10. BENONI (B ENONIA)4 LOFTIN (LEONARD 3, CORNELIUS 2, LEONARD 1) was born January 16, 1704/05 in Old Bath, Chowan Co., N.C., and died January 06, 1786 in Dobbs Co., N.C.. He married (1) ANN ? Abt. 1722 in North Carolina. He married (2) SUSANNAH BURTONSHALL Abt. 1730 in Tyrell, Craven Co., N.C., daughter of RICHARD JR. and MARGARET ?. She was born 1704 in Tyrell Co., North Carolina, and died 1760 in Craven Co., N.C.. 

Notes for BENONI (B ENONIA) LOFTIN:
Military : Colonial Militia 

North Carolina Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina 
12 March 1740 - Patent - To Benoni Loftin - 230 acres of land in Craven - SS Neuse, above SW Creek called the island where he now lived - adj Salsh, Capt. Roberts, Patrick Ferrel 

He was a Justice of the Court in Craven Co., N.C., in 1735 
His father, Ludovick Leonard Loftin, left money by his will to buy a home for Benoni. The place that was bought near Kingston, N.C. is still called Jerico, now 1936, and is owned by Mr. Robert B. Dunn and the estate of Francis Clyde Dunn, both Loftin descendents, the property never having left the possession of the family. The present house at Jerico is on the opposite side of the branch from the site of the house originally built for Benoni Loftin, and was the home of Walter Dunn, Jr., who married Cynthia Loftin, seven times great granddaughter of Benone. Mrs W.M. (Gertrude Bagby) Creasy was born in this house which was built in 1756 by Elkanah Loftin, son of Benoni. Benoni Loftin was a member of the Craven Co., Militia ( N.C. State Colonial Records Vol. XXIII p. 324.) January 6, 1751. 
This gave Colonial Dames Eligibility. 

Fought for Craven County Militia, North Carolina. 
Loftin Genealogy by Mrs. W.M. Creasy, Ju. gives birth as 1-16-1705 - this information is believed to have come from an old gravestone because no record has been found. 

Benoni Loftinwas a Justice of the Court in Craven Co in 1735. His father left money in his will to buy a home for Benoni. The place was near Kinston and is still called Jerico. The present home at Jerico is on the opposite side of the branch from the site of the house originally built for Benoni Loftin. He was a member of the Craven County Militia (NC. State Colonial Records Vol XXII, p324. Jan 6, 1751. Note: This provides eligibility for Colonial Dames.

From: An Extended Genealogy of Loftin Allied Families by Ernest Eugene Loftin, 1992
(An extensionof a genealogy written by Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Creasy of Wilmington
in 1936)

North Carolina, Craven County: 
He is listed in a Foot Company, Commanded by Capt. Thomas Graves by commission bearing date, January 6, 1751 for the district from the lower side of (?) west creek to the town Bounds. He is listed as 
Benini Loftin. 

Cornelius Loftin is also listed in the Company for this date. 
      
Child of BENONI LOFTIN and ANN ? is: 
22.i.  THOMAS 5 LOFTIN, b. 1724, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina; d. 1794, North Carolina.      
Children of BENONI LOFTIN and SUSANNAH BURTONSHALL are: 
23.ii.  ELKANAH 5 LOFTIN, b. 1726, Craven Co., N.C.; d. 1792, Georgia.24. iii. S AMUEL LOFTIN, b. Abt. 1732, North Carolina; d. Kentucky. iv.  ELIZABETH LOFTIN, b. Abt. 1743, North Carolina; d. Unknown, Alabama; m. JOHN TORRENCE.  Notes for ELIZABETH LOFTIN:
Lived on the Tombigbee River in Alabama. 

25. v. JO HN LOFTIN, b. Abt. 1745, North Carolina; d. August 03, 1793, Greenville, Co., Virginia.26. vi. L EONARD LOFTIN, b. Abt. 1747, North Carolina.27. vii. F REDRICK LOFTIN, b. 1749, North Carolina; d. 1810.28.vi ii. E ZEKIEL R. LOFTIN, b. August 07, 1750, Dobbs Co., North Carolina; d. 1836, Oakvale, Lawrence Co., Mississippi.29. ix. F RANCIS LOFTIN, b. 1753, Craven Co., N.C.; d. 1810, North Carolina.

