Ancestry of
Jim Edgar

38th Governor of Illinois

Benjamin Piatt

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Jim Edgar — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 44 
  • Father:
  • Jacob Piatt 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Dunham   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1756 
  • Birth Location:
  • Virginia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1851 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. West Union, Adams, Ohio 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Polly Waddle
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1795 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Children:
  
  

  Benjamin Piatt

  Margaret Piatt

  Jacob Piatt (Ahnentafel No:22 )

  John Piatt

  Elizabeth Piatt

  Polly Piatt

  • Notes: 

  • It is likely that the Benjamin Piatt that married Mary Phillips was not the same as this Benjamin Phillips. More evidence is needed to confirm that these are two separate men.

• Sources for Benjamin Piatt

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A090919.
  • ² The Official roster of the soldiers of the American Revolution buried in the state of Ohio, 289.
  • ³ Evans, Nelson W. and Emmons B. Stivers, A History of Adams County, Ohio: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, West Union, Ohio: E. B. Stivers (1900), 336.
  • ⁴ White, Eleanore M. and Elizabeth Grace Branstead, Piatt Family Newsletter, 1986, Vol. 1, pp. 17, 49.