Benajah Dement

1738 - 1817  (78 years)

• Name	Benajah Dement
  Birth	17 Aug 1738	Trinity Parish, Charles County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Jun 1817	Ohio County, Virginia
  Person ID	I43014	Tree1
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	William Dement,   b. Bef 1709   d. 22 Feb 1765, Trinity Parish, Charles County, Maryland - Probate (Age > 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary MNU Dement,   b. Bef 1713, Charles County, Maryland d. Between 1752 and 1764, Trinity Parish, Charles County, Maryland (Age > 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1730	Trinity Parish, Charles County, Maryland
  Family ID	F11747	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice 'Alyess' Barnett,   b. 1739, Loudoun County, Virginia d. 21 Nov 1836, Ohio County, Virginia (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1765	Loudoun County, Virginia
  Family ID	F26487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2023

  
  

• Notes

  === Contributed by Ralph D. Smith Note: Aug. 17, 1738 - Benajah Dement, son of William and Mary Dement, b. Aug. 17, 1738 at Trinity Parish, Charles Co., Md. Source: Jourdan, Elise G., "Colonial Records of Southern Maryland," Page 2. 1758 - See the record of this date under father William Dement. June 1762 - Margaret Waters is presented for having a base born child by the information of Benjamin [sic] Dement, Constable. Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber K No. 3, Page 590. Aug. 1762 - The Grand Jury presents Ann Leach for bearing a baseborn child, by information of Benager? Dement, Constable. Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber M No. 3, Page 1. Mar. 1763 - Robert Bryarly vs. Beneager [sic] Dement. Case. NEJ. [docket item only] Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber M No. 3, Page 199. Feb. 22, 1765 - Benajah Dement, heir at law, was reported as out of the Province of Maryland when his father William Dement's will was probated in Charles Co., Md. May 22, 1765 - Benajah Dement m. Alice/Alyess Barnett on May 22, 1765 in Loudoun Co., Va. Jan. 12, 1780 - Benajah Dement, of Ohio Co., Va., farmer, appoints my trusted friend, Charles Howard, farmer, in Baltimore Co., Md., my lawful attorney and in my name to make over and deliver unto Samuel Mummy of Baltimore Co., Md., blacksmith, a certain tract of land known by the name of "Dements Enlargement" containing and laid out for 347 acres, it laying and being in Charles Co., Md., and likewise a small tract of land [not named] containing 13 acres with a mill set on it laying at the Beaver Dams on Piles Creek laying in the county aforesaid. I have received at the time of sealing and delivering this power of attorney of the aforesaid Samuel Mummy the sum of 6,000 pounds continental currency, the receipt of which I acknowledge and myself therewith fully and entirely contented and satisfied. Signed by Benajah Dement in Ohio Co., Va. Witnesses Caleb Owings, [brother] George Dement. Source: Holmes, Marilyn, "Dements Through the Ages," Vol. 1, Page 63, citing "General Court of the Western Shore Land Records 1777-1783 MdHR 17,270-2 page 57." Mar. 16, 1816 - The Ohio Co., Va. will of Benejah Dement, probated August term 1817, leaves: --to Ann Harding [relationship not stated, but dau.], 100 acres of land lying in Fairfield Co., Ohio, range 15, township 2, section 2, no. 34, in said section. --to my 4 daughters, viz., Elizabeth Finley, Mary Gilmore, Sarah Rodgers and Margaret Pickens, $50.00 each, the money to be made by renting the 5 fields and horse pasture and garden where I live, and the money due me from Joseph Whitton to be divided amongst them as they come due. --my son William Dement to live where he lives now and after the money is made by renting the land where I live now for his sisters and his mother is dead, he shall have all the land. --wife Aless Dement, executor, and to dispose of my movable property as she thinks best. Signed Benejah Dement. Witnesses: Wiliam Ray, Daniel Skinner, Henry Dement. --I appoint Ezekiel Rodgers to assist my wife in settling her affairs after my death. Signed Benejah Dement. Source: Holmes, Marilyn, "Dements Through the Ages," Vol. 1, Page 65-6, citing Ohio Co., W. Va. Wills, Book 2, Page 141. Comment: The witness Henry Dement was Benajah's nephew, the son of his brother George. Ezekiel Rodgers was Benajah's son-in-law, the husband of his dau. Sarah Dement. Benajah Dement d. June 4, 1817 in West Liberty, Ohio Co., Va. [now W. Va.] Benajah's widow Alice d. Nov. 21, 1836 at the same place. They are buried in the Benajah Dement Farm Cemetery on Dement Cemetery Road, Wheeling, W. Va. Alice was born in Loudoun Co., Va. and was age 97 when she died. Issue of Benajah Dement and Alice/Alyess Barnett: (1) Elizabeth Dement, b. Mar. 29, 1769 prob. in Loudoun Co., Va. (2) Mary Dement, b. Oct. 29, 1770. (3) Dorcas Dement, b. Oct. 11, 1771. (4) Lydia Dement, b. June 3, 1773 in