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While I assume, based on your information, that Isaac B. Benson was a s/o Seth Benson (and it does seem likely) I was unable to find any evidence of that relationship. The following is what I did find, and some thoughts which I hope are useful.
If Isaac B. Benson fought in the War of 1812, it is very likely he was in the 104th New Brunswick Fencible Regiment; which had a somewhat remarkable history. Not the least was its march in winter from Fredericton to Quebec City, losing only one man (an alcoholic apparently); a feat which drew praise from the Duke of Wellington.
Parnell Benson received a pension as a soldier or the widow of a soldier in the Revolutionary War. From associated names, Parnell was in Kings Co., NB, where I believe Gondola Point was also. Specifically, I believe Gondola Point was on or across the river from the Kingston Peninsula between the Kennebecasis and Saint John rivers. In one case, a note has Parnell’s X on it, with the words, ‘Her Mark’ suggesting Parnell may have been Seth Benson’s widow. The note asks that her pension be given to Elnathan Benson, presumably her son (given as Seth’s brother.) In 1848, Parnell was in Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB, and was age 85, so b. ca. 1763. In 1849, she was age 86 years in in 1850 age 87. In 1843 she was age 75 years. She was last reported to receive a pension in 1851.
There appear to have been several Benson Loyalists. An Isaac Benson, for example, petitioned for land in York Co., NB as early as 1785. He seems to have been associated with the Prince of Wales Regiment, a Loyalist regiment raised largely in the Connecticut-New York area about 1777. In 1859 and Isaac Benson petitioned for land in Queens Co., NB. This may be your Isaac. Seth Benson and Rufus Green petitioned for land in Kings Co., NB in 1787. Seth Benson, Rufus Greene and a number of others petitioned in Kings Co. in 1791.
Richard H. Benson refers to, “The Benson Family of Colonial Massachusetts”, Newbury Press of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, pp. 254-6, which mentions the family of Seth Stutson and Parnel (Brown) Benson. A son is given as Daniel Brown Benson. Elnathan Benson m. Ruth Hammond.
SETH STUTSON BENSON (s/o William and Elizabeth (Ellis) Benson) b. Fredericksburgh, Dutchess Co., NY ca. 1761 (or Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA ca. 1756), d. 12SEP1812, m. PARNELL BROWN (b. ca. 1763.)
Seth drowned in the Kennebecasis River, Kings Co., NB while attempting to transfer from a woodboat to a canoe which upset. As there were no roads to speak of, most travel was by rivers and streams, and drowning was not uncommon. Especially in winter when the ice proved unsafe. When administration of his estate was granted 19JUN1813 to Parnel Benson and John Waterbury, he was given as being of Hampton Parish. I assume Springfield Parish was set off from Hampton at a later date.
See:
http://www.jowest.net/Genealogy/Jo/Cary/Benson.htm
children:
1. ISAAC B. BENSON b. 10MAR1795 (ca. 10MAR1794), d. 30MAR1863 age 69 years and 20 days (1864 elsewhere), bur. Western Cem., Portland, ME, m. 1st _____; m. 2nd? 21OCT1822 ELIZA PELTON (b. Washington Co., ME 17APR1800, d. Temple, ME 24JAN1847), d/o Joel and Anna (Cotter) Pelton.
Although given as d. 1864, at:
http://ancestorsatrest.com/cemetery_records/western-maine.shtml
he is given as d. 1863, which would give him as b. 1794 rather than 1795.
A son may have been John Benson b. NB ca. 1819, with a wife, Eliza A. (b. ME ca. 1825) and a daughter, Sarah J. (ca. 1846.) They were in Lubec, Washington Co., ME in the 1850 census; and apparently in the 1860 census of Washington Co., as well. However, there was a Benson family just across the border in Charlotte Co., NB; whether related or not is not clear. an example is the 1910 census of Lubec at:
http://members.tripod.com/~quoddybelle/LubecME1910cen.htm
which has Benson’s. It also has Trecartin’s and Kierstead’s; both likely originally from Kings Co., NB; the Trecartin’s likely descendants of Martin Trecartin; some of whom went to Charlotte Co., NB. The Outhouse family was originally settled in 1783 in Nova Scotia, some went to NB where they were associated with the Cossaboom’s; also found in Lubec in 1910. It is clear that many of the names in Lubec in 1910 were NB Loyalist families, but in the case of the Benson’s, were they from Charlotte Co. or Kings Co.?
