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Benjamin Hallman

Male 1783 - 1869  (85 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Hallman 
    Born 18 Sep 1783  Perkismen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Sep 1869  one mile east of Roseville, Ontario on his farm Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I02508  All
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2006 

    Father Benjamin Hallman,   b. Abt 1752, near Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Anna Fronica Gottwaltz 
    Family ID F0558  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Detweiler,   b. 8 Aug 1784,   d. 9 Aug 1856  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 2 Sep 1802 
    Children 
     1. Rev. Jacob H. Hallman,   b. 18 Nov 1803, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1878  (Age 74 years)
    +2. Margaret Hallman,   b. 31 Aug 1805, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1884, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     3. Maria "Polly" Hallman,   b. 10 Sep 1806, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1873  (Age 66 years)
     4. Joseph B. Hallman,   b. 15 Sep 1808, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Catharine Hallman,   b. 28 Sep 1810, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario at home of her daughter, Catharine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     6. John Hallman,   b. 1 Aug 1812, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1888, Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     7. Veronica Hallman,   b. 14 May 1814, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1894, Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     8. Elizabeth Hallman,   b. 12 Jun 1817, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1883, Blenheim Township, Oxford County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     9. Christian Hallman,   b. 5 Jun 1820, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1821  (Age 0 years)
     10. Hanna Hallman,   b. 5 Jun 1820, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1820  (Age 0 years)
     11. Rev Benjamin D. Hallman,   b. 20 Sep 1821, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Oct 1910, Lot 32, Conc 12, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     12. Christian Hallman,   b. 25 Oct 1822, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Dec 1902  (Age 80 years)
    +13. Hannah Hallman,   b. 3 Nov 1824, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
     14. Wendell Hallman,   b. 4 Nov 1827, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1910, Sanilac Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F0555  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • From Ezra E. Eby Book

      Benjamin was born Sept. 18, 1783 in Montgomery Co., Pa where he followed farming. During the great financial depression of 1816-1827 many farmers failed financially and, in order to pay their debts, they sold their farms at great sacrifice. With whatever money they had left, they winded their way to Canada where land could be had cheap and thus made another attempt to gain a free home. As a rule, all these parties in a very few years were the posessors of valuable farms. Benjamin moved to Canada with his family in 1825.

      They left Montgomery on May 6, and with two double horse teams and one single horse, crossed the Niagara River from Lewiston to Queenston on a large flat boat and winded their way up to Dundas and through the Beverly Swamp to Waterloo County arriving at Jacob Rosenburger's near Preston where they made a stay of 3 days. Then they moved on a farm 2 miles west of Waterloo. Here he resided until the spring of 1826 when he moved to N. Dumfries Twp. about 1 mile east of Roseville where he had purchased a most beautiful farm of about 200 acres, then nearly all forest. Here Banjamin died Sept. 10, 1879.

      He was a member of the mennonite church and lived a strictly moral life. Principles of Christianity were always foremost in his dealings with his fellow men. His advice to his grandchildren was always good. "My earliest recollection of him was when he held us on his knee and instructed us to be a good boy. Three of his sons and a number of gradsons and great grand sons entered the ministry.

      On Sept. 2, 1802 he married Elizabeth Dettweiller, daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Harley) Dettweiller.

  • Sources 
    1. [S065344] Ezra Eby Book.




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