
  • Mary Benton passed away in 1718 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edward Benton
1600 – 1680
Birth Location: Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom
EB
Alice Purden
1606 – 1671
Birth Location: Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom
AP

Spouses(s)

Samuel Thorpe
1646 – 1728
Birth Location: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
ST

Children(s)

Mary Thorpe
1666 – 1725
Birth Location: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
MT
Elizabeth Thorpe
1668 – 1736
Birth Location: New Haven, New Haven, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America
ET
Samuel Thorp
1670 – 1687
Birth Location: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
ST
Hannah Thorpe
1675 – 1747
Birth Location: Wallingford Twp, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
HT
Ebenezer Thorpe
1678 – 1698
Birth Location: Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
ET
Naomi Thorpe
1681 – 1771
Birth Location: Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
NT
John Thorpe
1686 – 1703
Birth Location: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
JT
Samuel Thorp
1687 – 1764
Birth Location: Of, England
ST
Hannah Thorp
1689 –
Birth Location: Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
HT
Eleazar Thorpe
1690 –
Birth Location: Connecticut, United States
ET
Nathan Thorpe
1691 –
Birth Location: Connecticut, United States
NT

Mary Benton's Ancestors

Self
Mary Benton
1642 – 1718
Birth Place: Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Parents
Edward Benton
1600 – 1680
Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Alice (Anne) Purden
1606 – 1671
Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Edward Benton
1539 – 1605
Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Joane Halloway
1543 – 1599
Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Daniel Purden
1580 – 1626
Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Rebecka
1584 – 1626
<Epping, Essex, England>
Great-Grandparents
Humphry Benton
1515 – 1583
Joane Graygoose
1520 – 1583
William Halloway
1510 –
William Holloway
1510 –
Edward Purden
1555 – 1651
Alice Purden
1556 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Benton
1485 – 1526
Leanord
1501 –
George Greygose
1485 – 1559
Jane Greygoose
1495 – 1571