1st
11. THOMAS LaFORREST BENSON b. Biddeford, ME 22MAR1804?, m. HANNAH VINCENT
111. Dr. THOMAS SOLON BENSON b. Palermo, ME 1830, d. Buckfield, ME 10MAR1888, m. ANNA E. _____ (m. 1st _____ Howard; m. 3rd Charles Hodgden)
1111. DAISY A. BENSON b. Iowa? ca. 1873
1112. THOMAS R. BENSON b. Iowa? ca. 1874
1113. SOLON F. BENSON b. Illinois ca. 1876
1114. LaFORREST BENSON
1115. WILLIAM A. BENSON
1116. LEWIS B. BENSON
1117. BESSIE M. BENSON
2nd
12. AUGUSTUS BENSON b. ca. 1824, d. Newton, MA 1885, m. ELMIRA A. _____ (b. ME ca. 1827)
13. ‘OSTAVA’ BENSON b. ME ca. 1835
2. ELNATHAN BENSON b. ca. 1797 (ca. 1803?), d. 6FEB1847, m. Kings Co., NB 27JAN1825 ABIGAIL NORTHRUP (b. Kingston Parish, Kings Co., NB 27APR1797 (27APR1795, ca. 1798), d. 9MAR1868), d/o Benajah and Sarah (Keeler) Northrup.
Abigail, b. ca. 1798, was a widow in Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB as:
Benson Abigail F Wid 53 Native Propri
Benson Benajah M Son 24 Native
Benson William M Son 20 Native
Benson Mary A. F Daughter 16 Native
Benson Elnathan M Son 14 Native
Benson Harriet Eliza F Daughter 13 Native
Benson James P. M Son 10 Native
Benson Mary F Daughter-in-law 22 Native
Elnathan was of Hampton Parish when married and Abigail of Kingston Parish.
21. BENAJAH BENSON b. ca. 1827, m. MARY _____ (b. ca. 1929)
22. WILLIAM BENSON b. ca. 1831
23. MARY ABIGAIL BENSON b. 1835, d. JAN1913 age 78 years, bur. Belleisle Anglican Cem., Kings Co., NB, m. THOMAS BENSON [42] (b. ca. 1835, d. OCT1907 age 72 years, bur. Belleisle Anglican Cem., Kings Co., NB), s/o Thomas and Hannah (Burns) Benson
24. ELNATHAN BENSON b. ca. 1837
25. HARRIETT ELIZA BENSON b. ca. 1838
26. JAMES P. BENSON b. ca. 1841
3. DANIEL BROWN BENSON b. Midland, NB 29FEB1798 (28FEB1798), d. Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB 27SEP1864 age 68 years, m. 18JUN1829 JOANNA GANONG (b. 23JAN1808 (ca. 1809), d. Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB 13SEP1865 age 56 years.)
Most likely the David B. Benson who d. Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB 27SEP1864 age 68 years leaving wife and children. When his daughter, Margretta, is married in 1865, he is the ‘late’ Daniel B. Brown. Also, the death announcement was made simultaneously with that of his son, John. It appears as if he, his wife and son may have died about the same time of a common illness.
A son may have been Daniel B. Benson whose wife, Mary J., was b. ca. 1859, and d. Collina, Kings Co., NB 12JUN1886 age 27 years, leaving her husband and two young children. This is likely the Daniel B. Benson of Belleisle who m. Sussex Parish, Kings Co., NB by the Rev. G. W. McDonald 25JUN1885 Mary J. Barton.
31. SETH BENSON b. 1MAY1830, d. 11APR1859
32. JOANNA BARLOW BENSON (eldest daughter) b. Belleisle Creek, Kings Co., NB 18OCT1831, bur. St. Simon and St. Jude’s Anglican Cem., Belleisle, Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB, m. 1st Trinity Church, Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB by the Rev. R. Drake Palmer 17MAY1849 JAMES EDWARD NORTHRUP (b. 7SEP1825, d. 30MAY1864), s/o James Sturgess and Susanna (Cox) Northrup; m. 2nd 1MAR1870 BENJAMIN JAMES NORTHRUP (b. 24APR1816, d. 24APR1901, bur. St. Simon and St. Jude’s Anglican Cem., Belleisle, Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB; m. 1st 8DEC1839 Elizabeth Susannah Northrup), s/o John Anson and Mary Ann (Cox) Northrup.
