Benedict Descendants Report (Generation 7)

Descendants of Benedict

Generation No. 7

36. THOMAS⁷ BENEDICT IV (THOMAS⁶, THOMAS⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)³³⁸ was born 29 Oct 1701³³⁸, and died 11 Feb 1757³³⁸. He married DEBORAH WATERS³³⁸ 21 May 1725³³⁸, daughter of JONATHAN WATERS. She was born 1699 in of Jamaica, Long Island, Suffolk County, New York³³⁹, and died 02 Mar 1757³⁴⁰.

More About THOMAS BENEDICT IV:

Occupation: Bet. 1723 - 1747, lister, fence-viewer, tything man and surveyor³⁴⁰

Will: 17 Mar 1757³⁴⁰

Children of THOMAS BENEDICT and DEBORAH WATERS are:

95. i. THOMAS⁸ BENEDICT V, b. 25 Feb 1725/26; d. 21 Jul 1802.

ii. DEBORAH BENEDICT³⁴⁰, b. 08 Jun 1728³⁴⁰; d. Unknown; m. ABIJAH COMSTOCK³⁴⁰, 30 May 1745³⁴⁰; b. 15 Nov 1770³⁴⁰; d. Unknown.

96. iii. NEHEMIAH BENEDICT, b. 09 Jan 1729/30; d. 29 Sep 1800.

iv. RACHEL BENEDICT³⁴⁰, b. 28 Feb 1731/32³⁴⁰; d. 07 Sep 1743³⁴⁰.

97. v. HANNAH BENEDICT, b. 13 Dec 1733, of New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 22 Feb 1780.

98. vi. JONATHAN BENEDICT, b. 18 Jun 1736; d. 20 Jun 1759.

37. SAMUEL⁷ BENEDICT (THOMAS⁶, THOMAS⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)^340,341,342 was born 31 Jan 1703/04 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut^343,344,345, and died Aft. 1724 in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut³⁴⁵. He married (1) JEMIMA CANFIELD^346,347 18 Apr 1724 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut^348,349. She was born 1703 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut³⁴⁹, and died Aft. 24 Jun 1739 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut^350,351. He married (2) EXPERIENCE JARVIS³⁵² Bef. Jun 1736³⁵². She died Unknown.

More About SAMUEL BENEDICT:

Occupation: Bet. 1724 - 1748, fence viewer, tything-man and lister³⁵²

Record Change: 10 Oct 2001³⁵³

Residence: Abt. Jun 1736, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut³⁵⁴

More About JEMIMA CANFIELD:

Record Change: 10 Oct 2001³⁵⁵

Children of SAMUEL BENEDICT and JEMIMA CANFIELD are:

99. i. JEMIMA⁸ BENEDICT, b. 08 Mar 1724/25, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Abt. 1760, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

100. ii. SAMUEL BENEDICT, JR., b. 05 Dec 1726; d. Unknown.

101. iii. MARY BENEDICT, b. 14 Jun 1728; d. 07 Dec 1800.

102. iv. DANIEL BENEDICT, b. 08 Mar 1729/30; d. Abt. 1776.

103. v. STEPHEN BENEDICT, b. 20 May 1731; d. 15 May 1809, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

vi. SARAH BENEDICT³⁵⁶, b. 30 Jan 1733/34³⁵⁶; d. Unknown; m. TIMOTHY HAIT³⁵⁶; d. Unknown.

vii. ABIGAIL BENEDICT³⁵⁶, b. 07 Jul 1735³⁵⁶; d. Unknown; m. JEDIDAH SMITH³⁵⁶, 16 Mar 1758³⁵⁶; d. Unknown.

Children of SAMUEL BENEDICT and EXPERIENCE JARVIS are:

viii. ESTHER⁸ BENEDICT³⁵⁶, b. 09 Sep 1737³⁵⁶; d. Unknown; m. JOHN LEVAKE³⁵⁶, 16 Mar 1758³⁵⁶; d. Unknown.

104. ix. RACHEL BENEDICT, b. 24 Jun 1739; d. Aft. 1759.

38. MARY⁷ BENEDICT (SAMUEL⁶, SAMUEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)³⁵⁷ died Bef. 1735³⁵⁸. She married WILDMAN³⁵⁹. He died Unknown.

Child of MARY BENEDICT and WILDMAN is:

i. MATTHEW⁸ WILDMAN³⁶⁰, d. Unknown.

39. EBENEZER⁷ BENEDICT (SAMUEL⁶, SAMUEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)³⁶¹ was born 1718³⁶¹, and died 27 Mar 1796³⁶¹. He married (1) RACHEL BENEDICT³⁶², daughter of JOHN BENEDICT and RACHEL STARR. She died Bef. 01 Sep 1763³⁶³. He married (2) MARY BENEDICT³⁶⁴, daughter of JAMES BENEDICT and MARY ANDRUS. She died Unknown.

More About EBENEZER BENEDICT:

Inventory: 571 pounds, 16 s. 0 d.³⁶⁵

Children of EBENEZER BENEDICT and RACHEL BENEDICT are:

105. i. EBENEZER⁸ BENEDICT, b. 14 Aug 1749; d. 17 Nov 1803.

ii. RACHEL BENEDICT³⁶⁵, d. Unknown; m. DAVID BARNUM³⁶⁵, 14 Apr 1760³⁶⁵; d. Unknown.

106. iii. RUTH BENEDICT, b. 28 Mar 1744; d. 06 Dec 1828.

40. SAMUEL⁷ BENEDICT (SAMUEL⁶, SAMUEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)^366,367 was born 1722 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut^368,369, and died 19 May 1792 in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut^370,371. He married PHOEBE BENEDICT^372,373 09 Dec 1742³⁷⁴, daughter of JOHN BENEDICT and RACHEL STARR. She was born 1722 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut³⁷⁵, and died 1801³⁷⁵.

Notes for SAMUEL BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 244."

7. SAMUEL4 (Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Thomas1), m. Dec. 9, 1742, Phoebe, dau. Capt. John3 (3) Benedict [des. of James.] His will was made June 18, 1787, and proved June 12, 1792, his death occurring May 19, 1792. Inventory foots about œ1200. Will names widow Phoebe, Samuel, eldest son, Eleazer, Asa, Elijah, Abigail, wife David Knapp, Phoebe, wife Samuel Dibble, Mary, wife Capt. Justus Barnum, Rebecca, wife Joseph Beebe Jr., and Anna, granddau., wife of Noble Sanford. Widow received œ356 12s. 8d.; Samuel, œ147 5s. Id.; Eleazer, Asa and Elijah, each œ137 5s. 1d.; Abigail, œ73 12s. 6d.; Phebe, Mary, Rebecca, œ69 12s. 6d.; and Anna, œ34 6s. 3d.

Inventory: Foots about 1200 pounds³⁷⁶

Probate: 12 Jun 1792³⁷⁶

Record Change: 07 Nov 2001³⁷⁷

Will: 18 Jun 1787³⁷⁸

More About PHOEBE BENEDICT:

Record Change: 07 Nov 2001³⁷⁹

Children of SAMUEL BENEDICT and PHOEBE BENEDICT are:

107. i. SAMUEL⁸ BENEDICT, b. 28 May 1744; d. 18 Aug 1803, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

ii. ABIGAIL BENEDICT³⁸⁰, b. 31 Jul 1746³⁸⁰; d. Unknown.

108. iii. ELEAZER BENEDICT, b. 27 Dec 1747; d. Bet. 14 Feb 1805 - 13 Feb 1821.

iv. PHOEBE BENEDICT³⁸⁰, b. 22 Jan 1749/50³⁸⁰; d. Unknown.

v. MARY BENEDICT³⁸⁰, b. 15 Apr 1752³⁸⁰; d. Unknown.

vi. JOANNA BENEDICT³⁸⁰, b. 21 Nov 1754³⁸⁰; d. 01 Oct 1766³⁸⁰.

vii. REBECCA BENEDICT³⁸⁰, b. 22 May 1757³⁸⁰; d. Unknown.

viii. JOHN BENEDICT³⁸⁰, b. 04 Feb 1760³⁸⁰; d. 1780³⁸⁰.

109. ix. ASA BENEDICT, b. 22 Aug 1762; d. Unknown.

110. x. ELIJAH BENEDICT, b. 15 Nov 1765; d. 22 Nov 1822.

41. SAMUEL⁷ BENEDICT (THOMAS⁶, SAMUEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)³⁸¹ died Bef. 26 Nov 1795³⁸¹.

Notes for SAMUEL BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 243."

SAMUEL: probably the Samuel whose estate was administered upon Nov. 26, 1795, by Wm. Prindle. Distribution was made May 3, 1796; to his daughters: Esther, w. Bigelow; Jemima, w. John Whitlock; Patience, w. Justus Olmsted; Eunice, w. Wm. Prindle; Hannah, w. Timothy Picket.

Probate: 03 May 1796³⁸¹

Will: 26 Nov 1795³⁸¹

Children of SAMUEL BENEDICT are:

i. ESTHER⁸ BENEDICT³⁸¹, d. Unknown; m. BIGELOW³⁸¹; d. Unknown.

ii. JEMIMA BENEDICT³⁸¹, d. Unknown; m. JOHN WHITLOCK³⁸¹; d. Unknown.

iii. PATIENCE BENEDICT³⁸¹, d. Unknown; m. JUSTUS OLMSTED³⁸¹; d. Unknown.

iv. EUNICE BENEDICT³⁸¹, d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM PRINDLE³⁸¹; d. Unknown.

v. HANNAH BENEDICT³⁸¹, d. Unknown; m. TIMOTHY PICKET³⁸¹; d. Unknown.

42. JOHN⁷ BENEDICT (NATHANIEL⁶, SAMUEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)³⁸¹ died Bef. Jan 1767³⁸².

Notes for JOHN BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), pages 244-245."

8. JOHN4 (Nathaniel,3 Samuel,2 Thomas1). He was dead in Jan., 1767, when his father made his will. The estate of his brother Samuel was distributed in 1756 to Isaac and Nathaniel Benedict of Danbury, and John Benedict, son of John, deceased, of Cornwall. He certainly, therefore, had one son, and perhaps other children.

Child of JOHN BENEDICT is:

111. i. JOHN⁸ BENEDICT, d. Bef. 08 Dec 1778.

43. ISAAC⁷ BENEDICT (NATHANIEL⁶, SAMUEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)³⁸³ was born 1719³⁸³, and died 15 Sep 1813 in Monterey, Berkshire County, Massachusetts³⁸⁴. He married MARY VIDETTO³⁸⁴ Abt. 1743³⁸⁴. She was born in of Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut³⁸⁴, and died Unknown.

More About ISAAC BENEDICT:

Probate: 07 Oct 1813, Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts³⁸⁴

Property: 1772, Bought land in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts³⁸⁴

Residence: 03 Aug 1801, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut³⁸⁴

Will: 03 Aug 1801, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut³⁸⁴

Children of ISAAC BENEDICT and MARY VIDETTO are:

i. ABIGAIL⁸ BENEDICT³⁸⁴, b. 30 Sep 1745³⁸⁴; d. Unknown; m. BEAL³⁸⁴; d. Unknown.

112. ii. ABEL BENEDICT, b. 01 Oct 1748; d. 20 Dec 1819, Monterey, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

iii. MARY BENEDICT³⁸⁴, b. 21 Nov 1750³⁸⁴; d. Unknown; m. WESTON³⁸⁴; d. Unknown.

113. iv. SAMUEL BENEDICT, b. 29 Jul 1753; d. Unknown.

v. PRISCILLA BENEDICT³⁸⁴, b. 06 Jul 1755³⁸⁴; d. Unknown; m. JACKSON³⁸⁴; d. Unknown.

vi. ELIZABETH BENEDICT³⁸⁴, b. 03 Feb 1761³⁸⁴; d. Unknown; m. STOWE³⁸⁴; d. Unknown.

vii. REBECCA BENEDICT³⁸⁴, b. 20 Nov 1771³⁸⁴; d. 02 Sep 1775³⁸⁴.

