BIRTH:26 Apr 1831 Jens Peter IPSEN;Aakirkeby,Bornholm,Denmark(FHL 44040)
CHR:12 Jun 1831 Parents:Jeppe BENTZEN & Maren Kirstine HANSDR.(FHL 44040)
10 Jul 1851 Baptism Place:Arnager; LDS Bornholm Br.,Denmark (FHL 041939 #4)
20 Dec 1852 left Copenhagen,Denmark; arrived:S.L.C.,UT 30 Sep 1853 (1259740)
26 Dec 1853 Marriage Sealing Record to Mary Jane SIMPSON (FHL 183393 #1419)
12 Jan 1854 Ordained a Member of the 39th Quorum of Seventies (FHL 25555)
8 Apr 1855 married Mette Kerstina MARCUSSEN by Ezra T. Benson (FHL 183393)
1856 Peter BENSON, 12th Ward, Great Salt Lake City (FHL 505913 p.352)
18 Apr 1856 Friday, Endowed, Endowment House (FHL 183404 Book B, p.65)
16 Oct 1857(?) married Kirsten ERICKSEN, they lived in Salt Lake several years,
then Lehi 11 yrs., Clarkston 1869-1876, then Newton (MJ BENSON-HISTORY 1938)
1 Nov 1857 sealed to Kirsten ERIKSEN, Brigham Young's Office (FHL 183395)
12 Feb 1860 Patriarchal Blessing, Lehi, Utah (Historians Office Vol.27 p.851)
28 Sep 1860 Census:Lehi,Utah,UT (FHL 25541); Lehi LDS Ward Records(FHL 25571)
16 Aug 1862, Endowment House, Sealed to Kirsten ERICSON, (FHL 183395)
12 Aug 1870 Census-Cache,UT (FHL 553109); Newton LDS Ward (FHL 25609)
24 Oct 1876 Patriarchal Blessing, Newton,Cache,Ut (Historians Office, Vol.49)
1880 Census, Newton,Cache,Utah & Productions of Agriculture (FHL 1255335)
1880-1886 Cache County Probate Records, Book B (FHL 430990)
1 Jul 1886-29 Apr 1887, School Trustees-Newton Dist.#6, Book B-p.28 (USU Sp.C)
23 Dec 1887 Friday:6 months imprisonment, fine-$100 for Unlawful Cohabitation
24 May 1888 Thursday-discharged from Penitiary (FHL LDS Church Chronology)
26-27 May 1891 Sealing:Children to Parents,Peter proxy-brothers(Logan Temple)
Biography of Jens Peter (LATTER-DAY SAINT BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA p.405)
21 Jun 1898 Died, Newton, Obituary(THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL,23 June 1898 Logan,UT)
29 Jun 1898 DESERET EVENING NEWS-WEDNESDAY,obituary-buried Newton Cemetery,UT
22 Jun 1839 Birth Francisville,Clark,Missouri (FHL Ancestral File & IGI)
29 Jun 1845 Montrose,Lee, Iowa Early LDS records (FHL 001922) 25 Sep 1852
Patriarchal Blessing, Salt Lake City,UT (LDS Historian Office)
26 Dec 1853 Marriage Sealing, SLC,UT, at Thorton Simpson's (FHL 183393)
20 Jul 1860 Census:Henry SABIN,Mary,John,& Mary; 19th Ward,SLC,UT(FHL 25541)
Dec 1862 married George FRAUGHTON, Salt Lake City, Utah (FHL Ancestral File)
1880 Census:Geo.FRAUGHTON,Mary
J.,John,Sarah,Orson,William,David,Joseph(FHL)
BIRTH:26 Apr 1831 Jens Peter IPSEN;Aakirkeby,Bornholm,Denmark(FHL 44040)
CHR:12 Jun 1831 Parents:Jeppe BENTZEN & Maren Kirstine HANSDR.(FHL 44040)
10 Jul 1851 Baptism Place:Arnager; LDS Bornholm Br.,Denmark (FHL 041939 #4)
20 Dec 1852 left Copenhagen,Denmark; arrived:S.L.C.,UT 30 Sep 1853 (1259740)
26 Dec 1853 Marriage Sealing Record to Mary Jane SIMPSON (FHL 183393 #1419)
12 Jan 1854 Ordained a Member of the 39th Quorum of Seventies (FHL 25555)
8 Apr 1855 married Mette Kerstina MARCUSSEN by Ezra T. Benson (FHL 183393)
