Eli BENHAM

1768 - 1837  (69 years)

• Name	Eli BENHAM  [1]
  Birth	08 Jun 1768	Waterbury, New Haven Co., CT
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Nov 1837	Hopewell, Ontario Co., NY
  Person ID	I524	Benham Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Ebenezer 2 BENHAM,   b. 21 Sep 1731, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT d. 28 Sep 1811, Hopewell, Ontario Co., NY (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Desire BEECHER,   b. 1734, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT d. 26 Aug 1809 (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1755	New Haven, New Haven Co., CT
  Family ID	F127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	(UNKNOWN)
  Marriage	Abt 1788
  Children	1. Desire BENHAM,   b. 1792   d. Aft 1840 (Age > 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Maria BENHAM,   b. 1794, CT d. Aft 1840 (Age > 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Beecher BENHAM, Sr.,   b. 16 Jan 1796, CT  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Horace BENHAM,   b. 1798, CT  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Rebecca BENHAM,   b. 1800, Amemia, Dutchess Co., NY d. Bef 1840 (Age < 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Henry BENHAM,   b. 1801, Amemia, Dutchess Co., NY d. Aft 1840 (Age > 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. John Wosley BENHAM,   b. 1802, Amemia, Dutchess Co., NY d. Aft 1840 (Age > 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Polly BENHAM,   b. 1804, Amemia, Dutchess Co., NY d. Aft 1840 (Age > 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Jonathan BENHAM,   b. 1806, Amemia, Dutchess Co., NY d. Aft 1840 (Age > 35 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Delana ?,   b. Abt 1781   d. 01 Apr 1841, Hopewell, Ontario Co., N.Y. (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1808
  Children	1. Julia BENHAM,   b. Aft 1810, Gorham (Hopewell, ), Ontario Co., N.Y. d. 1817, Gorham (Hopewell, ), Ontario Co., N.Y. (Age < 5 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Eli BENHAM, Jr.,   b. 1815, Gorham (Hopewell, ), Ontario Co., N.Y. d. Aft 1840 (Age > 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

• Notes

  CFB made a trip to Hopewell....There is a Benham Cemetary in Hopewell, NY. There was a Methodist Church on the grounds in the 1820's and 1830's. The was church moved to Eli Benham's farm. It was added to the back of the barn and used as a sheep shed. The shed is still there, about 1/2 mile from the cemetary. The cemetary is behind a hous that is 20 - 30 years old. CFB found: Waterbury, CT Vital Records. Eli Benham marriage, about 1788 to ?. Left CT 1799. 1800 Census. Amenia, Dutchess Co., NY Eli Benham 3 m under 10 (Beecher, Horace?) 1 m 26-45 (Eli, 32) 3 f under 10 (Desire, Maria, Rebecca) 1 f 10-26 1 f 26-45 (first wife?) Married Delana? before 1810. He was in Hopewell, Ontario Co., NY in 1809

  
  

• Sources

  [S71] Georgiana H. Randall and Edith Case Benham, The Benham Family in America, (Name: Mormon FHC tape, # 858779;), Morman # 858779.