Brownsville, Fayette Co., Pa. (5) Sarah Dement, b. June 29, 1775 in Washington Co., Pa. (6) Ann (Nancy) Dement, b. Feb. 16, 1777 in Ohio Co., Va. (7) Margaret Dement, b. Aug. 3, 1779. (8) William Dement, b. 1782 in West Liberty, Ohio Co., Va. (9) John Dement, age 3 years, 4 months, bapt. Aug. 15, 1790. (10) Susannah Dement, age 9 months, bapt. Aug. 15, 1790. === Charles County Land Records 1775-1782; Liber V#3; Page 530. Mar 15, 1781 from Samuel Mummey (Mummy) of Baltimore County, blacksmith, to John Cartwright Waters of CC, for 6233 S. and for divers good causes, part of a tract of land called Dements Enlargement, containing 192 acres in CC, and being formerly bequeathed by William Dement Sr decd unto William Dement and Walter Dement, each of whom died without lawful issue, by which means the afd tract of land became the right of Benajah Dement, heir at law to William Dement Sr afd. The afd Benajah Dement, by his letter of attorney in fact to Charles Howard of Baltimore County, farmer, dated Jan 12, 1780, conveyed to Samuel Mummy the land afd, bounded by the dividing line between John Cartwright Waters and James Waters, containing about 192 acres. Signed - Saml Mummy. Wit - James Waters, Stephen Moore, Jacob Myer. Rebeckah Mummy, wife of the sd Samuel Mummy, relinquished her right of dower to the lands within mentioned, before Geo. Lindengerger [sic] and Peter Shepherd. William Gibson, Clk Balta. Co, certified that George Lindenberger and Peter Shepherd, Gentlemen, are JPs of the County afd, Recorded Jul 15, 1781. === Charles County Land Records 1775-1782; Liber V#3; Page 532. Mar 15, 1781 from Samuel Mummy of Baltimore County, blacksmith, to James Waters of CC, for 3767 £and for divers good causes, part of a tract of land called Dements Enlargement, containing 114 acres in CC, and being formerly bequeathed by William Dement Sr decd unto William Dement and Walter Dement, each of whom died without lawful issue, by which means the afd tract of land became the right of Benajah Dement, heir at law to William Dement Sr afd. The afd Benajah Dement, by his letter of attorney in fact to Charles Howard of Baltimore County, farmer, dated Jan 12, 1760, conveyed to Samuel Mummey the land afd. Signed - Saml Mummey. Wit - Stephen Moore, Jacob Myer. Rebeccah Mummy, wife of the sd Samuel Mummey, relinquished her right of dower to the lands within mentioned, before Geo. Lindenberger and Peter Shepherd, William Gibson, Clk Balto. Co, certified that George Lindenberger and Peter Shepherd, Gentlemen, are JPs of the County afd. Recorded Aug 11, 1781. === Charles County Land Records 1775-1782; Liber V#3; Page 533. Certificate and probate, recorded, at the request of James Waters. Baltimore County_ I certify that Mr. Samuel Mummey lodged in the Clerk's office of sd County, a deed for 2 tracts of land in CC, known as Dements Enlargement, the afd deed executed by Mr, Charles Howard of Baltimore County, & at the same [time?] lodged a power of attorney from Benajah Dement to the afd Charles Howard, to empower sd Howard to convey the afd tract of land to him. Signed Mar 20, 1780 - W. Gibson, Clk Balta. Co, I, Thomas Brooke Hodgkin, Clerk of the General Court Western Shore of Maryland, hereby certify that Samuel Mummey of Baltimore County this day lodged with me a power of attorney and deed for the conveyance of a tract of land called Dements Enlargement in CC from Benajah Dement to Samuel Mummy, to be recorded. Signed Mar 9, 1781 - Thos Brooke Hodgkin, Clk Gerd. Court. Ohio County [Virginia). Jan 8, 1780. Personally appeared before me, Zachariah Sprigg, one of the Commonwealth JPs, Jacob Pycatt [Pyatt] , William Corwing [Cowing] , and George. Humphry, and made oath that William Dement died in Dec, 1776 or Jan, 1777, and to our knowledge, he never was married. Sworn before me this Dec 8, 1780 - Zachariah Sprigg, Recorded Aug 11, 1781. === 1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Newport: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 459-552: DEMENTS ENLARGEMENT: 347 acres; Possession of - 347 Acres - Dement, William: Originally called MILE END, Re-Surveyed for William Dement, 16 Feb 1748, beginning at a bound white oak standing on the North side of Gilberts Swamp, the original beginning of MILE END>: Other Tracts Mentioned: MILE END; Conveyance notes - {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.}, Re-Surveyed into DEMENTS ENLARGEMENT, folio 461, === 1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Newport: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 461-565: DEMENTS ENLARGEMENT: 347 acres; Possession of - 347 Acres - Dement, William: : Originally so called Re-surveyed for William Dement, 7 Oct 1750, beginning at a bounded white oak standing on the North side of Gilberts Swamp, the orginal beginning of MILE END also the orginal beginning of said DEMENTS ENLARGEMENT. Patented 7 Oct 1750: Other Tracts Mentioned: MILE END; {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.}