Benjamin Russell (1813 - 1883)

Born 15 Sep 1813 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

Ancestors

Son of William Russell and Jane (Curry) Russell

Husband of Eliza (Unknown) Russell — married 1833 in Bahamas

Descendants

Died 19 Sep 1883 at age 70 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

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Benjamin Russell is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Benjamin "Treadeasy" Russell was born 15 Sep 1813 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas to William Russell and Jane Curry Russell. ^[1]

He married three times: first, to Eliza Amelia Unknown about 1833; second, about 1860, to Mrs. Sarah Pinder; and third, about 1871-1872, to Mrs Elizabeth Ann Roberts Carey.

In 1847 Treadeasy Russell moved his family from the Bahama Islands to Florida, , sailing with his wife; three sons, William H., Benjamin A. and John; and one daughter, Susan. A second daughter, Elizabeth was born in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA in 1849.^[2]

Benjamin Russell passed away on 19 Sep 1883 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA.

Sources

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 29.5 cM segment on chromosome 5, consisting of Joseph Pinder, GEDmatch kit # QS7674483, and James Moss, half his 6th cousin 2x removed, GEDmatch kit # SE8080294, and Iris (Lowe) Powers, his 6th cousin 2x removed, GEDmatch kit # T045225. (James and Iris are her 6th cousins.) Their most-recent common ancestor is Mary Thompson, the 7x great grandmother of Joseph Pinder and 5x great grandmother of both James Moss and Iris (Lowe) Powers.

1. ↑ Wyannie Malone Hope Town Museum, Dolly Mae Genealogy Records Online Database
2. ↑ "Benjamin A. Russell, A North Key Largo Homesteader" by Jerry Wilkinson

• 1850 USA Census of Key West, Monroe County, Florida; on ancestry.com citing NARA# M432_59; image#306; p155A; dwelling#106; family#110; which included ...

Bahamas 37 Russell Benjamin, occ: carpenter

Bahamas 22 Russell Eliza (wife)

Bahamas 14 Russell William

Bahamas 11 Russell Benjamin

Bahamas 08 Russell Susan

Bahamas 06 Russell John

Florida 01 Russell Elizabeth

Bahamas 17 Russell Thomas, occ: mariner.

• 1860 USA Census of Key West, Monroe County, Florida; on ancestry.com citing NARA# M653_108; FHL#803108; image#366; p366; dwelling#239; family#233; line#1; dwelling#239; family#233; which included ...

Bahama Islands 46 Russell Benjamin, occ: carpenter

Bahama Islands 44 Russell Sarah, occ: seamstress (wife)

Bahama Islands 23 Russell William (married son)

Bahama Islands 20 Russell Benjamin (married son)

Bahama Islands 15 Russell John (son)

Florida 11 Russell Elizabeth (daughter)

Bahama Islands 21 Pinder Jabez? (married male);

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZ4-XPV : 13 January 2022), Benjam Russell, Key West, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"Florida Deaths, 1877-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JJ4-GWGZ : 27 October 2022), Benj Russell, 1883.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13069666/benjamin-russell: accessed 02 June 2023), memorial page for Benjamin “Treadeasy” Russell (15 Sep 1813–19 Sep 1883), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13069666, citing Key West Cemetery, Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Judith Shaw Hoffman (contributor 46958701).

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