Eunice Benson

Brief Life History of Eunice

When Eunice Benson was born about 1792, in Cayuga, Aurelius, Cayuga, New York, United States, her father, William Benson, was 30 and her mother, Eunice Freeman, was 26. She married Clark Wheeler Dexter on 13 December 1820, in Scipio, Cayuga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 6 October 1829, in Cayuga, New York, United States, at the age of 38.

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Family Time Line

Clark Wheeler Dexter
1801–1878
Eunice Benson
1792–1829
Marriage: 13 December 1820
James Lewis Dexter
1822–1897
Lydia Dexter
1825–1879

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  • Unknown in entry for James L. Dexter, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"

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World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1799

Historical Boundaries 1799: Cayuga, New York, United States

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

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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