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Note: N21 PLEASE NOTE - If using any data or information from this published genealogy, the proper source citation is as follows:
Jana Shea <allkindred@gmail.com>, "The Bender Family of Philadelphia", GEDCOM database uploaded 2011, RootsWeb (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2009), <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pa%2Dbender>, accessed on [insert date viewed here]
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No baptism record has yet been found for Charles Bender. Confirmation records, if they exist, could help to pinpoint exact year of birth and possibly further prove he is the son of Godfrey Bender. His relationship to Godfrey Bender and first wife, Sara (née Reybold) is currently proven by the following facts:
Henry Bender, with whom he served alongside in the War of 1812, testified several times on behalf of Charles widow, Rhoda in her applications for a widows pension and land bounty warrants. Henry married Maria Getz, who is doubtless related to the Getz family who were next-door neighbors to Charles Bender on St. Johns Street in Northern Liberties. Charles, Henry and Maria were all listed as members of the First Presbyterian Church of Northern Liberties from 1817-1830 (No other records exist for the church, which is now defunct). Henry Bender also lacks a baptismal record definiteively tying him to Godfrey Bender. However, not only was Henry a next-door neighbor and closely connected to the other children of Godfrey, but in 1880, Henry was enumerated with the family of Godfrey D. Bender (son of Daniel and grandson of Godfrey, Sr.). This would indicate an uncle-nephew relationship.
Charles Bender appears to be the maverick of the family. While the other Bender siblings and their families remained closely tied to Nicetown/Germantown for generations, Charles raised his family in Northern Liberties (the family later moved to Kensington). He also broke away from the German-language Lutheran church and joined the First Presbyterian Church of Northern Liberties. Charles appears to have had a close friendship with Philip Hess, with whom he served as principal of the church Sunday School. His son, Philip Hess Bender is named for his friend.
How he came to meet his wife, Rhoda, who was a native of Cumberland County, New Jersey is not known. Rhoda had a cousin, Alexander Maul and aunt, Phebe Smalley who lived in Northern Liberties - it is possible she and Charles met when she was visiting her family.
According to Charles Benders pension file, he died in 1832, either 15 August or 8 September. He may have died as a result of a Cholera epidemic which ravaged the city that summer.
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from The Days That Are Past by Thomas James Shepherd, Fourth Pastor of Philadelphia N.L. First Presbyterian Church:
Appendix 185.
Second Combined School, in third story of Lecture-room on Coates Street
PRINCIPAL
Charles Bender, George Warner, Samuel Kirkpatrick
Third Combined School, in Ulricks Alley
PRINCIPAL
Philip Hess, Charles Bender
(**these records pertain to Sunday Schools)
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