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- 1840 Census. Hopewell, Ontario Co., NY
Elijah Mattison
males 1 0 - 5 (Andrew J. Mattison aged 2)
1 15 - 20 (could be Beecher, Jr. aged 20)
1 50 - 60 (Elijah Mattison)
females 1 10 - 15
1 15 - 20 (could be Nancy & Beecher's daughter b. 1824, aged 16)
1 20 - 30
1 40 - 50 (Nancy Dickson Benham Mattison aged 43)
1850 Census. Middlebury Twp., Elkhart Co., IN
Ancestry database. M432_144, pag 76, image 154
Madison, Sidney 19 m laborer NY
Benham, R. D. 34 m farmer 1500 NY
Martha 30 f Canada
Mary A. 10 f in school Canada
Nancy 5 f Canada
Cordelia 1 f Indiana
Ancestry database. M432_144, PAG 73, IMAGE 148
Madison, Nancy 54 f 800 PA
Benham, Eli 30 m farmer NY
Agnes 19 f NY
Andrew J. Madison 12 m NY
Beecher is also living in the same town. Reel 144, Page 72A
Benum Beecher age 29 M Laborer born NY
Chronology for Nancy Dickson Benham Mattison (or spelled Madison)
Nancy born PA 1797
Nancy and Beecher Benham,Sr marry 1816
Robert Dickson born 1818
Eli born 1819
Beecher Jr born 1820
son born 1822
daughter born 1824
Beecher, Sr and bro. Jonathan buy land 1829
Beecher, Sr. assignes everything to creditors 1830
Sidney Madison born 1831
Beecher, Sr. sold land to Elija Mattison 1832
Beecher, Sr. of Upper Canada in Eli's will 1837
Andrew J. Mattison (Madison) born 1838
Nancy in Elkhart Co, IN 1850
with Beecher, Eli, RD, Andrew J. & Sidney
spelled "Madison"
Johathan recieves expenses for a trip to Canada 1851
Nancy Dickson
NANCY DICKSON; Born in Pa. in 1797 and died in Goshen Ind, on Jan.19,
1872, aged 77 yrs old. She married Beecher Benham Sr. in Dec. 24, 1816 in
Gorham later called Hopewell NY. Their first, child, Robert Dickson was
born in 1818, Eli was their second child with "our Beecher" my great
grandfather in 1820. They had two more children of which no record can
be found. The family lived in Hopewell until 1830 and in that census
Beecher was not withh his family. He was purported to be in Upper Canada
running a brewery. There is no record of the family ever following him.
In 1840 we find Nancy in Hopewell,"did she ever leave"?, and mar-
ried to Elijah E. Madison also spelled Mattison. They had a two year old
son Andrew J. Madison. Their is also another male in the household be-
tween 15 - 20 yrs. old, could this be Beecher Jr. at 20 yrs old.
In 1847, according to Robert's obituary, Nancy, Robert, Eli, Beecher
Jr.,and Andrew J. Madison moved to Middlebury Ind. and we find in 1849
Eli and Beecher Jr. worked two days "Roadwork" to pay on Nancy's taxes,.
Twp. records Mar.9, 1849.
In 1850 Nancy is in Middlebury, Ind. with her son Eli 53 yrs old
and Andrew J. Madison 12 yrs old. Still on Nancy,s farm.
In 1860 we find Nancy with Eli, no Andrew J. Nancy was 63.
In 1870 Nancy was living with her oldest son, Robert in Goshen Ind.
and she died there in 1874. She is buried in a large plot in Oak Ridge
Cemetery, Goshen, Ind. beside her sons Robert and Beecher Jr. Robert and
his wife Martha and their children are buried in the same plot. Very
impressive stone, probably bought by Robert with small stones at each
individual grave. We are using the date Jan. 19,1874 as the date of Nancy's
death as it. is the date the cemetery lot was bought and she is the first
person buried in it, per cemetery records.
We first find mention of Elijah E. Mattison in 1332 when he bought
a. piece of land from Johnathan and Mary Benham.
Researched and written by Charles F. Benham
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1797 - 1874 (77 years)
