Ebenezer 2 BENHAM

1731 - 1811  (80 years)

• Name	Ebenezer 2 BENHAM  [1, 2]
  Birth	21 Sep 1731	New Haven, New Haven Co., CT
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Sep 1811	Hopewell, Ontario Co., NY
  Person ID	I529	Benham Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Ebenezer 1 BENHAM,   b. 17 May 1703, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT d. 29 Mar 1769, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hannah JONES,   b. 14 Mar 1709, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT d. 24 Mar 1768 (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1726
  Family ID	F126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Desire BEECHER,   b. 1734, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT d. 26 Aug 1809 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1755	New Haven, New Haven Co., CT
  Children	1. Hannah BENHAM,   b. 15 Jan 1757, Waterbury, New Haven Co., CT d. Bef 1833 (Age < 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Martha BENHAM,   b. 24 Aug 1758, Waterbury, New Haven Co., CT d. Aft 1780 (Age > 23 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Isaac BENHAM,   b. 21 Oct 1760, Waterbury, New Haven Co., CT d. 1853, Jericho, Chittenden Co., VT (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Esther BENHAM,   b. 23 Sep 1762, Waterbury, New Haven Co., CT  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Anna BENHAM,   b. 11 Jul 1764, Waterbury, New Haven Co., CT  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Ebenezer BENHAM,   b. 21 Jul 1766, Waterbury, New Haven Co., CT d. Aft 1812 (Age > 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. Eli BENHAM,   b. 08 Jun 1768, Waterbury, New Haven Co., CT d. 18 Nov 1837, Hopewell, Ontario Co., NY (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family 2	UNKNOWN 2
  Marriage	Apr 1810	Hopewell, Ontario Co., N.Y.
  Children	1. John BENHAM,   b. 21 Sep 1811, Hopewell, Ontario Co., NY  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Census 1810, Gorham Benham, Ebenr., Sr. 1 M under 10 This could be Ebenezer, aged 79 (b. 1731), and his son John (b. just before 1 M 45 + Ebenezer died in 1811). Desire died Aug 26, 1809, and Ebenezer married 1 F under 10 Unknown in 1809. This could be the female 26 - 44. 2 F 10 - 15 The other three female could be domestic help and/or her daughters from a 1 F 26 - 44 previous marriage. Ebenezer Benham., Jr. was living nearby. ------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, (Name: Baltimore: GPC, 1981;), 974.67 Jac. [S71] Georgiana H. Randall and Edith Case Benham, The Benham Family in America, (Name: Mormon FHC tape, # 858779;), Morman # 858779.