Dutcher, Benjamin

Dutcher, Benjamin

Male 1742 - 1826  (84 years)

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  • Name Dutcher, Benjamin  [1, 2, 3
    Born Jul 1742  [2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1800  Cambridge, Washington, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1810  Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1820  Pownal, Bennington, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1 Aug 1826  Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I29549  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 

    Father Dutcher, Gabriel,   b. Feb 1720 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Knickerbocker, Elizabetha,   b. 1720,   d. 23 Apr 1793, Dover, Dutchess, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Dec 173?  Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F10965  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Benson, Thankful,   b. 1752, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1811, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Children 
     1. Dutcher, John,   b. Sep 1775, White Creek, Washington, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1832, White Creek, Washington, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)  [natural]
     2. Dutcher, Peter,   b. 1 Mar 1778, White Creek, Washington, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1850, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)  [natural]
     3. Dutcher, Seth B,   b. 1783, White Creek, Washington, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. Dutcher, Charlotte,   b. 1787, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1850, White Creek, Washington, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)  [natural]
     5. Dutcher, Phoebe,   b. 1790, White Creek, Washington, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1812, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)  [natural]
     6. Dutcher, Christine,   b. 1791, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     7. Dutcher, David,   b. 12 Mar 1795, White Creek, Washington, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1832, White Creek, Washington, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F10962  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Backus, Elizabeth 
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F10964  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1800 - Cambridge, Washington, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1810 - Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1820 - Pownal, Bennington, Vermont, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Aug 1826 - Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    historyoftownofm02ball_0230Benjamin Dutcher
    historyoftownofm02ball_0230Benjamin Dutcher
    Revolutionary War Service Record of Benjamin Dutcher
    Revolutionary War Service Record of Benjamin Dutcher
    U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
    U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783

    Histories
    Benjamin's illegitimate child
    Benjamin's illegitimate child

  • Notes 
    • "The Dutcher Family" page 49

      Benjamin Dutcher, bap. 29 Jan., 1744 (Germantown, N. Y.), probably named after Benjamin White. Birth given as July, 1742 (Ballou's Hist, of New Milford, Mass. 723-725); m. Thankful Benson (b. 1752). Benjamin Dutcher was in the Line, 1st Regt. (N. Y. in the Rev., 20), with "Bernard" i.e. Barent), David, Derrick (i. e. Dirck) and Henry or Hendrick Dutcher. Benjamin's history and facts as to his children, eight in number, are given fully in Ballou's New Milford, just quoted, supra.

      Research note: "Ballou's Hist, of New Milford, Mass." is actually History of the Town of Milford, Mass. by Andre Ballou

      History of the Town of Milford Mass, page 724;

      Three immigrant Dutchers, bros., are understood to have come from Holland, and set. near New-York City. One of these had a son named Gabriel. He was gt. gd. fr. to our Warren W. He had a son Benjamin, b. in Dutchess County, N.Y., July, 1742. He m. Thankful Benson, a woman of remarkable ingenuity, b. 1752. She may have been of German descent, which, however, is uncertain.
      They set. at first in White Creek, N.Y., but afterwards in Shaftsbury, Vt. They had 8 chn. ; the elder ones b. in New York, the younger in Vermont; viz., -

      John, b. Sept., 1775; never m. ; d. Shaftsbury, Vt., April, 1832.
      Peter, b. March 1, 1778; the fr. of our W. W. Dutcher.
      Seth, b. date not given; in. and set. near Syracuse, N.Y.
      Polly, b. date not given; m. Eli Goddard, and set. Marcellus, N.Y.
      Charlotte, b. date not given; m. Thomas Fowler, aud set. While Creek, NY
      Christine, b. date not given ; lived and d. unm.
      David, b. date not given; m. Asenath Fisk; lived and d. near White Creek, N.Y.
      Phebe, b. date not given; never m. ; d. Shaftsbury, Vt., Sept. 2S, 1S12.

      Benjamin Dutcher, the fr., d. in Shaftsbury, Vt., Aug., 1826. The mr. d. June, 1811.

  • Sources 
    1. [S645] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;), Database online.
      Record for Benjamin Dutcher

    2. [S784] The Dutcher Family, Walter Kenneth Griffen, (Name: New York Genealogical and Historical Society;), page 49.

    3. [S1068] U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;).
      U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
      U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783