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Col Benjamin Tusten

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Col Benjamin Tusten

Birth
Southold, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Death
9 Jun 1796 (aged 79–80)
Goshen, Orange County, New York, USA
Burial
Goshen, Orange County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Settled in Goshen about 1746 near the Otterkill.
Served as judge in the Orange County courts and was promoted to Colonel in the Revolutionary War. Gave the Denne homestead to his son Dr Benjamin Tusten, but moved back upon his son's death in the Battle of Minisink.

m Abigail Julia Conkling/Conklyn on 20 Mar 1739/40 at Southold, NY; daughter of Joseph Conklyn and Elsie Mapes
Children:
- Temperance Tusten m James Denton on 15 Jul 1780
- Lucretia Tusten m Alexander Sanders Wood on 2 Nov 1788
- Abigail Tusten (1741-Jul 1833) m1 John Knapp (1732-1773), m2 Israel Wickham (1741-1817)
- Benjamin Tusten (11 Dec 1743-22 Jul 1779)
- Elsie/Else Tusten (1745-1 Aug 1819) m Joseph Wood
- Azubah Tusten (11 Nov 1749-2 Mar 1840) m Joshua Davis (1734-1806)
- Deziah/Desire Tusten (1750-) m Phineas Case on 2 Nov 1788
- Juliana Tusten (1752-14 Sep 1840) m Christopher Van Duzer
- Martha "Patty" Tusten (10 Nov 1762-) m Isaac Van Duzer (1755-1814)
- Mary Tusten (11 May 1766-) m1 __ Wines, m2 William Roe

Source:
- Salmon Records
- "Descendants of Jacob Conklyn" in The Wood Family Index by John Sumner Wood, Sr. (1966)
Settled in Goshen about 1746 near the Otterkill.
Served as judge in the Orange County courts and was promoted to Colonel in the Revolutionary War. Gave the Denne homestead to his son Dr Benjamin Tusten, but moved back upon his son's death in the Battle of Minisink.

m Abigail Julia Conkling/Conklyn on 20 Mar 1739/40 at Southold, NY; daughter of Joseph Conklyn and Elsie Mapes
Children:
- Temperance Tusten m James Denton on 15 Jul 1780
- Lucretia Tusten m Alexander Sanders Wood on 2 Nov 1788
- Abigail Tusten (1741-Jul 1833) m1 John Knapp (1732-1773), m2 Israel Wickham (1741-1817)
- Benjamin Tusten (11 Dec 1743-22 Jul 1779)
- Elsie/Else Tusten (1745-1 Aug 1819) m Joseph Wood
- Azubah Tusten (11 Nov 1749-2 Mar 1840) m Joshua Davis (1734-1806)
- Deziah/Desire Tusten (1750-) m Phineas Case on 2 Nov 1788
- Juliana Tusten (1752-14 Sep 1840) m Christopher Van Duzer
- Martha "Patty" Tusten (10 Nov 1762-) m Isaac Van Duzer (1755-1814)
- Mary Tusten (11 May 1766-) m1 __ Wines, m2 William Roe

Source:
- Salmon Records
- "Descendants of Jacob Conklyn" in The Wood Family Index by John Sumner Wood, Sr. (1966)


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