1856 Peter BENSON, 12th Ward, Great Salt Lake City (FHL 505913 p.352)
18 Apr 1856 Friday, Endowed, Endowment House (FHL 183404 Book B, p.65)
16 Oct 1857(?) married Kirsten ERICKSEN, they lived in Salt Lake several years,
then Lehi 11 yrs., Clarkston 1869-1876, then Newton (MJ BENSON-HISTORY 1938)
1 Nov 1857 sealed to Kirsten ERIKSEN, Brigham Young's Office (FHL 183395)
12 Feb 1860 Patriarchal Blessing, Lehi, Utah (Historians Office Vol.27 p.851)
28 Sep 1860 Census:Lehi,Utah,UT (FHL 25541); Lehi LDS Ward Records(FHL 25571)
16 Aug 1862, Endowment House, Sealed to Kirsten ERICSON, (FHL 183395)
12 Aug 1870 Census-Cache,UT (FHL 553109); Newton LDS Ward (FHL 25609)
24 Oct 1876 Patriarchal Blessing, Newton,Cache,Ut (Historians Office, Vol.49)
1880 Census, Newton,Cache,Utah & Productions of Agriculture (FHL 1255335)
1880-1886 Cache County Probate Records, Book B (FHL 430990)
1 Jul 1886-29 Apr 1887, School Trustees-Newton Dist.#6, Book B-p.28 (USU Sp.C)
23 Dec 1887 Friday:6 months imprisonment, fine-$100 for Unlawful Cohabitation
24 May 1888 Thursday-discharged from Penitiary (FHL LDS Church Chronology)
26-27 May 1891 Sealing:Children to Parents,Peter proxy-brothers(Logan Temple)
Biography of Jens Peter (LATTER-DAY SAINT BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA p.405)
21 Jun 1898 Died, Newton, Obituary(THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL,23 June 1898 Logan,UT)
29 Jun 1898 DESERET EVENING NEWS-WEDNESDAY,obituary-buried Newton Cemetery,UT
15 Sep 1833 b.Mette Kjerstine MARCUSDATTER
Dokkedal,Mou,Aalborg,Den(410434)
1833 christenings:15 Sep,at home;10 Nov,at Church Mou,Aalborg,D.(FHL 410434)
18 Feb 1834 Census-Mou,Aalborg,Denmark (FHL 39061)
8 Apr 1855 married Peter Benson by E.T. Benson in his house. (FHL 183393)
18 Apr 1856 endowed, sealed to Peter BENSEN by E.Snow, at E.House(FHL 183394)History of METTE CHRISTINA ERICKSEN (Second wife of Jens Peter Benson)
by grand-daughter - Mattie Jenkins Griffin, 2 February 1955Born: 5 September 1833, Dokkedal, Alborg, Denmark
Died: 8 April 1876, Newton, Cache, Utah, USAGrama Benson left Denmark when she was a young lady, and brought her little
sister along with her. It runs in my mind her sister was nine years old, and a girl friend, Mrs. Lane. I don't know her maiden name. They came with ox-team. There was a man and woman that they came with. His wife was an invalid and he let them ride part time, if they would help take care of his wife. And when they got part way here, her sister took sick with cholera and died. They had to dig a grave on the prairie and burry her. They gathered sticks and made a fire on top of the grave so the wolves wouldn't come and dig her up.One day Grama and Sister Lane went ahead of their company and they got lost
from them. They went up over a mountain. It was raining and their skirts
froze. They could hear the wolves and they could see lights way down in the
valley. When they run, their skirts would rattle and they thought it was
someone after them. It was late in the evening when they got to the village.
