VI. Benjamin Deuel, b. Washington, Dutchess Co. N.Y. 6 Jan. 1764, d. in Sennet, Cayuga Co.
N.Y., 20 Feb. 1846; m.(1) Sybil Putney m. (2) in Butler, Wayne Co. N.Y., October 1822
(ceremony performed by Sylvanus Rose, J.P. in the home of John Mosher), Hannah Burch. No
children by second marriage.
Benjamin Deuel twice saw service in the Revolutionary War. He first enlisted in May. 1776 as
"waiter" to his father, Lt. Benanuel Deuel, serving under Col. Morris Graham, Capt. Charles
Graham, and Ens. Ely and was discharged at Ft. Montgomery in November 1776. He later
re-enlisted under Capt. Chamberlain and Col. Dubois; he was in the Battle of Stone Arabia, and a
month thereafter, on 1 Nov. 1780, was discharged after 8 months service. (Pension Papers and
Bounty land Warrant W8666)
He resided at Washington, Dutchess County during the war, and afterward lived in Saratoga,
Herkimer, Wayne and Cayuga Counties, New York. From about 1816 until about 1833 he lived in
Wayne, but in 1833 he was overseer of the Cayuga Almshouse. After 1853 his widow, Hannah
(Burch) Deuel received a widow's pension at Ionia, Mich.
Benjamin and Sybil Deuel had one known child:
VII. JOSEPH PUTNEY DEUEL, b. Saratoga Co. N.Y. 16 May 1800, d. Sheridan, Iowa, 22
March 1873; m. Marcelius, Onondaga Co. N.Y. 12 Feb 1821, Melinda Manley (first cousin to
Buffalo Bill Cody, see detailed Cody genealogy for Deuel lineage), b. Marcellus, N.Y. 12 Oct.
1803, d. Wllsville, Ohio 1888, dau. of Luther and Hannah (Benton) Manley.