Person:Benajah Boardman (1)
Benajah Boardman
b.14 May 1749 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.27 Feb 1813 Canoga, Seneca, New York, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 4 Aug 1746
  1. Theodore Boardman1746 -
  2. Benajah Boardman1749 - 1813
  3. Elijah Boardman1752 -
  4. Rebecca Boardman1759 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Benajah Boardman1749 - 1813
  • W.  Lucy Price - 1773
m. 1772
  1. Meekins Boardman1773 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 22 Dec 1774
  1. Lucy Boardman
  2. Sarah Boardman
  3. Jerusha Boardman
  4. Elizabeth Boardman
  5. Rebecca Meekins Boardman
  6. Samuel Boardman1780 - 1858
  7. Jesse Churchill Boardman1781 - 1849
  8. Rev. Benajah Boardman1793 - 1850
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Facts and Events
Name Benajah Boardman
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 14 May 1749 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 1772 to Lucy Price
Marriage 22 Dec 1774 Newington, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Martha Churchill
Military[3] was sergeant in Capt. Elijah Wright's Company during the Rev War
Death? 27 Feb 1813 Canoga, Seneca, New York, United States

His 4 eldest children were baptised at Newington, the two younger were brought down from Arlington, this being in VT where Benajah settled for a time. Afterwards he moved to Ovid, NY in 1788 and built in 1793 the first mill in that town. He moved from there to Conago, NY and built the first mill there also. He was widely known and highly esteemed as a man of sound judgment and high character.

Was Sergeant in Capt. Elijah Wright's Co. during Revolutionary War, Col. Eno's Reg't on the Hudson, 1781, engaged for three months.

He was a miller

References
  1. ↑ Goldthwaite, Charlotte. Boardman Genealogy, 1525-1895: The English Home and Ancestry of Samuel Boreman, Wethersfield, Conn.; Thomas Boreman, Ipswich, Mass. : With Some Account of Their Descendants (Now Called Boardman) in America. (Hartford, Conn.: William F. J. Boardman, 1895)
    page 671.
  2. ↑ Wethersfield [CT] Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records.

    BOARDMAN:
    Benajah, son [of] Israel & Rebecca, b. May 14, 1749

  3. ↑ Was Sergeant in Capt. Elijah Wright's Co. during Revolutionary War, Col. Eno's Reg't on the Hudson, 1781, engaged for three months.
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