My eighth great-grandfather.
Born: 13 May 1653 in Fredericksburg, Maryland Colony, Colonial America
Died: 1 July 1734 in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex, Virginia Colony
Father: Elijah Benson ***
Mother: Elizabeth "Betty" Roberts
Siblings:
William Benson, 1651
Hannah Benson, 1657
Married: Dorothy Sutton on 11 February 1685/6 in Middlesex Co., Virginia
Children:
Robert Benson, 1685/6
William Benson, ?
Dorothy Sutton (1658 - ?)
Born: November c. 1658 in King George Co., Virginia
Died: ?
Thomas and Dorothy were married and son Robert was baptized all in one day. Parish records of November 1684 show that the parish was paying Jone Deverdale for the keep of a bastard child of Dorothy Sutton, servant to Captain Wormely.
Thomas and Dorothy were both indentured servants.
*** A John Benson patented land in Gloucester Conuty, Virginia, in 1660. His will shows him as the father of Thomas. Everything else I can find points to Elijah as the father. I have no idea if the two men were related.
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