Samuel Nesbitt Benson

about 1806–2 December 1837 (Age 31)
Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States

The Life Summary of Samuel Nesbitt

When Samuel Nesbitt Benson was born about 1806, in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, his father, Joshua Benson, was 43 and his mother, Rosanah Nesbitt, was 24. He married Mary E. Blanchard on 26 December 1832, in Lawrence, Mississippi, United States. He died on 2 December 1837, in Lawrence, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 32.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Nesbitt Benson
1806–1837
Mary E. Blanchard
1806–1839
Marriage: 26 December 1832

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    26 December 1832Lawrence, Mississippi, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (13)

    +8 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1808
    Age 2
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.
    1812
    Age 6
    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
    1817
    Age 11
    Mississippi is the 20th state.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Benn
    Bonson

    Sources (1)

    • Samuel G. Benson, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"

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