Benson, Francis | Sargeant Memorial Collection

Name: Benson, Francis

Historical Note: Francis Benson was born in June 1773 or 1778. He married Sophia Butt on October 24, 1799 in Portsmouth, Virginia. Together the couple had four children: William, John, Eliza, and Virginia. He was a captain of the Portsmouth Rifle Company after 1801. Benson died in Norfolk, Virginia in 1828.

Sources: Survey Report, Family Bible: 1936 Nov. 20 / research made by Daisy Lawrence, Library of Virginia.

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