When Harriet Roddy Benson was born on 12 April 1836, in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, her father, Silas Benson, was 35 and her mother, Nancy C Miller, was 27. She married James Roe about 1855, in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1860 and Bates Township, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1880. She died on 27 February 1916, in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Travelers Rest, Greenville, 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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