History and geography of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, 1615-1924
Chapter XXII. Asylum Township Page 284
Richard Benjamin, who had served in the Revolutionary War, accompanied his father-in-law, Amos Bennett, to Wyalusing Township and resided there until the fall of 17 93, when he and Benjamin Acla, his brother-in-law, went to Bennett Creek, built log houses and the following spring moved in with their families. He lived on what is known as the Haight Place, where he died in 1815.
By his wife, Martha Bennett, he had children: Jonathan, John, David, Sally (Mrs Ebenezer Drake), Polly (Mrs Samuel Chilson), Hetty (Mrs Robert Chilson), Patty (Mrs Amos Vargason), Joshua, Peter, Jesse and Betsy.
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(Below from another Duplicate Memorial):
Richard Benjamin (son of Johnathan Benjamin)145 was born 1740 in Goshen, Orange County New York, and died March 21, 1815 in Asylum Pa. He married Martha Bennett, daughter of Amos Bennett and Anna Duncan.
Notes for Richard Benjamin:
Buried in a private cemetery in Asylum PA - Richard Benjamin Cemetery
Children of Richard Benjamin and Martha Bennett are:
Betsy Benjamin, b. 1800, d. 1834
Jonathan Benjamin, b. 1780, New York, d. February 01, 1847
Polly Benjamin, b. January 04, 1782, NY, d. date unknown
John Benjamin, b. November 21, 1784, NY, d. January 21, 1861, Bradford County, Pa
David Benjamin, b. January 1786, Pa, d. December 07, 1852
Peter Benjamin, b. 1788, d. date unknown
Jesse Benjamin, b. 1793, PA, d. date unknown
Patty Benjamin, b. 1794150, d. date unknown
Sally Benjamin, b. 1795, Pa150, d. date unknown
Hetty Mehitable Benjamin, b. May 07, 1797, Pa, d. June 02, 1858
Joshua Benjamin, b. 1800, Pa, d. date unknown
From a November 2014 Issue of "The Settler" (the publication by the Bradford County Historical Society). V J Bieber shared this on Ancestry.com
"Martha Bennett, a young woman had on a dress which a squaw wanted, and commenced taking it off her person. This was an indignity that Martha could not stand and she knocked the squaw down with her fist. The squaw got up full of rage and attacked her as fierce as a lioness but soon got sorry. Martha gave her a sound thrashing in less than three minutes. A dozen Indians were standing around watching the battle. Martha said afterwards she expected the Indians would kill her. Instead of that they laughed. One of them patted her on the shoulders saying: "Good squaw" "good Squaw" "Mighty good squaw!""
This is in a speech given on the history of Asylum Township for its 100th anniversary on November 23, 2014, by J. Washington Ingham, the oldest living person born in Asylum Twp. at that time, who was asked to speak on his recollections and people he knew. In this section, he speaks about his grandmother who was in Forty Fort PA with her parents after the battle when the Indians and Tories came into the fort to seize it.At any rate, he recollected his grandmother's stories about that event and others who were there including OUR Martha Bennet Benjamin, who apparently had as much courage as any man! (On our line: Martha was the d/o Amos Bennett and she married Richard Benjamin. Amos & Richard both served in the Orange County NY militia and then came as pioneers to Bradford Co.
Death year of 1813 for Martha is incorrect. Letters were granted 21 Apr 1815 to Martha Benjamin & Jonathon Stevens when her husband Richard died intestate. Further, a 15 Feb 1828 petition by heirs to partition Richard's 500 acres says Richard died 21 Mar 1815 "leaving a widow named Martha and lawful issue of 10 children and 2 grandchildren." So she died sometime AFTER 21 Apr 1815. Thank you!
Contributor: Valerie J. Bieber (47358855)
Chapter XXII. Asylum Township Page 284
Richard Benjamin, who had served in the Revolutionary War, accompanied his father-in-law, Amos Bennett, to Wyalusing Township and resided there until the fall of 17 93, when he and Benjamin Acla, his brother-in-law, went to Bennett Creek, built log houses and the following spring moved in with their families. He lived on what is known as the Haight Place, where he died in 1815.
By his wife, Martha Bennett, he had children: Jonathan, John, David, Sally (Mrs Ebenezer Drake), Polly (Mrs Samuel Chilson), Hetty (Mrs Robert Chilson), Patty (Mrs Amos Vargason), Joshua, Peter, Jesse and Betsy.
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(Below from another Duplicate Memorial):
Richard Benjamin (son of Johnathan Benjamin)145 was born 1740 in Goshen, Orange County New York, and died March 21, 1815 in Asylum Pa. He married Martha Bennett, daughter of Amos Bennett and Anna Duncan.
