![]() His son William died about the same time and it is assumed by the same infection which claimed his father. He was interred in the small family cemetery a short distance from the old stone house which he constructed for his bride Rachel in 1822. Benajah was infected by his contact with these victims during his compassion to provide proper burials. They in turn would wash up onto the shores around the Lighthouse. People would dump dead bodies into Lake Erie for quick disposal. Keeper of the lighthouse until his death caused by contact with cholera victims from an epidemic which was sweeping the area. They made the arduous journey by horseback,following marked trails and swimming across streams when they came to them. His youngest daughter, Selina accompanied him. In 1815, he was invited to play for an Independence Day celebration in Cleveland a distance of eighty miles. He played the fiddle and provided music for dances. There were good times for Benajah, he had acquired a wife and had started a family. ![]() On Jhe was appointed keeper of the newly completed Marblehead Lighthouse. He came to the Marblehead area of Ohio with the intention of farming. This area had been set aside for Connecticut families who had been burned out of their homes at the hands of the British Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. Benajah Wolcott came to Ohio after signing on as a member of the Firelands Survey Team. Revolutionary war veteran, surveyor, pioneer and the first lightkeeper of the Marblehead, Ohio Lighthouse. In contrast, the existing stone house is almost dead-center in original-lot "15".being upon the lot which wasn't purchased by Rachel until 1831.įrom Find A Grave (submitted by Paul S.): ( Benajah Wolcott's farm was always on original-lot "17". presents about that house, seems obviously erroneous, based upon the actual land-deeds. SO THE MYSTERY IS, who actually built that present stone house (and when)?!.Seth Steel, about 1822?.or Rachel Wolcott, after 1831? But regardless, the history which the Ottawa County Hist. (Benajah's wife Rachel began purchasing some of Seth Steel's property in 1827.and she apparently purchased the lot where that old stone house sits, in 1831.) The property upon which that old stone house sits, was owned by Seth Steel from 1821 until at least 1827 (maybe until 1831). However, from 1822 until at least 1827, Benajah Wolcott almost certainly didn't reside in the so-called stone "Keeper's House" which is about 2 miles from the lighthouse. The "20th-century historians" seem to have overlooked the fact that Benajah Wolcott resided in Sandusky City from 1819-1822 (after which, Benajah moved to the true very-first "keeper's house" which was immediately adjacent to the lighthouse.but which was later replaced by a wooden "keeper's house"). His second wife then succeeded as lighthouse keeper. He built and operated the lighthouse at Marblehead, Oh, the first Lighthouse on Lake Erie, until his death. Benajah Wolcott, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, was hired as a surveyor for the 'Firelands" a land reserve for those who had been burned out of their homes in Connecticut by Tory English. He is the son of William Walcott and Phoebe Alling. Benajah Walcott is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A127398.īenajah was born in 1762.
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