44. NATHANIEL⁷ BENEDICT (NATHANIEL⁶, SAMUEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)³⁸⁵ died Unknown. He married HANNAH³⁸⁶ Abt. 1742³⁸⁶. She died Unknown.

More About NATHANIEL BENEDICT:

Military service: Revolutionary soldier³⁸⁶

Probate: 05 Jul 1806³⁸⁶

Will: 26 Oct 1805³⁸⁶

Children of NATHANIEL BENEDICT and HANNAH are:

114. i. JONATHAN⁸ BENEDICT, b. 12 Apr 1744; d. 20 Jul 1834.

115. ii. GILBERT BENEDICT, b. 1745; d. Unknown.

116. iii. NATHANIEL BENEDICT, d. Bef. 09 Oct 1767.

117. iv. LOIS BENEDICT, d. Unknown.

v. HANNAH BENEDICT³⁸⁶, d. Unknown; m. MOSES VAIL³⁸⁶; d. Unknown.

45. ABRAHAM⁷ BENEDICT (ABRAHAM⁶, SAMUEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)³⁸⁷ was born 1721³⁸⁷, and died 14 Apr 1798 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut³⁸⁸. He married (1) PRUDENCE PATCH³⁸⁸. She died Mar 1780³⁸⁸. He married (2) ELIZA DENNING³⁸⁸. She died Unknown. He married (3) REBECCA DARROW³⁸⁸. She died Unknown.

Child of ABRAHAM BENEDICT and PRUDENCE PATCH is:

118. i. EZRA⁸ BENEDICT, b. 10 Feb 1780; d. 06 Jun 1855, Plymouth, Chenango County, New York.

Children of ABRAHAM BENEDICT and ELIZA DENNING are:

119. ii. LEVI⁸ BENEDICT, b. 27 Aug 1793; d. 16 Oct 1863, Highland, Dutchess County, New York.

120. iii. LYMAN BENEDICT, d. Bef. 1870.

iv. SARAH BENEDICT³⁸⁸, d. Unknown; m. THOMAS PAINE³⁸⁸; d. Unknown.

v. HANNAH BENEDICT³⁸⁸, d. Unknown; m. THORNTON³⁸⁸; d. Unknown.

Child of ABRAHAM BENEDICT and REBECCA DARROW is:

121. vi. ALVINZA⁸ BENEDICT, b. 14 Dec 1808; d. 27 Jan 1861.

46. CAPTAIN TIMOTHY⁷ BENEDICT (ABRAHAM⁶, SAMUEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)³⁸⁹ was born Bet. 1720 - 1729³⁹⁰, and died Unknown. He married LYDIA HALL³⁹⁰ Abt. 1746³⁹⁰. She was born 1729 in of Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut³⁹⁰, and died 21 Feb 1824 in Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut³⁹⁰.

Notes for CAPTAIN TIMOTHY BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 245."

Capt. Timothy probably went to Winchester in Sept., 1771, where he resided until his death.

Children of TIMOTHY BENEDICT and LYDIA HALL are:

122. i. TIMOTHY⁸ BENEDICT, b. 1747; d. 27 Nov 1837, Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

123. ii. WILLIAM BENEDICT, b. 1758; d. 04 Feb 1836, Alexandria (s/b Alexander), Genesee County, New York.

iii. LYDIA BENEDICT³⁹⁰, d. Unknown.

iv. ANNA BENEDICT³⁹⁰, d. Unknown; m. DAVID JUDD³⁹⁰, Bet. 03 Nov 1770 - 1779³⁹⁰; d. Unknown.

v. DEBORAH BENEDICT³⁹⁰, d. Unknown.

47. JABEZ⁷ BENEDICT (ABRAHAM⁶, SAMUEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)³⁹¹ died 1804 in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York³⁹². He married CHARITY BOOTH³⁹². She died Unknown.

More About JABEZ BENEDICT:

Residence: Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut³⁹²

Children of JABEZ BENEDICT and CHARITY BOOTH are:

i. EUNICE⁸ BENEDICT³⁹², d. Unknown; m. NATHANIEL BARBER³⁹²; d. Unknown.

ii. RACHEL BENEDICT³⁹², b. 1754³⁹²; d. 1803³⁹²; m. JESSE FOOT³⁹²; d. Unknown.

More About JESSE FOOT:

Military service: Revolutionary soldier³⁹²

iii. SARAH BENEDICT³⁹², b. Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut³⁹²; d. Unknown; m. JOHN MCKINLEY³⁹²; d. Unknown.

More About JOHN MCKINLEY:

Individual Note: A Highlander³⁹²

Military service: Revolutionary soldier³⁹²

Residence: Johnstown, Fulton County, New York³⁹²

124. iv. JABEZ BENEDICT, d. Unknown.

125. v. EPHRAIM BENEDICT, b. 04 Feb 1765; d. 27 Apr 1849, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

48. ISRAEL⁷ BENEDICT (ABRAHAM⁶, SAMUEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)³⁹³ died Unknown. He married MARGARET WEED³⁹⁴ 03 Jun 1761³⁹⁴. She died Unknown.

Notes for ISRAEL BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 246."

14. ISRAEL4 (Abraham,3 Samuel,2 Thomas1). Information taken partly from probate records. Estate distributed Oct. 25, 1766, to Margaret, widow, and Zalmon and Eunice, the only heirs. Silas Benedict was one of the administrators. New Canaan church record shows a marriage of an Israel Benedict and Margaret Weed, June 3, 1761.

Children of ISRAEL BENEDICT and MARGARET WEED are:

i. EUNICE⁸ BENEDICT³⁹⁴, b. Abt. 1762³⁹⁴; d. Bef. 08 Feb 1815³⁹⁴.

Notes for EUNICE BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 246."

EUNICE, b. 1762? Administration on her estate, Feb. 8, 1815.

126. ii. ZALMON BENEDICT, b. Abt. 1765; d. Mar 1804, Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

49. SILAS⁷ BENEDICT (ABRAHAM⁶, SAMUEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)³⁹⁵ died 03 Jul 1778 in Wyoming, at the massacre of Wyoming³⁹⁶. He married MARY WEEKS³⁹⁶, daughter of JONATHAN WEEKS. She died Unknown.

Notes for SILAS BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), pages 246-247."

15. SILAS4 (Abraham,3 Samuel,2 Thomas1), m. Mary Weeks, and was slain at the massacre of Wyoming, July 3, 1778. "Another family upon whom the blow fell with great force and severity was that of Mr. Jonathan Weeks. He resided upon a large farm, with his sons and son-in-law, about a mile below the borough of Wilkesbarre. He had living with him at the time of the alarm, his three sons, Philip, Jonathan and Bartholomew. Silas Benedict, a son-in-law (Miner, in his Hist. of Wyoming, p. 238, gives an account of the massacre in which he says Silas Benedict married a granddaughter of Jonathan Weeks), Jabez Beers, an uncle, Josiah Carman, a cousin, and a boarder named Robert Bates. These seven men, from a single household, all seized their arms and hurried to the field, and they all fell with their captain, whose name was M'Carrican, a man of letters and teacher of the hamlet school. Two days after the battle, a party of twenty Indians visited the house of Mr. Weeks and demanded breakfast. Having obtained their demand, they next informed Mr. W. that he must quit the valley forthwith. The old man remonstrated, 'all my sons have fallen,' said he with emotion, 'and here I am left with fourteen grandchildren, all young and helpless.' * * * * They allowed him his oxen and wagon, with which he took the sobbing women and their little ones back to the county of Orange, whence they had emigrated to Wyoming." (Stone's Wyoming, p. 273.)

Child of SILAS BENEDICT and MARY WEEKS is:

127. i. SILAS⁸ BENEDICT, JR., b. 13 Jun 1777; d. 22 Aug 1863, Clayton, Jefferson County, New York.

50. MARY⁷ BENEDICT (ABRAHAM⁶, SAMUEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)³⁹⁷ died Unknown. She married EBENEZER HICKOK³⁹⁷ 15 Feb 1770³⁹⁷. He died Unknown.

Child of MARY BENEDICT and EBENEZER HICKOK is:

128. i. EBENEZER⁸ HICKOK, d. Unknown.

51. JAMES⁷ BENEDICT (JAMES⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)³⁹⁸ was born 1710³⁹⁸, and died 03 Mar 1777³⁹⁸. He married MERCY KNAPP³⁹⁹. She was born 1713³⁹⁹, and died 22 May 1797³⁹⁹.

Notes for JAMES BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 285."

Estate distributed June 9, 1777. to widow Mercy, children James, Francis, Bushnell, Caleb, Mercy, wife of Martin Kellogg, Hannah, wife of Stephen Olmstead, and Thankful, wife of Daniel Platt.

Probate: 09 Jun 1777³⁹⁹

Residence: Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut³⁹⁹

Children of JAMES BENEDICT and MERCY KNAPP are:

129. i. JAMES⁸ BENEDICT, d. Aft. 1758, Norfolk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

130. ii. BUSHNELL BENEDICT, b. 1734, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

131. iii. FRANCIS BENEDICT, d. 15 Apr 1815, Norfolk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

iv. MERCY BENEDICT³⁹⁹, b. 13 Apr 1742³⁹⁹; d. 08 Apr 1811³⁹⁹; m. MARTIN KELLOGG³⁹⁹, 13 May 1762³⁹⁹; d. Unknown.

v. HANNAH BENEDICT³⁹⁹, d. Unknown; m. STEPHEN OLMSTEAD³⁹⁹; d. Unknown.

vi. THANKFUL BENEDICT³⁹⁹, d. Unknown; m. DANIEL PLATT³⁹⁹; d. Unknown.

132. vii. CALEB BENEDICT, b. 20 May 1739; d. 18 Sep 1819, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

52. BENJAMIN⁷ BENEDICT (JAMES⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴⁰⁰ was born 1712⁴⁰⁰, and died 22 May 1797 in Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁰¹. He married ABIGAIL PORTER⁴⁰² Abt. 1732⁴⁰². She was born 1708⁴⁰², and died 27 Apr 1797⁴⁰².

More About BENJAMIN BENEDICT:

Elected: 29 Sep 1774, Deacon of Congregational Church⁴⁰²

Emigration: Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁰²

Children of BENJAMIN BENEDICT and ABIGAIL PORTER are:

i. ABIGAIL⁸ BENEDICT⁴⁰², d. Unknown; m. PETER CORBIN⁴⁰²; d. Unknown.

133. ii. CAPTAIN BENJAMIN BENEDICT, b. 27 Sep 1740, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 27 Sep 1823, Coventry, Chenango County, New York.

iii. NAOMI BENEDICT⁴⁰², d. Unknown; m. JOSEPH ELMER⁴⁰²; d. Unknown.

iv. PHOEBE BENEDICT⁴⁰², b. 1745⁴⁰²; d. Oct 1835⁴⁰²; m. THEOPHILUS ANDREWS⁴⁰², 04 Oct 1764⁴⁰²; b. 1741⁴⁰²; d. 14 Dec 1824⁴⁰².

134. v. OLIVER BENEDICT, b. 17 Nov 1748; d. 28 Oct 1828, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

vi. ELIAKIM BENEDICT⁴⁰², d. Unknown; m. HULDAH⁴⁰²; d. Unknown.

Notes for ELIAKIM BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 285."

Called Capt.; elected Deacon of Congregational church, Bethel, Ct., June 4, 1806. Will made March 14, 1813; mentions, besides Huldah, Sally, wife of Eliakim B. Andrews (?). No issue.

vii. LUCY BENEDICT⁴⁰², d. Unknown; m. JOSEPH ELMER⁴⁰²; d. Unknown.

53. JOHN⁷ BENEDICT (JAMES⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴⁰³ died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 286."

