This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bennett, Bennet, Benjamin, Rathbun, Merrill, Harris Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BRD.2ACEB/4082.1.1 Message Board Post: Benjamin would have to be bro. to my ancestor, Jacob Bennett, who also made the shift from Orange Co., NY to Howard, Steuben, NY. Jacob too was the son of Abraham Bennett, of course. His first born was Isaac B. Bennett, b. 1794, so a bit older than his cousin Phillip. He was an active member of the Howard business community. He and wife Lydia Rathbun were my great, great, great grandparents.