Mary Benton's Descendants

1.
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Mary Benton (2 FEB 1642 – 1 MAR 1718) m. Samuel Thorpe (14 JUN 1646 – 2 FEB 1728)
  1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Thorpe (31 OCT 1666 – 24 JUL 1725) m. Edward Fenn (1648 – 2 FEB 1728)
    1. 1. Mary Fenn (27 SEP 1689 – 20 DEC 1760)
    2. 2. Benjamin Fenn (1691 – 1691) m. <Living>
    3. 3. Elizabeth Fenn (29 APR 1692 – 2 NOV 1751) m. John Dunbar (1693 – 13 MAY 1746)
      1. 1. Mary Dunbar (26 SEP 1716 – 8 OCT 1799) m. Ebenezer Elwell (9 JUN 1721 – 14 JAN 1767) m. Ebenezer Elwell (28 OCT 1690 – 24 DEC 1754) m. Stephen Seymour (21 JUL 1718 – 13 NOV 1807)
      2. 2. Sarah Dunbar (7 FEB 1719 – )
      3. 3. Edward Dunbar (7 APR 1722 – 23 JAN 1790)
      4. 4. John Dunbar (28 SEP 1724 – 4 OCT 1786) m. Temperance Hall (16 APR 1727 – 26 MAY 1770)
      5. 5. Samuel Dunbar (18 DEC 1726 – 6 DEC 1820) m. Lois Holt (ABT 1730 – )
      6. 6. Elizabeth Dunbar (5 MAY 1729 – 22 FEB 1792) m. Andrew Andrews (16 AUG 1719 – 22 FEB 1792)
        1. 1. Margery Andrews (14 JUN 1752 – 1760)
        2. 2. Andrew Andrews (19 AUG 1756 – 3 JUL 1834) m. Mary Moss (28 NOV 1755 – 9 FEB 1846)
        3. 3. Joseph Andrews (26 NOV 1758 – in Rev. War)
        4. 4. Nataniel Andrews (20 MAR 1761 – 21 NOV 1836) m. Lois Blackslee (9 JAN 1762 – 8 MAR 1823) m. Thankful Blakeslee (<1765> – 13 AUG 1839)
        5. 5. Elizabeth Andrews (20 JUN 1763 – ABT 1795) m. Robert Grannis (10 JAN 1762 – 6 JAN 1846)
        6. 6. Mary Andrews (20 MAY 1766 – 29 JAN 1853) m. Joseph Blakeslee (11 MAR 1760 – 19 DEC 1831)
        7. 7. Abigail Andrews (26 APR 1770 – ) m. George (T.) Jackson (<1766> – )
      7. 7. Hannah Dunbar (20 APR 1733 – 21 SEP 1774) m. Moses Blakeslee (25 JAN 1728 – 6 MAR 1807)
    4. 4. Sarah Fenn (24 NOV 1694 – ) m. Solomon Moss (9 JUL 1690 – 10 OCT 1752) m. Theophilus Jones (18 MAR 1690 – 26 NOV 1754)
    5. 5. Theophilus Fenn (31 JAN 1698 – 18 DEC 1748) m. Martha Doolittle (16 APR 1703 – 1760)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Fenn (30 MAR 1723 – From 1739 to 1817) m. Soloman Moss (31 OCT 1719 – 1755) m. John Glover (1720 – )
      2. 2. Martha Fenn (23 SEP 1725 – 6 SEP 1818) m. Levi Moss (31 DEC 1722 – 16 SEP 1802)
        1. 1. Levi Moss (16 NOV 1744 – 6 MAR 1825) m. Martha Sherman (8 JAN 1750 – 26 AUG 1843)
        2. 2. Amos Moss (17 NOV 1744 – DEC 1819) m. Rachel Culver (16 DEC 1753 – DEC 1819) m. Betsey Ives (ABT 1726 – ABT 1771)
        3. 3. Elisabeth Moss (3 DEC 1748 – 18 OCT 1825) m. Aaron Hackley (1744 – 18 OCT 1823)
        4. 4. John Moss (14 FEB 1750 – 17 AUG 1820) m. Mehitable Hall (13 MAR 1753 – 22 JUN 1840)
        5. 5. Martha Moss (18 AUG 1753 – BEF 1756)
        6. 6. Benajah Moss (1754 – 1808) m. Lois Hall (24 SEP 1768 – 2 NOV 1811) m. Lois m. Lois
        7. 7. Martha Moss (28 NOV 1755 – 22 FEB 1784) m. Isaac Bartholomew (1748 – 1841)
        8. 8. Mary Moss (28 NOV 1755 – 9 FEB 1846) m. Andrew Andrews (19 AUG 1756 – 3 JUL 1834)
        9. 9. Stephen Moss (6 FEB 1758 – From 1759 to 1848)
        10. 10. Hannah Moss (24 JUL 1760 – ) m. Abel Thorpe (2 SEP 1757 – )
        11. 11. Benajah (Moss) Morse (11 JAN 1763 – 12 JUL 1841)
