The history of the Abbott, Benson and Vanarsdale families begins with Dutch ancestors who came to New Amsterdam in 1653 and English ancestors who arrived in Philadelphia. Alexander Abbott was in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, by 1790. Robert Benson arrived as a 13-year-old boy in 1817. This book features profiles of Daniel and Alice Shepley Abbott, John Wesley and Christiana Babbitt Abbott, Richard Abbott, Alexander Abbott, Alonzo and Alice Moyer Benson, William M. and Anna Lemmon Benson, and Robert and Malinda Sampson Benson.