Benjamin CAIN & Sarah DAVIS

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Benjamin CAIN
Sarah DAVIS

Husband: Benjamin CAIN
Birth: 1780-84
Death: 1840-50

Marriage: 3 Oct 1808, Frederick Co., MD

Wife: Sarah DAVIS
Birth: 1783/4, MD
Occupation: homemaker

Children:

1. Lydia CAIN, b. 1811/2
2. Rebecca CAIN, b. 1814

Sources:

1. Marriage Index: Maryland, 1655-1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-224):

Cain, Benjamin Davis, Sarah 3 Oct 1808 Frederick Co.

2. 1810 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #49 of 106; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810 MD Frederick Co. p. 324/550 B Cain 10010-10010-00

These data indicate:

No. ? Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1800-1810 = Son A

1 male 26-44 1765-1784 = Benjamin

1 female 9 or under 1800-1810 = Daughter A

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Sarah (b. 1783/4)

Two children in two years is pretty fast work. Were the two children possibly fraternal twins?

3. 1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #4 of 24; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 MD Frederick Co. Election District No. 8 p. 212? Benjamin Caine 110010-01001-0-100 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. ? Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1810-1820 = Son B

1 male 10-15 1804-1810 = Son A

1 male 26-44 1775-1794 = Benjamin

1 female 10-15 1804-1810 = Daughter A

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Sarah (b. 1783/4)

1 person engaged in agriculture

Where are Rebecca and Lydia? Sarah is in the wrong age class. Is this really our subject?

4. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315): can't find.

5. 1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #35-36 of 38; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 MD Frederick Co. Election District No. 5 pp. 271B-272A Benjamin Cain 000 000 010 - 010 000 010 0100000

These data indicate:

No. ? Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 50-59 1780-1790 = Benjamin

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = ?

1 female 50-59 1780-1790 = Sarah (b. 1783/4)

1 person engaged in agriculture

Where are Rebecca and Lydia? Living next door to Joshua DAVIS, who is also in his 50's, so may be Sarah's brother.

6. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #29 of 81): District of New Market, Frederick Co., MD, p. 252A/499/503, 224/231, enumerated 3 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Sarah Cain 66 F 300 Md

Lydia A " 38 F Md

Benjamin Syas/Syers 70 M Carpenter Md

Living next door to Sarah's daughter, Rebecca, and her husband, Abraham SYAS/SYERS, son of Benjamin SYAS/SYERS.

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