Benjamin Benson (1732 - 1777)

Born 13 Feb 1732 in Haverstraw, Rockland, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Deronde) Benson — married 30 Apr 1756 in Haverstraw, Rockland, New York

Descendants

Died 5 Aug 1777 at age 45 in Haverstraw, Rockland, New York, USA

Biography

• Baptized 19 Mar 1732
• Killed by a British sniper while repairing the roof of his house. Another source says shot by spies. Either way, it's an American Revolutionary War-related death.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #122945014
• Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995. Vol. 3, page 37.
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn., 1943) Vol.4, "Additions and Corrections", Page 6.