It was at a blacksmith's place. The poeple took them in and gave them some dry clothes and something to eat and told them to stay there. It was very hard to make them understand, as they spoke in a different language, but they made them understand that their company would come by there. It was a day and a half before they came, but the people were nice to them. They rejoined their company and came to Salt Lake City.When they got there, the man that they came with was going to make them marry him so they went to Brigham Young and told him how it was, and he told them they did not have to marry him.
Then Grama got a job working for Truman Angles in Salt Lake City and, I think, she worked there until she married Grampa. Truman Angles was quite well to do and after Grama was married they would give her food that they had left.
They must have moved to Salt Lake City when Grampa worked on the tabernacle. Then they moved to Lehi, and later to Clarkston and then to Newton.
I think Grama had nine children. Aunt Mary, Mother (Martha), Sarah, Peter, Annie, John, Elizabeth, Lazine, and Elmira who was born in Newton. (Also a child Tenus, born 28 March 1876, and died that same day.)
Transcribed by Annette Hancey Lunceford
BIRTH:26 Apr 1831 Jens Peter IPSEN;Aakirkeby,Bornholm,Denmark(FHL 44040)
CHR:12 Jun 1831 Parents:Jeppe BENTZEN & Maren Kirstine HANSDR.(FHL 44040)
10 Jul 1851 Baptism Place:Arnager; LDS Bornholm Br.,Denmark (FHL 041939 #4)
20 Dec 1852 left Copenhagen,Denmark; arrived:S.L.C.,UT 30 Sep 1853 (1259740)
26 Dec 1853 Marriage Sealing Record to Mary Jane SIMPSON (FHL 183393 #1419)
12 Jan 1854 Ordained a Member of the 39th Quorum of Seventies (FHL 25555)
8 Apr 1855 married Mette Kerstina MARCUSSEN by Ezra T. Benson (FHL 183393)
1856 Peter BENSON, 12th Ward, Great Salt Lake City (FHL 505913 p.352)
18 Apr 1856 Friday, Endowed, Endowment House (FHL 183404 Book B, p.65)
16 Oct 1857(?) married Kirsten ERICKSEN, they lived in Salt Lake several years,
then Lehi 11 yrs., Clarkston 1869-1876, then Newton (MJ BENSON-HISTORY 1938)
1 Nov 1857 sealed to Kirsten ERIKSEN, Brigham Young's Office (FHL 183395)
12 Feb 1860 Patriarchal Blessing, Lehi, Utah (Historians Office Vol.27 p.851)
28 Sep 1860 Census:Lehi,Utah,UT (FHL 25541); Lehi LDS Ward Records(FHL 25571)
16 Aug 1862, Endowment House, Sealed to Kirsten ERICSON, (FHL 183395)
12 Aug 1870 Census-Cache,UT (FHL 553109); Newton LDS Ward (FHL 25609)
24 Oct 1876 Patriarchal Blessing, Newton,Cache,Ut (Historians Office, Vol.49)
1880 Census, Newton,Cache,Utah & Productions of Agriculture (FHL 1255335)
1880-1886 Cache County Probate Records, Book B (FHL 430990)
1 Jul 1886-29 Apr 1887, School Trustees-Newton Dist.#6, Book B-p.28 (USU Sp.C)
23 Dec 1887 Friday:6 months imprisonment, fine-$100 for Unlawful Cohabitation
24 May 1888 Thursday-discharged from Penitiary (FHL LDS Church Chronology)
26-27 May 1891 Sealing:Children to Parents,Peter proxy-brothers(Logan Temple)
Biography of Jens Peter (LATTER-DAY SAINT BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA p.405)
21 Jun 1898 Died, Newton, Obituary(THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL,23 June 1898 Logan,UT)
29 Jun 1898 DESERET EVENING NEWS-WEDNESDAY,obituary-buried Newton Cemetery,UT
23 Feb 1837 Birth:Kirsten MARCUSSEN,Dokkedal,Mou,Aalborg,Denmark (FHL 410434)
