Re: I NEED HELP PLEASE
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I NEED HELP PLEASE
DOROTHY GREIBERIS 3/26/13
On the Loyalists of New Brunswick list there are 3 BENSONs - Isaac who settled in York Co., Seth who settled in Kings Co. and William in Queens Co.
Since you say that your Isaac was from Gondola Point then that would be Seth's neighbourhood. Seth died in the Parihs of Kingston, where Gondola Point is, in 1813, without a will. The probate court granted administration to his widow Parnil BENSON. http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/MC3706/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&abstract=7411§ion=NameIndexhttp://archives.gnb.ca/Search/MC3706/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&abstract=7411§ion=NameIndex
Newspaper account of Seth's death......(Note that the newspaper was from York Co. not the location of the incident)
Date October 12 1812
County York
Place Fredericton
Newspaper The New Brunswick Royal Gazette
drowned Kennebecasis, 21st inst., Seth BENSON of Kings Co. while getting out of a woodboat into a canoe which upset. (The Kennebecasis River is where Gondola point is.)
Also...
Date August 10 1813
County York
Place Fredericton
Newspaper The New Brunswick Royal Gazette
Est. Seth BENSON, Hampton; Admin. Parnel BENSON, John WATERBURY, 19th June.
These newspapers are online at the PANB site http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/FullText.aspx?culture=en-CAhttp://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/FullText.aspx?culture=en-CA
Parnell BENSON received a widows pension until she was 87 in 1850 and living in Springfield, Kings Co.,NB
http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/OldSoldiers/ViewImages.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=198http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/OldSoldiers/ViewImages.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=198
In 1840 they listed her as 70 years old. The last listing was 1851 but it is unknown when she died.
So if Parnel(l) was born in the US around 1763 - 1770 they may have been married in NY before the Loyalists came to NB in 1783. There is no record of a marriage in NB but it was wilderness in those days and it may have happened here but not recorded.
I must mentioned that an Isaac BENSON lived at Springfield where Parnell endedup so he is likely a son. Check the BENSONs in the cemetery listings for Kings Co. to get some of their family. http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/Cemeteries/?culture=en-CAhttp://archives.gnb.ca/Search/Cemeteries/?culture=en-CA
I hoped this helps,
Suzanne Carter