Benjamin Inman

Birth Name Benjamin Inman
Gender male
Age at Death about 91 years, 9 months, 30 days

Narrative

1820 Census Orono, Penobscot Co., Maine
Series M33, Roll 38, Page 42
Inman, Benjamin
1 male 0 to 10 3 females 0 to 10
1 male 45 and over 1 female 26 to 44
1 person engaged in agriculture

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1830 Census Bangor, Penobscot Co., Maine
Series M19, Roll 51, Page 260
Benjamin Inman
1 male 0 to 5 1 female 0 to 5
1 male 5 to 10 1 female 5 to 10
1 male 30 to 40? 2 females 10 to 15
1 male 50 to 60 1 female 15 to 20
1 female 40 to 50

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1840 Census Newburgh, Penobscot Co., Maine
Series M704, Roll 149, Page 179
Benjamin Inman
2 males 5 to 10 1 female 0 to 5
1 male 10 to 15 2 females 10 to 15
1 male 60 to 70 1 female 15 to 20
1 female 40 to 50 [?]
1 female 80 to 90

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1850 Census Newburgh, Penobscot Co., Maine
Series M432, Roll 265, Page 372
[indexed as Innman or something at ancestry. Not as Inman.]
Inman, Benjamin, 75, farmer
Inman, Rhoda, 65
Inman, Woodward, 17, laborer [their son, act. born 1829]
Inman, Alden, 14
Inman, Rosanna, 13

same household:
Inman, Franklin, 25, farmer
Inman, Eliza W., 19
Inman, Henry A., 9/12

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1860 Census Hampden, Penobscot Co., Maine
Series M653, Roll 447, Page 357
Inman, Benjamin, 86, farmer, RE: $700, PE: $600, ME
Inman, Rhoda, 73, ME
Page, Joana, 36, domestic
Page, Abba D., 6
Page, Anne D., 6
Page, Thomas P., 4 mo.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1774      
Census (Head) 1820 Orono, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   1a
Census (Head) 1830 Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   2a
Event Note

1830 Census Bangor, Penobscot Co., Maine
Series M19, Roll 51, Page 260
Benjamin Inman
1 male 0 to 5 1 female 0 to 5
1 male 5 to 10 1 female 5 to 10
2 females 10 to 15
1 male 50 to 60 1 female 15 to 20
1 female 40 to 50

 

 

Census (Head) 1840 Newburgh, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   3a
Event Note

1840 Census Newburgh, Penobscot Co., Maine
Series M704, Roll 149, Page 179
Benjamin Inman
2 males 5 to 10 1 female 0 to 5
1 male 10 to 15 2 females 10 to 15
1 male 60 to 70 1 female 15 to 20
1 female 40 to 50 [?]
1 female 80 to 90

I am tentatively including Abigail (Ayers) Davis as the female 80 to 90 in this household. She was alive to make a will in 1843.

 

 

Census (Head) August 27, 1850 Newburgh, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   4a
Event Note

1850 Census Newburgh, Penobscot Co., Maine
Series M432, Roll 265, Page 372
August 27, 1850
[indexed as Innman]

Inman, Benjamin, 75, farmer, real estate: $350
Inman, Rhoda, 65
Inman, Woodward, 17, laborer [their son, act. born 1829]
Inman, Alden, 14, attended school
Inman, Rosanna, 13, attended school

same household:
Inman, Franklin, 25, farmer, real estate: $350
Inman, Eliza W., 19
Inman, Henry A., 9/12

all born in Maine

Census (Head) June 18, 1860 Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine, United States West Hampden Post Office 5a
Event Note

1860 Census, Hampden, Penobscot Co., Maine
Post Office: West Hampden
June 18, 1860
Series M653, Roll 447, Page 357, family 413 and 414
June 18, 1860

Inman, Benjamin, 86, farmer, real estate: $700, personal estate: $600
Inman, Rhoda, 73
Page, Joana, 36, domestic
Page, Abba D., 6
Page, Anne D., 6
Page, Thomas P., 4

