Benjamin CONKLIN, 1758–1811 (aged 53 years)
- Name
- Benjamin /CONKLIN/
- Given names
- Benjamin
- Surname
- CONKLIN
per Littell, mar. Hannah---. Will is dated May 10, 1811 (proved Jy 1,1811)& state she lives in Rahway Twp, Essex Co.Names executors as wife Hannah (signed by her mark) and brother Isaac. Leaves everything to his wife. Estate inventory: $472.52 and a bible. On 1793 Essex Co Militia Roll. wife may have been Hannah Mulford. Couple had three daughters and a son who died young.
| Birth | 1758
29
26 |
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| Birth of a brother | Joseph CONKLIN March 6, 1764 (aged 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Stephen CONKLIN 1767 (aged 9 years) Source: Mount Moriah Cemetery Records Text: IGI shows this marriage as occurring on Nov. 29 and Dec. 8, 1789 On 1793 Essex Co. Militia Roll. Probably moved with wife and son Stephen's family to Clermont Co. OH. Bk of Cemertary Inscriptions show Stephen Conklin bur. next to ---Conklin, then Stephen (Jr.), wife Sarah, then child Abner Conklin. Either he or his son was involved in Meth. ch. His will names ten children, incl. Amos, not found elsewhere. tombstone gives death date |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah CONKLIN estimated 1776 (aged 18 years) |
| Death of a parent | Joseph CONKLIN February 26, 1779 (aged 21 years) Source: Record Book of the Sextons of the First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethtown, Essex County (Now Elizabeth, Union County), New Jersey, Communicated by Edmund Janes Cleveland, of Hartford, Conn." Text: Wrote will. Names: Wife, Mary [Cory]; sons, Isaac, Moses, Benjamin, Joseph, and Stephen; daughters, Phoebe, Sarah. Witness: Joshua Conkling. Will probated 11 January 1784. Essex County, New Jersey Book 26, p. 453. |
| Death of a mother | Mary Cory February 7, 1805 (aged 47 years) |
| Burial of a mother | Mary Cory |
| Death | May 1811 (aged 53 years) |
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| mother | |
| Marriage | Marriage — — |
| elder brother |
1752–1828
Birth: February 27, 1752
23
21 — Westfield or Elizabeth, New Jersey Death: February 20, 1828 — Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio |
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6 years
elder brother |
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2 years
himself |
1758–1811
Birth: 1758
29
26 — Westfield or Elizabeth, New Jersey Death: May 1811 — Rahway, Union, New Jersey |
| sister | |
| younger brother |
1764–1814
Birth: March 6, 1764
35
33 — Westfield or Elizabeth, New Jersey Death: February 19, 1814 — Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio |
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4 years
younger brother |
1767–1826
Birth: 1767
38
35 — Westfield or Elizabeth, New Jersey Death: May 31, 1826 — Withamsville, Clermont, Ohio |
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10 years
younger sister |
| Name | per Littell, mar. Hannah---. Will is dated May 10, 1811 (proved Jy 1,1811)& state she lives in Rahway Twp, Essex Co.Names executors as wife Hannah (signed by her mark) and brother Isaac. Leaves everything to his wife. Estate inventory: $472.52 and a bible. On 1793 Essex Co Militia Roll. wife may have been Hannah Mulford. Couple had three daughters and a son who died young. |
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| Note | Buried 11 May 1811. |