BENSON BIRTHS – Old Perlican Parish Records
Transcribed by Susan Snelgrove, Etobicoke, Ontario
Unless otherwise noted, these births took place in Grates Cove.
George Benson & Mary
Adam, born March 5, 1828
Aaron, born October 1825 (baptised 1830), so the 1825 date is probably wrong considering the order of records
George Benson & Martha
Newman, born Oct. 18, 1840
Sarah Ann, born Feb. 15, 1851
Joseph Benson & Sarah
Isaac John, born Nov. 22, 1837
Rachel, born Nov. 1, 1840
Esau, born Jan. 27, 1844
Mary Jane, born Aug. 31, 1845
Kesia, born April 6, 1849
Henrietta, born March 4, 1851 (twin)
Hannah, born March 4, 1851 (twin)
Kezia, born April 4, 1851 (this must be wrong, see above date for twins) – Is this same Kesia as above, or a second child?
Susanna, born Nov. 19, 1858
Benjamin Benson & Charlotte
Caroline, born Oct. 7, 1841
Christiana, born Oct. 31, 1843
Joseph, born July 20, 1850
Elijah Benson & Eliza(beth?) Ann
Elisha, born Sept. 23, 1851 – his mother listed as Eliza Ann
Gideon, born July 22, 1857 -- his mother listed as Elizabeth Ann
Naomi, born March 23, 1860 – Her mother listed as Elizabeth
Eli, born Feb. 15, 1863 – His mother listed as Elizabeth -- presuming these are all the same couple
Hezekiah Benson & Grace
Henrietta, born Nov. 16, 1854
Joseph John, born Oct. 25, 1856
Keren-Happash (female), born March 21, 1859
Rachel, born March 4, 1866
John Benson & Ann
Hezekiah, born Aug. 2, 1856
William George, born Oct. 30, 1861
Reuben Benson & Virtue
Maria, born March 10, 1857
Eliza Jane, born May 26, 1859 in Old Perlican
Edmund, born March 20, 1865
Simeon, born Sept. 17, 1868
George William, born June 28, 1876
Reuben Benson & Prudence
Eliza, born April 7, 1861
Note: Speculating that this couple should really read Reuben & Virtue, and that the transcriber confused the mother’s name. This daughter’s birth fits into a gap in time for Virtue’s children, and I have no other record of a second Reuben Benson.
Aaron Benson & Susanna
William George, born Oct. 29, 1857
Eleazer, born Sept. 12, 1863
Eli Benson & Anotha/Anora/Enora/Anorah (there were several spellings of the mother’s name, presumed to all be the same woman
John, born Sept. 15, 1857
Eleazer, born March 6, 1859
Mary Jane, born Jan. 17, 1861
Elijah, born Feb. 1, 1863
Jacob Benson & Ann
Georgina, born August 7, 1858
Jacob Benson & Sarah
Amelia Ruth, born Sept. 3, 1859
Amelia Ann, born Oct. 28, 1861
Isaiah, born March 23, 1864
Elizabeth, born June 24, 1866
Sara & Susan - the transcriber put two women’s name
Rachael, born Sept. 4, 1859
Benjamin Benson & Ann
Mary, born Oct. 1, 1859
Joshua Avery, born March 17, 1861
William John, born July 4, 1863
Sarah Ann, born May 29, 1865 (appears she died June 24, 1867) – her mother listed as Anne
Isaac, born May 10, 1869
Sarah Ann, born Dec. 23, 1871
Newman Benson & Rachel
Mahalah, born Sept. 18, 1862
Joseph George, born March 21, 1864
Jonathon Benson & Sarah
Mary, born Sept. 1, 1862
Jemima, born Jan. 24, 1864
Jessie Susannah, born Oct. 20, 1870
Thomas Benson & Mary (Ann)
Cecilia Jane, born Aug. 15, 1870
Andrew George, born 1876 (his mother listed as Mary Ann, other children’s as Mary -- presuming same couple)
Maria, born April 27, 1878
Joseph Benson & Eliza (Ann)
Druscilla, born October 14, 1879 – her mother listed as Eliza
Robert James, born Sept. 10, 1882 -- his mother listed as Eliza Ann – assuming this is the same couple
Joshua Benson & Sarah Ann
Eli, born March 9, 1879
William John, born Sept. 23, 1881
Joseph Corbett, born July 3, 1883
Ebenezar, born March 30, 1885
Rachel Minnie, born July 17, 1887 (Note date of Rachel Minnie & Mary Hannah – don’t make sense)
Mary Hannah, born May 25, 1887
Elisha Benson & Eliza
Jordan, born June 1, 1881
Drusilla, born Aug. 31, 1883
Annie Jane, born Sept. 4, 1885
Joseph Wilson, born Dec. 9, 1887
Esau Benson & Elizabeth
John Charles, born June 28, 1882
Hezekiah Benson & Hannah
Amelia Ann, born 1883
Obediah, born Feb. 12, 1885
Cecilia Jane, born April 10, 1886
Joshua Benson & Elizabeth
Ariel Edward, born Oct. 3, 1889
Eleazar Benson & Susannah
Bertha, born June 24, 1891
John Benson & Maria (Benson?)
Howard, born Nov. 24, 1891