7. JOHN4 (James,3 James,2 Thomas1). Information derived from probate records. Estate distributed Oct. 9, 1758; real, œ213 15s., and clear movable estate, œ96 19s. 9d., widow Sarah (Seely), Michael, only son, and daughters Anna, wife of Luke Roberts, and Amy. Michael was appointed admr. of estate of his mother, Sarah, Oct. 11, 1771.

Children of JOHN BENEDICT are:

135. i. MICHAEL⁸ BENEDICT, b. Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown.

ii. ANNA BENEDICT⁴⁰⁴, d. Unknown; m. LUKE ROBERTS⁴⁰⁴; d. Unknown.

iii. AMY BENEDICT⁴⁰⁴, d. Unknown; m. DAVID FAIRCHILD⁴⁰⁴, Bef. 1772⁴⁰⁴; d. Unknown.

54. HEZEKIAH⁷ BENEDICT (JAMES⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴⁰⁵ died Bet. 04 - 24 Feb 1807 in Maryland, Schoharie County, New York⁴⁰⁶. He married HANNAH JUDD⁴⁰⁷. She died Unknown.

Notes for HEZEKIAH BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 293."

Information derived from will of Hezekiah4 (8), made Feb. 4, 1807, and which mentions ch. of his deceased son John, viz: John; Polly, eldest dau. and wife John Tompkins; Eunice, 2d dau. and wife William Grant; Rebecca; Sally and Hannah.

Emigration: Bet. 1775 - 1776, Schoharie County, New York⁴⁰⁷

Military service: A royalist in the Revolution⁴⁰⁷

Probate: 24 Feb 1807⁴⁰⁷

Will: 04 Feb 1807⁴⁰⁷

Children of HEZEKIAH BENEDICT and HANNAH JUDD are:

i. JEMIMA⁸ BENEDICT⁴⁰⁷, d. Unknown; m. ELMER⁴⁰⁷; d. Unknown.

136. ii. HANNAH BENEDICT, b. 1747; d. 28 Dec 1799.

137. iii. ASAHEL BENEDICT, b. 1749; d. 13 Sep 1802, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

iv. ELIJAH BENEDICT⁴⁰⁷, d. Unknown.

138. v. HEZEKIAH BENEDICT, b. 16 Mar 1754; d. 16 Mar 1831, Braceville, Trumbull County, Ohio.

139. vi. JOHN BENEDICT, d. Bef. 04 Feb 1807.

140. vii. DAVID BENEDICT, b. Abt. 1760; d. 07 Mar 1826, Maryland, Schoharie County, New York.

141. viii. JAMES BENEDICT, b. 29 May 1761; d. 21 Sep 1843, Stoney Hill, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

ix. OBADIAH BENEDICT⁴⁰⁷, b. Bef. 25 Sep 1765⁴⁰⁷; d. Unknown.

More About OBADIAH BENEDICT:

Baptism: 25 Sep 1765, Bethel, Dutchess County, New York⁴⁰⁷

x. DORCAS BENEDICT⁴⁰⁷, d. Bef. 1870⁴⁰⁷.

55. ENSIGN THOMAS⁷ BENEDICT (JAMES⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴⁰⁸ died 24 Sep 1772⁴⁰⁹. He married SARAH BOOTH⁴⁰⁹. She died Unknown.

More About ENSIGN THOMAS BENEDICT:

Probate: 26 Oct 1772, Clear R. E. 813 pounds 10 s.; Mov. 125 pounds 11 s. 2 d.⁴⁰⁹

Children of THOMAS BENEDICT and SARAH BOOTH are:

142. i. EZRA⁸ BENEDICT, b. 27 Oct 1747; d. 29 Jul 1817, Milton, Westchester County, New York.

143. ii. COMFORT BENEDICT, b. 1750; d. Unknown.

iii. SARAH BENEDICT⁴⁰⁹, d. Unknown; m. CHRISTOPHER GLOVER⁴⁰⁹, 10 Jun 1774⁴⁰⁹; d. Unknown.

More About SARAH BENEDICT:

Probate: Received from father's will 103 pounds 5 s. 9 d.⁴⁰⁹

144. iv. THOMAS BENEDICT, b. 01 Oct 1772; d. Aft. 1800, Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York.

56. JAMES⁷ BENEDICT (JOHN⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴¹⁰ died 1794 in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York⁴¹¹. He married (1) MERCY NOBLES⁴¹¹ Abt. 1750⁴¹¹. She died Unknown. He married (2) POLLY BILLINGS⁴¹¹ Abt. 1779⁴¹². She died Unknown.

More About JAMES BENEDICT:

Emigration: 1793, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York⁴¹³

Probate: 18 Feb 1794, Administration of will was granted to his son, Micah, in Saratoga County, New York⁴¹³

Residence: After the Revolution in Ballston, Saratoga County, New York⁴¹³

Children of JAMES BENEDICT and MERCY NOBLES are:

145. i. ELIAS⁸ BENEDICT, b. 01 Nov 1752; d. 12 Mar 1821.

146. ii. AMOS BENEDICT, b. 30 Nov 1756; d. 14 Jan 1848, Fabius, Onondaga County, New York.

147. iii. MICAJAH BENEDICT, b. 02 Nov 1762; d. 08 Dec 1839, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York.

iv. PETER BENEDICT⁴¹³, d. 1847, New Marlboro, Berkshire County, Massachusetts⁴¹³.

More About PETER BENEDICT:

Residence: Lockport, Niagara County, New York⁴¹³

148. v. ORISON BENEDICT, d. 1847, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York.

149. vi. JASPER BENEDICT, d. 08 Mar 1813, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York.

Children of JAMES BENEDICT and POLLY BILLINGS are:

vii. JOHNSON⁸ BENEDICT⁴¹³, b. Abt. 1781⁴¹³; d. 1800⁴¹³.

More About JOHNSON BENEDICT:

Cause of Death: killed by a falling tree⁴¹³

150. viii. ALSON BENEDICT, b. 27 Sep 1786; d. 21 Jul 1820, Wolcott, Wayne County, New York.

151. ix. JAMES BENEDICT, d. Unknown.

x. LUCINDA BENEDICT⁴¹³, d. Abt. 1812⁴¹³; m. EZRA OSBORN⁴¹³; d. Unknown.

57. JOSIAH⁷ BENEDICT (JOHN⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴¹⁴ died Unknown. He married SARAH⁴¹⁵. She was born 1731⁴¹⁵, and died 14 Feb 1788⁴¹⁵.

More About JOSIAH BENEDICT:

Military service: Royalist in the Revolution⁴¹⁵

More About SARAH:

Probate: 30 Apr 1788, Estate distributed⁴¹⁵

Children of JOSIAH BENEDICT and SARAH are:

152. i. ELI⁸ BENEDICT, d. 1799, New Brunswick Province, Canada.

ii. ANNA BENEDICT⁴¹⁵, d. 1807⁴¹⁵; m. EDMOND WASHBURN⁴¹⁵, 03 Oct 1781⁴¹⁵; d. Unknown.

iii. SARAH BENEDICT⁴¹⁵, d. Unknown; m. STEPHEN BARNUM⁴¹⁵, 04 Sep 1785⁴¹⁵; d. Unknown.

iv. RACHEL BENEDICT⁴¹⁵, d. Unknown.

58. RACHEL⁷ BENEDICT (JOHN⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴¹⁶ died Bef. 01 Sep 1763⁴¹⁷. She married EBENEZER BENEDICT⁴¹⁸, son of SAMUEL BENEDICT and ABIGAIL PICKETT. He was born 1718⁴¹⁸, and died 27 Mar 1796⁴¹⁸.

More About EBENEZER BENEDICT:

Inventory: 571 pounds, 16 s. 0 d.⁴¹⁹

Children are listed above under (39) Ebenezer Benedict.

59. JOHN⁷ BENEDICT (JOHN⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴²⁰ was born 1717⁴²⁰, and died 17 Mar 1792⁴²¹. He married LYDIA⁴²¹. She was born 1719⁴²¹, and died 18 Mar 1793⁴²¹.

More About JOHN BENEDICT:

Elected: Bet. 1778 - 1779, Selectman⁴²¹

Inventory: 120 pounds 10 s. 1 d.⁴²¹

Will: 23 Apr 1792, Capt. Benajah appointed administrator⁴²¹

Children of JOHN BENEDICT and LYDIA are:

153. i. CAPTAIN BENAJAH⁸ BENEDICT, b. 1747; d. 07 Feb 1831.

154. ii. ENSIGN WILLIAM BENEDICT, d. Unknown, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

155. iii. JOHN BENEDICT, b. 30 Apr 1763; d. 28 Feb 1835, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

iv. RACHEL BENEDICT⁴²¹, d. Unknown; m. JOHN MATTHEWS⁴²¹, 28 Oct 1772⁴²¹; b. , of Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴²¹; d. Unknown.

v. LYDIA BENEDICT⁴²¹, d. Unknown; m. EZRA DIBBLE⁴²¹; b. , of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴²¹; d. Unknown.

156. vi. MOSES BENEDICT, d. 1832.

vii. REBECCA BENEDICT⁴²¹, d. Unknown; m. EBEN STOWE⁴²¹; b. , of Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut⁴²¹; d. Unknown.

viii. PHOEBE BENEDICT⁴²¹, d. Unknown; m. JOHN HALL⁴²¹; b. , of Lanesboro, Berkshire County, Massachusetts⁴²¹; d. Unknown.

60. PHOEBE⁷ BENEDICT (JOHN⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)^422,423 was born 1722 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴²³, and died 1801⁴²³. She married SAMUEL BENEDICT^424,425 09 Dec 1742⁴²⁶, son of SAMUEL BENEDICT and ABIGAIL PICKETT. He was born 1722 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut^427,428, and died 19 May 1792 in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut^429,430.

More About PHOEBE BENEDICT:

Record Change: 07 Nov 2001⁴³⁰

Notes for SAMUEL BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 244."

Inventory: Foots about 1200 pounds⁴³¹

Probate: 12 Jun 1792⁴³¹

Record Change: 07 Nov 2001⁴³²

Will: 18 Jun 1787⁴³³

Children are listed above under (40) Samuel Benedict.

61. JACHIN⁷ BENEDICT (JOHN⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴³⁴ was born 1727⁴³⁴, and died 02 Oct 1785⁴³⁵. He married (1) SARAH⁴³⁵. She was born 1738⁴³⁵, and died 27 Aug 1775⁴³⁵. He married (2) ANN⁴³⁵ 28 Aug 1776⁴³⁵. She was born in of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴³⁵, and died Unknown.

More About JACHIN BENEDICT:

Inventory: 881 pounds 19 s. 7 d.⁴³⁵

Children of JACHIN BENEDICT and SARAH are:

i. LOUISA⁸ BENEDICT⁴³⁵, b. 1752⁴³⁵; d. 24 Apr 1775⁴³⁵.

ii. LUCY BENEDICT⁴³⁵, d. Bef. 1785⁴³⁵; m. WESTCOTT⁴³⁵; d. Unknown.

157. iii. ELEAZAR BENEDICT, b. 1758; d. 01 Oct 1835, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

iv. NAHUM BENEDICT⁴³⁵, d. Unknown.

v. SARAH BENEDICT⁴³⁵, d. Unknown; m. NATHAN DIBBLE, JR.⁴³⁵, 07 Dec 1781⁴³⁵; d. Unknown.

vi. RACHEL BENEDICT⁴³⁵, d. Unknown.

vii. RUE BENEDICT⁴³⁵, d. Unknown; m. SAMUEL DIBBLE⁴³⁵, 20 Sep 1791⁴³⁵; d. Unknown.

62. JOSEPH⁷ BENEDICT (JOHN⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴³⁶ was born 1728⁴³⁶, and died 15 Dec 1815⁴³⁷. He married ELIZABETH HALL⁴³⁷ 24 Oct 1750⁴³⁷. She was born 1730⁴³⁷, and died 08 Jul 1816⁴³⁷.

