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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Benson

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Harlem, New York?
Death: February 25, 1823 (83)
Harlem, New York?
Place of Burial: New York, Kings County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Benson and Tryntje Catherine Benson
Husband of Dinah Benson
Father of Egbert Benson and Maria Robert Lefferts
Brother of Egbert Benson, U.S. Congress

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About Lieutenant Colonel Robert Benson

Photo Ref.: Robert Benson Clerk of New York City, portrait on canvas, by John Trumbull 1804.

Robert Benson was a patriot, member Committee of One Hundred and the Provincial Congress of New York during the revolution, and postwar clerk of the City of New York.

Info ref.: < https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29390428/robert-benson >, Lt. Col. Robert Benson, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, KIngs County, New York. Memorial ID: 29390428.

Robert Benson portrait on canvas by John Trumbull, 1804: < https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/robert-benson-1739-1823 >, New York Historical Society.

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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Benson's Timeline

1739
October 30, 1739
Harlem, New York?
1789
September 1, 1789
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
1793
1793
1823
February 25, 1823
Age 83
Harlem, New York?
February 25, 1823
Age 83
Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, Kings County, New York, United States