Notes for Richard Benjamin:
Buried in a private cemetery in Asylum PA - Richard Benjamin Cemetery
Children of Richard Benjamin and Martha Bennett are:
Betsy Benjamin, b. 1800, d. 1834
Jonathan Benjamin, b. 1780, New York, d. February 01, 1847
Polly Benjamin, b. January 04, 1782, NY, d. date unknown
John Benjamin, b. November 21, 1784, NY, d. January 21, 1861, Bradford County, Pa
David Benjamin, b. January 1786, Pa, d. December 07, 1852
Peter Benjamin, b. 1788, d. date unknown
Jesse Benjamin, b. 1793, PA, d. date unknown
Patty Benjamin, b. 1794150, d. date unknown
Sally Benjamin, b. 1795, Pa150, d. date unknown
Hetty Mehitable Benjamin, b. May 07, 1797, Pa, d. June 02, 1858
Joshua Benjamin, b. 1800, Pa, d. date unknown
From a November 2014 Issue of "The Settler" (the publication by the Bradford County Historical Society). V J Bieber shared this on Ancestry.com
"Martha Bennett, a young woman had on a dress which a squaw wanted, and commenced taking it off her person. This was an indignity that Martha could not stand and she knocked the squaw down with her fist. The squaw got up full of rage and attacked her as fierce as a lioness but soon got sorry. Martha gave her a sound thrashing in less than three minutes. A dozen Indians were standing around watching the battle. Martha said afterwards she expected the Indians would kill her. Instead of that they laughed. One of them patted her on the shoulders saying: "Good squaw" "good Squaw" "Mighty good squaw!""
This is in a speech given on the history of Asylum Township for its 100th anniversary on November 23, 2014, by J. Washington Ingham, the oldest living person born in Asylum Twp. at that time, who was asked to speak on his recollections and people he knew. In this section, he speaks about his grandmother who was in Forty Fort PA with her parents after the battle when the Indians and Tories came into the fort to seize it.At any rate, he recollected his grandmother's stories about that event and others who were there including OUR Martha Bennet Benjamin, who apparently had as much courage as any man! (On our line: Martha was the d/o Amos Bennett and she married Richard Benjamin. Amos & Richard both served in the Orange County NY militia and then came as pioneers to Bradford Co.
Death year of 1813 for Martha is incorrect. Letters were granted 21 Apr 1815 to Martha Benjamin & Jonathon Stevens when her husband Richard died intestate. Further, a 15 Feb 1828 petition by heirs to partition Richard's 500 acres says Richard died 21 Mar 1815 "leaving a widow named Martha and lawful issue of 10 children and 2 grandchildren." So she died sometime AFTER 21 Apr 1815. Thank you!
Contributor: Valerie J. Bieber (47358855)
History and geography of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, 1615-1924
Chapter XXII. Asylum Township Page 284
Richard Benjamin, who had served in the Revolutionary War, accompanied his father-in-law, Amos Bennett, to Wyalusing Township and resided there until the fall of 17 93, when he and Benjamin Acla, his brother-in-law, went to Bennett Creek, built log houses and the following spring moved in with their families. He lived on what is known as the Haight Place, where he died in 1815.
By his wife, Martha Bennett, he had children: Jonathan, John, David, Sally (Mrs Ebenezer Drake), Polly (Mrs Samuel Chilson), Hetty (Mrs Robert Chilson), Patty (Mrs Amos Vargason), Joshua, Peter, Jesse and Betsy.
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(Below from another Duplicate Memorial):
Richard Benjamin (son of Johnathan Benjamin)145 was born 1740 in Goshen, Orange County New York, and died March 21, 1815 in Asylum Pa. He married Martha Bennett, daughter of Amos Bennett and Anna Duncan.
Notes for Richard Benjamin:
Buried in a private cemetery in Asylum PA - Richard Benjamin Cemetery
Children of Richard Benjamin and Martha Bennett are:
Betsy Benjamin, b. 1800, d. 1834
Jonathan Benjamin, b. 1780, New York, d. February 01, 1847
Polly Benjamin, b. January 04, 1782, NY, d. date unknown
John Benjamin, b. November 21, 1784, NY, d. January 21, 1861, Bradford County, Pa
David Benjamin, b. January 1786, Pa, d. December 07, 1852
Peter Benjamin, b. 1788, d. date unknown
Jesse Benjamin, b. 1793, PA, d. date unknown
Patty Benjamin, b. 1794150, d. date unknown
Sally Benjamin, b. 1795, Pa150, d. date unknown
Hetty Mehitable Benjamin, b. May 07, 1797, Pa, d. June 02, 1858
Joshua Benjamin, b. 1800, Pa, d. date unknown
From a November 2014 Issue of "The Settler" (the publication by the Bradford County Historical Society). V J Bieber shared this on Ancestry.com
"Martha Bennett, a young woman had on a dress which a squaw wanted, and commenced taking it off her person. This was an indignity that Martha could not stand and she knocked the squaw down with her fist. The squaw got up full of rage and attacked her as fierce as a lioness but soon got sorry. Martha gave her a sound thrashing in less than three minutes. A dozen Indians were standing around watching the battle. Martha said afterwards she expected the Indians would kill her. Instead of that they laughed. One of them patted her on the shoulders saying: "Good squaw" "good Squaw" "Mighty good squaw!""
