Benjamin Piatt b. 1756 Path Valley, Franklin, Pennsylvania d. 1851 Tiffin Twp., Adams, Ohio: Bishir Family Scrapbook

1756 - 1851 (95 years)

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Name	Benjamin Piatt
Born	1756	Path Valley, Franklin, Pennsylvania [1]
Gender	Male
Died	1851	Tiffin Twp., Adams, Ohio [1]
Buried	Trotter Cemetery, Adams Co., Ohio (probably) [1]
Person ID	I5109	Bishir Family
Last Modified	10 Nov 2022

Father	Jacob Pyatt, b. 18 Nov 1725, Pennsylvania , d. Bef 31 Mar 1784, Peter's Creek Twp., Washington, PA (Age < 58 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Dunham, b. Abt 1728, Pennsylvania
Married	Abt 1745 [1]
Family ID	F1882	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	Mary Phillips, b. Abt 1760, d. Bef 1795 (Age ~ 34 years)
Married	1782	Washington Co., Pennsylvania [1]
Divorced	Yes, date unknown
Notes	Divorced 1790 (records of Supreme Court of PA) per Piatt Family GenForum
Last Modified	10 Nov 2022
Family ID	F1881	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 2 Mary Waddell, b. 1778, Pennsylvania , d. Aft 1851, Adams Co., Ohio (Age > 74 years)

Married 2 Nov 1795 Ohio Co., West Virginia [1]

Children

	1. Jacob Piatt, b. 16 Apr 1800, d. 16 Jan 1892 (Age 91 years)
+	2. Lisona Sarah Piatt, b. Abt 1810, Ohio , d. 2 Mar 1837, Adams Co., Ohio (Age ~ 27 years)
	3. Benjamin Piatt, b. Abt 1814
+	4. Margaret Piatt, b. Abt 1820
	5. Nancy Piatt
	6. Elizabeth Piatt
	7. Mary Polly Piatt
	8. John Piatt

Last Modified 10 Nov 2022

Family ID F1862 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

1. From "Graves of Revolutionary War Patriots" Vol. 3, pg. 171:
Piatt, Benjamin: Prob. Trotter Cem., nr. West Union, Adams Co., OH 55
1. From GedCom by Donald Vore (Internet): Benjamin was a soldier in the Revolutionary War
2. Marriage information, children from Piatt Family Newsletter, Volume 2, 1987, Laverne Ingram Piatt, Ontario, OH
3. Military Information:
Benjamin Piatt/Pyatt, 9th Virginia Regiment; private--Sergeant
Sept. 6, 1777
Pvt. Ben Peat, Sullivan-Russell
Term of enlistment - The War
Remarks: absent
Sept. 177 Pitsburg 10 Oct 1777
Ben Pyeat, Pvt. Capt. James Sullivan's Co. of 13th Virginia Regt. commanded by Col. William Russell
Oct-Nov-Dec 1778, Jan-Feb-Mar 1779 Fort Pitt 5 April 1779
Benj. Pyatt, Sgt. - assigned to Taylor Gibson at Fort Willard
Apr-May-June 1779 Pittsburgh
Benjm. Piatt, Sgt. with Major Taylor's 13th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. John Gibson
Jun-Jul-Aug-Sept 1779 Fort Pitt 6 Oct 1779
Sergt. Benjm. Peyatt, Springer-Gibson
Oct-Nov-Dec 1779 Fort Pitt 13 Feb 1780
Sergt. Benjm. Pyatt; Capt. Uriah Springer's Co. of Light Infantry, 9th Virginia Regt. commanded by Col. John Gibson. Discharged 22 Decbr.
4. From "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots" Vol. 3:
PIATT, Benjamin Prob Trotter Cem nr West Union, Adams Co, OH 55
5. From "Pioneer Ohio Newspapers, 1793-1810", pg. 218: Vol. III. Monday, April 2, 1804:
Military divisions in Ohio are outlined and mention BENJAMIN PYATT and Peter Wickerham in Adams County.
6. From "Early Ohio Tax Records" pg. 6, Adams Co: listed is Pyeatt, Benjamin
7. Census information:
*From 1850 census, Tiffin Twp., Adams Co., OH, pg. 148, family 1666 (microfilm):
Piatt, Benjamin Sr., 94, b. MD [sic]
Piatt, Mary, 72, f, b. PA

Sources
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