Individual Details
Benjamin Whitmore
(22 Oct 1751 - 31 Jul 1848)
There is a pension file
https://archive.org/details/registeroffamili00whit/page/84
https://archive.org/details/whitmoregenealog01purd/page/54
https://archive.org/details/registeroffamili00whit/page/84
https://archive.org/details/whitmoregenealog01purd/page/54
Events
| Birth | 22 Oct 1751 | Leominster, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Marriage | 1 Jun 1774 | Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts - Sarah Thompson | |||
| Residence | 1819 | Vermont | | ||
| Residence | 1840 | Chester, Windsor County | | ||
| Death | 31 Jul 1848 | Chester, Vermont | | ||
| Probate |  | ||||
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| Biography | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Thompson (1754 - 1841) |
| Child | Sarah Whitmore (1774 - 1855) |
| Child | Rufus T. Whitmore (1778 - 1874) |
| Child | Benjamin Whitmore (1782 - 1861) |
| Child | Eusena Whitmore (1784 - 1860) |
| Child | Mary Whitmore (1786 - 1855) |
| Father | Joseph Whitmore (1719 - ) |
| Mother | Mary Marion ( - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Whitmore (1749 - 1830) |
| Sibling | Persis Whitmore (1755 - 1837) |
Notes
Probate
His probate starts at image 512 – BenjaminWhitmore, Jr. administers – seems nothing more that the administrationhttps://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9084/images/007714735_00512?usePUB=true&pId=1136810Military
On 10 April 1818, BenjaminWhitmore, aged sixty-six years and resident of Chester, Vermont, provide astatement for his application for a Revolutionary War pension. He enlisted atLeominster on 1 January 1776 in the company of Capt. Hugh Maxwell, regiment ofCol. William Prescott and served until 1 January 1777 when he was discharged atPeekskill, New York. On 1 August 1820, he provided additional information onhis circumstances. The value of his property was $11.44. His household washimself and his wife aged sixty-four year. He was a shoemaker by trade but nolonger able to work at his trade. He was awarded a pension of $96 per year.[1] [1] U. S.Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Case S41327Biography
there are records for five children –https://archive.org/details/whitmoregenealog01purd/page/54/mode/2up?q=thompsonEndnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
2. Ancestry.com, U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).
3. Ancestry.com, Vermont, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1860 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).
4. Ancestry.com, Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013).