I am a direct ancestor of Benjamin BENSON b 3 AUG 1773 Maple, Rensselear, NY bapt. 14 FEB 1832 Morman Church, Bath, Stuben, NY d 8 OCT 1846 Mendon, Adams, IL m on 15 DEC 1795 NY - Keziah MESSENGER b 4 DEC 1779 Simsbury, Hartford, CT bapt. 21 FEB 1832 Morman Church Bath, Steuban, NY d 10 MAR 1857 Springville, Utah. Benjamin BENSON was a "Member of Nauvoo High Council". His wife Keziah crossed the plains in the Third Co. of Capt. Silas Richards in 1849 and she was re-baptised in Springville, Utah by S.C. Perry. They had 12 children: Joseph BENSON 31 MAR 1797 Fabius, Onondago, NY John Price BENSON 22 FEB Fabius, Onondago, NY (my line) Alva BENSON 10 DEC 1883 Fabius, Onondago, NY Rhoda BENSON 18 FEB 1803 NY Fabius, Onondago, NY Lewis Barber BENSON 06 DEC 1804 Fabius, Onondago, NY Jerome Messenger BENSON 05 NOV 1810 Fabius, Onondago, NY Elizabeth BENSON 17 AUG 1808 Fabius, Onodago, NY Electa BENSON 08 SEP 1812 Fabius, Onodago, NY Betsy BENSON 31 MAR 1814 Fabius, Onodago, NY Polly BENSON 12 FEB 1816 Bath, Stuben, New York ("Second Counselor of Relief Society", later became "First Counselor":) Alford Benjamin BENSON 07 APR 1817 Bath, Steuben, NY Lovina Keziah BENSON 27 NOV 1819 Clark Twp, Clark Co., Indiana Benjamin BENSON's parents were Stutson BENSON and Bathsheba LEWIS. Keziah MESSENGER's parents were Joseph MESSENGER and Jemima BARBER both of CT. I am most interested in finding out any known info on these families, the area they lived in, the switch from the Baptist church to the Morman Church their history as they moved west - anything at all. This branch of my family came as a big surprise to me as until I dug this info out I always believed my fathers family was Dutch and German. I would sure appreciate hearing from anyone with any info. Thank you so very much. Sue Ann Fuller - AUSSIE-DATA@worldnet.att.net .