David Benjamin (1794 - 1883)

Born 3 Jun 1794 in Livermore, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine Chase (Stanwood) Benjamin — married before 3 May 1822 in Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 1883 at about age 88 in East Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Biography

Birth

David Benjamin was born at Livermore, Maine (then in Massachusetts), on 3 Jun 1794, the son of Samuel Benjamin and Tabitha (Livermore) Benjamin.^[1]

Marriage

David Benjamin married Catherine Stanwood.^[2] On 20 Aug 1820, David Benjamin of Livermore, Maine, and Catharine C,. Stanwood of Brunswick, Maine, published at Livermore their intention to marry.^[3] Their first child was born at Livermore on 3 May 1822.^[4]

Children

David and Catharine (Stanwood) Benjamin recorded the following children at Livermore, Maine:^[4]

1. Joseph S. Benjamin, born on 3 May 1822
2. Harriot M. Benjamin, born on 4 Nov 1823
3. Caroline E. Benjamin, born on 20 Apr 1825, died on 7 Jul 1833
4. Catharine S. Benjamin, born on 11 Apr 1827
5. David Marcellus Benjamin, born on 28 Jul 1834

Death

The gravestone of David Benjamin at the Hillman Ferry Cemetery in Livermore, Maine, is inscribed with the dates 1794-1883.^[5] He probably died at East Livermore, Maine, where the family was living in 1880.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth record of David Benjamin, in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine, Vital and town records, 1797-1910 > Livermore Vital Records, 1786-1840 > page 9 > Image 33 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332,
2. ↑ William Stanwood of Brunswick, Maine, owner in 1896 of the Bible of William Stanwood Jr., reported in by Eben Putnam in "Notes," in New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 87 (1933), page 392
3. ↑ Marriage intention of David Benjamin and Catharine C. Stanwood, in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine, FamilySearch > Vital and town records, 1797-1910 > unpaginated > image 343 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Birth records of the children of David and Catherine Benjamin, in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine, FamilySearch > Vital and town records, 1797-1910 > Livermore Vital Records, 1805-1862 > page 61 > Image 240 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332
5. ↑ Photo of gravestone of David Benjamin (Find A Grave: Memorial #40949926)
6. ↑ David Benjamin household, family #39, in United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Androscoggin > East Livermore > ED 5 > image 5 of 17; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)

Acknowledgments

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