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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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