Individual Details

Prudence Kent Roberts

(27 Sep 1808 - 3 Sep 1885)

name found in bible

1870 census shows a Prudence Benet living with Samuel Elwell (her son), and Lucinda, Perry and Emma

Events

Birth27 Sep 1808New Jersey, USA
Marriage12 Dec 1827Cumberland, New Jersey, USA - Thomas Sheppard Elwell
Marriage18 Mar 1850Franklin, Indiana, USA - Thomas Bennet
Residence1870Philadelphia Ward 27 District 89, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Residence1880Camden, Camden, New Jersey, United States
Death3 Sep 1885Big Cedar Cemetery, Franklin, Indiana, USA

Families

SpouseThomas Sheppard Elwell (1808 - 1844)
ChildJacob Elwell (1828 - 1899)
ChildMartha Elwell (1831 - 1840)
ChildHannah R Elwell (1835 - 1851)
ChildRachel Sheppard Elwell (1839 - 1860)
ChildSamuel Roberts Elwell (1841 - 1893)
SpouseThomas Bennet (1798 - 1865)
ChildAlonso Bennet (1851 - )
ChildCharles A Bennet (1854 - )
FatherSamuel Hancock Roberts (1788 - 1828)
MotherHannah Kent (1788 - 1871)
SiblingThomas Hancock Roberts (1811 - 1880)
SiblingSarah Ann Roberts (1814 - 1833)
SiblingSamuel Padgett Roberts (1818 - 1878)
SiblingAnna Maria Roberts (1820 - 1859)

Endnotes

1. Family Bible-Elwell, See Media.

2. Franklin County Cemetery Listings.

3. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Highland, Franklin, IN.

4. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

5. 1880 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Indiana-Samuel R Elwell lists parents as being born in NJ.

6. Family Bible-Elwell.

7. New Jersey Marriages, 1684-1895.

8. Elizabeth Starr Versailles, Elwelliana: Memorabilia of Levi Henry Elwell, 1854-1916, p130.

9. Elizabeth Starr Versailles, Elwelliana: Memorabilia of Levi Henry Elwell, 1854-1916.

10. Email from Warren Adams, CCHS, 5/6/2012.

11. Carl L West Jr, Newspaper Article-The Washington Whig, Information Abstracted From Notices Pertaining to Marriages, Deaths and General Information Which Appeared In The Washington Whig Newspaper. Published at Bridgeton, West New Jersey from July 1815 through December 1837.

12. 1880 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Springfield, Franklin, IN.

13. Elizabeth Starr Versailles, Elwelliana: Memorabilia of Levi Henry Elwell, 1854-1916.

14. Ancestry.com, Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

15. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, Prudence K Elwell to Thomas Bennet.

16. Genealogical Notes, 1850-1859 notebook. Indiana American 3/15/1850.

17. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Highland, Franklin, IN.

18. Brookville American, Sept 10, 1885.

19. Franklin County Cemetery Listings.

20. Gravestone-Big Cedar Cemetery.

21. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Springfield, Franklin, IN.