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Samuel Lewis Benton 1740–1842 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1740

Birth Location: Granville County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 12 Jul 1842

Death Location: Siluria, Shelby, Alabama, USA

Father: Colonal* Benton

Mother: Frances Benton

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Samuel Lewis Benton was born in 1740 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Colonal Samuel Jesse Benton And Frances Kimbrough Benton. Samuel Lewis Benton passed away in 1842 in Siluria, Shelby, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • Samuel Lewis Benton was born in 1740 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Colonal Samuel Jesse Benton And Frances Kimbrough Benton.
  • Samuel Lewis Benton passed away in 1842 in Siluria, Shelby, Alabama, USA.

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Samuel Benton's Ancestors

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Samuel Benton
1740–1842
Birth Place: Granville County, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Colonal* Samuel Jesse Benton
1720–1770
Granville, Orange, North Carolina, USA
Frances (Kimbrough) Benton
1732–1811
Hanover County, Virginia or Edgecomb, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Francis (Benton) III
1700–1769
Nansemond, Virginia (formed 1643--now City of Suffolk)
Margaret Pipkin
1705–1760
Surrey, Virginia, United States,
Buckley (B) Kimbrough
1699–1744
Saint Peter, New Kent, Virginia, United States
Elizabeth (J English) Kimbrough
1701–1765
New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Francis Benton
1680–1726
Martha Cotton
1685–1736
John II
1650–1721
Mary Arnald
1661–1712
John Kimbrough
1640–1716
Margaret Kimbrough
1670–1720
John Ingles\English
1685–1727
Mary (English)
1688–1746
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Francis Benton
1638–1711
Charity Benton
1639–1711
John I
1616–1665
William Arnald
1645–
Elizabeth Brough
1646–
John Kimbrough\Kember
1615–1641
Benjamin Buckley
1640–1716
Mary Buckley\Berkeley
1651–1690
Thomas English
1647–1700
Eleanor Watkins
1646–1694
Elizabeth Haynes\Haines
1656–1727

Samuel Benton's Timeline

2 Records

1740
1740
Birth of Samuel Lewis Benton in Granville County, North Carolina, USA
Granville County, North Carolina, USA
1842
12 Jul 1842
Age 102
Death of Samuel Lewis Benton in Siluria, Shelby, Alabama, USA
Siluria, Shelby, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Granville County, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Jul 1842
    Event Place: Siluria, Shelby, Alabama, USA

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