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Sarah Rolfe Benson 1741–1804 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1741

Birth Location: Montgomery County, Maryland, USA

Death Date: 25 May 1804

Death Location: Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: William Benson

Mother: Anne Green

Spouse(s): William Jr

Children(s): Rebecca Hanks, Sarah Hanks, Benjamin Hanks, Fleetwood Hanks, Nancy Hanks, Leah Hanks, John Hanks, Mary Hanks, Rosanna Hanks

The story of Sarah Rolfe Benson began in 1741 in Montgomery County, Maryland, USA. Sarah Rolfe Benson married William Bedford Hanks Jr, and had children including Benjamin William Hanks, Fleetwood Hanks, John Hanks, Leah Rebecca Hanks, Mary Hanks, Nancy Hanks, Rebecca Rachel Hanks, Rosanna Hanks, Sarah Hanks. Sarah Rolfe Benson passed away in 1804 in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Sarah Rolfe Benson began in 1741 in Montgomery County, Maryland, USA.
  • Sarah Rolfe Benson married William Bedford Hanks Jr, and had children including Benjamin William Hanks, Fleetwood Hanks, John Hanks, Leah Rebecca Hanks, Mary Hanks, Nancy Hanks, Rebecca Rachel Hanks, Rosanna Hanks, Sarah Hanks.
  • Sarah Rolfe Benson passed away in 1804 in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Benson
1718–1783
Birth Location: Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
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Anne Green
1719–1808
Birth Location: Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
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Spouses(s)

William Jr
1739–1814
Birth Location: Maryland City, Anne Arundel, British Colonial America, Maryland, USA
WJ

Children(s)

Rebecca Hanks
1761–1842
Birth Location: Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
RH
Sarah Hanks
1781–1854
Birth Location: Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
SH
Benjamin Hanks
1779–1822
Birth Location: Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
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Fleetwood Hanks
1764–1815
Birth Location: Rock Creek Parish, Frederick, Maryland, USA
FH
Nancy Hanks
1769–1835
Birth Location: Loudoun, Virginia, USA
NH
Leah Hanks
1771–1854
Birth Location: Loudoun, Virginia, USA
LH
John Hanks
1765–1805
Birth Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
JH
Mary Hanks
1778–1836
Birth Location: Eaton, Bristol, Maryland, USA
MH
Rosanna Hanks
1769–1839
Birth Location: Loudoun, VA, USA
RH

Sarah Benson's Ancestors

Self
Sarah Benson
1741–1804
Birth Place: Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Parents
William Thomas Benson
1718–1783
Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
Anne Green
1719–1808
Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
Grandparents
John (Hendrick) Benson
1690–1722
Oxforshire, England
Anna Collins
1698–1755
Kingston, Washington, RI, USA
Henry (Greene) ff
1682–1719
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Anne Saunders
1683–1747
Anne Arundel Maryland USA
Great-Grandparents
Christopher Benson
1655–1704
Frances Hardcastle
1663–1712
Sarah Wightman
1671–1712
Elizabeth Lobb
1663–1698
John Saunders
1650–1702
Mary Howard
1666–1700
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alice Myers
1610–
Thomas Hardcastle
1635–1686
Elizabeth Pinder
1637–1691
Stephen Lobb
1647–1699
Elizabeth Polwhele
1651–1691