While a marriage announcement gives Joanna’s husband in 1849 as James E. Northrup, her headstone makes her the wife of Benjamin J. Northrup (b. 24APR1816, d. APR1901, bur. St. Simon and St. Jude’s Anglican Cem., Belleisle, Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB.) Possibly Benjamin was a 2nd husband. This seems likely as, in the 1851 census of Springfield Parish, Benjamin was a widower. By 1881, Benjamin’s wife was ‘Joann’ b. ca. 1835. Benjamin James Northrup b. 24APR1816 was the s/o John Anson and Mary Ann (Cox) Northrup, and 1st m. 8DEC1839 Elizabeth Susannah Northrup (3APR1817-9APR1850), d/o William and Ann (Cox) Northrup. He m. 2nd 1MAR1870 Joanna Barlow Northrup.
33. daughter
34. THOMAS CARLETON BENSON b. 26JAN1834, d. 13APR1835
35. MARY ELIZABETH BENSON (3rd daughter) b. 7MAR1836 (ca. 1836), d. Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB 2MAY1864 age 28 years
36. ELIZA PARNEY BENSON b. ca. 1838, d. 1884
37. JOHN THOMAS BENSON (2nd son) b. 21SEP1840, d. Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB 10SEP1864 of ‘brain fever’.
38. MARGARETTA ANN BENSON (youngest daughter) b. ca. 1842, m. Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB by the Rev. Chas. P. Bliss 11JUN1865 HARRY H. NORTHRUP
39. DANIEL BROWN BENSON b. 3DEC1844, m. Sussex Parish, Kings Co., NB by the Rev. G. W. McDonald 25JUN1885 MARY J. BARTON (b. ca. 1859, and d. Collina, Kings Co., NB 12JUN1886 age 27 years)
3J. ELNATHAN FRANCIS BENSON b. 23MAY1847
4. THOMAS BENSON b. ca. 1799, m. HANNAH BURNS (b. Ireland ca. 1804.)
There was a Thomas Benson b. ca. 1813 in Hampton Parish, Kings Co., NB in the 1851 census, but he and most of his family were Irish, arriving in NB in 1842. This Thomas was in Springfield Parish in 1851 as:
Benson Thomas M Head 52 Native Farmer (Tenant)
Benson Hannah F Wife 47 Irish 1821
Benson Seth S. M Son 26 Native
Benson Thomas M Son 16 Native
Benson Hannah F Daughter 14 Native
Benson John M Son 10 Native
Benson William M Son 8 Native
41. SETH S. BENSON b. ca. 1825
42. THOMAS BENSON b. ca. 1835, d. OCT1907 age 72 years, bur. St. Simon and St. Jude’s Anglican Cem., Belleisle, Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB, m. MARY ABIGAIL BENSON [13] (b. 1835, d. JAN1913 age 78 years, bur. St. Simon and St. Jude’s Anglican Cem., Belleisle, Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB), d/o Elnathan and Abigail (Northrup) Benson
43. HANNAH BENSON b. ca. 1837
44. JOHN BENSON b. ca. 1841
45. WILLIAM BENSON b. ca. 1843
5. SETH STUTSON BENSON b. 28NOV1801 (ca. 1801), d. 18AUG1847, m. 1JAN1830 SARAH MARY MARVIN (b. 23JUN1809, d. 11MAY1893, bur. St. Simon and St. Jude’s Anglican Cem., Belleisle, Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB.)
Another widow in Springfield Parish in 1851 was:
Benson Sarah M. F Wid 42 Native prop
Benson Sarah F Daughter 20 Native
Benson Frances F Daughter 17 Native
Benson Charles M Son 15 Native
Benson George M Son 9 Native
Benson Augusta F Daughter 6 Native
Benson Grace F Daughter 4 Native
Sarah, b. ca. 1809, appears to be the widow of Seth Benson of Snider Mountain who d. 16MAY1893 age 84 years. A brother, also un-named, was age 92 years at the time.
