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Benajah CORP

Benajah CORP

Male 1738 - 1830  (92 years)


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  • Name Benajah CORP 
    Birth 13 Feb 1738  East Greenwich, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Jun 1830  Russia, Herkimer, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Gravesville Cemetery, Russia, Herkimer, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14369  Coombs
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2013 

    Father John CORPE,   b. Abt 1700, East Greenwich, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1748, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth VAUGHN,   b. 3 Dec 1710, North Kingston, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1792, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 10 Mar 1726  East Greenwich, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5799  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret JOSLIN,   b. 4 Jul 1737, North Kingston, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1821, Russia, Herkimer, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth CORP,   b. 1 Aug 1759, West Greenwich, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Rebecca CORP,   b. 28 Mar 1761, West Greenwich, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1838, Russia, Herkimer, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     3. David CORP,   b. 13 Sep 1762, West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1850, Russia, Herkimer, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     4. John CORP,   b. Abt 1764   d. 21 Oct 1827, Norway, Herkimer, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F5742  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2026 

  • Notes 
    • Gravesville Cemetery Town of Russia Herkimer County, New York
      Corp Elder Benajah 6/23/1839 "A Free Communion Baptist, settled in this a
      rea in 1797, then a wilderness, who died !June 23, 1839 aged 92 !years"
      Russia Union Church 110th Anniversary 1820-1920 (Book) at the home of Mar
      ian Jones, Box 121 Russia Road !,Russia Herkimer, New York.
      In 1797, Elder Benajah Corp and several other Baptists moved into the to
      wn of Russia from Stephentown,Rensselaer !County, New York.These pionee
      rs were responsible for the formation of the Russia Baptist Society. Fr
      om 1799 until 1826 he was Pastor of the Free Baptist Church and resign
      ed in 1826 in his 89th year and was pastor for 27 years, longer than any o
      ther minister.
      Census 1800 Norway, Herkimer, New York page 185
      Benajah Corp 1 M 45 up 1 M 26-45 1 F 45 up
      Census 1810 Russia, Herkimer, New York page 403
      Benajah Corp 1 M 45 up 1 F 45 up 1 F 10-16