LITTLE & BENNER FAMILIES
Seeking ancestry and siblings of both our Little and our Benner lines.JOHN C. LITTLE, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 18, 1805 to JAMES LITTLE & ? (mother was a native of England, but given & maiden names are unknown), died Feb. 12, 1882 in Cape May County, New Jersey, married on April 1, 1827 (marriage location unknown), SARAH A. BENNER, born in unknown location in Pennsylvania, Aug. 25, 1807, died in Cape May County, New Jersey, Feb. 17, 1872.JOHN C. LITTLE's inventory of his will, makes mention of a sister, SUSAN HARLAN, but I have never found any other record which mentions her name.Seven children were born to this couple, all born in Philadelphia between the years of 1828 and 1849: 1. CHARLES M.G. LITTLE, married MARY M. DOYT (may have resided in Phila. or NJ; no other info. on him or his wife); 2. JAMES HOWARD LITTLE, married SARAH E. OLIVER (resided in NJ); 3. ANNA ELIZABETH LITTLE, married GEORGE WASHINGTON SMITH (resided in NJ); 4. MARY JANE LITTLE, married JACOB R. YEAGER (may have resided in Phila.); 5. HANNAH FRANCES LITTLE, married first WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, killed at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, married second, JOSEPH E. JACKSON (resided in NJ); 6. ALBERT BENNER LITTLE, married EMMA THOMPSON LUDLAM CHURCH (resided in NJ); and 7. GEORGE WASHINGTON LITTLE, married RUTH A. CHURCH (may have resided in NJ).If you recognize any of these LITTLE or BENNER family members, please contact me. I am at a dead end as to finding JOHN C. LITTLE and SARAH A. BENNER'S ancestry and siblings.