NOTE: BURIAL LOCATION UNVERIFIED. He "may" be buried behind his 1728 home "Montebello", North of the Town of Orange off of Rt. 15, right on Rt 632 (Montebello Rd) east for 0.6mi beyond the RR overpass. It is on private grounds and is not a public cemetery. No stone extant. Information from: "Tombstone Inscriptions of Orange County, Virginia" by Margaret C. Klein, Clearfield Co., Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, Md. International Standard Book Number: 0-8063-4572-1.
Capt. in Virginia Militia, Sheriff of Orange County, Va., Represented Orange in the House of Burgess in 1756. husband of Hannah Bledsoe 1711-1769, daughter of William Bledsoe 1676-1770.∼This Benjamin Cave born in England, abt 1700, migrated to USA & lived near Orange,CO. Va.
He was married in about 1720 to Hannah Bledsoe. the daughter of William Bledsoe & Anna Golsen
Children were
William Cave, John, Benjamin JR, Nancy Ann, David, Sarah, Hannah & Richard Cave
Ben was a Vestryman of St Marks Perish of Culpeper Co Va.
* Per "Virginia Colonia Soldiers" by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, p27, he was Captain of Horse, 18 Nov 1735, Orange Co., Virginia. (via Linda Rosenthal #47117309).
* He died before the Rev War. He is not the Benjamin Cave that has a Rev. War Record file #S3116.
Capt. in Virginia Militia, Sheriff of Orange County, Va., Represented Orange in the House of Burgess in 1756. husband of Hannah Bledsoe 1711-1769, daughter of William Bledsoe 1676-1770.∼This Benjamin Cave born in England, abt 1700, migrated to USA & lived near Orange,CO. Va.
He was married in about 1720 to Hannah Bledsoe. the daughter of William Bledsoe & Anna Golsen
Children were
William Cave, John, Benjamin JR, Nancy Ann, David, Sarah, Hannah & Richard Cave
Ben was a Vestryman of St Marks Perish of Culpeper Co Va.
* Per "Virginia Colonia Soldiers" by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, p27, he was Captain of Horse, 18 Nov 1735, Orange Co., Virginia. (via Linda Rosenthal #47117309).
* He died before the Rev War. He is not the Benjamin Cave that has a Rev. War Record file #S3116.
NOTE: BURIAL LOCATION UNVERIFIED. He "may" be buried behind his 1728 home "Montebello", North of the Town of Orange off of Rt. 15, right on Rt 632 (Montebello Rd) east for 0.6mi beyond the RR overpass. It is on private grounds and is not a public cemetery. No stone extant. Information from: "Tombstone Inscriptions of Orange County, Virginia" by Margaret C. Klein, Clearfield Co., Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, Md. International Standard Book Number: 0-8063-4572-1.
Capt. in Virginia Militia, Sheriff of Orange County, Va., Represented Orange in the House of Burgess in 1756. husband of Hannah Bledsoe 1711-1769, daughter of William Bledsoe 1676-1770.∼This Benjamin Cave born in England, abt 1700, migrated to USA & lived near Orange,CO. Va.
He was married in about 1720 to Hannah Bledsoe. the daughter of William Bledsoe & Anna Golsen
Children were
William Cave, John, Benjamin JR, Nancy Ann, David, Sarah, Hannah & Richard Cave
Ben was a Vestryman of St Marks Perish of Culpeper Co Va.
* Per "Virginia Colonia Soldiers" by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, p27, he was Captain of Horse, 18 Nov 1735, Orange Co., Virginia. (via Linda Rosenthal #47117309).
* He died before the Rev War. He is not the Benjamin Cave that has a Rev. War Record file #S3116.
Capt. in Virginia Militia, Sheriff of Orange County, Va., Represented Orange in the House of Burgess in 1756. husband of Hannah Bledsoe 1711-1769, daughter of William Bledsoe 1676-1770.∼This Benjamin Cave born in England, abt 1700, migrated to USA & lived near Orange,CO. Va.
He was married in about 1720 to Hannah Bledsoe. the daughter of William Bledsoe & Anna Golsen
Children were
William Cave, John, Benjamin JR, Nancy Ann, David, Sarah, Hannah & Richard Cave
Ben was a Vestryman of St Marks Perish of Culpeper Co Va.
* Per "Virginia Colonia Soldiers" by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, p27, he was Captain of Horse, 18 Nov 1735, Orange Co., Virginia. (via Linda Rosenthal #47117309).
* He died before the Rev War. He is not the Benjamin Cave that has a Rev. War Record file #S3116.
Gravesite Details
Grave on private property. GPS approximate.