Sarah Benson's Descendants

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Sarah (Rolfe) Benson (1741–25 May 1804) m. William (Bedford Hanks) Jr (27 April 1739–15 July 1814)
  1. 1. Rebecca (Rachel) Hanks 1761–1842 m. Ephraim (Akers) Sr. 1761–1817
    1. 1. Hannah Akers 1785–1847
    2. 2. Elizabeth Akers 1794–1872
    3. 3. Ephraim (Akers) Jr. 1798–1868
    4. 4. Leah Akers 1801–1880
    5. 5. Zillah Akers 1805–1850
    6. 6. John (Andrew) Akers 1789–1866
    7. 7. Ellis (E.) Akers 1871–
    8. 8. Sarah (M) Akers 1785–1846 m. Charles McLaughlin 1789–1878
      1. 1. Tarresse (C.) McLaughlin 1819–1849
      2. 2. Robert (Akers) MacLaughlin 1805–1881
      3. 3. Rachel (Akers) McLaughlin 1816–1899 m. William Lysinger 1805–1889
        1. 1. Charles (McLaughlin) Lysinger 1858–1936 m. Minnie Lysinger 1862–
        2. 2. Elza (J) Lysinger 1834–1871
        3. 3. W (Scott) Lysinger 1852–1933
      4. 4. Cynthia (Ann) McLaughlin 1809–1844
      5. 5. John (Lawson) McLaughlin 1813–1847
      6. 6. Ephraim (Akers) McLaughlin 1821–1907
      7. 7. Charles (John) McLaughlin 1824–1887
      8. 8. Sarah Mclaughlin 1816–1894
      9. 9. Nancy (Elizabeth) McLAUGHLIN 1811–1851 m. Stiles Jackson 1802–1873
        1. 1. Esther (A) Jackson 1843–
        2. 2. Sgt. (Mark Jeremiah Jerry) Jackson 1835–1893
        3. 3. Jesse (Lee) Jackson 1843–1916 m. Catharine (Eve) Smith 1848–1872 m. Catharine (Eva) Smith 1848–1872 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Tobias 1850–1923
        4. 4. Elizabeth Jackson 1830–1894 m. Caleb Hixson 1825–1903
        5. 5. Sarah Jackson 1832–1832
        6. 6. John (Lawson) Jackson 1838–1902
        7. 7. Charles (Wesley) Jackson 1838–1918 m. Anna (C.) Jackson 1844–1911
        8. 8. Stiles (Hunter) Jackson 1841–1915
        9. 9. James (Russell) Jackson 1845–1920
        10. 10. Samuel Jackson 1834–1903 m. Martha Jackson 1842–1873
        11. 11. Burdine (Blake) Jackson 1847–1864
  2. 2. Sarah Hanks 1781–1854
  3. 3. Benjamin (William) Hanks 1779–1822 m. Rebecca Barton 1783–1875
    1. 1. Elijah Hanks 1809–1886
    2. 2. William Hanks 1817–1879
    3. 3. Bartley Hanks 1812–1893
  4. 4. Fleetwood Hanks 1764–1815
  5. 5. Nancy Hanks 1769–1835 m. Robert Akers 1771–1838 m. Nicholas Schooley 1760–1795
    1. 1. Sarah Schooley 1793–1858
  6. 6. Leah (Rebecca) Hanks 1771–1854
  7. 7. John Hanks 1765–1805 m. Abigail Jackson 1760–1847
    1. 1. Jeremiah Hanks 1791–1868
    2. 2. Leah Hanks 1793–
    3. 3. Stiles (Jackson Hanks) I 1795–1863 m. Nancy (Ann) Newhouse 1797–1878
      1. 1. Stephen Hanks 1826–1860
      2. 2. Mary (A) Innis 1835–1918
      3. 3. Cephas (G) Hanks –1847
      4. 4. Emily (Jane) Hanks 1833–1865
      5. 5. Isaac (George) Hanks 1828–1900
      6. 6. Stiles (Jackson Hanks) II 1824–1900
      7. 7. John (C) Hanks 1822–1896
      8. 8. Andrew (Newhouse) Hanks 1838–1917 m. Barbara Wagoner 1841–1923
        1. 1. Emma (Ann) Hanks 1868–1926
        2. 2. Christian (Ira) Hanks 1875–1876
        3. 3. Lorenzo (Newhouse) HANKS 1874–1956
        4. 4. Beeze Hanks 1877–1989
        5. 5. Bruce (William) Hanks 1877–1960
        6. 6. Thedocia (C) Hanks 1880–1880
        7. 7. Monroe (W) HANKS 1878–1879
        8. 8. Clifton (Arland) HANKS 1882–1957
        9. 9. Lutilla (Angeline) HANKS 1862–1939
        10. 10. Nancy (Willimena) HANKS 1864–1893
        11. 11. Jacob (Dow) Hanks 1869–1884
        12. 12. Charles (Wesley) Hanks 1871–1954 m. Myrtle (Dulcena) Hanks 1873–1953
        13. 13. John (Stiles) Hanks 1866–1885
        14. 14. Marovia (Barbara C.) Hanks 1878–1879
      9. 9. Cephas (G) Hanks 1818–1847
      10. 10. Mary Hanks 1835–1918
      11. 11. Isaac Hanks 1816–1862
      12. 12. William Hanks 1828–1870
      13. 13. John (C) Hanks 1828–1900
    4. 4. Isaiah Hanks 1798–1821
    5. 5. Cephas Hanks 1800–1880
    6. 6. Elizabeth Hanks 1802–1861
    7. 7. Isiaah Hanks 1798–1850
    8. 8. Isiaah Hanks 1785–1898
  8. 8. Mary Hanks 1778–1836 m. Samuel Jackson 1777–1834
    1. 1. Ira (G) Jackson 1813–1874
  9. 9. Rosanna Hanks 1769–1839 m. Jacob Lodge 1759–1851
    1. 1. Mason Lodge 1806–1869
    2. 2. Susanna Lodge 1787–1882
    3. 3. Harvey Lodge 1804–1804
    4. 4. Nancy Lodge 1803–1866
    5. 5. Aquilla Lodge 1798–1863
    6. 6. William Lodge 1796–1867
    7. 7. Jacob (Hanks) Lodge 1794–1865
    8. 8. Nathan Lodge 1788–1815

Sarah Benson's Timeline

2 Records

1741
1741
Birth of Sarah Rolfe Benson in Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
1804
25 May 1804
Age 63
Death of Sarah Rolfe Benson in Emmaville, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Emmaville, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1741
    Event Place: Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 May 1804
    Event Place: Emmaville, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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