Benoni Fleming

15 February 1768–6 February 1856 (Age 87)
Kent, Delaware, British Colonial America

The Life Summary of Benoni

When Benoni Fleming was born on 15 February 1768, in Kent, Delaware, British Colonial America, his father, William Fleming Jr, was 50 and his mother, Jean Frame, was 41. He married Mary Stephenson in 1788. They were the parents of at least 12 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Marion, Virginia, United States in 1850. He died on 6 February 1856, in Fairmont, Marion, Virginia, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Fleming Memorial Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benoni Fleming
1768–1856
Mary Stephenson
1770–1849
Marriage: 1788
George Fleming
1789–
Nancy Fleming
1811–
Edward Fleming
1812–
Stephenson Fleming
1814–
Ann Fleming
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Edward Fleming
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Fielding Fleming
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George Fleming
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Margaret Fleming
–
Rhoda Fleming
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Margaret Fleming
1793–1828
Boaz Fleming
1793–1846
John Stephenson Fleming
1795–1871
Matthew Fleming
1798–1853
Rhoda Fleming
1802–1854
Alfred Fleming
1804–1883
Benjamin Fleming
1806–1891
Fielden Fleming
1808–1881
Nancy A Fleming
1810–1890

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1788
    • Children

    (19)

    +14 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1776
    Age 8
    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
    1777 · Battle of Cooch's Bridge
    Age 9
    The Battle of Cooch's Bridge took place on September 3, 1777. It was a battle between the Continental Army, American militia and German soldiers fighting with Britain. On the US side, twenty were killed and twenty were wounded. For Britain, three to thirty were killed and twenty to thirty were wounded. The battle was a British victory when they pushed the Americans back across the bridge.
    1791
    Age 23
    Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

    Name Meaning

    English: ethnic name for someone from Flanders, from Middle English fleming. The word reflects a Norman French form of Old French flamanc ‘Fleming’, from the stem flam- + the ancient Germanic suffix -ing. In the Middle Ages there was considerable commercial intercourse between England and the Netherlands, particularly in the wool trade, and many Flemish weavers and dyers settled in England. This surname is also common in south and east Scotland and in Ireland, where it is sometimes found in the Gaelicized form Pléamonn.German: variant of Flemming , cognate with 1 above.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Flemings
    Flanders
    Fleeman
    Flemming
    Flamenco

    Sources (14)

    • Benoni Fleming, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Benoni Fleming in entry for James F Dewiez and Margaret Fleming, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
    • B. Fleming in entry for John Fleming, "West Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1854-1932"

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