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Benjamin Pitney

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Liberty Corner, Somerset, New Jersey, United States
Death: October 27, 1798 (77-78)
Mendham, Morris, New Jersey
Immediate Family:

Son of James Pitney and Susannah Pitney
Husband of Abigail Alden Pitney
Father of Hannah Pitney; Benjamin Pitney; Azuba Beers; Abigail Seward; Susan Pitney and 5 others
Brother of Samuel Pitney; Mary Swayze; Jonathan Pitney; James Pitney; Elizabeth Swazey and 2 others

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About Benjamin Pitney

  • Daughters of American Revolution Ancestor #: A089391
  • Service: NEW JERSEY Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
  • Birth: 1720 SOMERSET CO NEW JERSEY
  • Death: ANTE 10-27-1798 MENDHAM TWP MORRIS CO NEW JERSEY
  • Service Source: NJ, REV WAR: COMP OF REV WAR SLIPS & DOCUMENTED MATERIALS FROM OTHER SOURCES, FHL ROLL # 580788
  • Service Description: CARTING WAR MATERIALS, MORRIS CO

Father: James PITNEY b: BET 1690 AND 1695

Mother: Susannah SMITH b: 27 SEP 1699

Marriage 1 Abigail BYRAM

   * Married: 28 NOV 1751 2

Sources:

  1. Title: WorldConnect at ancestry.com
     Abbrev: WorldConnect at ancestry.com
     Page: Dilts Families
     sources quoted
  2. Title: Genealogical and Memorial History of the Stated of New Jersey: A Record
     of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the
     Founding of a Nation, Volumes: 4
     Abbrev: Geneal. and Memorial Hx of NJ
     Author: Francis Bazley Lee
     Publication: Lewis Publishing Co., NY, 1910
     Page: Vol. IV, p. 1359 Pitney (found online at ancestry.com in full book form
     at Family and Local Histories) 
[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pitney-12  B Pitney Sr. (abt. 1726 - 1798)]

* Benjamin Pitney Sr.

  • Born about 1726 in Liberty Corner, Somerset, New Jersey
  • ANCESTORS ancestors
  • Son of James Pitney and Susannah (Smith) Pitney
  • Brother of Sarah (Pitney) Blachley, Samuel Pitney, Mary (Pitney) Swayze, Jonathan Pitney, James Pitney and Elizabeth (Pitney) Swayze
  • Husband of Abigail (Byram) Pitney — married 28 Nov 1751 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey
  • DESCENDANTS descendants
  • Father of Eunice (Pitny) Pitney, Benjamin (Pitny) Pitney Jr., Hannah (Pitny) Pitney, Azubah (Pitney) Briant, Abagail (Piney) Seward, Susan (Pitny) Pitney, Elizabeth (Pitney) Baldwin, Sarah Pitney, Mary (Pitney) Leonard, Lewis (Pitny) Pitney and Byram (Pitny) Pitney
  • Died 1798 in Mendham, Morris, New Jersey, United States

GEDCOM Note

Benjamin was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He and Abigail had 11 chi ldren: Mary, married John Leonard; Susanna, married Daniel Sayre; Eunic e, died young; Benjamin Jr, married Miss Larson;Hannah, unmaried, died 8 M ay 1820; Abigail,married Samuel Seward; Azubah, born 27 November 1755, mar ried Daniel Beers andhad 8 children, married Mr LeFevre and Mr Bryant, mar ried Mary Armstrong; Elizabeth (my ancestor); Sarah, married cousin Mahl on Pitney and had 4 children; Byram; and Lewis. (Ref: Byrams in America by John A Byram; Ancestry.com Pitney and Manny Con nected Families)

Benjamin was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He and Abigail had 11 chi ldren: Mary, married John Leonard; Susanna, married Daniel Sayre; Eunic e, died young; Benjamin Jr, married Miss Larson;Hannah, unmaried, died 8 M ay 1820; Abigail,married Samuel Seward; Azubah, born 27 November 1755, mar ried Daniel Beers andhad 8 children, married Mr LeFevre and Mr Bryant, mar ried Mary Armstrong; Elizabeth (my ancestor); Sarah, married cousin Mahl on Pitney and had 4 children; Byram; and Lewis. (Ref: Byrams in America by John A Byram; Ancestry.com Pitney and Manny Con nected Families)

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Benjamin Pitney's Timeline

1720
1720
Liberty Corner, Somerset, New Jersey, United States
1752
1752
Morris Township, Morris County, New Jersey, Colonial America
1752
Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey, Colonial America
1755
November 27, 1755
Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey, Colonial America
1756
1756
Morris Township, Morris County, New Jersey, Colonial America
1758
1758
Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey, Colonial America
1760
July 23, 1760
Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey, Colonial America
1762
1762
Possibly, Morris County, New Jersey, Colonial America
1768
September 5, 1768
Morris Township, Morris County, New Jersey, Colonial America