Benjamin Oatman (1755 - 1816)

Born 1755 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Died 1 Mar 1816 at about age 61 in Adams Center, Adams, Jefferson, New York, United States

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Biography

Captain Benjamin Oatman, son of George and Ruth (Wooster) Oatman, was born 1755 in Ripton, Connecticut.

Benjamin served in the Revolutionary War and was a private in Capt. Jonas Galusha's company, Colonel Herrick's regiment for alarm service in 1780. He settled on a farm at Adams Center in Jefferson County in 1807. He married Bethia Smith, who died 28 Feb 1848 at age 93 years and is buried in the Honeyville Cemetery with her husband. Benjamin died 3 Jan or 1 Mar 1816 at Adams Center, at age 60 years, and was buried at Adams State Road Cemetery, Honeyville, Jefferson County, New York. His memorial has a photo of his headstone and links to those of family members.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 61734178 Capt Benjamin Outman

• "United States Census, 1810," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH2T-Z2Y : accessed 21 Nov 2014), Benj Oatman, Adams, Jefferson, New York; citing p. 599, line 620, NARA microfilm publication M252, roll 28, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 0181382.
• PIONEER OATMAN FAMILY(http://jefferson.nygenweb.net/oatmanp.htm : accessed 21 Nov 2014)
• Lineage Book-National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. 53, Entry 52122, pg. 55. (http://books.google.com : accessed 21 Nov 2014)
• George (Father) was listed in various records as Outman or Oatman. From this point forward the spelling Oatman became the predominant family name. Source for this information is the Genelogical report titled "Some of the Descendants of Johannes Outman 1654-1716 and his wife Femmejte Kock 1654-1732." Compiled by W. E. Osborn and Ralph I. Oatman (n.p., 194-?) 1 v. (unpaged) 29 cm. CS71.012 ((based on research and interviews they conducted)
• Jessup, Harlan R., John² Outman of Stratford, Connecticut, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Feb 2009) Vol. 51, No. 3, Page 151.