Harmony Benjamin

27 March 1796–2 December 1844 (Age 48)
Suffolk, New York, United States

The Life Summary of Harmony

When Harmony Benjamin was born on 27 March 1796, in Suffolk, New York, United States, her father, Isaiah Tuthill Benjamin, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Corwin, was 18. She married Abiel Tuthill on 23 November 1819, in Suffolk, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 2 December 1844, in Cutchogue, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States, at the age of 48.

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Family Time Line

Abiel Tuthill
1797–1863
Harmony Benjamin
1796–1844
Marriage: 23 November 1819
Fanny Maria Tuthill
1821–1902
Austin B. Tuthill
1823–1909
Harriet N. Tuthill
1833–1833

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    23 November 1819Suffolk, New York, United States
    • Children

    (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

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    World Events (7)

    1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York
    Age 1
    Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
    Age 4
    While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
    1812
    Age 16
    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    Name Meaning

    Jewish (Sephardic and Ashkenazic), English, French, West Indian (mainly Haiti), and African (mainly Nigeria and Tanzania); Hungarian (Benjámin): from the Hebrew male personal name Binyāmīn ‘Son of the South’. In the Book of Genesis, it is treated as meaning ‘Son of the Right Hand’. The two senses are connected, since in Hebrew the south is thought of as the right-hand side of a person who is facing east. Benjamin was the youngest and favorite son of Jacob and supposed progenitor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel (Genesis 35:16-18; 42:4). The personal name was not common among Gentiles in the Middle Ages, but its use was sanctioned by virtue of having been borne by a Christian saint martyred in Persia in about AD 424. In some cases in medieval Europe it was also applied as a byname or nickname to the youngest (and beloved) son of a large family; this is the sense of modern French benjamin. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Assyrian/Chaldean Benyamin and Italian Beniamino.History: John Benjamin (1598–1645) came from England to Watertown, MA, in 1632. Jean-Baptiste Benjamin dit Saint-Aubin from France married Jeanne Allard in QC in 1704.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Benyamin
    Benowitz
    Ben
    Benzon

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