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John TRADER Benge

John was born about 1735. John's father is Thomas Benge Sr and his mother is Martha Martin (1/2 Cherokee). His maternal grandparents are Joseph Martin and Ann (Cherokee). He had two brothers named Thomas and Cotton. He died in 1794.

General Notes
- Binge (Go on a). (Fly into a) frenzy, of eating, killing, shopping, and the like. Evidently from the killing sprees of Cherokee chief Edmund Benge on the backcountry frontier in the late 1700s.
  
  http://donchesnut.com/genealogy/pages/riddle.htm
  
  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d0025/g0000009.html#I56836

Social & Emotional Relationships
- John and Elizabeth Lewis were fused, i.e.inseparable.
  
  John and Capt James Martin were the best of friends.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Thomas Benge Sr
  - b.~  1710
  
  John TRADER Benge
  - b.~  1735 d.1794
  
  Zachariah Abram Martin
  - b.1645 in Galway, Scotland
  
  Joseph Martin
  - b.~  1680
  
  Rebecca Elizabeth Bell
  - b.1660 in VA
  
  Martha Martin (1/2 Cherokee)
  - b.~  1718
  
  Ann (Cherokee)

Personal Timeline

Details of John's family with Wur-teh Wurtagua Molly Running Wolf Watts (Ani'-Wo-Di = Paint Clan)

Details of John's family with Elizabeth Lewis