Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

John Benson

Male Bef 1655 - 1677  (> 22 years)


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  • Name John Benson  [1
    Birth Bef 1655 
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Jan 1677  Calvert County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I31499  Tree1
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2024 

    Family ID F20587  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Smith,   b. Bef 1659, Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1694, West River MM, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 35 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1675  Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Benson,   b. 1677, Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1726, Calvert County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F20399  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
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      Benson, John, Calvert Co., 20th Dec., 1676 ; 20th Jan., 1676-7.
      Wife Eliza:, execx. and sole legatee of estate, real and personal.
      To unborn child, if male, all land at 21 yrs of age; if female, 2/3 of entire estate at 16 yrs. of age, and entire estate at death of wife Eliza:.
      Overseers: Father-in-law Thos. Smith, Nathan Smith.
      Test: Saml. Lane, Jno. Bowen. 5, 148.
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      John Benson 4.19 I CA #54819 Jan 25 1676
      Appraisers: Paul Buoy, Ro. Conants.
      List of debts: Seth Biggs, Thomas Hillary, William Johnson, John Thornbury, John Murfit, John Johnson, Edward Player, Thomas Blanford, Joseph Isack, Henry & George Cole, John Tate & William Jones, John Miles, Dr. Samuell Lane, Francis Hutchins, Philip Jones, Edward Isaac, Ninean Bell, Henry Truelock, Daniell Armige, Nehemiah Birkhead, George Collins, Thomas Cosden, Richard Bowen, Robert Conant, William Meeres, Francis Hill, Thomas Sellby, Henry Harrison, William Needham, Thomas Edwards, John Ramsey, Thomas Owen, Daniell Cunningham, Samuell Mace, Michaell Catterton, William Collings, Ralph Haywood, Francis Streete, John Raiford.
      Executrix: Elisabeth Benson (relict).
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      John Benson (merchant) 73.43B A CA #54819 #54819 Apr 13 1681
      Folio 43 appears twice. For convenience, the first is cited as 43A; the second as 43B.
      Payments to: Mr. Seth Biggs attorney for Richard Benson & John Grant, Mr. Thomas Standley, Maj. Samuel Lane, Paull Bewsie, Mr. Richard Boughton, William Russell, Mr. Thomas Bankes, Mr. Edward Iaacke for Mr. Michaell Tomey, Mr. Thomas Gant, Mr. John Larkin, John Kinge, Mr. George Parker, Mr. Henry Hanslapp, Ninion Beall which he paid to William Gough, Thomas Smith, Thomas Edwards, Mr. Lingham.
      Legatees: Thomas Smith.
      Executrix: Elisabeth Harrison (relict), wife of Richard Harrison.

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      1666-1679 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 6; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 7
      JOHN BENSON, 140 acs. Gloster Co., at the head of the beach swamp;
      15 Mar. 1666, Page 25. Adj. lands of Lawrence Smith & Will. Ironmonger. Trans. of 3 pers: Eli,. Gilbert. Rich. Wingate. Stephen Cotswood,
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      1666-1679 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 6; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 21
      JNO. BENSON, 366 acs. Gloster Co., in Mockjack Bay, on the head of Ware Riv., 10 Apr. 1667, Page 72. Beg. at Mr. Francis Camfeild '(or Cawfeild) by the Indian path to Chescake, to Mr. Thomas Colles &c. Trans. of 8 pers: Jno Dunbar, Ed. Freman, Edward Jennings, Jno. Garton, Will. Grimes, Jno. Cooper, Jno. Harris.
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      1666-1679 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 6; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 21
      JNO. BENSON & JNO. WALLER, 423 acs. in Ware Parish, Gloster Co., 10 Apr. 1667, Page 74. Beg. at Mr. Talifro, along Wm. Peach, to Xtopher. Grinawaye's land, to Edward Teale's line nere the Hollybush pond, &c. Trans. of 9 pers: Eliz. Higgenson, Wm. Hughes, Wm. Johnson, Mary Blury, Jeremiah Upshaw, Jno. Tilson, Tho. Stephens, Robt. Smith, Rebecca Toppin (or Tappin).

  • Sources 
    1. [S54] Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume: 9 - Corrections.

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