Benjamin Vincent

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Husband Benjamin Vincent ¹

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           Born: 1768 1
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         Father: Cornelius Vincent (1737-1812) 2 3 4
         Mother: Phoebe Ward (Abt 1739-1809) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Vincent

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He was a lad of just eleven years when captured at Fort Freeland, July 21, 1779, on the first attack. He was sent to Canada, and there held five years before he was liberated and returned to his home.

Sources disagree about when the fort was captured, some say 1779 as above, others say 1789, as here:
though quite a young man, he was married when captured. After they reached Canada, Benjamin was claimed by a squaw whose husband had been killed during the fights at the fort, and was adopted into her tribe. He was skillful with his rifle, and after a time he was permitted to go hunting, but always accompanied by two young Indians. He was determined to make his escape, if possible, and return to his family, and for that purpose studied the geography of the country carefully, while seemingly contented with his lot. On one of his hunting expeditions he lured his companions towards the border as far as he could, until they became uneasy, and at last attempted to compel him to return to the tribe. He then turned upon them, killed both, and after much hardship joined his family in New Jersey, where his father had returned after being released by the English after the capture of the fort. [BDHREC, 550]

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1527.

2 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 231.

3 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 550.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1526.