This is in a speech given on the history of Asylum Township for its 100th anniversary on November 23, 2014, by J. Washington Ingham, the oldest living person born in Asylum Twp. at that time, who was asked to speak on his recollections and people he knew. In this section, he speaks about his grandmother who was in Forty Fort PA with her parents after the battle when the Indians and Tories came into the fort to seize it.At any rate, he recollected his grandmother's stories about that event and others who were there including OUR Martha Bennet Benjamin, who apparently had as much courage as any man! (On our line: Martha was the d/o Amos Bennett and she married Richard Benjamin. Amos & Richard both served in the Orange County NY militia and then came as pioneers to Bradford Co.
Death year of 1813 for Martha is incorrect. Letters were granted 21 Apr 1815 to Martha Benjamin & Jonathon Stevens when her husband Richard died intestate. Further, a 15 Feb 1828 petition by heirs to partition Richard's 500 acres says Richard died 21 Mar 1815 "leaving a widow named Martha and lawful issue of 10 children and 2 grandchildren." So she died sometime AFTER 21 Apr 1815. Thank you!
Contributor: Valerie J. Bieber (47358855)
Chapter XXII. Asylum Township Page 284
Richard Benjamin, who had served in the Revolutionary War, accompanied his father-in-law, Amos Bennett, to Wyalusing Township and resided there until the fall of 17 93, when he and Benjamin Acla, his brother-in-law, went to Bennett Creek, built log houses and the following spring moved in with their families. He lived on what is known as the Haight Place, where he died in 1815.
By his wife, Martha Bennett, he had children: Jonathan, John, David, Sally (Mrs Ebenezer Drake), Polly (Mrs Samuel Chilson), Hetty (Mrs Robert Chilson), Patty (Mrs Amos Vargason), Joshua, Peter, Jesse and Betsy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Below from another Duplicate Memorial):
Richard Benjamin (son of Johnathan Benjamin)145 was born 1740 in Goshen, Orange County New York, and died March 21, 1815 in Asylum Pa. He married Martha Bennett, daughter of Amos Bennett and Anna Duncan.
Notes for Richard Benjamin:
Buried in a private cemetery in Asylum PA - Richard Benjamin Cemetery
Children of Richard Benjamin and Martha Bennett are:
Betsy Benjamin, b. 1800, d. 1834
Jonathan Benjamin, b. 1780, New York, d. February 01, 1847
Polly Benjamin, b. January 04, 1782, NY, d. date unknown
John Benjamin, b. November 21, 1784, NY, d. January 21, 1861, Bradford County, Pa
David Benjamin, b. January 1786, Pa, d. December 07, 1852
Peter Benjamin, b. 1788, d. date unknown
Jesse Benjamin, b. 1793, PA, d. date unknown
Patty Benjamin, b. 1794150, d. date unknown
Sally Benjamin, b. 1795, Pa150, d. date unknown
Hetty Mehitable Benjamin, b. May 07, 1797, Pa, d. June 02, 1858
Joshua Benjamin, b. 1800, Pa, d. date unknown
From a November 2014 Issue of "The Settler" (the publication by the Bradford County Historical Society). V J Bieber shared this on Ancestry.com
"Martha Bennett, a young woman had on a dress which a squaw wanted, and commenced taking it off her person. This was an indignity that Martha could not stand and she knocked the squaw down with her fist. The squaw got up full of rage and attacked her as fierce as a lioness but soon got sorry. Martha gave her a sound thrashing in less than three minutes. A dozen Indians were standing around watching the battle. Martha said afterwards she expected the Indians would kill her. Instead of that they laughed. One of them patted her on the shoulders saying: "Good squaw" "good Squaw" "Mighty good squaw!""
This is in a speech given on the history of Asylum Township for its 100th anniversary on November 23, 2014, by J. Washington Ingham, the oldest living person born in Asylum Twp. at that time, who was asked to speak on his recollections and people he knew. In this section, he speaks about his grandmother who was in Forty Fort PA with her parents after the battle when the Indians and Tories came into the fort to seize it.At any rate, he recollected his grandmother's stories about that event and others who were there including OUR Martha Bennet Benjamin, who apparently had as much courage as any man! (On our line: Martha was the d/o Amos Bennett and she married Richard Benjamin. Amos & Richard both served in the Orange County NY militia and then came as pioneers to Bradford Co.
Death year of 1813 for Martha is incorrect. Letters were granted 21 Apr 1815 to Martha Benjamin & Jonathon Stevens when her husband Richard died intestate. Further, a 15 Feb 1828 petition by heirs to partition Richard's 500 acres says Richard died 21 Mar 1815 "leaving a widow named Martha and lawful issue of 10 children and 2 grandchildren." So she died sometime AFTER 21 Apr 1815. Thank you!
Contributor: Valerie J. Bieber (47358855)
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