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SGT Benjamin Bennett

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SGT Benjamin Bennett Veteran

Birth
Death
12 Sep 1841 (aged 85)
Burial
Ripley, Chautauqua County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.2839473, Longitude: -79.6717327
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BENNETT,
Benjamin --Born Feb. 13, 1756. Died Sept. 12, 1841. Revolutionary War
Soldier
Grave in Lower (EAST) Ripley Cemetery with D. A. R. marker. He enlisted in
the American army July 6, 1775, served five months as private in Capt.
Joseph Height's Company, Col. Charles Webb's Connecticut Reg't. Enlisted
Nov. 24, 1776, served as private and Sergeant until June 7, 1783, in
Captains Eli Leavenworth's and Lemuel Clift's Companies, Col. William
Douglass', David Deming's, Return J. Meighs' and Zebulon Butler's
Connecticut Regiments. Was granted pension on his application March 24,
1818, while a resident of Milton, Saratoga County, N. Y. He married Oct. 9,
1784, Sarah St. John. She died June 9, 1787. He married Sept. 9, 1790, at
Milton, N. Y., Eunice (FERRE), widow of William JOHNSON. She was born July
27, 1756, and died Aug. 8, 1843, at Ripley. Their children were: Sally, born
1791, died 1813; a child, name not on record, born 1793; Azariah, 1st, born
1795, died July 20, 1796; *Lyman, born 1797; Azariah, 2nd, born May, 1800;
Zadock and Benjamin, dates of birth not on record. The grave of Eunice, his
wife, is beside husband in Ripley Cemetery, unmarked.
BENNETT,
Benjamin --Born Feb. 13, 1756. Died Sept. 12, 1841. Revolutionary War
Soldier
Grave in Lower (EAST) Ripley Cemetery with D. A. R. marker. He enlisted in
the American army July 6, 1775, served five months as private in Capt.
Joseph Height's Company, Col. Charles Webb's Connecticut Reg't. Enlisted
Nov. 24, 1776, served as private and Sergeant until June 7, 1783, in
Captains Eli Leavenworth's and Lemuel Clift's Companies, Col. William
Douglass', David Deming's, Return J. Meighs' and Zebulon Butler's
Connecticut Regiments. Was granted pension on his application March 24,
1818, while a resident of Milton, Saratoga County, N. Y. He married Oct. 9,
1784, Sarah St. John. She died June 9, 1787. He married Sept. 9, 1790, at
Milton, N. Y., Eunice (FERRE), widow of William JOHNSON. She was born July
27, 1756, and died Aug. 8, 1843, at Ripley. Their children were: Sally, born
1791, died 1813; a child, name not on record, born 1793; Azariah, 1st, born
1795, died July 20, 1796; *Lyman, born 1797; Azariah, 2nd, born May, 1800;
Zadock and Benjamin, dates of birth not on record. The grave of Eunice, his
wife, is beside husband in Ripley Cemetery, unmarked.

Inscription

SGT CONTINENTAL TRPS
REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Feb 13, 1756 Sep 12, 1841



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