Jacob Bennit & Ellen Maria Scott Bennit (Troy, NY)
Searching for parents and descendants of Jacob and Ellen, both of whom were born in Troy, NY. Family lore says 3 sons fought in Civil War. Wm A died at Andersonville. Drummer boy son also died. Jacob & Ellen (Nellie) married at Dutch Reformed Church in Albany Nov 18, 1835. Family burial plot at Old Mt. Ida Cemetery, Troy. Ellen died NYC in 1901, buried in Troy. Cemetery no longer exists.