Benjamin FARMER^{[1, 2]}

1756 - 1837  (81 years)

• Name	Benjamin FARMER
  Born	1756	Probably Halifax County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  _UID	E158E243A43A40AC8D55F443B152DAAFCD94
  Died	1837	Edgecombe County, North Carolina
  Buried	Kenan St., Wilson, North Carolina
  Person ID	I20290	Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth DEW,   b. Abt 1766, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 1850, Edgecombe County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Married	Bef 1775	Edgecombe County, North Carolina
  Children	1. Absalom FARMER,   b. Abt 1780, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 22 May 1853  (Age ~ 73 years)   2. Benjamin FARMER,   b. Abt 1782, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Dew FARMER,   b. Abt 1784, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. Abt 1833, Robertson County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 49 years)   4. Rudolph FARMER,   b. Abt 1788, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Obedience (Beedy) FARMER,   b. Abt 1789, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. Abt 1861, Dickson County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 72 years)   6. Arthur Dew FARMER,   b. Abt 1794, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Elizabeth FARMER,   b. Abt 1798, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 1867  (Age ~ 69 years)   8. Jacob FARMER,   b. Abt 1800, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Sarah (Sally) FARMER,   b. Abt 1804, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. William Dew FARMER,   b. Abt 1806, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. Apr 1834  (Age ~ 28 years)   11. Braswell FARMER,   b. Abt 1808, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. Nov 1827, Tennessee  (Age ~ 19 years)   12. Nancy FARMER,   b. Abt 1810, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 1853, Nash County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 43 years)   13. Daughter FARMER,   b. Abt 1812, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F9698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Personal Communication - Gayle Lovelady Coberly (2006): Edgecombe Co. Db 18, page 39, date of deed 28 Feb 1823, date recorded May Ct. 1823, Benjamin Farmer and Elizabeth, his wife, Edgecombe Co. To the heirs of John Dew, decd, viz. Mary Barnes, Jonathan Dew, John Dew, Larry Dew, David Dew, (Ferson) Ellis, (Duneaiz) Dew, Elizabeth Dew, Patsey Rountree, Sally Carpenter, Nancy Wiggins, Beady Wilkinson, all of Edge. Co. For $430, All our claim and interest we have in the lands we drew in the division of the lands of Abraham Dew, decd, our father, being lot one, containing 86 acres valued at $430, beginning at a cypress And gum in Toisnot Swamp at C and runs north 24 east along the line of lot # 2 to a black jack Then south 47 east 130 poles to a stake then south 43 west 130 poles to aforesaid swamp at ( ) Then up the various courses of said swamp to the beginning on the north side of said swamp, Signed Benjamin Farmer (X), Elizabeth Farmer, wit. ( ), (Lewis Fort), proved by Lewis Ellis. Abstracted 5-3-2000 FHC film 0018894. CTC. Benjamin's will made 16 Mar 1825 and probated Feb 1827. Elizabeth born in Edgecombe Co. NC and died in Edgecombe Co. NC. Benjamin born in Halifax Co. NC and died in Edgecombe Co. NC. Both are buried in Wilson NC. Married in 1775 in Edgecombe Co. NC.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1027] Thomson. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.