Benjamin Cowan, 26, male, laborer, no real estate or personal estate
Rose Cowan, 20, female
Martha E Cowan, 1, female
Sarah Davis, 8, female

All born in Maine

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Rose Cowan was the daughter of Benjamin and Rhoda (Davis) Inman
Rhoda Inman was a Davis by birth

 

Census June 18, 1860 Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine, United States West Hampden Post Office 5b
Event Note

1860 Farm Schedule, Hampden, Maine
Post Office: West Hampden

Benjamin Inman, 2 acres improved land, 20 acres unimproved, cash value of farm: $800. cash value of implements and machinery: $20.
life stock: 1 milch cow, 1 swine, value of live stock: $33
produce during the 15 bushels of oats, 80 bushels of Irish potatoes, 150 pounds of butter, 4 bushels of clover seed, 100 pounds of honey, value of animals slaughtered: $64

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1847353:1276

Death October 31, 1865     6a
Burial   Leavitt Cemetery, Newburgh, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   6a
Event Note

from findagrave
Benjamin Inman
Birth unknown
Death 31 Oct 1865
Burial Leavitt Cemetery
Newburgh, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Memorial ID 183791062

note at findagrave: The following information provided by contributor #49812713:
AE 89yr 8mo 27d (calculates to birth date of 4 Feb 1776; census data give approx year of birth as 1775)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183791062/benjamin-inman

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Benjamin Inman is not included in the Nathan Hale collection of cemetery records, nor the Grace Hutton collection. The photograph at findagrave is of pieces of a broken stone. Maybe it was found after the earlier collections were compiled. It was added to findagrave 28 Sep 2017.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Joseph Inmanabout 1754October 15, 1825
Mother Hannah Covill
    Brother     Joseph Inman
         Benjamin Inman about 1774 October 31, 1865
    Brother     William Inman 1779

Families

Family of Benjamin Inman and Rhoda Davis

Married Wife Rhoda Davis ( b. August 20, 1790 d. after 1860 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage March 29, 1811 Pittston, Kennebec County, Maine, United States   7
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Joseph InmanDecember 22, 1811
Martha InmanNovember 2, 1814
Abigail InmanNovember 23, 1816
Susannah Inmanabout 1818December 12, 1903
Benjamin Franklin InmanMarch 1826after 1867
Joanna C Inmanabout 1823March 9, 1896
Mary Elizabeth InmanJuly 5, 1827
Anthony Woodward InmanOctober 22, 1829before 1905
Alden InmanFebruary 1832March 18, 1905
Rosanna Inmanabout 1838January 20, 1916

Source References

  1. 1820 US Census
      • Page: Orono, Penobscot Co., Maine, Series M33, Roll 38, Page 42, familysearch says p 34
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGN-26X : accessed 13 August 2021), Benjamin Inman, Orono, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing p. 34, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 38; FHL microfilm 281,242.

  2. 1830 United States Census
      • Page: Bangor, Penobscot Co., Maine, Series M19, Roll 51, Page 260
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5P-BT3 : 20 February 2021), Benjamin Inman, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing 360, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 51; FHL microfilm 497,947.

  3. 1840 United States Census
      • Page: Newburgh, Penobscot Co., Maine, Series M704, Roll 149, Page 179
      • Citation:

        https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB9-9B47?i=4&wc=31SK-JHH%3A1588666273%2C1588666898%2C1588666064&cc=1786457

  4. 1850 United States Census
      • Page: Newburgh, Penobscot Co., Maine, Series M432, Roll 265, Page 372
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V3-9YF : 22 December 2020), Benjamin Innman, Newburgh, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

  5. 1860 United States Census
      • Page: Hampden, Penobscot Co., Maine, Series M653, Roll 447, Page 357.
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCW-3WR : 18 March 2020), Benjamin Cowan, 1860.

      • Page: farm schedule, Hampden, Maine
      • Citation:

        https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1847353:1276

  6. findagrave.com
      • Page: Memorial ID 183791062
      • Citation:

        https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183791062/benjamin-inman

  7. Maine Marriages to 1875