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