Benjamin Hallman^{[1, 2]}

1783 - 1869  (85 years)

• Name	Benjamin Hallman
  Born	18 Sep 1783	Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88926226
  Immigration	1824	, Canada
  Occupation	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00048-3502
  Died	10 Sep 1869	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 6, 7, 8]
  Buried	Hallman Mennonite Cemetery, North Dumfries, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 8]
  Person ID	I6135	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Hallman,   b. 22 Jun 1757, Near Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 23 Dec 1834, Providence Forge, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Anna Fronica Gottwaltz,   b. 1758, Trappe, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 1823, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania  (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F1871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Detweiler,   b. 8 Aug 1784, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 9 Aug 1856, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. Hallman,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Rev. Jacob S. Hallman,   b. 18 Nov 1803, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 23 Mar 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   3. Margaret Hallman,   b. 31 Aug 1805, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 Mar 1884, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)   4. Maria Hallman,   b. 10 Sep 1806, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 8 Mar 1873  (Age 66 years)   5. Joseph B. Hallman,   b. 15 Sep 1808, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 9 Apr 1896  (Age 87 years)   6. Catharine Hallman,   b. 28 Sep 1810, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Jan 1889, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)   7. Johann "John" Hallman,   b. 1 Aug 1812, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Mar 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   8. Veronica "Frances" "Fanny" Hallman,   b. 14 May 1814, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 9 Jan 1894, West Of New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)   9. Elizabeth Hallman,   b. 12 Jun 1817, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 30 Jun 1883, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   10. Christian Hallman,   b. 5 Jun 1820, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 27 Apr 1821  (Age 0 years)   11. Hannah Hallman,   b. 5 Jun 1820, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 23 Aug 1820  (Age 0 years)   12. Rev. Benjamin D. Hallman,   b. 20 Sep 1821, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 8 Oct 1910, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)   13. Christian Hallman, II,   b. 25 Oct 1822, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 9 Dec 1902, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   14. Hannah Hallman,   b. 3 Nov 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jul 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   15. Rev. Wendell Hallman,   b. 4 Nov 1827, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 May 1910, Yale, St. Clair, Michigan, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F1881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin Hallman, "was born September 18th, 1783, in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where he followed farming as his calling. During the great financial depressions from 1816 until 1827 many of that calling in Montgomery and other counties failed financially, and in order to save their creditors from losing any money, the distressed farmers sold their farms at a great sacrifice and paid their debts, and with whatever little balance left they wended their way to Canada where land could be had cheap and thus made another attempt to gain a free home. And as a rule all these parties in a very few years were the possessors of valuable farms. Such was the case with Benjamin Hallman, our Canadian progenitor. He suffered financially during the great crisis as aforesaid, and, finding things to his advantage, he moved to Canada in 1825 (See page 56 for more information) and settled in Waterloo County, two miles west of the town of Waterloo. Here he resided until spring (1826) when he moved to North Dumfries Township, about one mile east of Roseville, where he had purchased a most beautiful farm, then nearly all forest. This farm is now in possession of Menno H. Hallman. Here the old progenitor died full of years, September 10th, 1869. On September 2nd, 1802, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Harley) Detweiler. She was born August 8th, 1784, and died August 9th, 1856. To them was born a numerous family, all of which were born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, save the two youngest, Hannah and Wendel, who were born in Waterloo County, Ontario" Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 319. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 548. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 752. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 11. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 9 Page 72. [S267] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - Hallman Mennonite CC#6073 Internet Link, monumental inscription. Benjamin HALLMAN / born in Montgomery / County, Pennsylvania / Sept. 18, 1783/ died Sept. 10. 1869/ aged / 83 y's, 11 mo. 23 d's. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 15 Sep 1869. Hallman, Benjamin, Sr. died 10 Sep 1869 Died at the residence of his son, near Roseville; aged 85 years, 11 months, 22 days. Born in Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania in 1793. Emigrated to Canada West in 1824 to the farm now owned by his son, B.D. Hallman. [Obituary.] [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88926226/benjamin-hallman.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Sep 1783 - Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Immigration - 1824 - , Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Sep 1869 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hallman Mennonite Cemetery, North Dumfries, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth