Benjamin Milk b. 10 Oct 1780 Washington Co,NY d. 06 Jun 1856 Jefferson,SchohaireCo,NY: H600 GenDB

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1780 - 1856 (75 years)

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Name	Benjamin Milk
Born	10 Oct 1780	Washington Co,NY
Gender	Male
Died	06 Jun 1856	Jefferson,SchohaireCo,NY
Person ID	I83	B03 Thomas Hore, b1649, Chilham, Kent, England
Last Modified	23 Nov 2018

Father	Benjamin Milk, b. 1750, Dartmouth,Bristol,MA , d. 08 Mar 1813, Albany, Albany, New York, USA (Age 63 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Lydia, b. Abt 1753, of Renssalaer and Delaware Co,NY
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F169	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Baker, b. 28 Nov 1780, Washington Co.,,NY , d. 13 Jul 1844, Jefferson,SchohaireCo,NY (Age 63 years)

Married Abt 1800

Children

	1. Deborah Milk, b. 24 Mar 1802, Jefferson,SchohaireCo,NY [natural]
	2. Stephen Milk, b. 07 Feb 1804, Jefferson,SchohaireCo,NY [natural]
	3. Elizabeth Milk, b. 20 Oct 1805, Jefferson,SchohaireCo,NY [natural]
	4. Perlina Milk, b. 10 Jan 1808, Jefferson,SchohaireCo,NY [natural]
	5. M. Permelia Milke, b. 07 May 1810, Jefferson,,NY , d. 27 Jul 1901, Chicago,Cook,IL (Age 91 years) [natural]
	6. Amanda Milk, b. 14 Apr 1812, Jefferson,SchohaireCo,NY , d. 30 May 1814 (Age 2 years) [natural]
	7. Janet Milk, b. 1815, Jefferson,SchohaireCo,NY [natural]
	8. Mary Milk, b. 11 Feb 1818, Jefferson,SchohaireCo,NY [natural]
	9. David Milk, b. 15 May 1820, Jefferson,SchohaireCo,NY [natural]
	10. John Milk, b. 12 Jul 1822, Jefferson,SchohaireCo,NY , d. 20 Nov 1830 (Age 8 years) [natural]
	11. Levi Milk, b. 14 Apr 1825, Jefferson,SchohaireCo,NY [natural]
	12. Living

Last Modified 23 Nov 2018

Family ID F104 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Source: History and Genealogy of the MILK - MILKS FAMILY, by Grace Croft, Author, Compiler and Editor-in-Chief, 1235 E. Aspen Ave., Provo, Utah. (1952). Book found in the Mormon Library, Salt Lake City, UT.

Chaper VIII: Benjamin Milk (1780)

Benjamin Milk, b. 10 Ocgt. 1780 in Washington Co., NY (son of Benjamin 1750); m. Mary Baker, b. 28 Nov. 1780, dau. of Daniel Baker. Benjamin served in the War of 1812 under Lt. Col. McComb of 3rd Regiment of Artillery. He bought a farm of 108 acres in the Town of Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY, known as Bruyn Tract, Lot 31, map of 1793. This was sold by Severyn Bruyn, of Kingstown, NY, who was also interested in selling the Reverend Freeborn Garrettson property to Benjamin (1750).

In 1825, Benjamin build, from stones on the farm, a house which is still occupied as the farm home. (A picture of this house appears on p. 123.) He was an expert stone mason and built a gristmill, now abandoned althought some of the walls are still in good condition. He owned and operated sawmills, as did his father. In his household, according to the census of 1825, there were woven during the year previous, 171 yards of cloth from wool and flax produced on the 40 acres of cleared farm land.

Benjamin d. 6 June 1856, and Mary d. 13 June 1844. Both are buried in the field near the stone house. The children of Benjamin and Mary were all born in Jefferson and all but Permelia and David lived most of their lives in this area, as have many of their descendants. Children - 11:

1) Deborah Milk, b. 24 Mar. 1802; m. John Rodman.
2) Stephen Milk, b. 7 Feb. 1804; m. 3 June 1829 Ann Eliza Dibble, dau. of Patrick
Dibble.
3) Betsey Milk, b. 20 Oct. 1805; m. Caleb Dibble.
4) Perlina Milk, b. 10 Jan. 1808; m. Winthrop Dyer.
5) PERMELIA MILK, b. 7 May 1810; m. REV. EZRA COOK.
6) Amanda Milk, b. 14 Apr. 1812, d. 30 May 1814.
7) Janet Milk, b. 1815; m. Redmond Judd.
8) Mary Milk, b. 11 Feb. 1818; unm.
9) David Milk, b. 15 May 1820; m. Lucinda Neer.
10) John Milk, b. 12 July 1822, d. 20 Nov. 1830.
11) Levi Milk, b. 14 Apr. 1825; m. Lemira Fuller. Children - 3:
a) Carrie Milk
b) Ralph Milk, d. 15 Jan 1919.
c) Pearl Milk, m. Mr. Ward of Oneonta,NY.