Occupation: Note: fieldstones
Event: Military Battle of Point Pleasant (Lord Dunmore's War) - VA militia
Comments: Benjamin S. Cecil's middle name was "Sollers." He did come to be called by the nickname, "Sol" and this is ref lected in the records where his name can be found as Benjamin Sol Cecil , Benjamin Saul Cecil, Saul Cecil, etc. I have also found a reference where his name is given in Virginia records as Benjamin Sallers Cecil. This clearly refutes the notion he bore the name "Benjamin Solomon Cecil ."
Note: One unconfirmed source lists his birth as having occurred on 28 (or 2 3) Jan 1764. However, the 1762/4 year of birth is clearly wrong. Benjamin Sollers Cecil is found in militia records dating from 1774. Clearly, even considering the young ages of some militia men, he would not have been ten to twelve years old. It is more likely that Benjamin Sollers Cecil was between sixteen and eighteen years old in 1774, which w ould place his year of birth at about 1756/1758. Records would also i ndicate, in a reconstruction of his family, that his eldest child was born about 1779.
Spouse: Priscilla Boydston (Married)
Children: James Cecil, Samuel "Scrifscell" Cecil, Thomas Cecil, Benjamin Sollers Cecil, Joseph Cecil, Rebecca "Becky" Cecil, Priscilla Cecil, William Cecil
Benjamin's Heritage
Parents: Samuel Cecil, Rebecca White
Siblings: Elizabeth "Linnie" Cecil, William Cecil, John "Jacky" Cecil, Malinda "Linnie" Cecil, Eleanor "Nellie" Cecil, Thomas Cecil, Zachariah Cecil, James Cecil, Rebecca White Cecil, Samuel W. Cecil