_John BENNING _______
                                            | (1737 - 1809) m 1775
                       _Joseph BENNING _____|
                      | (1776 - 1820) m 1810|
                      |                     |_Sarah COBBS ________+
                      |                       (1756 - 1809) m 1775
 _John N. BENNING ____|
| (1815 - 1854) m 1840|
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|                     |_Jane MERIWETHER ____|
|                       (1783 - 1842) m 1810|
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|--Sarah BENNING 
|  (1848 - ....)
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|_Elizabeth ETHRIDGE _|
  (1826 - ....) m 1840|
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