Thankful Benson

Thankful Benson[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Female 1752 - 1811  (59 years)


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  • Name Thankful Benson  [5, 6
    Birth Abt. 1752  Greenbush, Albany, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Death 01 Jun 1811  Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Burial 01 Jun 1811  Grandview Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I312684222948  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father William Benson, Jr,   b. 12 Apr 1710, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 May 1797, Providence, Saratoga, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Ellis,   b. 14 Dec 1719, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1762, Dutchess, New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Family ID F2260  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Benjamin Dutcher,   b. New Milford, Orange, New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Aug 1827, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1774  Dutchess, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2234  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • May belong to different family
      Considering her birth came when her supposed mother was 57 years old bears looking into and strongly suggests a possibility this person is in the wrong Benson family.

      !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat
      !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM) REPO: @R01@; ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; ;

      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J
      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

      !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat
      !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

      Benson book
      Settled in White Creek, Washington Co., NY, where their children were born, removing to Shaftsbury, VT, where she died in June 1811; he died in August 1826. Benjamin Dutcher son of Gabriel Dutcher (Fred B. Benson Book, pg. 26)

      !proxy done by Esra Taft Benson Prophet
      !proxy done by Esra Taft Benson Prophet of LDS Church

      Alternate birthplace: , Dutchess, New Yo
      Alternate birthplace: , Dutchess, New York (IGI (International Genealogical Index))

  • Sources 
    1. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Family History Library archive record (family group sheet).

    2. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Ancestral File, website: www.familysearch.org.

    3. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, IGI (International Genealogical Index), website: www.familysearch.org.

    4. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree.

    5. [S1173462472] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKN-BGMG : Thu Apr 03 08:23:21 UTC 2025), Entry for Thankful Benson Dutcher.

    6. [S1173462616] FamilySearch.org, Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFJP-1XD : Sat Jul 13 22:11:58 UTC 2024), Entry for Thankful Bensan Dutcher and Benjamin Dutcher, 01 Jun 1811.