More About JOSEPH BENEDICT:

Elected: 1777, Selectman⁴³⁷

Occupation: Bet. 1777 - 1779, Sealer of leather⁴³⁷

Residence: Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴³⁷

Children of JOSEPH BENEDICT and ELIZABETH HALL are:

i. LEVI⁸ BENEDICT⁴³⁷, b. 28 Nov 1752⁴³⁷; d. 30 Dec 1754⁴³⁷.

158. ii. LEVI BENEDICT, b. 25 Mar 1755; d. 20 Sep 1803, Hinesburg, Chittenden County, Vermont.

159. iii. SETH BENEDICT, b. 22 Oct 1757; d. Abt. 1830.

160. iv. HANNAH BENEDICT, b. 13 Aug 1761; d. 24 Jul 1831.

v. EDER BENEDICT⁴³⁷, b. 17 Apr 1764⁴³⁷; d. 26 Dec 1778⁴³⁷.

vi. OLIVE BENEDICT⁴³⁷, b. 05 Sep 1766⁴³⁷; d. Unknown; m. JOSEPH PLATT⁴³⁷; d. Unknown.

vii. COMFORT BENEDICT⁴³⁷, b. 13 Jan 1769⁴³⁷; d. 25 Sep 1783⁴³⁷.

viii. ELIZABETH BENEDICT⁴³⁷, b. 20 May 1771⁴³⁷; d. Unknown; m. THOMAS TAYLOR, JR.⁴³⁷; d. Unknown.

ix. ANNE BENEDICT⁴³⁷, b. 09 Apr 1774⁴³⁷; d. Unknown; m. NOAH KNAPP⁴³⁷, 14 Jun 1792⁴³⁷; d. Unknown.

x. ERI BENEDICT⁴³⁷, b. 02 Feb 1776⁴³⁷; d. 11 Oct 1776⁴³⁷.

161. xi. ERI BENEDICT, b. 03 Apr 1779; d. 20 Sep 1803, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

63. THOMAS⁷ BENEDICT (THOMAS⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴³⁸ was born 1727⁴³⁸, and died 14 Nov 1821⁴³⁹. He married MERCY KNAPP⁴³⁹. She was born 1727⁴³⁹, and died 15 May 1811⁴³⁹.

More About THOMAS BENEDICT:

Elected: 1785, Possibly the Thomas who was selectman⁴³⁹

Probate: 21 Nov 1821⁴³⁹

Children of THOMAS BENEDICT and MERCY KNAPP are:

i. MERCY⁸ BENEDICT⁴³⁹, d. Unknown; m. PRESERVED WOOD⁴³⁹; d. Unknown.

162. ii. JOSHUA BENEDICT, b. 02 Apr 1753; d. 16 Mar 1825, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York.

iii. THOMAS BENEDICT⁴³⁹, b. 07 Feb 1759⁴³⁹; d. 08 Feb 1840, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴³⁹; m. MERCY ROCKWELL⁴³⁹, 10 Oct 1787⁴³⁹; b. 10 Jun 1770⁴³⁹; d. 10 Dec 1856⁴³⁹.

iv. DEBORAH BENEDICT⁴³⁹, d. Unknown; m. EDEN ANDRUS⁴³⁹, 12 May 1784⁴³⁹; b. 28 Apr 1761⁴³⁹; d. Unknown.

v. MARY BENEDICT⁴³⁹, d. Unknown; m. ELIPHALET BARNUM⁴³⁹; d. Unknown.

163. vi. FRANCIS KNAPP BENEDICT, b. 07 Jul 1766; d. 24 Oct 1848, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

64. THADDEUS⁷ BENEDICT (THOMAS⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴⁴⁰ was born 01 Nov 1728⁴⁴⁰, and died 20 Jan 1805⁴⁴¹. He married (1) ABIGAIL STARR⁴⁴² 02 Feb 1746/47⁴⁴², daughter of LIEUTENANT BENJAMIN STARR. She died 06 Apr 1785⁴⁴². He married (2) CATHARINE⁴⁴³ Bet. 01 Nov 1786 - 1799⁴⁴³. She died Unknown.

Notes for THADDEUS BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 289."

Justice of peace, May, 1774-1800; selectman in 1784. One of the sufferers by burning of Danbury, in 1777. He was allowed by Ct., May, 1792, œ521 19s. 6d., for his losses. (Hinman, p. 82.)

Elected: Bet. May 1774 - 1800, Justice of the peace⁴⁴⁴

Children of THADDEUS BENEDICT and ABIGAIL STARR are:

164. i. THADDEUS⁸ BENEDICT, b. 14 Aug 1749; d. 1799, of Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

ii. ABIGAIL BENEDICT⁴⁴⁵, b. Bet. 29 Apr 1750 - 1751⁴⁴⁶; d. Unknown; m. ELIAKIM STARR⁴⁴⁶, 02 Oct 1771⁴⁴⁶; b. , of Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁴⁶; d. Unknown.

165. iii. JESSE BENEDICT, b. Bet. 11 Jun 1751 - 1752; d. 1815.

166. iv. ELIAKIM BENEDICT, b. 26 Sep 1753; d. 22 Aug 1832.

v. MARY BENEDICT⁴⁴⁶, b. Aft. 1753⁴⁴⁶; d. Oct⁴⁴⁶.

167. vi. PETER BENEDICT, b. 11 Dec 1758; d. 02 Oct 1835, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

vii. MOLLY BENEDICT⁴⁴⁶, b. 19 Feb 1761⁴⁴⁶; d. Unknown, young⁴⁴⁶; m. CHRISTOPHER AVERY BABCOCK⁴⁴⁶; d. Unknown.

viii. DEBORAH BENEDICT⁴⁴⁶, b. 19 Apr 1762⁴⁴⁶; d. 30 Apr 1828⁴⁴⁶; m. SAMUEL WILDMAN⁴⁴⁶, 14 Sep 1785⁴⁴⁶; b. , of Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁴⁶; d. Unknown.

168. ix. ELIHU BENEDICT, b. 01 Aug 1766; d. 28 Aug 1819, Milton, Westchester County, New York.

169. x. ELIPHALET BENEDICT, b. 01 Nov 1768; d. 19 Oct 1827, Skaneateles, Onondaga County, New York.

xi. ELIZABETH BENEDICT⁴⁴⁶, b. 03 Mar 1771⁴⁴⁶; d. 1779, Ballston, Saratoga County, New York⁴⁴⁶.

170. xii. AMOS BENEDICT, b. 14 May 1774; d. 27 Feb 1845, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

65. CAPTAIN ELISHA⁷ BENEDICT (THOMAS⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴⁴⁷ was born 02 Apr 1736 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁴⁸, and died 26 Aug 1798 in Canada⁴⁴⁹. He married (1) <UNNAMED>⁴⁵⁰. She died Unknown. He married (2) JERUSHA STARR⁴⁵⁰. She was born 26 Apr 1727⁴⁵⁰, and died 22 Jul 1799⁴⁵⁰.

Notes for CAPTAIN ELISHA BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), pages 289-290."

He was a resident of Albany in 1771, when he petitioned the common council to be appointed marshal. An account in his favor was ordered paid, Dec. 4, 1771. (Munsell's Hist. Coll. of Albany, vol. I, pp. 225, 333.) He purchased, June 16, 1772, property in the township of Ball, Co. of Albany, and by the terms of the deed, appears to have resided there before that date. In 1774, he was engaged, by direction of N. Y. Prov. Congress, in forming military companies in Cumberland Co., Vt. (Hall's Vermont, pp. 387 and 641.) He was commissioned Captain in 8th Co., 2d N. Y. Continental Regt., June 29, 1775. (O'Callaghan's Rev. Papers, vol. I, p. 106; vol. II, pp. 31, 36, 37, 43.) He served before Quebec, 1776. (See Journals of Prov. Cong. of N. Y., vol. I, p. 184; vol. II, pp. 56, 58; also, Force's Am. Arch., vol. I, 1776.) Oct., 1780, Capt. Elisha and his three sons, Ensign Caleb, Elias and Felix, and his negro servant, together with other citizens of Ballston, were surprised in their beds, and taken prisoners by the British and Indians, under Major Monroe. Capt. Elisha and his three sons fell to the lot of Capt. John, leader of the Indians, and were carried to Canada. The pay roll of sundry officers, etc., on file in the office of comptroller of state of N. Y., shows that Capt. Elisha, Elias and Felix, were kept prisoners two and a half years. He afterwards removed to Canada, and d. there Aug. 26, 1798.

Residence: 1771, Albany, Albany County, New York⁴⁵⁰

Children of ELISHA BENEDICT and <UNNAMED> are:

171. i. CALEB⁸ BENEDICT, b. 27 Sep 1758, Norfolk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Abt. 1800.

172. ii. ELISHA BENEDICT, b. 05 Jul 1760, Norfolk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 17 Aug 1845.

173. iii. IRA BENEDICT, b. 13 Jan 1763; d. 05 Jan 1838.

174. iv. ELIAS BENEDICT, b. 23 May 1765; d. 14 Aug 1848.

175. v. FELIX BENEDICT, b. 13 May 1767; d. 29 Oct 1828.

66. ROBERT⁷ BENEDICT (THOMAS⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴⁵¹ was born 1744⁴⁵¹, and died 1828 in Charlton, Saratoga County, New York⁴⁵². He married SARAH KETCHUM⁴⁵². She died Unknown.

Notes for ROBERT BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 290."

18. ROBERT4 (Thomas,3 James,2 Thomas1), b. 1744; m. Sarah Ketchum; commissary in the Revolution; settled at Milton, Saratoga Co., soon after Revolution, and a few years after removed to Charlton, where he d. in 1828.

Military service: Commissary in the Revolution⁴⁵²

Children of ROBERT BENEDICT and SARAH KETCHUM are:

176. i. ROBERT⁸ BENEDICT, b. 14 Jul 1770; d. 03 Mar 1862.

ii. SALLY BENEDICT⁴⁵², d. Unknown; m. JOHN DUNNING⁴⁵², Ballston, Saratoga County, New York⁴⁵²; d. Unknown.

iii. REUBEN BENEDICT⁴⁵², d. Bef. 1870⁴⁵².

177. iv. EZRA BENEDICT, b. 07 Jul 1776; d. 26 Apr 1859.

v. BETSEY BENEDICT⁴⁵², b. 25 Dec 1778⁴⁵²; d. 30 Dec 1851, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts⁴⁵²; m. HENRY VAN HEUSEN⁴⁵², 27 Mar 1796⁴⁵²; d. Unknown.

vi. CZAR BENEDICT⁴⁵², d. Unknown, young⁴⁵².

vii. CZAR BENEDICT⁴⁵², d. Unknown, young⁴⁵².

viii. BENEDICT⁴⁵², d. Unknown, young⁴⁵².

ix. CYNTHIA BENEDICT⁴⁵², d. Unknown; m. JAMES KING⁴⁵², Milton, Saratoga County, New York⁴⁵²; d. Unknown.

x. REBECCA BENEDICT⁴⁵², d. Unknown; m. PETER HOWE⁴⁵², Saratoga County, New York⁴⁵²; d. Unknown.

67. THANKFUL⁷ BENEDICT (THOMAS⁶, JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴⁵³ died Unknown. She married NATHAN GREGORY⁴⁵³ 02 Apr 1760⁴⁵³. He died Unknown.

Child of THANKFUL BENEDICT and NATHAN GREGORY is:

178. i. THANKFUL⁸ GREGORY, b. 13 Feb 1766; d. 25 Jan 1830, Italy Hill, Yates County, New York.

68. JOHN⁷ BENEDICT (JOHN⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)^454,455 was born 1701 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut^456,457, and died 27 Feb 1770^458,459. He married (1) DINAH BOUTON^460,461. She died Unknown. He married (2) MARY⁴⁶². She died Unknown.

