The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Benton · ◉ direct ancestor

♂Edward Benton

Died 1698, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

Family time line

◉ Edward Benton –1698
◉ Mary (surname unknown)
No marriage recorded
◉ Mary Benton 1662–

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Death
d. 19 Feb. 1697-8 - Smyth & Steiner, NEHGR 54:175-176 (1900); Manwaring 1:537 - compiled
 19 Feb 1698 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America from a compiled source

Sources

  • Smyth, R. D., and Bernard C. Steiner, 'Edward Benton of Guilford (Conn.) and His Descendants', New England Historical and Genealogical Register 54 (Apr. 1900): 175-179 — Death, about this person
  • Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman, Hale, House and Related Families, mainly of the Connecticut River Valley (Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1952) — about this person, family with Mary (surname unknown)
  • Davenport, Edith E., David Benton and Nancy Pitts, Their Ancestors and Descendants, 1620-1920 (1920) — about this person

Borders as they stood about 1650 (they follow the event under the mouse), from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

  1. Edward Benton –1680
  2. Anne (surname unknown) –1671

Descendants

  1. Mary Benton 1662–
    1. Abigail Backus 1693–
    2. Samuel Backus 1693–
      1. Nathaniel Backus 1728–1815
        1. Persis Backus 1773–1820
        2. Daniel Backus 1775–1855
    3. Mary Backus 1694–
    4. Daniel Backus 1696–
    5. William Backus 1697–1708 ✧
    6. Hannah Backus 1699–
    7. Peter Backus 1701–
    8. William Backus 1702–1776
      1. Sarah Backus 1736–1812
        1. Joseph Howard 1755–1848
        2. Uriah Howard abt 1763–1845 ⚔
    9. Stephen Backus 1704–
    10. Ephraim Backus 1708–