Benjamin Tasker Dulany

Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133700252/benjamin-tasker-dulany

Benjamin took up the cause of the Revolution and joined the army of Virginia. He was a personal friend of Gen. George Washington, who made him one of his aides.

On 10 Feb 1773 he married Elizabeth French, d/o Daniel and Penelope (Manley) French of "Claremont" Fairfax Co, VA, and ward of Gen. Washington, who gave her away at her marriage. Not long after this event, Benjamin presented to Gen. Washington the celebrated horse Blueskin which he rode during the Revolution.

Col. Dulany's favorite country seat was "Shuters Hill" near Alexandria, VA where he and his wife were buried.

GEDCOM Note

Biography

After marrying Elizabeth French, the two lived for a short time at "Prospect Hall", in Frederick, Maryland, before moving to Fairfax, Virginia.
Shortly after the start of the Revolutionary War, Benjamin gave GeorgeWashington his horse, Blueskin. After the war, Washington returned the horse to Benjamin's wife, Elizabeth, as a gift.
https://books.google.com/books?id=d_sMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&d...

Sources

<references />* "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/M13S-82H : accessed 2014-10-13), entry for Benjamin
Tasker Dulany.