Charlotte Benton

Brief Life History of Charlotte

When Charlotte Benton was born on 8 March 1801, in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Nathan Benton, was 36 and her mother, Terza Putnam, was 32. She married Justice Simonds about 1825. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Center Township, Wood, Ohio, United States in 1850. She died in 1856, in Wood, Ohio, United States, at the age of 55.

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Family Time Line

Justice Simonds
1804–1880
Charlotte Benton
1801–1856
Marriage: about 1825
Mercy Ann Simmons
1827–1885
Abagail Simonds
1828–
Sylvester C Simonds
1830–1900
Asher W Simonds
1832–
Adaline Simonds
1833–1898
William Simonds
1835–
Josephine Amelia Simmonds
1837–1900
Laura Louann Simonds
1841–1914
Lucy Amanda Simonds
1843–1912

Sources (6)

  • Charlott Simon in household of Justice Simon, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Charlotte Benton in entry for Laura L Wallace, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
  • Charlotte Benton in entry for Laura L. Wallace, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"

World Events (7)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1803

Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

habitational name from any of numerous places so called, especially Benton Green in Berkswell, Warwickshire, Bentons in Suffolk, and Little Benton and Longbenton in Northumberland. The places are named with Old English bēan ‘beans’ (a collective singular) or beonet ‘bent grass’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

in Yorkshire and possibly also Staffordshire, a variant of Bentham .

English:

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

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