Emanuel Benson (1654 - 1689)

Born 2 Feb 1654 in York, Yorkshire, England

Died 1689 at about age 34 in Dent, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Emanuel, youngest son of Gervase Benson and Dorothy Benson, was born 2 Feb (Quaker 12th month) 1653/4 (1654 in modern reckoning)^[1][2][3] while his mother was in prison for giving testimony at the Steeple-houses of York.^[4]

Penney states he is recorded in the parish registers of Dent as marrying Mary Fawcett (21 December 1682)^[5], and having at least two children, Dorothy (christened 18 March 1683), and Gervase (christened 31 December 1685).^[6] It should be noted that Penney does not address these records for Emanuel being found in conformist records rather than non-conformist.

Emanuel was buried on 15 May 1689.^[7] His will was proved on 28 November 1689, with his death place given as Dent, Yorkshire.^[8]

Known Probable Children

• Dorothy - bp 18 Mar 1683^[9]
• Gervase - bp 31 Dec 1685^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England. Piece 1285: Monthly Meeting of Sedbergh (1649-1779)
2. ↑ England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Births 1578-1841, WESTMORLAND: Quarterly Meeting of Westmorland, RG6/1246, FindMyPast and accom0anying image]
3. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQY4-46D : 11 December 2014), Immanuel Benson, 02 Feb 1653, Birth; citing p. 43, Westmorland, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London: note that the transcript gives the year as 1653 and garbles the spelling of the name of the Gervase of this profile
4. ↑ J. Besse, A collection of the sufferings of the people called Quakers, London. 1753, II:90
5. ↑ England, Marriages, 1538–1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013, FHL Film Number: 100090
6. ↑ N. Penney, ed., ‘The first publishers of truth’: being early records, now first printed, of the introduction of Quakerism into the counties of England and Wales (1907) p 251, note 13
7. ↑ "England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W5BX-P72M : 16 January 2020), Emanuell Bensson, 1689
8. ↑ Prerogative & Exchequer Courts Of York Probate Index, 1688-1858, FindMyPast
9. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J71P-Y4G : 20 March 2020), Dorothy Benson, 1683.
10. ↑ "England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CZGH-9BPZ : 27 April 2020), Gervise Benson, 1685.