More About JOHN BENEDICT:

Probate: 17 Apr 1770⁴⁶²

Record Change: 07 Nov 2001⁴⁶³

Religion: 20 Jun 1733, Joined, by letter, the Congregational ch., of which he became Deacon⁴⁶⁴

Residence: 20 Jun 1733, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁶⁵

Will: 19 Feb 1770⁴⁶⁶

More About DINAH BOUTON:

Record Change: 07 Nov 2001⁴⁶⁷

Children of JOHN BENEDICT and DINAH BOUTON are:

179. i. CAPTAIN DANIEL⁸ BENEDICT, b. Bet. 1720 - 1724; d. 1777, in the Sugar House.

180. ii. JOHN BENEDICT, b. 11 Sep 1724; d. Jan 1807, Walton, Delaware County, New York.

181. iii. JACHIN BENEDICT, d. Jul 1760.

182. iv. COLONEL JOSEPH BENEDICT, b. 20 May 1730, O. S., Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 24 Aug 1785.

183. v. DINAH BENEDICT, b. Bef. 05 May 1734; d. Bef. 1771.

vi. LOIS BENEDICT⁴⁶⁸, b. Abt. 1735⁴⁶⁸; d. Unknown; m. JEREMIAH B. WELLS⁴⁶⁸, 28 Nov 1754⁴⁶⁸; d. Unknown.

More About LOIS BENEDICT:

Baptism: 1735⁴⁶⁸

184. vii. HEZEKIAH BENEDICT, b. Bef. 23 Oct 1737; d. 11 Jul 1813, on The Homestead at Brushy Hill, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

viii. RHODA BENEDICT⁴⁶⁸, b. Bef. 16 Jun 1739⁴⁶⁸; d. Unknown; m. SAMUEL LAWRENCE⁴⁶⁸, 05 Apr 1759⁴⁶⁸; d. Unknown.

More About RHODA BENEDICT:

Baptism: 16 Jun 1739⁴⁶⁸

Children of JOHN BENEDICT and MARY are:

ix. MARY⁸ BENEDICT⁴⁶⁸, b. Bef. 24 Apr 1743⁴⁶⁸; d. Aft. 1771⁴⁶⁸.

More About MARY BENEDICT:

Baptism: 24 Apr 1743⁴⁶⁸

x. SARAH BENEDICT⁴⁶⁸, d. Unknown; m. TIMOTHY HOYT⁴⁶⁸, 04 Feb 1761⁴⁶⁸; d. Unknown.

69. CAPTAIN MATTHEW⁷ BENEDICT (JOHN⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴⁶⁹ was born 02 Oct 1703 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁶⁹, and died 07 Jul 1757 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁷⁰. He married RUTH KEELER⁴⁷⁰ 08 Dec 1727⁴⁷⁰, daughter of JOHN KEELER. She died Unknown.

More About CAPTAIN MATTHEW BENEDICT:

Cause of Death: smallpox⁴⁷⁰

Children of MATTHEW BENEDICT and RUTH KEELER are:

185. i. MATTHEW⁸ BENEDICT, b. 28 Oct 1728, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 30 Dec 1777, West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

ii. ANNA BENEDICT⁴⁷⁰, b. 22 Feb 1729/30⁴⁷⁰; d. Unknown; m. WRIGHT NORTHROP⁴⁷⁰; b. , of Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁷⁰; d. Unknown.

iii. JOHN BENEDICT⁴⁷⁰, b. 23 Apr 1732⁴⁷⁰; d. 24 Apr 1732⁴⁷⁰.

iv. RUTH BENEDICT⁴⁷⁰, b. 24 Mar 1732/33⁴⁷⁰; d. Abt. 1774⁴⁷⁰.

186. v. JESSE BENEDICT, b. 02 Feb 1734/35; d. 02 Sep 1805, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

vi. ELIZABETH BENEDICT⁴⁷⁰, b. 02 Feb 1736/37⁴⁷⁰; d. Unknown; m. (1) ELIJAH SMITH⁴⁷⁰, 27 Oct 1758⁴⁷⁰; d. Unknown; m. (2) THOMAS HYATT⁴⁷⁰, Aft. 27 Oct 1758⁴⁷⁰; d. Unknown.

vii. PHOEBE BENEDICT⁴⁷⁰, b. 02 Aug 1739⁴⁷⁰; d. Unknown; m. SAMUEL STURTEVANT⁴⁷⁰; b. , of Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁷⁰; d. Unknown.

viii. EZRA BENEDICT⁴⁷⁰, b. 05 Nov 1741⁴⁷⁰; d. 15 Sep 1745⁴⁷⁰.

ix. JOHN BENEDICT⁴⁷⁰, b. 03 Sep 1743⁴⁷⁰; d. Abt. 1763⁴⁷⁰.

70. CALEB⁷ BENEDICT (JOHN⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)^471,472 was born 1709 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut^473,474, and died 19 May 1761 in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut^475,476. He married MEHITABEL HOYT^477,478 Abt. 1732 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁷⁹, daughter of CALEB HOYT and MEHITABEL KEELER. She was born 1714 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut^479,480, and died 13 Dec 1797 in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut^481,482.

Notes for CALEB BENEDICT:

This family was received into the church at New Canaan in 1773. Caleb served in several political offices. Among those are constable, tything-man, surveyor, selectman, and lister. In 1755, he was called "Ensign". His death was caused by small-pox. Their home was on Brushy Ridge.

Cause of Death: smallpox⁴⁸³

Elected: 1735, Surveyor, lister, constable, and tything-man⁴⁸⁴

Military service: 1755, Known as Ensign⁴⁸⁴

Religion: 1737, received into the church at New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁸⁴

Residence: 1773, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁸⁴

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Record Change: 06 Feb 2001⁴⁸⁵

Children of CALEB BENEDICT and MEHITABEL HOYT are:

i. CALEB⁸ BENEDICT⁴⁸⁶, b. Bef. 01 Dec 1733, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁸⁶; d. Bef. 1740⁴⁸⁶.

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Baptism: 01 Dec 1733⁴⁸⁶

ii. MEHITABLE BENEDICT⁴⁸⁶, b. Bef. 09 May 1735, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁸⁶; d. Bef. 1748⁴⁸⁶.

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Baptism: 09 May 1735⁴⁸⁶

iii. RUTH BENEDICT⁴⁸⁶, b. Bef. 11 Sep 1738, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁸⁶; d. Unknown; m. DANIEL ST. JOHN⁴⁸⁶, 07 Mar 1759⁴⁸⁶; d. Unknown.

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Baptism: 11 Sep 1738⁴⁸⁶

187. iv. CALEB BENEDICT, b. Bef. 28 Dec 1740, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 06 May 1812, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

188. v. JAMES BENEDICT, b. Bef. 18 Dec 1743, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown.

189. vi. LIEUTENANT EZRA BENEDICT, b. Bef. 27 May 1746, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 11 Sep 1832, Walton, Delaware County, Connecticut.

vii. MEHITABLE BENEDICT⁴⁸⁶, b. Bef. 25 Dec 1748, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁸⁶; d. Unknown, young⁴⁸⁶.

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Baptism: 15 Dec 1748⁴⁸⁶

viii. ANNA BENEDICT⁴⁸⁶, b. Bef. 23 Jun 1751, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁸⁶; d. Unknown; m. JAMES STEVENS⁴⁸⁶, 15 Mar 1774⁴⁸⁶; d. Unknown.

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Baptism: 23 Jun 1751⁴⁸⁶

Residence: Aft. 1774, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁸⁶

ix. ADAH BENEDICT⁴⁸⁶, b. Bef. 23 Jun 1751, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁸⁶; d. Unknown; m. ELIASAPH KELLOGG⁴⁸⁶, 12 Dec 1771⁴⁸⁶; d. Unknown.

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Baptism: 23 Jun 1751⁴⁸⁶

190. x. CAPTAIN BENJAMIN BENEDICT, b. 21 Oct 1755, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 17 Oct 1832, Patterson, Putnam County, New York.

xi. MEHITABLE BENEDICT⁴⁸⁶, b. Bef. 10 Feb 1760, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁸⁶; d. Unknown; m. JOHN STEVENS⁴⁸⁶, 23 Nov 1778⁴⁸⁶; d. Unknown.

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Baptism: 10 Feb 1760⁴⁸⁶

71. NATHANIEL⁷ BENEDICT (JOHN⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴⁸⁷ was born 1716 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁸⁷, and died 02 Apr 1808 in Connecticut⁴⁸⁷. He married (1) MARY LOCKWOOD⁴⁸⁸ Bef. 1740⁴⁸⁹, daughter of DEACON LOCKWOOD. She was born Abt. 1721⁴⁹⁰, and died 12 Jan 1763⁴⁹⁰. He married (2) HANNAH HAWLEY⁴⁹⁰ Jan 1764⁴⁹⁰, daughter of REVEREND THOMAS HAWLEY. She was born Abt. 1728⁴⁹⁰, and died 31 Jan 1795⁴⁹⁰.

Notes for NATHANIEL BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), pages 58 and 59."

His house and barn were burned by the British in 1779. The following obituary notice of him was written by Hon. Roger Minot Sherman: "He died at Norwalk on the morning of the 2d of April, 1806, after a shock of the palsy, with which he lingered about twelve days, in the 90th year of his age. On the 3d his remains were followed to the grave by a large concourse of friends and relatives, among whom were his twelve(?) surviving children, and many of his more remote posterity. He has left ninety-one grandchildren and eighty-eight great-grandchildren, the whole number of his descendants, now living, being 191. For about thirty-two years he sustained the office of Deacon of the First Congregational church in that town. Deacon Benedict was one of those venerable personages by whom what remains of the pious habits of our forefathers, have been transmitted to the present generation. His long life has been eminently exemplary, and years to come will feel its happy influence. Every morning and evening witnessed his devotion. His sabbaths were faithfully appropriated to public worship and religious family instructions. An amiable, cheerful disposition, a sound mind, improved by a good degree of reading, and much reflection, and adorned with a bright constellation of Christian graces, comprised his character. At his funeral an appropriate sermon was delivered by Rev. Dr. Burnett, from Prov. xiv, 32. "The wicked is driven away in his wickedness; but the righteous hath hope in his death."

Elected: Bet. 1739 - 1757, fence viewer, surveyor, lister, constable, and collector⁴⁹⁰

Military service: 1762, called Lieutenant⁴⁹⁰

Children of NATHANIEL BENEDICT and MARY LOCKWOOD are:

i. ANNA⁸ BENEDICT⁴⁹¹, b. 1740⁴⁹¹; d. Unknown; m. SETH SEYMOUR⁴⁹¹; d. Unknown.

ii. MOLLY BENEDICT⁴⁹¹, b. Bet. 1741 - 1742⁴⁹¹; d. 23 Apr 1835⁴⁹¹; m. DELIVERANCE BENNET⁴⁹¹; d. Unknown.

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Residence: Saugatuck, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁹¹

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Residence: Saugatuck, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁹¹

191. iii. NATHANIEL BENEDICT, b. 26 Mar 1744; d. 24 Feb 1833.

192. iv. JOSEPH BENEDICT, b. 29 Jun 1746; d. 09 Dec 1835, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

v. ESTHER BENEDICT⁴⁹¹, b. 1748⁴⁹¹; d. 27 Jul 1806⁴⁹¹; m. URIAH RAYMOND⁴⁹¹, 20 Jan 1766⁴⁹¹; d. Unknown.

193. vi. ISAAC BENEDICT, b. 26 Jul 1751, O. S., Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 17 May 1840.

194. vii. WILLIAM BENEDICT, b. 1753; d. 02 Sep 1821, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

viii. SALLY BENEDICT⁴⁹¹, b. 1756⁴⁹¹; d. Unknown; m. NATHAN HOYT⁴⁹¹; d. Unknown.

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Residence: New Milford, Orange County, New York⁴⁹¹

195. ix. BETTY BENEDICT, b. 20 Feb 1759; d. 19 Apr 1835.

