John Benbow (1787 - 1844)

Born 1 Mar 1787 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Charity (Mendenhall) Lytle — married 8 Oct 1807 in Guilford County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 15 May 1844 at age 57 in Fairmount Township, Grant, Indiana, United States

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Biography

John Benbow was Born on March 1, 1787, in Hopewell, Wayne, North Carolina, United States,

At the time of his Birth, his father, Benjamin Benbow, was 36 and his mother, Lydia Reynolds, was 27.

John Married Charity Mendenhall on October 8, 1807, in Guilford, North Carolina. They were the parents of at least 15 children.

He resided in Grant, Indiana, United States in 1831.

John Benbow Passed Away on May 15,1844, in Fairmount, Fairmount Township, Grant, Indiana, at the age of 57, and was buried in Back Creek Friends Cemetery, Fairmount, Fairmount Township, Grant, Indiana, United States.

Sources

• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, edited by William Wade Hinshaw, Volume I, pp. 491 & 527.

• 1807..US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 New London Mm, Guilford, North Carolina Quaker Marriage Records, page 4 of 28..https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2189/images/40784_2421406263_1216-00005?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return

• 1810.. John and wife Charity Benbow arrive at Center Mm in 1810 with children Miriam and Evan. In 1815 they request to move to White Water Mm with 5 children. Miriam, Evan, Benjamin Aaron, and Moses. Volume 5, Ohio, p. 476.http://interactive.ancestry.com/48134/QuakerGenVolV-005026-476/264930?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dFLHG-QuakerGenVolV%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26so%3d3%26MSAV%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dms_db%26gsfn%3dcharity%26gsln%3dbenbow%26dbOnly%3d_F00027E9%257c_F00027E9_x%26dbOnly%3d_F00032DB%257c_F00032DB_x%26uidh%3dqo3&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults&rc=148,1765,271,1790;629,1807,796,1839;629,1972,796,2001

• 1832..US Quaker Records, 1681-1935, New Garden Mm certificates issued 1832-1870 for John Benbow & Charity and 10 children move to White River Mm.19th of 5th month 1832..http://interactive.ancestry.com/2189/40780_293012-00603?pid=737717&backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26db%3dQuakerMeetMins%26gss%3dangs-d%26new%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gsfn%3daaron%26gsfn_x%3d0%26gsln%3dmorris%26gsln_x%3d0%26msrpn__ftp%3dInd

• 1844..Find a Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV27-L7W5 : 4 June 2020), John Benbow, 1844; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave..https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65939477/john-benbow