23 Feb 1837 Born:Kirsten Erickson Benson, Dokedal,Denmark (Newton Ward 25609)
23 Mar 1837 Christening:Mou,Aalborg,Denmark; F.Marcus ERICHSEN (FHL 410434)
23 May 1852 Baptized LDS (Endowment House Record 1862, FHL 183404 Page 139)
25 Apr 1857 Left Liverpool for Philadelphia on ship:"WESTMORELAND"(FHL 25691)
15 Jun 1857 Left Iowa City,Iowa, Company of Capt.Christiansen(FHL 979.2 D27j)
13 Sep 1857 Arrival in Great Salt Lake Valley (FHL 979.2 D27j #4-128)
1 Nov 1857 Marriage sealing to Peter Benson, by B.Young,Pres.Office (FHL 183395)
7 Feb 1861 Alma Peter Ericsen BENTSON blessed, Parents:Peter & Kirsten(25571)
16 Aug 1862, Kirsten ERIKSEN Benson living endowment, (FHL EHOUS 183404)
16 Aug 1862 Sealing(2nd) Kirsten ERICSON & Peter BENSON, E.House (FHL 183395)
11 Aug 1870 Census: Kirstine & 5 children, Clarkston,Cache,Utah (FHL 553109)
1876-1910 Kirsten ERIKSEN and family in Newton Ward Records (FHL 25609)
22 Oct 1910 Death of Kirsten BENSON, Newton Ward, Benson Stake (FHL 25610)
25 Oct 1910 Funeral & Burial, Newton,Cache,UT(Deseret News 27 Oct 1910 26979)
10 Jan 1877 birth ??? (Newton Ward Records FHL 25609)Stillborn
BIRTH:26 Apr 1831 Jens Peter IPSEN;Aakirkeby,Bornholm,Denmark(FHL 44040)
CHR:12 Jun 1831 Parents:Jeppe BENTZEN & Maren Kirstine HANSDR.(FHL 44040)
10 Jul 1851 Baptism Place:Arnager; LDS Bornholm Br.,Denmark (FHL 041939 #4)
20 Dec 1852 left Copenhagen,Denmark; arrived:S.L.C.,UT 30 Sep 1853 (1259740)
26 Dec 1853 Marriage Sealing Record to Mary Jane SIMPSON (FHL 183393 #1419)
12 Jan 1854 Ordained a Member of the 39th Quorum of Seventies (FHL 25555)
8 Apr 1855 married Mette Kerstina MARCUSSEN by Ezra T. Benson (FHL 183393)
1856 Peter BENSON, 12th Ward, Great Salt Lake City (FHL 505913 p.352)
18 Apr 1856 Friday, Endowed, Endowment House (FHL 183404 Book B, p.65)
16 Oct 1857(?) married Kirsten ERICKSEN, they lived in Salt Lake several years,
then Lehi 11 yrs., Clarkston 1869-1876, then Newton (MJ BENSON-HISTORY 1938)
1 Nov 1857 sealed to Kirsten ERIKSEN, Brigham Young's Office (FHL 183395)
12 Feb 1860 Patriarchal Blessing, Lehi, Utah (Historians Office Vol.27 p.851)
28 Sep 1860 Census:Lehi,Utah,UT (FHL 25541); Lehi LDS Ward Records(FHL 25571)
16 Aug 1862, Endowment House, Sealed to Kirsten ERICSON, (FHL 183395)
12 Aug 1870 Census-Cache,UT (FHL 553109); Newton LDS Ward (FHL 25609)
24 Oct 1876 Patriarchal Blessing, Newton,Cache,Ut (Historians Office, Vol.49)
1880 Census, Newton,Cache,Utah & Productions of Agriculture (FHL 1255335)
1880-1886 Cache County Probate Records, Book B (FHL 430990)
1 Jul 1886-29 Apr 1887, School Trustees-Newton Dist.#6, Book B-p.28 (USU Sp.C)
23 Dec 1887 Friday:6 months imprisonment, fine-$100 for Unlawful Cohabitation
24 May 1888 Thursday-discharged from Penitiary (FHL LDS Church Chronology)
26-27 May 1891 Sealing:Children to Parents,Peter proxy-brothers(Logan Temple)
Biography of Jens Peter (LATTER-DAY SAINT BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA p.405)
21 Jun 1898 Died, Newton, Obituary(THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL,23 June 1898 Logan,UT)
29 Jun 1898 DESERET EVENING NEWS-WEDNESDAY,obituary-buried Newton Cemetery,UT
Newton,Utah Ward Records (FHL 025609); 1900 Census (FHL 1241682); Family
Records; Ancestral File; IGI
10 Nov 1796 born at Bornholm,Denmark; (EHOUS:16 Aug 1862, FHL 183404)
CHR:?19th Sun.Trinitatis-2 Oct 1796(FHL 44117)?
