When Frances Elizabeth Benson was born on 19 September 1833, in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, her father, Silas Benson, was 32 and her mother, Nancy C Miller, was 24. She married William Giles High in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 14 January 1914, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.
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English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Ben(ne), a pet form of Benedict (see Benn ) + -son.
English: habitational name from a place in Oxfordshire named Benson, from Old English Benesingtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Benesa’, a personal name of obscure origin, perhaps a derivative of Bana meaning ‘slayer’.
Americanized form of any of various Scandinavian patronymics from the personal name Bengt, Bendt, etc., Scandinavian forms of Benedict , e.g. Swedish Bengtsson , Danish Bendtsen, Danish and Norwegian Bentsen . Compare Bensen 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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