Children of NATHANIEL BENEDICT and HANNAH HAWLEY are:

196. x. NATHAN⁸ BENEDICT, b. 10 Dec 1764; d. 03 Feb 1832.

xi. HANNAH BENEDICT⁴⁹¹, b. 1766⁴⁹¹; d. 28 Nov 1826⁴⁹¹; m. DEACON STEPHEN WOOD⁴⁹¹, 03 Apr 1782⁴⁹¹; d. Unknown.

xii. LYDIA BENEDICT⁴⁹¹, b. 1768⁴⁹¹; d. 18 Feb 1828⁴⁹¹; m. CAPT LEMUEL BROOKS⁴⁹¹; d. Unknown.

197. xiii. JOHN BENEDICT, b. 03 Feb 1770; d. 1839.

72. BENJAMIN⁷ BENEDICT (BENJAMIN⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴⁹² was born 01 Oct 1706⁴⁹², and died 02 Sep 1779 in Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁹³. He married HANNAH BOSTWICK⁴⁹³ 18 Jan 1730/31⁴⁹³. She was born in New Milford, Orange County, New York⁴⁹³, and died Unknown.

Children of BENJAMIN BENEDICT and HANNAH BOSTWICK are:

i. MARY⁸ BENEDICT⁴⁹³, b. 1734⁴⁹³; d. 16 Jul 1790⁴⁹³.

ii. RACHEL BENEDICT⁴⁹³, d. Unknown; m. TURNER⁴⁹³; d. Unknown.

iii. HANNAH BENEDICT⁴⁹³, d. Unknown; m. OSBORN⁴⁹³; d. Unknown.

iv. NOAH BENEDICT⁴⁹³, d. Unknown, Probably lost at sea⁴⁹³.

198. v. JOHN BENEDICT, b. Abt. 1740, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut; d. Bet. Aug 1807 - 20 Jan 1808.

vi. SAMUEL BENEDICT⁴⁹³, d. Unknown; m. MARTHA⁴⁹³; d. Unknown.

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Individual Note: 1775, signer of the Revolutionary Pledge⁴⁹³

Residence: Amenia, Dutchess County, New York⁴⁹³

Will: 28 Mar 1801⁴⁹³

199. vii. BENJAMIN BENEDICT, b. 28 Dec 1757; d. 13 Oct 1828, Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

73. CAPTAIN TIMOTHY⁷ BENEDICT (BENJAMIN⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴⁹⁴ was born 15 Nov 1709⁴⁹⁴, and died 12 May 1791⁴⁹⁴. He married (1) ELIZABETH⁴⁹⁵. She died Unknown. He married (2) SARAH SMITH⁴⁹⁵ 24 Jan 1733/34⁴⁹⁵, daughter of EBENEZER SMITH and SARAH. She was born 1713⁴⁹⁵, and died 18 Jan 1765⁴⁹⁵.

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Elected: 1770, Justice of the peace⁴⁹⁵

Inventory: Lbs. 1,716 8s. 0d.⁴⁹⁵

Residence: Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁴⁹⁵

Will: 20 Aug 1782⁴⁹⁵

Children of TIMOTHY BENEDICT and SARAH SMITH are:

i. SARAH⁸ BENEDICT⁴⁹⁵, b. 13 Apr 1735⁴⁹⁵; d. Unknown; m. BARTHOLOMEW WEED⁴⁹⁵; d. Unknown.

ii. ABIAH BENEDICT⁴⁹⁵, b. 20 Dec 1736⁴⁹⁵; d. Unknown; m. SAMUEL KEELER, JR.⁴⁹⁵; d. Unknown.

iii. TIMOTHY BENEDICT⁴⁹⁵, b. 27 Sep 1740⁴⁹⁵; d. 21 Jun 1757⁴⁹⁵.

74. JOHN⁷ BENEDICT (BENJAMIN⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴⁹⁶ was born 05 Oct 1714⁴⁹⁶, and died Unknown. He married LUCY⁴⁹⁷ 29 Nov 1738⁴⁹⁷. She died Unknown.

Children of JOHN BENEDICT and LUCY are:

i. ALEXANDER⁸ BENEDICT⁴⁹⁷, b. 22 Dec 1739⁴⁹⁷; d. Unknown.

ii. LUCY BENEDICT⁴⁹⁷, b. 06 Jun 1741⁴⁹⁷; d. Unknown.

iii. SAMUEL BENEDICT⁴⁹⁷, b. 26 Apr 1743⁴⁹⁷; d. Unknown.

iv. JOHN BENEDICT⁴⁹⁷, b. 16 Jun 1745⁴⁹⁷; d. Unknown.

v. ELIJAH BENEDICT⁴⁹⁷, b. 06 Oct 1747⁴⁹⁷; d. Unknown.

75. DANIEL⁷ BENEDICT (BENJAMIN⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁴⁹⁸ was born 27 Nov 1716⁴⁹⁸, and died Unknown. He married AGNES WALLACE⁴⁹⁹ 13 Feb 1739/40⁴⁹⁹. She died Unknown.

Children of DANIEL BENEDICT and AGNES WALLACE are:

i. MARY⁸ BENEDICT⁴⁹⁹, b. 15 Nov 1740⁴⁹⁹; d. Unknown; m. ARCHIBALD CRAWFORD⁴⁹⁹; d. Unknown.

200. ii. DANIEL BENEDICT, b. 02 Apr 1743, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 23 Dec 1822, Warwick, Orange County, New York.

iii. RACHEL BENEDICT⁴⁹⁹, b. 27 Feb 1744/45⁴⁹⁹; d. Unknown; m. JAMES CRAWFORD⁴⁹⁹; d. Unknown.

iv. JAMES BENEDICT⁴⁹⁹, b. 30 May 1750⁴⁹⁹; d. Unknown.

v. SARAH BENEDICT⁴⁹⁹, b. 13 May 1752⁴⁹⁹; d. Unknown; m. JOSEPH SCOFIELD⁴⁹⁹; d. Unknown.

vi. BENJAMIN BENEDICT⁴⁹⁹, b. 22 Aug 1754⁴⁹⁹; d. Unknown, in the Revolution⁴⁹⁹.

vii. MARTHA BENEDICT⁴⁹⁹, b. 14 Jan 1757⁴⁹⁹; d. Unknown; m. JOSEPH HAZEN⁴⁹⁹; d. Unknown.

76. AMOS⁷ BENEDICT (BENJAMIN⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵⁰⁰ was born 17 Sep 1722⁵⁰⁰, and died 29 Jul 1809⁵⁰⁰. He married MARTHA STURTEVANT⁵⁰¹. She died Unknown.

Notes for AMOS BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 61."

In his will, proved Sept. 2, 1709, after liberally remembering his heirs, he emancipated his slave "Johnno" for faithful service, and devised to him and his heirs five acres of his farm, also an acre of meadow, one cow, one feather bed with pillows, sheets and coverlets.

Probate: 02 Sep 1709⁵⁰²

Residence: South Salem, Lewisboro, Westchester County, New York⁵⁰³

Children of AMOS BENEDICT and MARTHA STURTEVANT are:

201. i. ISAAC⁸ BENEDICT, b. 07 Aug 1746; d. 10 Aug 1813.

202. ii. SOLOMON BENEDICT, d. Jan 1777, In the Army.

203. iii. AMOS BENEDICT, d. Unknown.

204. iv. JACOB BENEDICT, b. 1751; d. 1810, South East, New York.

205. v. JONAH BENEDICT, b. 07 Aug 1762; d. 26 Feb 1826, South Salem, Washington County, New York.

vi. RACHEL BENEDICT⁵⁰⁴, d. Unknown; m. ARNOLD DICKENS⁵⁰⁴; d. Unknown.

vii. MARTHA BENEDICT⁵⁰⁴, d. Unknown; m. BROWN⁵⁰⁴; d. Unknown.

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Cause of Death: killed by the Indians⁵⁰⁴

viii. HANNAH BENEDICT⁵⁰⁴, d. Unknown; m. BISHOP⁵⁰⁴; d. Unknown.

77. JOSEPH⁷ BENEDICT (JOSEPH⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵⁰⁵ was born 29 Jul 1708 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁰⁶, and died 17 Jul 1793⁵⁰⁷. He married (1) <UNNAMED>⁵⁰⁷. She died Unknown. He married (2) LYDIA⁵⁰⁷. She was born Abt. 1716⁵⁰⁷, and died 24 Feb 1791⁵⁰⁷. He married (3) SUSANNAH⁵⁰⁷ 08 May 1732⁵⁰⁷. She died Unknown.

Notes for JOSEPH BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 61."

By his three wives he had 23 ch., most of whom d. under age. The names of the following (see all children) only have been ascertained, who with the exception of the first three are mentioned in his will, proved Nov. 6, 1793.

Elected: Justice of the peace⁵⁰⁷

Residence: Cross Roads, South Salem, Westchester County, New York⁵⁰⁷

Children of JOSEPH BENEDICT and SUSANNAH are:

i. JOSEPH⁸ BENEDICT⁵⁰⁷, b. 17 Feb 1731/32⁵⁰⁷; d. Bef. 1793⁵⁰⁷.

Notes for JOSEPH BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 61."

...no record of his descendants; probably d. before 1793.

ii. JEREMIAH BENEDICT⁵⁰⁷, b. 14 May 1735⁵⁰⁷; d. 17 May 1735⁵⁰⁷.

iii. SUSANNAH BENEDICT⁵⁰⁷, b. 25 Mar 1736⁵⁰⁷; d. Unknown.

206. iv. LEWIS BENEDICT, b. 25 Jun 1754; d. 21 Jul 1827.

v. LYDIA BENEDICT⁵⁰⁷, b. Bet. 1755 - 1756⁵⁰⁷; d. Unknown.

vi. NANCY BENEDICT⁵⁰⁷, b. 1756⁵⁰⁷; d. Abt. 1848⁵⁰⁸; m. DAVID WILLIAMS⁵⁰⁹; d. Unknown.

Notes for NANCY BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), pages 61-62."

NANCY, b. 1756. It is said of her that "she was superior in education to those around her, and that she was constantly teaching her neighbors to read and write." In 1776, when Gen. Howe advanced northward from New York, she mounted her horse, and with other heroic women, followed the army and witnessed the battle of White Plains." Joseph4 lived near the "neutral ground," and had in his employ one David Williams, who, when not engaged in military service (the whigs who encountered the "Cowboys" in their excursions into the country were generally in the militia service on short enlistments), made the house of his employer his welcome home. Thus it happened that Williams was enjoying an agreeable tˆte-…-tˆte with Nancy Benedict, in the fall of 1780, when she pointed out to him a small company of armed men approaching their village. They entered an inn near by, and Williams, having recognized Isaac Van Wart, John Paulding and others, they set out together for Tarrytown; the especial object of Williams being to reclaim the property of a neighbor, the widow Pelham, or avenge the death of her husband, killed the night before by a party of Cow-boys. At Tarrytown, Williams, Paulding and his cousin Van Wart separated from their companions, taking the east road, at an angle of which they concealed themselves, obtaining a north and west view of it for some distance. The approach of Major AndrŠ, his arrest, etc., followed. Congress having granted Williams, Nov. 3, 1780, a medal, a yearly annuity of $200, in specie, or an equivalent in current money, during life; also, the privilege of locating any confiscated lands in the county of Westchester, to the value of $1,250, or of receiving the said sum in cash, he married Nancy Benedict, and with the $1,250 bought a part of the farm owned by his father-in-law and settled upon it, erecting a log cabin to to live in." * * * "In the fall of 1830, he visited the city of New York on the invitation of the corporation, to be present as a guest at the celebration of the French Revolution. Here he received all manner of attentions, and was presented with a silver cup, a silver-headed cane, an elegant horse, carriage and harness. He died at Broome, Schoharie Co., Aug. 2, 1831. After her husband had been dead ten years, Mrs. Williams obtained a continuance of his pension, which had been stopped at his death, receiving $2,000 at once." She d. about 1848, in her 92d year. (Simm's Schoharie County, etc., p. 649.)

