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Thankful Benton 1732 – 1795 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Sep 1732

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

Death Date: 1 Jan 1795

Death Location: Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

Father: James Benton

Mother: Experience Stocker

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Sarah Spinning

Thankful Benton was born in 1732 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, the child of James Benton and Experience Stocker. Thankful Benton had children including Sarah Spinning. Thankful Benton passed away in 1795 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • Thankful Benton was born in 1732 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, the child of James Benton and Experience Stocker.
  • Thankful Benton had children including Sarah Spinning.
  • Thankful Benton passed away in 1795 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Benton
1695 – 1785
Birth Location: Guilford,New Haven,Connecticut,USA
JB
Experience Stocker
1698 – 1781
Birth Location: Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sarah Spinning
1761 – 1839
Birth Location: Guilford,New Haven,Connecticut,USA
SS

Thankful Benton's Ancestors

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Thankful Benton
1732 – 1795
Birth Place: Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Parents
James Benton
1695 – 1785
Guilford,New Haven,Connecticut,USA
Experience Stocker
1698 – 1781
Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
Grandparents
James (M. Benton,) Sr.
1665 – 1733
Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America
Hannah (Maria) Bushnell
1670 – 1756
Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America
Edward (Stocker) Stocking
1675 – 1754
Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony, British America
Maria ('Mary') DeWolf
1681 – 1704
Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony, British America
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Benton
1639 – 1714
Elizabeth Relph
1642 – 1713
John II
1644 – 1686
Sarah Scranton
1645 – 1695
Samuel Stocker
1641 – 1682
Mary Witt
1646 – 1675
Rebecca Tinker
1650 – 1722
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward(e) Benton
1600 – 1680
Thomas Rolfe
1620 – 1682
ELIZABETH DESBOROUGH
1619 – 1669
Deacon III,
1608 – 1681
Edward Stockar
1617 – 1673
Martha Thomas
1629 – 1673
Hester Marshall
1625 – 1684
Alice Smith
1629 – 1714

Thankful Benton's Descendants

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Thankful Benton (30 Sep 1732 – 1 Jan 1795)
  1. 1. Sarah Spinning (4 Mar 1761 – 9 Mar 1839) m. Luther Washburn (14 Dec 1757 – 13 Sep 1848)
    1. 1. Diana ((Dinah)) Washburn (21 Apr 1791 – 9 January 1850) m. Ebenezer ((5)) Kittredge (31 Mar 1785 – 27 Dec 1856)
      1. 1. John (R) Kittridge (21 May 1834 – 17 November 1917) m. Della ((Delusia)) Trimm (14 Dec 1840 – 25 DEC 1924)
        1. 1. Harriet ("Hattie") Kittridge (13 Aug 1873 – 21 Jul 1946) m. Joshua Snell (30 Aug 1863 – 11 Apr 1940)

Thankful Benton's Timeline

2 Records

1732
30 Sep 1732
Birth of Thankful Benton in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1795
1 Jan 1795
Age 63
Death of Thankful Benton in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Sep 1732
    Event Place: Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1795
    Event Place: Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
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