Mattheus Johannesz (Bensen) Benson (1736 - abt. 1805)

Born 19 Nov 1736 in Bergen County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Maria (Berden) Benson — married about 1759 in Schrallenberg, Bergen, New York [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1805 at about age 68 in Sophiasburgh, Prince Edward, Upper Canada [uncertain]

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Biography

Church Records

Mattheus, recorded as the child of Joannes Bensen and Elizabeth Lydekker, was baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church of Schraalenburgh (Bergen County, New Jersey) on the 5th of December, 1736. Witnesses were Mattheus Bensen and wife.^{[1][2] [3]}

A birth date for Mattheus of the 19th of November,1736, place not given, was sourced from The Benson Family - Revised History of Harlem (City of New York) which also lists a wife Marytje ________, and Children _Hannes 28 Sep 1760, Albert bp 12 Feb 1774 , Samuel bp 28 Jan 1776, John & Dirck twins bp 13 March 1779. ^[4]

Marriage:

Mattheus was married about 1759 to Marytje Berden, daughter of Albert Berden and Divertje Banta .^{[5] [6][4]}

Children of Mattheus and Marytje:

1. Cornelius Levi Benson b. abt. 1758 m. Sarah Dempsey
2. Johannes b. 28 Sept, 1760 d. in the Revolutionary War before 1784
3. Garrat Benson b. 14 Feb 1762
4. Albert Benson b. 12 Feb 1764 m. Jane Van Blaricom
5. Elizabeth Benson b. abt. 1766 m. Matthew Steel
6. Charles Jacob Benson b. 5 Oct 1768 m. Abigail Osborne
7. William Benson b. abt 1773 m. Mary Osborne
8. Samuel Benson b. Jan 1776
9. Eve Benson+ b. May 1777, d. 12 Jul 1853 m. Thomas Richardson U.E.L.
10. Richard (Dirck) Benson+1 b. 13 Mar 1778, d. 5 Nov 1865 m. Elizabeth Barton
11. John Benson+ b. 13 Mar 1778, d. 31 May 1864 m. Mary Valleau

Mattheus married Elizabeth Koek Schermerhorn,widow of William Schermerhorn, sometime after 1791. They had no children.^[5][7]

Immigration:

Mattheus, a United Empire Loyalist removed his family from New Jersey in the United States to Prince Edward County, Upper Canada about 1783. ^[8]

Matthew Benson was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: UEL List; UCLP of son Jacob Benson: 30 Mar 1790

Land Grant

On the 5th of May, 1790 Matthew Benson made application for an Order to receive one hundred acres of land for himself and five? hundred acres of family lands in the 8th Township (Sidney), pg 144-145. This request was in consideration of his service as a United Empire Loyalist, Private under Col. Bayard's regiment (Kings Orange Regiment). The Order was granted for 200 Acres on the 5th of May, 1790. There are also documents petitioning for 200 acres in 1791 on behalf of his second wife Elizabeth Schermerhorn, pg 146-148 ^[7]

Burial:

Mattheus Benson died about 1805 in Sophiasburgh, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada and is buried in the White Chapel Cemetery, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

Research Notes

• Death date and Burial Location - no record has been found to confirm where and when Mattheus died.

• LNAB is Bensen based on his father's last name given on the FamilySearch transcription (best available source) of his baptism record. - Smith-62120 00:38, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
• LNAB on Mattheus Benson's child Eve is "Bense"
• Update - Birth date now corrected as per source A Frisian Family. Marytje is daughter of Albert and Divertje Berden. No church record has been found to verify the birth date or the last name of his wife Marytje (Berden-22). Other documents list her last name as Berden, daughter of Albert Berden and Divertje Banta but her birth date does not seem to fit this information.
• Trees by Dan website gives her last name as Berden, dau. of Albert Berden and Divertje Banta but its only source is an unsourced Gedcom (Marriage: circa 1754; Schrallenberg, Bergen, New York, U.S.A.; per GEDCOM of Rich Turnblom, Aug 25, 2004.)

• Update- This question resulted from having two children incorrectly attached to Mattheus and Marytje Benson. It is no longer a concern, the merge should proceed. "A merge was proposed between Berden-22 and Berdan-64. I am not sure that the Mary Berdan, daughter of Albert and Divertje Berdan...is the right Mary Berdan who married Mattheus Benson. The book, A Frisian Family (referenced on Berden-22 ) lays out the Berdan children's birth dates. It appears that the only Mary (Marytje or Maria) Berdan was born 1742 and would only have been about 13 years old when the first Benson child was born (Betsy Benson b. 1755) . Mary had two younger sisters, both named Eva. Assuming the one born in 1734 died, then that leaves Eva Berdan b. 1736. Was her full name Eva Marytje or Marytje Eva? Need a marriage record or birth, baptism record. The H.C. Burleigh Papers referenced in Berden-22 also list out the children of Albert Berdan and Dievertje Banta, oddly listing the marriage of Mary Berdon ( why spell with an "o" when all the others were "BerdAn") to Matthew Benson of Adolphustown, as if Mary was not a child of Albert Berdan? Perhaps the author was not sure if Mary was related? Family Search and an Internet search has, so far, not produced a church document for the birth or baptism of Marytje (Maria, Mary) Berdan. "

Sources

1. ↑ 'Collections of the Holland Society of New York (New York). Vol. 1, Part 2. 1891, Page 81. Haithitrust.org.
2. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", Source; Family Search, Online Publication, database, Mattheus Bensen; FHL microfilm 874,335; citing DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, SCHRAALENBURG, BERGEN, NEW JERSEY. Book 73, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ67-P2Q
3. ↑ "DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, SCHRAALENBURG, BERGEN, NEW JERSEY",Book 73, Digital image of baptism in Schraalenburgh Book 73 Ancestry
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Riker, James. Revised History of Harlem (New Harlem Publishing Company, New York, 1904), Page 433, Note This resource is free access at Haithitrust.org, or by Membership at Ancestry
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "H.C. Burleigh Fonds", Source: Queens University Archives, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, online database, Benson, page 42, "H.C. Burleigh Fonds"
6. ↑ "Trees by Dan", Source; Dan Buchanan's Genealogy and History Web Site a.k.a. Trees by Dan, Online Publication, Person page 1274, Matthew Benson, #35102, http://www.treesbydan.com/main.htm
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865)", Source: Library and Archives Canada, online database, BENSON, Matthew, Year: 1790-1791, Vol: 67, Bundle: B Misc. 1788-1795, Petition: 88, Pages: 144-148, Reference: RG 1 L3, Microfilm: C-1635, Land Petition Pg 144-148
8. ↑ "BENSON FAMILY, An Ancient Bible 274 Years Old", Source: Adolphustown-Fredericksburgh Heritage Website, citing article from the Napanee Express dated 24 February 1893. http://www.sfredheritage.on.ca/BiographicalSketchesB.htm
9. ↑ "United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada'", online Publication, Directory of Loyalists, B surnames, Transcript of Details: Benson, Matthew (Mathew), Rank, Private, Regiment, King's Orange Rangers,Wife Name, Mary Berdan, b. either Orange Co. NY or Bergen Co. NJ, d. abt. 1791, buried Ernestown, Lennox & Addington Co, Ontario, http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/loyalist_list.php?letter=b

See Also;

• Helffenstein, Abraham Ernest. Pierre Fauconnier and His Descendants, with some account of the Allied Valleaux, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1911 (https://archive.org/details/pierrefauconnie00helfgoog : accessed 5 May 2018); The Benson Family, citing pg. 201-203.
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC8C-XQZ