Elias Van Benschouten was born on April 23, 1717 at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. Elias Van Benschouten was the son of
Elias Van Benschouten and
Catrina Keyser. Elias Van Benschouten was baptized on January 24, 1718 at Dutch Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. Elias Van Benschouten married
Jacomynthe Van Couwenhoven, daughter of
Johannes Van Kouwenhoven and
Rachel Johannes Benson, on November 3, 1748 at Dutch Reformed Church, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey. His estate was proved on January 12, 1784 at Albany, Albany County, New York.