A email from Kenneth Kik on November 10, 2005 states:
Benton Platt is my Great #2 Grandfather and a direct decendent of Capt. Nathaniel Platt a Revolutionary War Officer and a founder of Plattsburgh, NY. Benton was born in 1854 and died in 1918, he married Margaret (Maggie) Vandenbout in 1865. Decendents are eligible for membership in the SAR and DAR.