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Benjamin Walworth

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Benjamin Walworth

Birth
Groton, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death
26 Feb 1812 (aged 65)
Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Burial
Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.8989528, Longitude: -73.3497694
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Youngest son of John and Sarah Walworth. He was a hatter in Poughkeepsie and in Minisink, Orange County, NY. Later he was a merchant at Nine Partners, partners with Philip Hart of Troy. He also had a store at Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County. Later he sold his interest and moved to Norwich.

During the Revolutionary War he was a quartermaster of Colonel Nichol's New York regiment. He was at the Battle of White Plains, where he served as adjutant to Coloner Nichol.

In 1782 he married Apphia Hyde of Bozra, Connecticut, widow of Captain Samuel Cardell. Their children were: Rosamond, who married 1)Oliver Barbour and 2) Benjamin Randall; John; James Clinton Walworth; Reuben Hyde Walworth; Sarah Dunn Walworth, who married Field Dailee; Benjamin; Apphia, who married David J. Mattison; Jedediah; Hiram; Ann Eliza, who married Charles Theodore Platt.

In 1792 he moved to Hoosick, where he was a farmer and mill owner and where he was killed by his horse 2/26/1812.
Youngest son of John and Sarah Walworth. He was a hatter in Poughkeepsie and in Minisink, Orange County, NY. Later he was a merchant at Nine Partners, partners with Philip Hart of Troy. He also had a store at Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County. Later he sold his interest and moved to Norwich.

During the Revolutionary War he was a quartermaster of Colonel Nichol's New York regiment. He was at the Battle of White Plains, where he served as adjutant to Coloner Nichol.

In 1782 he married Apphia Hyde of Bozra, Connecticut, widow of Captain Samuel Cardell. Their children were: Rosamond, who married 1)Oliver Barbour and 2) Benjamin Randall; John; James Clinton Walworth; Reuben Hyde Walworth; Sarah Dunn Walworth, who married Field Dailee; Benjamin; Apphia, who married David J. Mattison; Jedediah; Hiram; Ann Eliza, who married Charles Theodore Platt.

In 1792 he moved to Hoosick, where he was a farmer and mill owner and where he was killed by his horse 2/26/1812.


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  • Created by: Deb
  • Added: Sep 18, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76692420/benjamin-walworth: accessed ), memorial page for Benjamin Walworth (11 Nov 1746–26 Feb 1812), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76692420, citing Baptist Church Cemetery, Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, New York, USA; Maintained by Deb (contributor 47088227).