Benjamin Phillip Truax Sr (1731 - abt. 1801)

Born 25 Nov 1731 in Middletown, Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Perthenia Rachel (Pittman) Trueax — married 1761 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Colonial America

Descendants

Died about 10 May 1801 at about age 69 in Bethel Township. Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Private Benjamin Truax Sr served with Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.

Benjamin Truax Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A116304.

Benjamin Phillip Truax was born 25 Nov 1731 in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, the son of LaRue Jacob Truax and Rebecca Abigail Stillwell. On 26 Jan 1761, at age 29, in Monmouth, he married Perthenia Rachel Pittman. Together, they had six children.

1. William Truax (1762-1835)
2. Samuel Benjamin Truax (1764-1849)
3. Rebecca (Truax) Mugg (1769-1844)
4. Benjamin Truax (1774-1846)
5. Elias Truax (1775-1786)
6. Parthenia R. (Truax) Clevenger (1781-1835)

Benjamin died 10 May 1801, shortly after having written his will (see transcription below). He is buried with his wife at Tonoloway Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery, Warfordsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 16 Sep 2020), "Record of Benjamin Truax", Ancestor # A116304.
• FamilySearch Details page for Benjamin Phillip Truax Sr. (1731-1801). Note that this is a composite effort with issues still to be resolved.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #15536956 for Benjamin Philip Truax Sr. (1731-1801).
• Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994 . FamilySearch database with images.
  • Bedford County Will Book, Vol 1 (1771-1819), p. 159-160 (image 85). Benjamin Trewax's Will, dated 7 Apr 1801.
• Smith, Jennifer. The Truax Family website (RootsWeb). "Samuel B. Truax (1731-1801)" (link).
• Truax, Combs Craig. Truax 1582-1981. Excerpted at Truax Genealogy website (RootsWeb). "The Truaxes Move Westward to Pennsylvania" and "From the Pennsylvania Archives" (link).
• Truax, Allen L. House of Truax from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Typed and mimeographed, 1956. p. 37 and p. 58.

LAST WILL OF BENJAMIN TREWEX, SENIOR

In the name of the Lord God, I, Benjamin Trewex, Sen'r being at this time in sound sence, memory and reason, do macke this my last Will and Testament as follows, viz:

First, I commit my body to the earth and my spirit to the Lord that gave it after which I appint my funeral expence with every just debt to be paid.

Next I give and bequeath unto my beloved sons Samuel and Benjamin all my mantion hous and plantation with all the appurtenances thereunto beloning to said land that is to say agreeable to a line I have fixed to begin the division. Line two rods below the Watering Place, known in the family by that name, and is within th ling meado fence then westward straight to a pair of bars in a fince running southward thence along said fence whch is the line through the said field so to continue the cors on thruogh a meado when through the meadow a space from th'meado fince then turning with that meado fince eastward continuing that course out to the line of said plantation the begining at said Wattring Place running streight northward to my north line across the long gealde. The part eastward of the Division line shall be Samuel's part and west of said line shall be Benjamin's part also I give and bequeath unto my son Benjamin a certain feald that lieth out of the line of above mentioned partition called the sawmill feald over the beside his part of the divided land.

Next I give and bequeath unto my beloved son William the sum of one hundred pounds in money also

I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Rebecka the full sum of one hundred pounds in money

also I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Peththeana the full sum of one hundred pounds in money

and I do hereby order and appoint that as soon as conveniently can be after my deceas all and That all and every of my movable effects and also my land in Belfast township be exposed to publick sale and to macke the moneys to appointed to be apaid and when the before mentioned demands and legacies are all discharged if any over plush money remains it shall then be eackqueally divided amongs all of my sons and daughters

and I do hereby appoint my son Benjamin and Aaron Cleavenger my son-in-law to be my executors of this my last will and testament mad and signed this seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one as witness my and and seal.

Witness present

R. M. runyan

Jacob Swisher

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Benjamin Trewex

(a handwritten letter "B")

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