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226. John BENNINGTON Senior (6)(7) (8)(1) was born on 6 Aug 1732 in Perryman, Harford County, Maryland. He died between 1775 and 1782 in American Revolution. He was baptised into the LDS church on 20 Mar 1970 in the Los Angeles California LDS temple. He was endowed on 10 Apr 1970 in the Los Angeles California LDS temple. He was sealed to parents on 18 Feb 1971 in the Los Angeles California LDS temple. He has Ancestral File number 9LF2-K3. BIOGRAPHY: "John Bennington who was supposed to have been in the Revolutionary War and never returned."
"Possibly [he] was the John Bennington, son of Henry Bennington and Sarah Harris born August 6, 1732 (see Page 2), of Harford County, Maryland, but there is no proof." p. 299
Relationship to parents based on "Benningtom Family" conjecture.
Genealogy of the BENNINGTON FAMILY which originated in Harford County, Maryland, with notes on other Bennington families

BIOGRAPHY: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, Spring 1966, p. 99-103, Part I

ASSUMPTION/RESEARCH: TRADITION: Information is from family stories: No proof.
Military: SEE P 447 of first edition of Bennington Genealogy. NEED RESEARCH

MILITARY: The Bennington Family, Volume I, Pension Records, Census Records, City Directories ; Compiled by William K. Hall, 1351 Benton Avenue, Springfield 2, Missouri; FHL 929.273 B4399 h Vol. 1; p. 9 "John Bennington, mattross, York County, Pennsylvania, was a member of the Independent Company of Artillery (Captain Isaac Coren) of the Continental Troops." Reference: P age 153 of History of York County, Pennsylvania, by John Gibson, 1886.

BIRTH: Birth registered in the Register of St. George's Church, St. George's Parish, Harford County, Maryland, Register and Vestry Proceedings, 1681-1799, in the library of the Marylan d Historical Society in Baltimore MD. He was married to Martha bef: 1765 in in Pennsylvania, Oregon, MD..

227. Martha(9) (10)(11) (1) was born about 1745 in Pennsylvannia, or, Maryland. She was baptised into the LDS church on 1 Nov 1994 in the Los Angeles California LDS temple. She was endowed on 4 Jan 1996 in the Los Angeles California LDS temple. She was born abt: 1745 in Pennsylvannia, or, Maryland. She has Ancestral File number 9LF2-L8. MARRIAGE: Information from John C. Harris.

PLACES:
-Washington County, PA--member of Joseph Smith's ministry there
-Fleming County, KY--bef 1789
-Hamilton County, OH
-Butler County, OH--Estate settled 1806--Archibald Mahan administrator

BIOGRAPHY: Genealogy of the BENNINGTON FAMILY which originated in Harford County, Maryland, w ith notes on other Bennington families. This genealogy suppositions that Martha and Thomas ar e brother/sister and since Martha Barton is his mother, his father dying early, and they move d together that they are related. p. 299
"The mother of Thomas Bennington was also named Martha and later she married Thomas Barton . It also seems likely that she was the Martha Barton whose estate was settled in 1806 in Bu tler County, Ohio (see page 249). Archibald Mahan was the administrator of the estate. Brown , Clermont and Butler Counties, Ohio, are all close together." p. 299

BIOGRAPHY: John C. Harris had already sent the information that Martha's mother was Martha Be nnington Barton. Children were:

child i. Thomas BENNINGTON(1) was born in 1765 in Harford, Maryland. He died on 8 Oct 1846 in Sardinia, Brown County, Ohio.
child ii. Samuel BENNINGTON(1) was born in 1768 in Harford, Maryland. He was buried in Feb 1845 in Baird Burial Grd., Jefferson Twp., Brown County, OHIO. He died on 22 Feb 1845 in Sardinia, Brown County, Ohio.
child iii. John BENNINGTON Junior(1) was born in 1775. He died before 1860.
child33 iv. Martha BENNINGTON.