Benjamin LANCASTER

  General Notes:

Benjamin Lancaster, son of Aaron and Sarah, was born July 21, 1781. He was a shoemaker, having learn ed the trade from his brother,in,law, Elijah Cone. He married Hannah Knowles, about 1799. He enlisted as a soldier in the War of 1812, and after the war he removed with his family to northeastern Ohio. About 1822, he settled in central Ohio, and purchased a tract of unimproved land near the Alum Creek Settlement, where he worked at his trade, clearing the land as he found leisure from the bench. In later life, he sold the farm and resided in Michigan about four years, with his children; then went to Oregon (now Washington) and resided with his son, at Vancouver, where he died about 1866. Benjamin and Hannah Lancaster were the parents of fourteen children. Their descendants are widely scattered and a complete record is not obtainable.

Shoemaker by trade. 1812 vet moved to Central Ohio 1822 Alum Creek Area. Moved to Michigan, then Oregan, and died in Vancouver with son in 1866. had 14 children

Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: , Delaware, Ohio; Roll: 391; Page: 195.
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Peru, Morrow, Ohio; Roll: M432_716; Page: 65; Image: 497.
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Children
Palmer Lancaster
Sarah Ann Lancaster1801-
Columbia Lancaster1803-1893
Phebe Maria Lancaster1806-
Nancy Lancaster1807-
Ruth A. Lancaster1808-
Elizure H Lancaster1811-1887
Elizabeth Lancaster1813-
Aaron Lancaster1815-1908
Thomas Lancaster1816-
Jane Lancaster1817-1910
Mary M Lancaster1821-1896
Silas Lancaster1825-
Isaac I Lancaster1828-1903

Benjamin married Hannah KNOWLES in 1799. (Hannah KNOWLES was born in 1785 in New Melford, CT and died in 1866 in Michigan?.)