I99600: Samuel BENTON "the Immigrant" (ABT 1720

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Native of England (probably Worcester County). Was appointed Justice of Granville County Court in 1746. Sheriff in 1764. Member of House of Commons from 1760 to 1768. Registrar of the County from 1761 until his death in 1770. Clerk of Court of Common pleas and Quarter Sessions from 1764 to 1770. Lt. Col. of militia under Gov. Wm. Tyron in 1768 during some of the Regulator troubles. Gave land for new courthouse at Oxford Plantation - part of 1,000 acres he owned. Before 1763, was responsible for erecting St. George's Chapel in Granville, South Carolina. Buried in
family cemetary on plantation, Oxford Granville Co SC.

Children:
2 Samuel BENTON , Jr. b: ABT 1740 + UNKNOWN b: ABT 1740
2 Lemuel BENTON b: 23 Oct 1754 d: 18 May 1818 + Elizabeth KIMBROUGH b: ABT 1774 d: ABT 1855
2 Jesse BENTON , Sr. b: 1747 d: Aug 1791 + Ann (Nancy) GOOCH b: 1758 d: 3 Jan 1838
2 Joseph BENTON b: ABT 1740

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The bible record which is the basis for Sarah's date of birth is difficult to read. It could be June 3, 1764 rather than June 2, 1764.

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"Now I wish to call attention to the Marriage Agreement of Judith Lee and Captain Samuel Peachey of 1749. The two witnesses of this document with whom we are most concerned were her son Kendall Lee, with whom she was undoubtedly living, and one Lucy Lee. Now the Lees were extraordinarily fond of having their own family members as witnesses to family documents. Add to this, the fact that Lucy Lee, as an unmarried daughter, would be at home with her mother. This first appearance of a Lucy Lee, with Judith Lee's son Kendall, makes one wonder, as this was a most personal document.
Then again, the Will of Judith Peachey, dated December 17, 1754 and proved on February 10, 1755, is of great interest. "Debts to be paid. Rest of estate to be equally divided between children. Mr. Samuel Blackwell and my son Kendall, Ex. Witnesses: Betty Conway, Kendall Lee, Lucy Smith and Ann Kerr." Of these four witnesses, three have been proven to be children of Judith Lee Peachey. It is my conclusion that she would not have called upon a fourth person, who was not a member of the family, to witness such a personal document as her last Will, in as much as she already had three witnesses who were her children. It is my belief that this Lucy Smith is the same person who witnesses her mother's Marriage Agreement to Captain Samuel Peachey as "Lucy Lee." In the space if time between 1749 and 1754, she had married a Smith. She is undoubtedly the seventh and last child.

At this point it should be stated that all this controversy over the "lost child" would not probably have arisen, if there were not a "gap" in the marriage records of the county of Northumberland. These marriage records are published in volume 47 of the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, page 41, as a compilation of the "Clerk's Fees for Licenses Issued." I have personally examined these Fee Books for the period involved and find there is, in truth, a gap from "Joseph Blackwell and Lucy Steptoe, January 1745" to the next entry of "Henry Berry and Winifred Haynie, March, 1756." This gap includes the dates of marriage of several of Richard Lee's daughters, including the marriage of Lucy Lee, which occurred between 1749 and 1755.
I have found still another case of Lucy Lee appearing, with members of her Lee family, in the records of Northumberland County. In the Will of Cuthbert Spann, proved November 12, 1753, one finds: "to my friend Mr. Peter Conway", and the witnesses to the codicil dated May 26, 1750 are Abraham *ivision, Anne Lee, Lucy Lee, and Edwin Conway. The Spanns and the Conways and the Lees were neighbors and friends, often inter-marrying. Mr. Peter Conway was the husband of the sister (Elizabeth) of Anne and Lucy Lee. At this date, 1750, both Anne and Lucy Lee were unmarried.
Additional research leads me to conclude that Lucy Lee married Baldwin Matthews Smith,..."

"Montague Genealogy" (Peter of Nansemond and Lancaster Counties, Virginia) by C.W. Montague, 1894. " "whose maiden name was Lucy Lee, descendants say she was a relative of Light Horse Harry Lee." He goes on to say that one of her descendants has a "Memorial Ring" with the letters "L.M." upon the side of which is engraved "died March 30, 1806, aged about 71 years." This would make Lucy Lee Smith Montague born in 1735, the last year of her father's life; undoubtedly she was his seventh and last child!"

"Lucy Lee, who married Baldwin Matthews Smith was the last of the seven children to be identified. This was accomolished by Grace McLean Moses in October, 1967. The following record is a condensation by Eleanor Lee Templeman, Secretary of the Society of the Lees of Virginia, of Mrs. Moses' more lengthy report.

Judith Lee, the widow of Richard Lee, signed a marriage contract dated February 16, 1749 (18), with "Samuel Peachey, Gent." The witnesses were John Leland, Kendall Lee, Betty Lee, and Lucy Lee. Judith was the third wife of Captain Peachey. He died October 2, 1750 (19).

As mentioned above, in the report on Ann Lee, Lucy and she were undoubtedly also daughters of Judith20, then still unmarried and living at home with their mother. It will later be shown that said Lucy's future son-in-law was the Reverend John Leland II, son of the other witness to Judith's marriage contract, John Leland. This evidences an early strong tie between the Lee and Leland families.

By the time of witnessing the will of their mother, Judith Lee Peachey in December, 1754, both of these daughters had married, as their signatures are Lucy Smith and Ann Kerr."

"The above research on Lucy Lee by Grace McLean Moses was officially accepted October 1967 by the Board of the Society of the Lees of Virginia, with grateful appreciation expressed for her fine and painstaking research which has added greatly to the genea!ogical records of the Lee family."

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Children: - Reuben L Tinsley, Fannie Tyree Tinsley, Benjamin Talbot Tinsley, Willis W Tinsley, James H Tinsley, Tipton Lewis Tinsley, Elizabeth C. Tinsley.

My Southern Family

Samuel BENTON "the Immigrant"

ABT 1720 - 1770

ID Number: I99600

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Charlie Council BETHEA

1879 - 1961

ID Number: I28846

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Sarah FUQUA

2 Jun 1763 - ____

ID Number: I84062

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Henry R. HESS

ABT 1850 - ____

ID Number: I36083

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Lucy LEE

1735 - 30 Mar 1806

ID Number: I61287

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Rebecca Fletcher LESLIE

ABT 1790 - ____

ID Number: I89429

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Lavinia LUCAS

ABT 1810 - ____

ID Number: I2693

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Suzie D. PAUL

Apr 1899 - ____

ID Number: I76825

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Sir JAMES RUSHOUT 1st Bt of Northwick Park

____ - ____

ID Number: I103332

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Willis Lewis TINSLEY

3 Jan 1790 - 16 Aug 1862

ID Number: I32762

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