When Gilbert Benton was born on 6 May 1804, in Allegany, New York, United States, his father, Chandler Avril Benton, was 40 and his mother, Mary Hall, was 36. He married Jemima Seavey about 1825, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died in June 1859, in Kaneville, Kane, Illinois, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Kaneville, Kane, Illinois, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1806: Allegany, New York, United States
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
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.
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 .
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesGilbert Benton, with the help of his eldest son, Simeon, farmed land in Alleghaney County, New York and also ran a mill and a general store, where goods were exchanged for produce brought in by the pe …
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