Benjamin Franklin Moffatt^{[1, 2]}

1815 - 1886  (70 years)

• Gender	Male
  Submitter	81+
  Birth	8 October 1815  [3, 4]
  	See "General Note"
  Death	17 March 1886  [3]
  	See "General Note"
  Person ID	I6571	Clan Moffat Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 April 2002

  
  

  Father	Joseph Moffatt,   b. 4 September 1771, Maine, USA d. 10 February 1850, Scales Mound, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois, USA (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Mary "Polly" Piper,   b. 14 April 1778   d. 1815-1823 (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	1796	Parsonfield, York Co., Maine, USA   [1]
  Notes	Original Moffat file from Robert and Frances shows 5 children as Aquilla, Alvah, Sarah, Mary, Benjamin Franklin. File from Tony Moffat (Clan Moffat Society Member 1421) shows 10 children as Alvah, Joseph, Infant, Aquilla, Sarah, Mary, Olive, Elisha, Eliza, Benjamin Franklin [1, 2]
  Family ID	F8068	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Nancy Jane Risdon,   b. about 1820, Connecticut, USA d. about 1853 (Age ~ 33 years)
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Franklin Moffatt,   b. December 1835, Illinois, USA d. after 1900 (Age ~ 66 years)   2. Aquila Moffatt,   b. 8 October 1837, Scales Mound, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois, USA d. September 1928, probably, Peoria Co., Illinois, USA (Age 90 years) + 3. Alvah Moffatt,   b. 31 October 1851, Platteville, Grant Co., Wisconsin, USA
  Family ID	F8117	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 April 2002

  
  

• Notes

  1. "Benjamin Franklin Moffatt was seventeen years of age at the outbreak of the Black Hawk Indian war, and he served as a soldier during the period of that conflict, his widow having thereafter been granted a pension on this score. After living a number of years in Joe Davies County he returned to Peoria County and became the owner of a farm in Limestone Township, there he passed the remainder of his life. His wife whose maiden name was Nancy J. Risdon was born in Connecticut and her death occurred in 1853." - HISTORY OF ILLINOIS, 4V4, p50. 2. "Benjamin Franklin, born October 8, 1815, near Quebec, Canada; married (1) Nancy Jane Risdon; married (2) Mary Wayne, nee Rockwell; died March 17, 1886." - "Nine Inhabitants...", The Peoria Journal-Tribune, 30 Nov 1933. 3. "Moffatt, Benjamin F., wid Mercy, WC-2504 MO 3 Jan 1893, Black Hawk War srv IL Mtd Vols." - Index to Indian Wars Pension Files 1892-1926 Volume II: L-Z, Transcribed by Virgil D. White, p1074. This entry indicates that the soldier's name was Benjamin F. Moffatt, his widow was named Mercy, she received a Widow's Certificate #2504 on a claim filed in Missouri on 3 Jan 1893 for his service in the Black Hawk Indian War, he served with the Illinois Mounted Volunteers; (Note- Widow's name, Mercy, does not match wives names from 30 Nov 1933 Peoria Journal, 1)Nancy J. Risdon and 2)Mary Wayne Rockwell. Mercy could be a misinterpretation of a handwritten Mary in the original pension record.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S287] from Tony Moffatt, Clan Moffat Society Member #1421, GEDCOM file JamesBMoffatt.ged. [S1] Robert and Frances Moffitt, Original Moffat GEDCOM File. [S284] . [S285] .