207. vii. AMBROSE BENEDICT, d. Unknown.

viii. SUSANNAH BENEDICT⁵¹⁰, d. Unknown; m. MILLER⁵¹⁰; d. Unknown.

ix. ANNA BENEDICT⁵¹⁰, d. Unknown; m. ROBERT MURPHY⁵¹⁰; d. Unknown.

78. GIDEON⁷ BENEDICT (JOSEPH⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵¹¹ was born 15 Mar 1709/10 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵¹², and died Unknown in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut⁵¹³. He married DOROTHY BOTSFORD⁵¹³ 11 Apr 1737⁵¹³. She was born in of New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut⁵¹³, and died Unknown.

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Residence: New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut⁵¹³

Children of GIDEON BENEDICT and DOROTHY BOTSFORD are:

208. i. DOROTHY⁸ BENEDICT, b. Bet. 1737 - 1741, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown.

209. ii. ELIJAH BENEDICT, b. 1741, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut; d. Jan 1811, Underhill, Chittenden County, Vermont.

79. SAMUEL PITMAN⁷ BENEDICT (JOSEPH⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵¹⁴ was born 21 Jan 1720/21 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵¹⁵, and died 1775 in Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont⁵¹⁶. He married MERCY BOSTWICK⁵¹⁷. She died 1772 in Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont⁵¹⁷.

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Residence: Aft. 1765, Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont⁵¹⁷

Children of SAMUEL BENEDICT and MERCY BOSTWICK are:

i. JOANNA⁸ BENEDICT⁵¹⁷, b. New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut⁵¹⁷; d. Unknown; m. WARD⁵¹⁷; d. Unknown.

ii. ABEL BENEDICT⁵¹⁷, b. 1750, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut⁵¹⁷; d. 16 Aug 1777, Battle of Bennington, Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont⁵¹⁸.

Notes for ABEL BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), pages 62-63."

ABEL, b. 1750; made purchase of a farm 1774-75, on the intervales below the falls, in town of Colchester, Vt., then included in the "New Hampshire grants." With Ethan Allen and the mass of the settlers on these grants--a brave and hearty race of men--he resisted the claims of New York; and, a decree of a convention of the inhabitants of the counties of Bennington and Rutland, viz: "that no person should take grants, or confirmation of grants, under the government of New York, etc.," having been violated by one Benjamin Hough, he was selected with John Sawyer to carry out in part the sentence of the Committee of Safety, passed after trial upon said Hough. The judgment was "that the prisoner be taken from the bar of this Com. of Safety and tied to a tree, and there on his naked back to receive two hundred stripes; his back being dressed, he should depart out of the district, and on return to suffer death, unless by special leave of the convention. Hough was tied by Ethan Allen to an apple tree and whipped, the act being witnessed by many of the inhabitants." The instrument of punishment was termed the "beach seal," in allusion to the great seal of New Hampshire affixed to the grants made by the governor of that province, of which the beach rod well laid on the naked backs of the "Yorkers" and their adherents, was humorously considered a confirmation. Enjoying as we do the protection of just and equal laws, it is difficult to form a proper estimate of such measures. There was no choice left to the N. H. grantees between an entire surrender of their farms rescued from the wilderness of nature, and made valuable by their industry, and a determined and persevering resistance by force. Up to Jan. 26, 1775, when Hough was whipped, no division of sentiment with regard to matters of public policy had taken place; and it is significant that Arlington was not represented in any of the conventions of the different towns of Vermont that met to confer upon the Declaration of Independence and other subjects. Her leading men were not prepared for measures so decisive; they had suffered much from New York, but it would have been difficult for them to specify wherein the king had harmed them. The king had given them their farms for a nominal price, had provided reasonably for their religious and secular instruction; in the words of one of them who suffered the loss of all things for his loyalty, "they did not think it right to rebel against a king who had done them no harm." Possibly this feeling and the obligation resting upon churchmen to aid the head of the church--so well known to have influenced great numbers at this trying period, led Abel Benedict to join the Royalist army. He was killed at the battle of Bennington, Aug. 16, 1777. (Hemmenway's Vt. Historical Gazetteer, p. 126; Vermont State Papers, pp. 35-37).

Cause of Death: killed in battle⁵¹⁸

Military service: Joined the Royalist Army⁵¹⁸

iii. SOPHIA BENEDICT⁵¹⁸, b. 1752, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut⁵¹⁸; d. Unknown; m. ELDAD ANDRUS⁵¹⁸; b. , of Cornwall, Addison County, Vermont⁵¹⁸; d. Unknown.

iv. PHOEBE BENEDICT⁵¹⁸, b. 1754, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut⁵¹⁸; d. Unknown; m. HETH⁵¹⁸; b. , of Cornwall, Addison County, Vermont⁵¹⁸; d. Unknown.

210. v. ICHABOD BENEDICT, b. 15 Jan 1756, New Milford, Orange County, New York; d. 02 Mar 1822, Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont.

211. vi. BENAJAH BENEDICT, b. 1758, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut; d. Jul 1832.

vii. CHLOE BENEDICT⁵¹⁸, b. 1761, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut⁵¹⁸; d. Unknown; m. JACOB MEAD⁵¹⁸; b. , of Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont⁵¹⁸; d. Unknown.

212. viii. ZACHARIAH BENEDICT, b. 19 Jan 1767, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut; d. 30 Aug 1836.

ix. RUTILLA BENEDICT⁵¹⁸, b. New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut⁵¹⁸; d. Unknown.

80. JONATHAN⁷ BENEDICT (JOSEPH⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵¹⁹ was born 02 Feb 1722/23⁵²⁰, and died Sep 1800⁵²¹. He married (1) LUCY CASTLE⁵²² Abt. 1748⁵²³. She died Unknown in New Milford, Orange County, New York⁵²⁴. He married (2) MARGARET SEELYE⁵²⁵ Aft. 1766 in Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont⁵²⁶. She died Unknown.

Children of JONATHAN BENEDICT and LUCY CASTLE are:

213. i. JOSEPH⁸ BENEDICT, b. 01 Aug 1749; d. 01 Sep 1844.

214. ii. MARY BENEDICT, d. Unknown.

iii. MARTHA BENEDICT⁵²⁷, d. Unknown; m. (1) CANFIELD⁵²⁷; d. Unknown; m. (2) JAMES HARD⁵²⁷; d. Unknown.

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Residence: Ohio⁵²⁷

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Residence: Ohio⁵²⁷

iv. LUCY BENEDICT⁵²⁷, d. Unknown; m. PETER FRENCH⁵²⁷; b. , of Hampden, Hampden County, Massachusetts⁵²⁷; d. Unknown.

215. v. SAMUEL BENEDICT, b. 19 Mar 1758; d. 04 Sep 1820, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont.

216. vi. EZRA BENEDICT, b. 15 Apr 1763; d. 08 Jan 1817.

vii. SARAH BENEDICT⁵²⁷, d. Unknown; m. MORSE LEAVENWORTH⁵²⁷, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut⁵²⁷; d. Unknown.

viii. SYLVIA BENEDICT⁵²⁷, d. Unknown; m. THOMAS BULL⁵²⁷; d. Unknown.

217. ix. JONATHAN BENEDICT, b. 23 Jan 1766, New Milford, Orange County, New York; d. 07 Jun 1833, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont.

x. ESTHER BENEDICT⁵²⁷, d. Unknown; m. HENRY MEARS⁵²⁷; d. Unknown.

Child of JONATHAN BENEDICT and MARGARET SEELYE is:

xi. CLARA⁸ BENEDICT⁵²⁷, b. Aft. 1766, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont⁵²⁷; d. Unknown; m. ISAAC BURTON⁵²⁷; d. Unknown.

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Residence: Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont⁵²⁷

81. EBENEZER⁷ BENEDICT (THOMAS⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵²⁸ was born in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵²⁸, and died Unknown. He married THANKFUL⁵²⁸. She died Unknown.

Notes for EBENEZER BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 54."

EBENEZER, m. Thankful (???) and moved to New Canaan; was admitted with his wife to Cong'l church there Oct. 1733.(*)
(*) An Ebenezer Benedict of Norwalk, Ct., d. in 1775, and left a will which was proved Jan. 1, 1776; mentions wife Mary (St. John?) and appoints his brother-in-law Nathaniel St. John, executor. No children mentioned. A deed on record at Norwalk, Ct., Sept. 18, 1797, mentions lands bounded by property of "heirs of Ebenezer Benedict."

Residence: Abt. 1733, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵²⁸

Children of EBENEZER BENEDICT and THANKFUL are:

i. PHOEBE⁸ BENEDICT⁵²⁸, b. Bef. 21 Oct 1733⁵²⁸; d. Unknown.

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Baptism: 21 Oct 1733⁵²⁸

ii. SAMUEL BENEDICT⁵²⁸, b. Bef. 28 Apr 1734⁵²⁸; d. Unknown; m. (1) DINAH HAYT⁵²⁸, 08 Sep 1763⁵²⁸; d. Unknown; m. (2) MARY ROSCOE⁵²⁸, 06 Nov 1771⁵²⁸; d. Unknown.

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Baptism: 28 Apr 1734⁵²⁸

218. iii. EBENEZER BENEDICT, d. 1807, Pawling, Dutchess County, New York.

iv. HANNAH BENEDICT⁵²⁸, b. Bef. 10 Dec 1740⁵²⁸, d. Unknown.

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Baptism: 10 Dec 1740⁵²⁸

v. ESTHER BENEDICT⁵²⁸, b. Bef. 26 Dec 1742⁵²⁸, d. Unknown.

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Baptism: 26 Dec 1742⁵²⁸

vi. ANNA BENEDICT⁵²⁸, b. Bef. 03 Apr 1745⁵²⁸, d. Unknown.

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Baptism: 03 Apr 1745⁵²⁸

vii. LEVI BENEDICT⁵²⁸, b. Bef. 18 Oct 1748⁵²⁸, d. Unknown.

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Baptism: 18 Oct 1748⁵²⁸

viii. ISAAC BENEDICT⁵²⁹, b. Bef. 29 Jul 1750⁵²⁹, d. Unknown; m. POLLY CARTER⁵²⁹, 18 Aug 1794⁵²⁹; d. Unknown.

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Baptism: 29 Jul 1750⁵²⁹

ix. DEBORAH BENEDICT⁵²⁹, b. Bef. 26 Aug 1753⁵²⁹, d. Unknown.

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Baptism: 26 Aug 1753⁵²⁹

x. MARTHA BENEDICT⁵²⁹, b. Bef. 12 Jun 1757⁵²⁹,d. Unknown.

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Baptism: 12 Jun 1757⁵²⁹

82. DAVID⁷ BENEDICT (THOMAS⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵³⁰ died Mar 1762⁵³⁰. He married TABITHA⁵³¹. She died Aft. 1762⁵³¹.

Notes for DAVID BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 67."

24. DAVID4 (Thomas,3 John,2 Thomas1), m. (Tabitha?); was grand juror and lister 1739-48; was prominent in church matters; the erection of a pew for his Honor, the Governor, to sit in, was left to a committee of the Prime Ancient Society in Norwalk, assembled Dec. 25, 1754, of which he was chairman. (Hall, p. 158.) Probably d. early in 1762, as his inventory is filed March 30, 1762; it amounted to œ440 11s. 6d. His wid. probably survived, as Tabitha Benedict was chosen guardian by his children David, Tabitha and Sarah.

Elected: Bet. 1739 - 1748, Grand juror and lister⁵³¹

Inventory: 30 Mar 1762, 440 pounds, 11 s., 6 d.⁵³¹

Children of DAVID BENEDICT and TABITHA are:

219. i. JESSE⁸ BENEDICT, b. Abt. 1740; d. Aft. 1786.

ii. TABITHA BENEDICT⁵³¹, d. Unknown.

iii. SARAH BENEDICT⁵³¹, d. Unknown.

iv. DAVID BENEDICT⁵³², d. Unknown.

