BENSON: Robert Benson m1. Jane; m2. 1727/28 Catherine, widow of Isaac Richardson. By his first wife Robert Benson had children: John b. 1714 m. Ann John, dt. Of Griffith John James b. 1717 m. ? Rachel John, dt. Of Griffith John Hannah b. 1720 m. ____ Nowlan William m. 1746/7 Jane Jones, dt. Of John Evans Ann Robert Benson’s will named grandchildren John, William and James Nowlan, sons of his daughter Hannah Nowlan. Robert Benson bought tracts in the vicinity of 12, 13 and 14 in 1715 and appears in the Uwchlan tax lists from 1718 on. He sold all or part of these tracts in 1742 when he purchased tracts 59 and 60. He died about 1746. John Benson, wife Ann, owned tracts 61, 62, 63 and 64. He acquired tract 64 in 1745, sold 62, 63 and 64 in 1766, and acquired tract 61 in 1769. He sold it in 1774. James Benson acquired tract 58 in 1743 and tract 57 in 1746. He died in 1777 and the land passed to his children, James, Benjamin and Ann, wife of William Flynn. James Jr., wife Catherine, sold tract 57 to William Flynn in 1781 and sold tract 58 in 1786. He acquired tract 59 from William Benson in 1766 and sold it also in 1786. Griffith John’s will of 1774 named the children of his deceased daughter Rachel Benson as James, Benjamin, Jonathan and Ann Benson, which suggests she was the wife of James Benson, Sr. Benjamin Benson, son of James Benson, Jr., may have married Hannah, daughter of Mary Helsby Allison. William and Jane (Jones) Benson had sons Robert and John. William inherited tracts 59 and 60 from his father. He deeded tract 59 to James Benson, probably his nephew, in 1766 and sold tract 60 in 1777.
