Seward, Benjamin Jennings (BJS)

  • Posted on: 19 August 2013
  • By: admin
Seward ID: 
BJS
Primary Name
First Name: 
Benjamin
Middle Name: 
Jennings
Surname: 
Seward
Alternate Names
Nickname: 
B.J.
Jennings
Birth and Death
Birth Info
Birth Month: 
August
Birth Day: 
23
Birth Year: 
1793
Birth Note: 
Florida, Orange Co, NY
Citation for Birth Info: 
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
http://zarcom.tripod.com/familytree/Seward/Seward_Family_NetVer.htm
Website Viewing Date: 
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 14:30
Website Last Modified Date: 
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 14:30
Death Info
Death Month: 
February
Death Day: 
24
Death Year: 
1841
Death Note: 
Florida, Orange County, "in the home of his Father, Judge Seward"
Citation for Death Info: 
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=Y69N55RTMTQyMTg2OTkwNy44MDkwNTk6MToxMzoxMjguMTUxLjQ1Ljc4&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=10&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=10&p_docnum=8&p_docref=v2:120FA88F2298A4
Title of Webpage: 
America's Historical Newspapers
Website Viewing Date: 
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 14:30
Website Last Modified Date: 
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 14:30
Citation Notes: 
Found because of letters. SSS sends WHS a letter about BJS being so sick he will likely die on 2/23 and on 03/1 he sends WHS a letter that BJS is dead and was put in the family vault on 2/27. Date determined from http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=1841&country=1
Relationships
Marriage Information: 
Marriage and Children Info
Spouse: 
Seward, Marcia (MAS)
Marriage Month: 
May
Marriage Day: 
17
Marriage Year: 
1819
Children: 
Seward, Augustus (AxS)
Seward, Aurelia
Seward, Benjamin Jennings Jr.
Seward, Clarence Armstrong (CAS)
Marriage and Children Info
Spouse: 
Seward, Mary Louisa (MLM)
Marriage Date Prefix: 
Married in Washington Square, NYC, by Rev. Dr. Matthews
Marriage Month: 
January
Marriage Day: 
6
Marriage Year: 
1841
Mother: 
Seward, Mary (MJS)
Father: 
Seward, Samuel Sweezey (SSS)
Biographical Information
Seward Context: 
Household - familial
Biography and Citation Information: 
Biography: 
Brother to William Henry Seward. Children:
  1. Augustus Seward (1820-1889),
  2. Aurelia Seward (1821-1825),
  3. Benjamin Jennings Seward, jr (b:1827),
  4. Clarence Armstrong Seward (b: 1828; d: Jul 24, 1897).
He was married to Mary Mumford, daughter of John I. Mumford, a few weeks before his death.
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
http://zarcom.tripod.com/familytree/Seward/Seward_Family_NetVer.htm
Website Viewing Date: 
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 14:30
Website's Last Modified Date: 
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 14:30
Citation Notes: 
18410301SSS_WHS1. http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=I63D57KSMTM5NzY2Mzg0OS45MjkwNTc6MToxNDoxMjguMTUxLjE1MC4yNQ&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=6&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=6&p_docnum=1&p_docref=v2:10DBEC4158FF6DE8@EANX-12135EDD0CF38188@2393533-12135EDD19E34220@0-12135EDD4F6803F8@
Biography: 
Benjamin Jennings Seward was the brother of the more well known William Henry Seward. When William Seward decided to enter New York politics in 1838, he contacted his brother Benjamin and asked him to leave Cincinnati, Ohio and return to Westfield, New York to take over the family land business. Benjamin was eight years older than his brother William, and had worked with Charles Cherry in Cincinnati to establish Sunday Schools all along the Mississippi Valley during the mid-1830's. But when his brother was elected Governor of New York, Benjamin Seward moved from Cincinnati to the Seward farm in upstate New York to take over the family business.
Extra information from Google Docs spreadsheet
Citation for Marriage Info (old): 
Editorial Information
Editorial Review: 
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