Edward Willet [P21218] = Elizabeth Simmons [P21219]

Edward:

Reference number: 23139

Elizabeth:

Reference number: 23140

Susana [P13859] = Benjamin Smith Benton¹ [P13858] > Family [F5114]

Married Thursday 15 May 1783
Susana:

Reference number: 15780

Benjamin Smith:

Born Monday 17 September 1759
Died Sunday 21 April 1833, , , Montgomery CO, MD USA
Buried On his farm
PLAC: 73 years old
Reference number: 15779
From Benjamin Benton's granddaughter in Florida
April 2002, Benjamin Smith Benton
Benjamin Smith Benton's birth on 7 September 1759 is recorded in the Prince George's Parish. In 1776 he lived with his parents on a farm in the area now called Potomac in Mongomery County. The following year in August 1777 he served as a Private 6th Co., Lower Bal., Militia. Benjamin S. Benton
took the Oath of Allegiance before the Hon. Samuel W. Magruder in 1778. He was listed as Second Corporal 2nd Co., Lower Bal, July 1r5, 1780. He was listed as single on the 1783 assignment and living in Potomac Hundred. He as Benjamin Smith Bentening married Susana Willet/Willett on 15 May 1783.
The 1978 tax assessment for Sugarloaf and Linganore District Three of Montgomery County recorded the name of Benjamin S. Benton. Benjamin's farm was named Pleasant Plains of Damascus. "An original land tract, consisting of 1.101 acres deeded to Matthew Pigman in 174 extends from the center of Damascus on past Mullinic Mill Road. The town of Damascus was named for this land tract when it was founded in 1816. The original town consisted of fourteen lots lay in the southwestern corner of this land tract".
"Benjamin Benton moved to his 225 acre farm, near Damascus about 1792."......" Mr. Benton was an active Methodist as early as 1803 because a record in the Methodist Historical Society shows that he was a member of a Quarterly Conference in Clarksburg in that year. This indicates that he held an official position on the Montgomery Circuit at that time".....We know very little about Mr. Benton's religious activities between 1803 and 1822 when he gave the land for our first church.....It is believed that Benjamin Benton held the important position of "Class Leader" in our first church. ....Benjamin Benton had a large family. Eleven children were listed in the record at the time of his death, at least two of whom had moved westward....Benjamin Benton died 21 April 1833 and was buried in the family cemetery on his farm, not too far from his church. The cemetery has recently been destroyed and most of the tombstones are gone. However, the upper part of founder's tombstone was recovered on which is carved "In Loving Memory of Benjamin Benton." ... The stone is being preserved at our church to prevent further destruction. Some of Mr. Benton's treasured possessions which were sold after his death included a silver watch, a family bible, a small bible and numerous books and magazines.
On 13 October 1833 Nathan and William W. Benton petitioned the court to divide the lands of their father, Benjamin Benton. Info from Montgomery County Judgement Records. BS 3:269
He's buried on his farm. Benjamin had 11 children listed in the record at the time of his death.
Nathan; William W. (married Ruth Shipley 16 Dec 1835; Edward, living in Ohio; Mary, wife of Leonard Wathen; Erasmus, living in Indiana; Sarah, married William Wathen; Ann married Archibald Shipley; Elizabeth married Richard Edward Shipley Jan 1825; Eliza married Larkin Shipley 4 May 1829; Benjamin married Mari Plummer 19 April 1821.

1 : "Family Info"
Family Info. Benjamin Benton's granddaughter in Florida
Hollis, Susianne, S. Hollis to L. Dudick email letters dated 1999 + at shollis57@@hotmail.com ID#:CL-488,E.
Bosman, Una, Benton Family Genealogy Forum at http://www.genforum.genealogy.com/benton/messages/1745.html, (Jul 20 2001) ID#E
1a: "Hollis, Susianne, S. Hollis to L. Dudick Email letters dated"