Benoni Benson

Abt 1689 - 1761

• Name	Benoni Benson
  Born	Abt 1689	Hull, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	04 Nov 1761	Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts   [2]
  Buried	Freeman Cemetery, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts
  	"The First White Settler in This Area." In the Benson Genealogy (1923), the author states that Benoni "and others were buried in a small ancient cemetery near Millville which has been destroyed in recent years. Most of the stones had no inscriptions, and all were field stones. His bore this inscription: "Here lies buried ye body of Benoni Benson, deceased November 4, 1761 in ye 72nd year of his age."
  Notes	There were many Bensons at Mendon, Mass. Benoni Benson settled there about 1710. There was also an Isaac Benson who shared in the 8th division of lands in Mendon in 1756 and later in the 9th division. Benoni Benson built and lived on the Benson homestead at Chestnut Hill (Mendon) about 1721. He continued to live there for about 40 years, until his death in 1761. He had but two sons, Joseph and Benoni. To the former who married about 1737(sic) he made a deed of gift of the westerly part of his farm in 1734, on which he had previously erected a house, probably at the time of the son's marriage in 1731. He was succeeded in the occupation of the homestead by his son, Benoni, who had previously, and perhaps sometime after his father's death, lived at Millville, and owned the grist mill, and part of the saw mill at that place. He also kept a public house at Millville on the site of which the Buffum mansion was afterwards built, and continued to keep one at Chestnut Hill after his return to the old homestead. This individual and his wife Abigail are still remembered by the old inhabitants as landlord and landlady Benson. The landlord and his son John, after the marriage of the later, lived on the homestead together until the death of the father, after which time, John, or Deacon Benson, by which name he was best known, lived there till he died in 1819, when his son, Jared, known as Captain Jared, and later in life as Jared Benson, Esq., succeeded to the possession and occupied it till his death in 1854. Since then his son, Jared Benson, Jr., lived on the homestead till 1856, and then his son, Sylvanus H. Benson, who is the present occupant of a part of the same, lives in a stone house built on the south side of the road. The house on the north side of the road being the site of the ancient homestead, has been occupied by tenants since 1856 but belongs to Jared Benson, Esq., last above named, who has removed to Anoka, on the Mississippi River, 50 miles above St. Paul, Minn. [3]
  Person ID	I26648	Bryant
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2001

  
  

  Father	Joseph Benson,   b. Abt 1640, Hingham, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 02 Jan 1706, Hull, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts
  Mother	Sarah,   b. Abt 1642, Hull, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 1689
  Married	Abt 1669
  Family ID	F1313	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Thayer,   b. 25 May 1691, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 20 Jun 1739, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts
  Married	Abt 1711	Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts   [4, 5]
  Children	1. Joseph Benson,   b. 14 Oct 1712, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 Feb 1786, Sturbridge, Worcester Co, Massachusetts   2. Sarah Benson,   b. 28 Jul 1715, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 18 Apr 1763, Douglas, Worcester Co, Massachusetts   3. Martha Benson,   b. 14 Apr 1718, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts   4. Susannah Benson,   b. 02 Aug 1721, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts   5. Benoni Benson,   b. 18 Jul 1724, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 11 Jan 1806, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts   6. Abigail Benson,   b. 12 Aug 1731, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F490	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Prudence Smith,   b. 19 Jul 1691,   d. 20 Dec 1784, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts
  Married	03 Sep 1739	Uxbridge, Worcester Co, Massachusetts   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F2250	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1689 - Hull, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts Married - Abt 1711 - Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts Married - 03 Sep 1739 - Uxbridge, Worcester Co, Massachusetts Died - 04 Nov 1761 - Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts Buried - - Freeman Cemetery, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S155] Benson, Benson Genealogy, (1923). [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Mendon;p.451. [S304] Jacob Benson, Pioneer, Benson, Arthur T., (A. V. Haight Company, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1915), p. 8. [S13] NEHGR, NEHGR, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 142:272. [S134] Aldrich, George Aldrich Genealogy, Aldrich, Alvin James, (Author, 1971), p.56. [S13] NEHGR, NEHGR, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 142:269-72. [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Mendon:248 "in Uxbridge".