Benajah Tomlin

Benajah was born in 1805.¹   Benajah's father was Benajah Tomlin and his mother was Naamah Van Gilder.  His maternal grandparents were Johannes Van Gilder and Elizabeth Adams. He had two brothers and three sisters, named Isaac, Hugh, Mary, Naamah and Eliza Leaming. He had two half-brothers named James and Robert.  He died at the age of 70 in 1875.¹