Stephenson Family Tree » Christopher Benson (1655-1704)

Personal data Christopher Benson 


Household of Christopher Benson

(1) He is married to Jane Benson.

They got married on May 29, 1679 at Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, England, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jane Lancelott  ± 1685-1774 


(2) He had a relationship with Frances Hardcastle.


(3) He had a relationship with Anne Baine.


(4) He had a relationship with Jane.

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Timeline Christopher Benson

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Christopher Benson

Alexander Benson
1573-± 1635
Isabella Wright
± 1575-± 1642
Robert Myers
1590-????
Barbary Myers
1578-1638
John Benson
1599-????

Christopher Benson
1655-1704

(1) 1679

Jane Benson
1660-1774

Jane Lancelott
± 1685-1774
(2) 

Frances Hardcastle
1663-1712

(3) 

Anne Baine

(4) 

Jane
????-1729


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Historical events

Birthday June 6, 1655

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1655: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 25 » Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
    • May 19 » The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War.
    • July 31 » Russo-Polish War (1654–67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
    • August 23 » Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
    • September 8 » Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
    • December 27 » Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.

Day of marriage May 29, 1679

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1679: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 24 » King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
    • June 1 » The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog.
    • August 7 » The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the south-eastern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.

Day of death August 18, 1704

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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1704: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » The Battle of Ayubale results in the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida.
    • February 29 » Queen Anne's War: French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.
    • April 24 » The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.
    • August 4 » War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
    • August 13 » War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
    • December 6 » Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.


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