Benjamin Davis
(1808-1881)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rachel Beecher

Benjamin Davis 1 2 3

  • Born: 1808, Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA 1 3
  • Marriage (1): Rachel Beecher on 7 Feb 1833 in New Holland: Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA 1 2
  • Died: 1 Jan 1881, East Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA at age 73 3
  • Buried: East Earl: Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lancaster, PA, USA 3

   FamilySearch ID: LZBW-G63.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: Lancaster Examiner, 7 Mar 1833, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 1 Married by Rev Baker:
On 7th ult Benjamin David to Miss Rachel Beecher, both of Earl.

2. Census in 1850 in Blue Ball, Lancaster, PA. 4 The 1850 census recorded Benjamin Davies, tailor, 39, living with wife Rachel, 36; son Levi, 13; Sarah, 6; Mary 5; Rachel, 4; and Edward, 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.


Benjamin married Rachel Beecher on 7 Feb 1833 in New Holland: Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA.1 2 (Rachel Beecher was born on 11 Jun 1812 in Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA,5 6 died on 11 Jun 1890 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 5 6 and was buried on 12 Jun 1890 in East Earl: Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lancaster, PA, USA 6.)

Sources

1 Wright, F. Edward, Marriages and deaths from the newspapers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (1988. Family Line Publications. 2 volumes. Vol. 1 1821-1830. Vol. 2 1831-1840.), 1831-1840, Page 24.

2 Donegal Chapter of Daughters of American Revolution, "Early Marriage Records 1731 to 1850 Inc. of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA," Page 117, Davies W. Hambright m. Ann Maria Beecher 2 Oct 1832.

3 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21465029.

4 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HP-K7Z Benjamin Davies, Blue Ball, Earl, Lancaster, PA.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, PA > Gerberich Collection. Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church Cemetery in East Earl Township, Lancaster County, PA Online image 510.

6 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21465027.


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