        12. 12. Thankful Moss (ABT 1765 – From 1767 to 1860) m. David Hall (ABT 1764 – 1825) m. David Hall (14 NOV 1764 – 25 MAR 1828)
        13. 13. Philo (Thadde) Moss (7 JUL 1769 – 3 SEP 1769)
      3. 3. Bethiah Fenn (18 FEB 1728 – ) m. Enos Page (15 SEP 1723 – unknown)
      4. 4. Benjamin Fenn (3 AUG 1730 – 1819)
      5. 5. Edward Fenn (2 SEP 1732 – ABT 1789) m. Abigail Austin (ABT 1732 – 1793)
      6. 6. Phebe Fenn (12 FEB 1735 – 1790) m. Timothy Hart (24 MAY 1731 – 1800)
      7. 7. Theophilus Fenn (20 FEB 1735 – 8 NOV 1735)
      8. 8. Abigail Fenn (22 OCT 1737 – ) m. Elnathan Thorpe (13 AUG 1729 – 6 JUL 1803)
      9. 9. Eunice Fenn (16 MAR 1741 – 5 APR 1820) m. David Way (ABT 1739 – 30 AUG 1818)
      10. 10. Theophilus Fenn (29 JUN 1744 – ) m. Ann (Martha) Rood (ABT 1746 – ) m. Mary Rood (11 MAR 1747 – 3 JUL 1830) m. Anna Reed
      11. 11. Susannah Fenn (28 SEP 1746 – 28 SEP 1746)
    6. 6. Hannah Fenn (4 FEB 1698 – 14 FEB 1698)
    7. 7. Hannah Fenn (13 OCT 1701 – )
    8. 8. John Fenn (22 MAR 1702 – 4 SEP 1793) m. Sarah Benton (19 MAR 1706 – 17 JAN 1767) m. Susan Gibson (From 1726 to 1749 – From 1771 to 1837) m. Susanna Gibson (19 MAR 1706 – 17 JAN 1767)
    9. 9. Hannah Fenn (13 DEC 1704 – 9 SEP 1760) m. Thomas Doolittle (17 MAY 1705 – 23 JAN 1782) m. John Doolittle (1685 – ) m. John Doolittle (6 FEB 1712 – NOV 1747)
    10. 10. Thomas Fenn (13 SEP 1707 – 25 APR 1769) m. Lydia Ackley (14 AUG 1712 – 4 DEC 1741) m. Christina Baker (1717 – 15 MAY 1768)
    11. 11. Naomi Fenn (10 MAY 1712 – 5 APR 1746) m. Samuel Frost (1707 – 21 DEC 1803)
  2. 2. Elizabeth Thorpe (15 FEB 1668 – 27 AUG 1736) m. Abraham Doolittle (12 FEB 1649 – 10 NOV 1732)
  3. 3. Samuel Thorp (8 MAR 1670 – 11 APR 1687)
  4. 4. Hannah Thorpe (9 SEP 1675 – 6 OCT 1747) m. John Cook (3 DEC 1669 – 30 APR 1739) m. <Living>
  5. 5. Ebenezer Thorpe (6 SEP 1678 – 31 JAN 1698) m. Ebenezer Thorpe (ABT 1618 – ) m. Mrs. (Ebenezer) Thorpe (ABT 1683 – ) m. Ebenezer Thorpe (ABT 1683 – ) m. Ebenezer (Mrs.) Thorpe (ABT 1680 – ) m. Ebenezer (Mrs.) Thorpe (ABT 1682 – ) m. Ebenezer (Mrs.) Thorpe m. Ebenezer (Mrs.) Thorpe m. Ebenezer (Mrs.) Thorpe m. Ebenezer (Mrs.) Thorpe m. Ebenezer (Mrs.) Thorpe m. Ebenezer Thorpe m. <Living> m. Ebenezer (Mrs.) Thorpe
  6. 6. Naomi Thorpe (31 JAN 1681 – 8 JAN 1771) m. John Boulcott (ABT 1677 – UNKNOWN) m. John Bancroft (ABT 1888 – ) m. John Bancroft m. <Living>
  7. 7. John Thorpe (6 JUL 1686 – 18 OCT 1703) m. John (Thorpe) Mrs. (ABT 1685 – ) m. John (Thorpe) Mrs. m. John Thorpe (ABT 1688 – )
  8. 8. Samuel Thorp (11 APR 1687 – 14 MAR 1764)
  9. 9. Hannah Thorp (1689 – )
  10. 10. Eleazar Thorpe (ABT 1690 – )
  11. 11. Nathan Thorpe (ABT 1691 – )

Mary Benton's Timeline

3 Records

1642
2 FEB 1642
Birth of Mary Benton in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1642
2 DEC 1642
Mary Benton was christened in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1718
1 MAR 1718
Age 76
Death of Mary Benton in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 FEB 1642
    Event Place: Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 2 DEC 1642
    Event Place: Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 MAR 1718
    Event Place: Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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