Benajah or Benaiah Essex
1762 - 1843 (81 years)
Generation: 1
1. Benajah or Benaiah Essex was born 1762; died 22 Jul 1843; was buried , Historical Cemetery WK054, Essex-Congdon-Shippee Lot, Potomomut & Austin Rds., Warwick, RI. Benajah married Penelope Fones Abt 1786. Penelope (daughter of Daniel Fones and Mary Unknown) was born Abt 1766; died 18 Jan 1827; was buried , Historical Cemetery WK054, Essex-Congdon-Shippee Lot, Potomomut & Austin Rds., Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]
Children:- Catherine Essex was born Abt 1787, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died 16 Feb 1880; was buried , Austin Burial Ground, Hunt's River, North Kingstown, RI.
- Henrietta Essex was born 1790.
- Ruth Essex was born 4 May 1792, Warwick, RI; died 9 Jan 1873, North Kingstown, RI; was buried , Glenwood Cemetery, Cedar Ave., East Greenwich, RI.
- Lydia Essex was born 8 Dec 1794.
- Anna Essex was born 1797.
- Daniel Fones Essex was born Abt 1800.