Samuel BENIGHT

1772 - 1851  (~ 79 years)

• Name	Samuel BENIGHT  [1]
  Birth	Oct 1772	New York Colony, British Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	M56G-YPC
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M56G-YPC
  _UID	A55050D411824FB4BE56C85A3027FEB2EC8F
  Death	2 Nov 1851	New York, United States   [1]
  Burial	Wellsburg, Ashland, Chemung, New York, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I594779003	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family	Sally ROBERTS,   b. 2 May 1773, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 27 Feb 1849 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1793	New York
  Children	1. Thomas BENIGHT,   b. 29 Aug 1794, New York, United States d. 4 Apr 1853, New York, United States (Age 58 years)   2. Thaddeus BENNETT,   b. Abt 1797, New York, United States d. 1850 (Age ~ 53 years)   3. Polly BENIGHT,   b. 28 Dec 1807   d. 25 Mar 1814, New York, United States (Age 6 years)   4. Nathan BENIGHT,   b. 14 Aug 1812, Ashland, Chemung, New York, United States d. 23 May 1820 (Age 7 years)   5. Samuel BENIGHT,   b. 26 Jan 1815, Ashland, Chemung, New York, United States d. 15 Jun 1821 (Age 6 years)   6. Alvah J. BENIGHT,   b. 11 Nov 1817, Chemung, New York, United States d. 15 Mar 1843 (Age 25 years)
  Family ID	F536732049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  County history relates that Samuel was the first white man to strike axe in Ridgeberry Township. Sam'l Bennight is enumerated in the 1820 census of Ridgebury Twp., Bradford Co., Pennsylvania. The census count is 200011.23010. County history relates that Samuel was a member of the Bradford County Bible Society, in 1825. Samuel Bennet is enumerated in the 1830 census of Ridgebury Twp., Bradford County. The census count is 001001001.0000301. Saml Benight is enumerated in the 1840 census of Ridgebury Township. The census count is 000010101.001001001. Samuel Bennett is enumerated in the 1850 household of William Gray at Ridgebury Township. Samuel is age 78 years and born in New York. William Gray's wife is Sarah, aged 40 years and born in New York. Samuel died aged 79 years. (find a grave)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 27 Sep 2024), entry for Sally ROBERTS, person ID L4J3-4BY. (Reliability: 3).