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Download or read book Benjamin Lightbourne Lightburn written by Robert Charles Lightburn and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benjamin Lightbourne was born in about 1753 in Bermuda. He married Elizabeth Hayden, daughter of Christopher Hayden and Elizabeth Sutton (1767-1841) in about 1790 in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. They had seven children. Benjamin died 21 August 1802. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and Colorado.

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