Jeppe said birth was 10 Nov 1796!
1801 Census:Jeppe age 5;son of Bendt JENSEN & Kirsten PEDERSDATTER (FHL 0039025)
5 Jun 1819 md.Maren Kjerstine KOEFOED, Aakirkeby,Bornholm,D.(FHL 044039)
3 Nov 1851 baptized LDS(FHL Bornholm Branch Records 1851-61 p.2 FHL 041939)
19 Mar 1853 Ship:FOREST MONARCH, Liverpool to N.Orleans (FHL 200173)
1853 Came to Utah (Book:Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah p.380)
7 Nov 1855 Ordained High Priest, S.L.C. Utah by E.Miller & Isaac Morley
16 Aug 1862 Endowed, Endowment House, S.L.C.,Utah (FHL 183404)
1 Jan 1872 Died in Weston,Franklin,Idaho (Family Records)
Maren Kjerstine Hansdatter Kofoed
21 Jan 1795 Birth; Bodilsker,Bornholm,Denmark (Family Records)
5 Jun 1819 Marriage; Aakirkeby, Bornholm, Denmark (FHL 044039)
IGI & Anc.File
9 Apr 1820 Christening, Aakirkeby, Bornholm, Denmark (FHL 044040)
21 Apr 1822 Christening Hans KOFOD, Aakirkeby,Bornholm,Denmark (FHL
44040)
15 Jul 1827 Christening:Anne Margrethe IBSEN, Aakirkeby,Bornholm,D.(FHL 44040
14 Jun 1829 Christening:Jens Peter IPSEN, Aakirkeby,Bornholm,Denm.(FHL 44040)
20 Jan 1833 Christening:Bendithe JEPPESDR, Aakirkeby,Bornholm,Denm.(FHL 44040
1 Jun 1834 Christening:Jacob IPSEN, Aakirkeby,Bornholm,Denmark (FHL 44040)
22 Jun 1839 Birth Francisville,Clark,Missouri (FHL Ancestral File & IGI)
29 Jun 1845 Montrose,Lee, Iowa Early LDS records (FHL 001922) 25 Sep 1852
Patriarchal Blessing, Salt Lake City,UT (LDS Historian Office)
26 Dec 1853 Marriage Sealing, SLC,UT, at Thorton Simpson's (FHL 183393)
20 Jul 1860 Census:Henry SABIN,Mary,John,& Mary; 19th Ward,SLC,UT(FHL 25541)
Dec 1862 married George FRAUGHTON, Salt Lake City, Utah (FHL Ancestral File)
1880 Census:Geo.FRAUGHTON,Mary
J.,John,Sarah,Orson,William,David,Joseph(FHL)
22 Jun 1839 Birth Francisville,Clark,Missouri (FHL Ancestral File & IGI)
29 Jun 1845 Montrose,Lee, Iowa Early LDS records (FHL 001922) 25 Sep 1852
Patriarchal Blessing, Salt Lake City,UT (LDS Historian Office)
26 Dec 1853 Marriage Sealing, SLC,UT, at Thorton Simpson's (FHL 183393)
20 Jul 1860 Census:Henry SABIN,Mary,John,& Mary; 19th Ward,SLC,UT(FHL 25541)
Dec 1862 married George FRAUGHTON, Salt Lake City, Utah (FHL Ancestral File)
1880 Census:Geo.FRAUGHTON,Mary
J.,John,Sarah,Orson,William,David,Joseph(FHL)