Benton Name Study

Profile managers: One Name Studies WikiTree [send private message] and Sylvia Benton [send private message]

This profile is part of the Benton Name Study.

Origin

Lines

Connecticut

Virginia

Maryland

• Mark Benton arrived to the U.S. in 1652 and is found in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.

Notables

• Thomas Hart Benton U.S. Senator, Missouri

How to Join

• Please contact the project leader Sylvia Benton or post a comment at the foot of the page. If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks!

Goals

Tracing the Benton line has been a challenge to say the least. It seemed almost impossible to find information past my 5th great grandfather. What I discovered was not necessarily the lack of resources, it was the immense amount of inaccurate information that was steering me in the wrong direction. Only through the DNA of a Benton male have we determined which line we fall into exactly. I have concluded if the information was easy to find, it is most likely inaccurate.

• This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about one surname and the variants of that name. The hope is that the lines can get properly traced and identified. If you have taken a DNA test and are from one of the Benton lines, please consider placing your results on your profile.

Acknowledgement

• I am from the Benton line that moved from South Carolina to Coweta, Georgia. My great-grandfather was Selby Macgruder Benton, his father James Andrew Benton, his father Andrew Hugh Benton, his father Jacob Benton. My grandfather, his sister and his brothers were born and raised in Habersham County, Cornelia, Georgia. I have had my DNA done on 23andMe and Ancestry. My GedMatch # is on my profile.

Please feel free to add your line of the Benton's as well.