51. SARAH ELIZA BENSON b. 16JAN1831, d. 31MAR1892, m. ROBERT ALLINGHAM
52. JOHN MARVEN BENSON b. 29JUL1832, d. FEB1914 age 81 years, bur. St. Simon and St. Jude’s Anglican Cem., Belleisle, Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB, m. MARGARET McFARLAND
53. FRANCES BENSON b. 8APR1834, d. 1900, bur. Snider Mountain United Church Cem., Kings Co., NB, m. ISAAC F. BENSON [82] (b. 1834, d. 1898, bur. Snider Mountain United Church Cem., Kings Co., NB), s/o William J. and Ann Benson
54. CHARLES RAYMOND BENSON b. 8FEB1836, d. 17DEC1893 age 58 years, bur. St. Simon and St. Jude’s Anglican Cem., Belleisle, Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB, m. MATILDA J. SEELEY (b. ca. 1837, d. DEC1896 age 69 years, bur. St. Simon and St. Jude’s Anglican Cem., Belleisle, Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB)
55. AUGUSTA BENSON b. 8MAR1838, d. 12OCT1838
56. OLIVE BETTS BENSON b. 16AUG1840, d. 7MAY1847
57. GEORGE HENRY BENSON b. 18MAY1842, d. 19JUL1897, bur. St. Simon and St. Jude’s Anglican Cem., Belleisle, Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB
58. MARY AUGUSTA BENSON b. 15AUG1844, d. 12JAN1884, m. WILLIAM J. CASE
59. GRACE BENSON b. 16JAN1847
6. RUTH BENSON b. ca. 1805
7. ANNE BENSON b. ca. 1805?, m. Kings Co., NB 12OCT1815 WILLIAM FANJOY.
This was William Fanjoy’s 2nd marriage, and both were of Hampton Parish when married. One witness was Isaac B. Benson; apparently Anne’s brother.
8. WILLIAM J. BENSON b. ca. 1807, m. ANN _____ (b. ca. 1812.)
I assume William was a son as he was in the 1851 census of Springfield Parish as:
Benson William J. M Head 44 Native Farmer (Tenant)
Benson Ann F Wife 39 Native
Benson William Jr. M Son 20 Native
Benson Isaac M Son 17 Native
Benson Ann F Daughter 14 Native
Benson Emily F Daughter 11 Native
81. WILLIAM BENSON b. ca. 1831.
Possibly the W. E. Benson whose wife was Sarah E. ____ (b. ca. 1837, d. JAN1874 age 37 years, bur. Springfield Anglican Cem., Springfield Corner, Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB.)
82. ISAAC F. BENSON b. 1834, d. 1898, bur. Snider Mountain United Church Cem., Kings Co., NB, m. FRANCES BENSON [53] (b. 8APR1834, d. 1900, bur. Snider Mountain United Church Cem., Kings Co., NB.) Seth Stutson and Sarah Mary (Marvin) Benson
Isaac F. Benson, was b. 1834, d. 1898, bur. Snider Mountain United Church Cem., Kings Co., NB. Buried with him is his wife, Frances (1834-1900), apparently several of their children, and an aunt?, Grace Benson (1846-1920.) this appears to be the Grace Benson [59] b. ca. 1847, d/o the widow, Sarah Benson (b. ca. 1809) in 1851 Frances’ sister; therefore aunt to her children.
In APR1896 a daughter of Isaac Benson of Snider Mountain, Kings Co., NB, Mrs. Albert Perry, was killed by a train in Littletown, Massachusetts. Her remains were taken to Snider Mountain for internment. This was Cora Perry, wife of Albert A. Perry, b. ca. 1868, d. APR1896 age 28 years, bur. Snider Mountain United Church Cem., Kings Co., NB.
Another daughter was Bertha M. Benson b. ca. MAR1865, d. DEC1878 age 13 years and 9 months, bur. Springfield Anglican Cem., Springfield Corner, Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB. She is likely buried there as many of her mother’s family are buried there as well.
83. ANN BENSON b. ca. 1837
84. EMILY BENSON b. ca. 1840
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