Deborah (Palmer) Van Benschoten (1798 - 1878)

Born 29 May 1798 in Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut, United States

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Died 10 Apr 1878 at age 79 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York

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Biography

Deborah Palmer was born 29 May 1798 at Voluntown, Connecticut. She was the seventh child of Peleg Palmer and Deborah Brown.

William van Benschoten says she was born in Massachusetts, but the census entries say Connecticut.

(from Brown Gen.) Deborah married; 1st. a man named [possibly Noyes] Breed, but had no children; m. 2nd. June 18, 1834, Nathan Van Ben Schoten, b., Poughkeepsie N. Y., Feb. 18, 1805; d. Mar. 23, 1884.

Deborah (Palmer) Van Benschoten died 10 Apr 1878 at Syracuse, New York. Her grave is in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, USA: Find A Grave: Memorial #89592988

Sources

• William Henry Van Benschoten, Concerning the Van Buschoten or Van Benschoten Family in America, A Genealogy and Brief History (West Park-On-Hudson: 1907) p. 716.

• "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6QK-ZLL : 13 March 2018), Deborah Van Benschoten in household of Nathan Van Benschoten, Ward 7, Syracuse City, Onondaga, New York, United States; citing p. , line #21, family #771, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 870,758.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQR-YP8 : 12 December 2017), Deborah Van Benschoten in entry for Nathan Van Benschoten, 1860.

• "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNJ-N7D8 : accessed 21 January 2019), Deborah Van Benschauton in household of Nathan Van Benschauton, Ward 07, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States; citing source p. 64, line 4, household ID 443, county clerk, board of supervisors and surrogate court offices from various counties. Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York; FHL microfilm 860,899.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8V6-D1S : 12 April 2016), Deborah Vanbenscoten in household of N Vanbenscoten, New York, United States; citing p. 7, family 41, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,562.

• Brown Genealogy, Vol.1 Many of the Descendants of Thomas, John, & Eleazer Brown, 1628-1907, By Cyrus Henry Brown, 1907 pg. 361 & 362 https://archive.org/stream/browngenealogyof00brow#page/362/mode/2up