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Sarah Benton 1740–1779 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1740

Birth Location: Granville County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1779

Death Location: Granville, North Carolina, United States

Father: Samuel Benton

Mother: Frances Kimbrough

Spouse(s): Thomas Sr

Children(s): Penelope Harris, Penelope Harrison

Sarah Benton was born in 1740 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Samuel Benton And Frances Kimbrough. Sarah Benton married Thomas Harris Sr, and had children including Penelope Permelia Penny Harris, Penelope Permelia Harrison. Sarah Benton passed away in 1779 in Granville, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • Sarah Benton was born in 1740 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Samuel Benton And Frances Kimbrough.
  • Sarah Benton married Thomas Harris Sr, and had children including Penelope Permelia Penny Harris, Penelope Permelia Harrison.
  • Sarah Benton passed away in 1779 in Granville, North Carolina, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Benton
1720–1770
Birth Location: Granville, North Carolina, United States
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Frances Kimbrough
1724–1751
Birth Location: , Edgecombe, North Carolina
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Spouses(s)

Thomas Sr
1740–1779
Birth Location: Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Penelope Harris
1768–1837
Birth Location: Wythe Magisterial District, Elizabeth City, Virginia, British Colonial America
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Penelope Harrison
1768–1837
Birth Location: Rowan, North Carolina, United States
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Sarah Benton's Ancestors

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Sarah Benton
1740–1779
Birth Place: Granville County, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Samuel Benton
1720–1770
Granville, North Carolina, United States
Frances Kimbrough
1724–1751
, Edgecombe, North Carolina
Grandparents
Margaret Pipkin
1705–1760
Surry County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Mary Pipkin
1661–1712
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Arnold
1645–
Elizabeth Brough
1646–

Sarah Benton's Descendants

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Sarah Benton (1740–1779) m. Thomas (Harris) Sr (1740–BEF 25 SEP 1779)
  1. 1. Penelope ('Permelia' "Penny") Harris 1768–1837 m. William (Edward Poole) Jr 1770–1836
    1. 1. Jonathan Pool 1796–1879
    2. 2. Samuel (Benton) Pool 1798–1837
    3. 3. Martha (sarah patsy) poole 1802–1880 m. John (Wilson) Bedwell 1799–1863
      1. 1. Nancy (A.) Bedwell 1844–1926
      2. 2. Matilda Bedwell 1823–1870
      3. 3. William (M.) Bedwell 1838–1916 m. Sarah (J.) Hicks 1842–1906
        1. 1. Minnie (B.) Bedwell 1870–
        2. 2. Mary (C.) Bedwell 1863–
        3. 3. William Bedwell 1868–
        4. 4. Charles (Wiley) Bedwell 1876–1950
        5. 5. Robert (Reed) Bedwell 1866–1927
      4. 4. Erasmus Bedwell 1827–1880 m. Letty (S.) Adams 1834–1890 m. Sarah (Sally Caudill) (Adams) 1843–1911
        1. 1. Flora Bedwell 1878–1880
        2. 2. Esther Bedwell 1868–1870
        3. 3. Margaret (Jane "Jenny") Bedwell 1853–1904
        4. 4. Sarah (Frances "Fannie") Bedwell 1873–1969
        5. 5. Elijah (W "Lige") Bedwell 1880–1956
        6. 6. Thomas (Wiley) Bedwell 1876–1929
        7. 7. John (Wiley) Bedwell 1855–1929
        8. 8. Nancy Bedwell 1860–
        9. 9. Nelson (R) Bedwell 1858–1924
        10. 10. Andrew (Jackson "A J") Bedwell 1874–1926
        11. 11. Terry Bedwell 1878–
      5. 5. Alfred Bedwell 1836–1916 m. Nancy (E) Pierce 1854–1932 m. Ursula Evans 1836–1885 m. Eliza (Ann) Evans 1796–
      6. 6. Wiley Bedwell 1829–1864 m. Eliza (E.) Pool 1841–
      7. 7. Levi Bedwell 1833–1908 m. Clara Porter 1841–1928
        1. 1. Harvey (Augustus) Bedwell 1878–1966
        2. 2. Lillian (Virginia) Farmer 1870–1911
        3. 3. Rosa (B.) Bedwell 1880–
        4. 4. Annie (Rosabelle) Collins 1880–1963
        5. 5. Lindys Bedwell 1872–
        6. 6. May Bedwell 1882–
        7. 7. Lelia (A) Bedwell 1884–
        8. 8. John (Samuel) Bedwell 1875–1954
        9. 9. William (Reece) Bedwell 1873–1943
        10. 10. Jenny Bedwell 1871–
      8. 8. Talitha Bedwell 1824–1897
        1. 1. John (Kenley) Bedwell 1855–1912
        2. 2. Martha (Caroline 'Mattie' Bedwell) Phelps 1847–1934
        3. 3. Timothy Bedwell 1863–
        4. 4. George (W.) Bedwell 1861–
        5. 5. Felix (Parks) Bedwell 1844–1902 m. Martha (Ann) Bedwell 1840–1921
        6. 6. Pinkney (Lafayette) Bedwell 1862–1943 m. Mary Sturdyvan 1860–1932
      9. 9. Charlotte (Mullins Bedwell) affair 1845–1915 m. Samuel ((Affair partner) Cox) JR 1827–1915 m. Marvin Thomas 1839– m. Samuel (Squire Cox) affair 1827–1915
        1. 1. George (Washington) Bedwell 1873–
        2. 2. Amelia Bedwell 1871–
        3. 3. Ida (Caroline) Bedwell 1870–1959 m. William (Jackson) Ball 1837–1910 m. William Perish 1863–1897 m. George (H) Barber 1848–1936
        4. 4. Thursey Bedwell 1863–1938 m. Jasper Anders 1861–1946
        5. 5. Wiley Bedwell 1857–1864
        6. 6. R (Alexander) Bedwell 1861–1945 m. Nancy (Mary) Mullins 1876–1948 m. Mary (J) Dalton 1857–
    4. 4. Mourning (Missouri) Poole 1811–1891
    5. 5. Polly Pool 1795–1870
    6. 6. Wiley Pool 1806–1847
    7. 7. Rebecca Pool 1809–1874
    8. 8. David Pool 1791–1865
    9. 9. William Poole 1792–1874
  2. 2. Penelope (Permelia) Harrison 1768–1837 m. William Pool 1775–1836
    1. 1. Piety Pool 1805–1870

Sarah Benton's Timeline

2 Records

1740
1740
Birth of Sarah Benton in Granville County, North Carolina, USA
Granville County, North Carolina, USA
1779
1779
Age 39
Death of Sarah Benton in Granville, North Carolina, United States
Granville, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Granville County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dickerson, Granville County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1779
    Event Place: Granville, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index
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