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A Sedgwick Genealogy: Descendants of Deacon Benjamin Sedgwick
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Independent Whig and Inland Daily; sold all in 1858 and returned to Harrisburg, where he resided until 1874. In 1860 he bought 1800 acres on the west bank of the Susquehanna seven miles above Harrisburg, the site of the present Marysville, where he moved in 1874 and lived until his death in 1883. He never accepted political office. Children:

1. James Verbeke, b. August 19, 1846. (B35,31)

2. Anna Maria Gertrude, b. October 31, 1849. (B35,32)

3. Lois Sedgwick, b. July 14, 1851. (B35,33)

4. Theophilus, Jr., b. April 27, 1854. (B35,34)

5. Thomas Elder, b. May 21, 1856; printer and publisher Chicago, Ill. (B35,35)

6. William Kimler, b. September 3, 1859. (B35,36)

7. Julia Eliza, b. November 21, 1862. (B35,37)

8. Prosper Dalien, b. November 17, 1865. (B35,38)

B35,31.
James Verbeke Fenn, 1st child of Theophilus Fenn (B35,3) and Margaretta (Verbeke) Fenn, was born August 19, 1846, and married November 9, 1871, Rebecca Jane Gilchrist, daughter of James and Eliza J. Gilchrist. They resided at Philadelphia and had:

1. Thomas Gilchrist, b. October 21, 1872. (B35,311)

2. Theophilus, b. November 25, 1874. (B35,312)

B35,4.
Benjamin Sedgwick Fenn, 4th child of Lois (Sedgwick) Fenn (B35) and James Fenn, was born November 25, 1803, and died in 1874. He married about 1838 Sarah Scranton of Madison, Conn. Children:

1. Samuel Martin, b. August 3, 1840. (B35,41)

2. Margaret Maria, b. June 9, 1842. (B35,42)

3. George W., b. March 25, 1845. (B35,43)

4. William, b. March 9, 1847. (B35,44)

5. Annie, b. June 25, 1849. (B35,45)

6. Mary, b. November 26, 1851; m. Sterling Bradley, Winsted, Conn. (B35,46)

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