Benton, Yates County, New York Genealogy
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
List and address source [1]
Alcott[edit | edit source]
East of Lovejoy Road, north of Rasmussen Road
Sometimes called Alcott-Havens
Angus[edit | edit source]
Baldwin[edit | edit source]
Barden[edit | edit source]
Bellona[edit | edit source]
Benton Rural[edit | edit source]
South of Havens Corners Road between the intersections of North Flat Street and Flat Street.
Briggs[edit | edit source]
West side of Briggs Road, north of NYS Route 364, near west town line. Some of burials are from Town of Potter.
Chase Family[edit | edit source]
North of Rasmussen Road, west of NYS Route 14A, south of Buckle Road.
Cole Family[edit | edit source]
East of NYS Route 14A, north of Havens Corners Road.
Haight[edit | edit source]
south of Havens Corners Road, between Lovejoy Road and NYS Route 14A
Havens Family[edit | edit source]
Southeast of the intersection of Havens Corners Road and Lovejoy Road.
Hoxter[edit | edit source]
North side of Fergusons Corners Road, west of Payne Road. Dubbed "lost" cemetery on 1876 atlas map of Benton.
Kashong[edit | edit source]
West of NYS Route 14, north of Earls Hill Road, near Ontario County Line. Burial site of Cayuga chief Tesmoines, whose daughters married Montreal traders Dominic DeBartzsch and Joseph Poudre.
Ketchum[edit | edit source]
Southwest of intersection of Simonsen Road (Old Road) and a railroad, near Flat Street.
Kniffin[edit | edit source]
East of North Flat Street, between Loree Road and Havens Corners Road.
Merrifield[edit | edit source]
West of Flat Street, closer to Lown Road, than to Clark Road.
Old Bellona[edit | edit source]
East of Pre-Emption Road, north of Rice Road. Used by early settlers before the new Bellona Cemetery which was established after 1870.
Spencer[edit | edit source]
Southwest of intersection of Havens Corners Road and Pre-Emption Road.
Townsend[edit | edit source]
Southwest of intersection of Pre-Emption Road and NYS Route 54, north of Stiles Road. Some removals to Lakeview Cemetery in Penn Yann.
West Woods[edit | edit source]
South side of Baldwin Road, between Briggs Road and Carroll Road
Church Records[edit | edit source]
- "Early Church Records, First Baptist Church at Benton Center, Yates County," Early Settlers of New York State, Vol. I, courtesy: Ancestry ($).
Repositories[edit | edit source]
Archives, Libraries and Museums[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
Town Clerk[edit | edit source]
Benton Town Clerk
1000 Route 14A
Penn Yan, New York 14527
Phone: 315-536-7236
Email: clerk@townofbenton.us
The following records are available through the town clerk's office:
- 1866-1972 Assessment Rolls
- 1806-1989 Minute Books (Minute Book 1, 1806-1830, is indexed)
- 1847 Births and Marriages; births, deaths and marriages 1848-1849; deaths 1864
- 1867-1918 Delayed birth registrations
- 1883-1994 Births
- 1883-1994 Marriages
- 1883-1993 Deaths
- 1844-1894 Highway Surveys of roads; road records 1871-1914; highway districts 1834
- 1849-1964 Chattel Mortgages; 1924-1964 Conditional Sales indexes
- 1892-1989 Various years of Justice Dockets
- 1807-1950 School District Records
- 1917-1950; 1952-1989 Oath of Office book
- 1883-1965 Board of Health minutes
- 1862-1892 Supervisor's book
Town Historian[edit | edit source]
Benton Town Historian
1000 Route 14A
Penn Yan, New York 14527
315-536-7236
Town Records[edit | edit source]
To locate additional published and transcribed records for Benton, Yates County, New York Genealogy check:
- Gordon L. Remington, New York Towns, Villages, and Cities: A Guide to Genealogical Sources (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002). American Ancestors online edition; At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 974.7 D27r. Alphabetical list including date founded, if a town history exists, church and cemetery sources, and if a Civil War register (TCR) exists. The codes used under Church and Cemetery are defined in the link above the listing of towns, cities and villages.
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Birth Records
- 1847 Return of Town Clerk Births in the Town of Benton and County of Yates during the year ending 31st December 1847. Courtesy New Horizons Genealogy.
- 1848 Return of Town Clerk Birthsin the Town of Benton and County of Yates during the year ending 31st December 1848. Courtesy New Horizons Genealogy.
- 1849 Births in the Town of Benton and County of Yates during the year 1849. Index Courtesy New Horizons Genealogy.
- 1883-1901 Town of Benton Births, Deaths and Marriages Index. Courtesy Yates County, New York GenWeb
Marriage Records
- 1847 Marriages in the Town of Benton during the year ending 31st December 1847. Courtesy New Horizons Genealogy.
- 1848 Marriages in the Town of Benton and County of Yates during the year ending 31st December 1848. Courtesy New Horizons Genealogy.
- 1849 Marriages in the Town of Benton and County of Yates during the year 1849. Courtesy New Horizons Genealogy.
- 1883-1901 Town of Benton Births, Deaths and Marriages Index. Courtesy Yates County, New York GenWeb
Deaths
- 1848 Deaths in the Town of Benton and County of Yates during the year ending 31st December 1848. Courtesy New Horizons Genealogy.
- 1849 Deaths in the Town of Benton and County of Yates during the year 1849. Courtesy New Horizons Genealogy.
- 1864 Report of Deaths in the Town of Benton during the year ending December 31st, 1864. Courtesy Yates County, New York GenWeb
- 1883-1901 Town of Benton Births, Deaths and Marriages Index. Courtesy Yates County, New York GenWeb
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Frances Dumas and Sherry Conybeare, Yates County cemeteries and cemetery burials (Penn Yan, New York F. Dumas and S. Conybeare, 1996); Other Libraries (WorldCat; FS Library Book 974.782 V3d v. 1-3
Places[edit | edit source]
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