83. JOHN⁷ BENEDICT (THOMAS⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵³³ died 1789⁵³³. He married ELIZABETH⁵³⁴. She died Unknown.

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Elected: Bet. 1735 - 1765, Pounder, tythingman, and lister⁵³⁴

Inventory: 106 pounds, 10 s., 4 d.⁵³⁴

Probate: 13 Aug 1789⁵³⁴

Will: 24 May 1787⁵³⁴

Children of JOHN BENEDICT and ELIZABETH are:

220. i. ENOCH⁸ BENEDICT, b. Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 26 Mar 1791.

221. ii. ABRAHAM BENEDICT, b. 1745, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Abt. 1845, New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York.

iii. MARY BENEDICT⁵³⁴, b. Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵³⁴; d. Unknown; m. STEPHEN GREGORY⁵³⁴; d. Unknown.

iv. ELIZABETH BENEDICT⁵³⁴, b. Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵³⁴; d. Unknown; m. THOMAS HAYS⁵³⁴; d. Unknown.

222. v. SARAH BENEDICT, b. 15 Jun 1752, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 26 Aug 1844.

84. THOMAS⁷ BENEDICT (THOMAS⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵³⁵ was born Abt. 1719⁵³⁵, and died Abt. 1760⁵³⁶. He married ABIGAIL SCRIVENER⁵³⁶ Abt. 1740⁵³⁶. She died Bef. 07 Dec 1762⁵³⁶.

Notes for THOMAS BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 68."

26. THOMAS4 (Thomas,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. about 1720; m. Abigail (Scrivener?), about 1740-41; was grand juror, surveyor, tything-man and fence viewer between 1745-59. He d. about the close of 1760, and his widow was probably deceased before Dec. 7, 1762, as the ch. then had guardians appointed for them in her place. The inventory of his estate amounting to œ247 18s. od., was approved March 3, 1761; and distribution among his nine children, b. Norwalk, Ct., was ordered accepted July 5, 1763.

Elected: Bet. 1745 - 1759, grand juror, surveyor, tything-man and fence viewer⁵³⁶

Inventory: 247 pounds, 18 s., 0 d.⁵³⁶

Probate: 03 Mar 1761, Will approved⁵³⁶

Children of THOMAS BENEDICT and ABIGAIL SCRIVENER are:

223. i. STEPHEN⁸ BENEDICT, b. 28 Mar 1743, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 10 Mar 1835.

224. ii. URIAH BENEDICT, b. 15 Feb 1744/45, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 25 Feb 1800.

iii. BETTY BENEDICT⁵³⁶, b. Bet. 1745 - 1748, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵³⁶; d. 1765⁵³⁶.

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Will: 10 Apr 1765, Brother Stephen appointed administrator of her estate⁵³⁶

iv. ELIAS BENEDICT⁵³⁶, b. Bet. 1745 - 1748, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵³⁶; d. 1772⁵³⁶.

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Inventory: 09 Feb 1772⁵³⁶

v. PHOEBE BENEDICT⁵³⁶, b. 14 Dec 1748, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵³⁶; d. 06 Mar 1835⁵³⁶; m. GERSHOM MOREHOUSE⁵³⁶; d. Unknown.

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Military service: 1776, Appointed 1st Lieutenant, Connecticut Continental Regiment⁵³⁶

225. vi. ABIGAIL BENEDICT, b. 1752, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 12 Jul 1836.

vii. MOSES BENEDICT⁵³⁶, b. Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵³⁶; d. Unknown.

226. viii. THOMAS BENEDICT, b. 28 Sep 1758, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Aft. 1833, Rhode Island.

ix. RUTH BENEDICT⁵³⁶, b. Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵³⁶; d. Unknown.

85. BETTY⁷ BENEDICT (THOMAS⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵³⁷ was born 14 Mar 1720/21⁵³⁷, and died Unknown. She married THOMAS BETTS⁵³⁷ 22 May 1748⁵³⁷. He was born in of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵³⁷, and died 21 May 1782⁵³⁷.

Child of BETTY BENEDICT and THOMAS BETTS is:

i. CAPT HEZEKIAH⁸ BETTS⁵³⁷, d. 31 May 1827⁵³⁷.

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Military service: a Revolutionary Soldier⁵³⁷

86. PETER⁷ BENEDICT (JAMES⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵³⁸ was born 20 Mar 1713/14 in O. S., Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵³⁹, and died 1787⁵⁴⁰. He married (1) MARY PARISH⁵⁴⁰ 29 Oct 1734⁵⁴⁰. She died Unknown. He married (2) AGNES TYLER⁵⁴⁰ 23 Jun 1737⁵⁴⁰, daughter of JOHN TYLER. She was born Abt. 1714⁵⁴⁰, and died 1802⁵⁴⁰.

Notes for PETER BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), pages 64-65."

Aug. 20, 1779, there was a meeting of church members residing in Upper Salem, Cortland's Manor, and other places adjacent, to consult as to the expediency of organizing a church. Peter Benedict was chosen moderator of the meeting. Peter Ferris, the husband of his dau. Hannah, was also present. On the 25th of the same month a church was organized, and Mr. Benedict was chosen Deacon. His two sons, Joel and Abner, were the first pastors of that little flock. His sons were all men of education. Abner grad. Yale college, and Joel, Nassau Hall. Peter entered Yale, but did not graduate, leaving to join the army, the family all being ardent whigs. He d. in 1787, aged 73. His wife d. in 1802, aged 88. A short time before his death he wrote a brief paper of exhortation to all his children of a most affectionate and devotional character, closing with his prayerful blessing, which is evidence of his real character and of the light that shone on his declining years: "Oh! Thou most blessed Being, Thou sovereign Disposer of Thine own mercies and blessings, I beseech Thee to bless these instructions, and bless my offspring to the latest posterity. And bless this society, and most gracious Sovereign bless this church, this little flock. Build it up in faith, love and kindness. And, oh! Thou Great Head of the Universe, I beseech Thee to build up Thy Kingdom, glorify everywhere Thy name, and fill the world with Thy knowledge and with Thy glory. Amen."

Residence: North Salem, Westchester County, New York⁵⁴⁰

Children of PETER BENEDICT and MARY PARISH are:

i. PETER⁸ BENEDICT⁵⁴¹, d. Unknown, in infancy⁵⁴¹.

ii. JOSIAH BENEDICT⁵⁴¹, d. Unknown, in infancy⁵⁴¹.

Children of PETER BENEDICT and AGNES TYLER are:

iii. MARY⁸ BENEDICT⁵⁴¹, b. 22 Dec 1738⁵⁴¹; d. Unknown; m. NATHAN SMITH⁵⁴¹; d. Unknown.

227. iv. REVEREND ABNER BENEDICT, A. M., b. 09 Nov 1740, North Salem, Westchester County, New York; d. 19 Nov 1818, Roxbury, Delaware County, New York.

v. PHOEBE BENEDICT⁵⁴¹, b. 05 Dec 1742⁵⁴¹; d. Unknown; m. THOMAS LOWREY⁵⁴¹; d. Unknown.

228. vi. REVEREND DOCTOR JOEL BENEDICT, D. D., b. 08 Jan 1744/45; d. 13 Feb 1816.

vii. HANNAH BENEDICT⁵⁴¹, b. 20 Feb 1747/48⁵⁴¹; d. Unknown; m. PETER FERRIS⁵⁴¹; d. Unknown.

viii. AGNES BENEDICT⁵⁴¹, b. 04 Aug 1751⁵⁴¹; d. Unknown; m. DANIEL PURDY⁵⁴¹; d. Unknown.

229. ix. LIEUTENANT PETER BENEDICT, b. 04 Mar 1753, North Salem, Westchester County, New York; d. 20 May 1830, St. Andrews, Lower Canada.

87. REVEREND JAMES⁷ BENEDICT (JAMES⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵⁴² was born 19 Feb 1719/20 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁴³, and died 09 Sep 1792 in Warwick, Orange County, New York⁵⁴⁴. He married (1) JEMIMA⁵⁴⁴. She died Bef. 1792⁵⁴⁴. He married (2) BROSS⁵⁴⁴. She died Unknown. He married (3) MARY BLACKMAN⁵⁴⁴ 08 May 1740⁵⁴⁴. She was born in of Green Farms, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁴⁴, and died Abt. 1760⁵⁴⁴.

Notes for REVEREND JAMES BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 65."

21. JAMES4 (James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Feb. 19, 1719-20, Ridgefield, Ct.; m. May 8, 1740, Mary Blackman of Green Farms, Ct.; m. 2d, Jemima (???); became a member of the Baptist church, Stamford, Ct., and was licensed by that church to preach the Gospel. Having received a call to become pastor of the church at the new settlement of Warwick, Orange Co., N. Y., he removed to that place, and was ordained Nov. 17, 1766. Some time during the troubles of the war of the Revolution, he removed to Wyoming, Pa., and was, with his family, among the sufferers from the fearful massacre of the inhabitants of that place by the tories and Indians under the notorious Brandt. His influence and character as a preacher with the Indians, protected himself and family from personal injury at their hands, but his property was mostly lost or destroyed. After suffering great hardships he returned to the town of Warwick in the year 1777, where he resided until his death, Sept. 9, 1792. His wife died some time previously, and he had m. 3d, wid. Bross, who survived him, but of this third marriage there was no issue. His remains, and those of his first wife, rest in the old Baptist burying-ground near the village of Warwick, but no monument marks their graves. Their descendants form a numerous and highly respected portion of the citizens of Orange county. The memory of the "old Elder," as he is familiarly spoken of, is held in great esteem and veneration by the community at large, as well as by the church of which he was pastor. The following is an extract from its records: "Those who knew him, and yet survive, hold his memory in great respect, and say that it is blessed."

Burial: Unknown, old Baptist burying-ground near the village of Warwick, Orange County, New York⁵⁴⁴

Ordination: 17 Nov 1766, Baptist Church of Warwick, Orange County, New York⁵⁴⁴

Religion: Baptist Church of Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁴⁴

Residence: Bef. 1766, Warwick, Orange County, New York⁵⁴⁴

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Burial: Unknown, old Baptist burying-ground near the village of Warwick, Orange County, New York⁵⁴⁴

Children of JAMES BENEDICT and MARY BLACKMAN are:

i. MARY⁸ BENEDICT⁵⁴⁴, b. 31 Mar 1741, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁴⁴; d. Unknown; m. JAMES GREY⁵⁴⁴; d. Unknown.

ii. SARAH BENEDICT⁵⁴⁵, b. 06 Feb 1742/43, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁴⁵; d. Unknown; m. GIDEON SMITH⁵⁴⁵; d. Unknown.

230. iii. JAMES BENEDICT, b. 08 May 1745, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 09 Nov 1822.

231. iv. JOHN BENEDICT, b. 24 Apr 1747, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 1810, Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

v. JEMIMA BENEDICT⁵⁴⁵, b. 25 Jul 1749, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁴⁵; d. Unknown; m. JOHN NEWBERRY⁵⁴⁵; d. Unknown.

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Residence: Warwick, Orange County, New York⁵⁴⁵

vi. MARTHA BENEDICT⁵⁴⁵, b. 16 Jun 1751, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁴⁵; d. Unknown; m. JOHN HAMPTON⁵⁴⁵; d. Unknown.

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Residence: Scipio, Cayuga County, New York⁵⁴⁵

vii. PHOEBE BENEDICT⁵⁴⁵, b. 14 Aug 1753, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁴⁵; d. Unknown; m. ABRAM DOLSON⁵⁴⁵; d. Unknown.

232. viii. WILLIAM BENEDICT, b. 14 Jul 1755, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 24 May 1827, Warwick, Orange County, New York.

ix. ANNA BENEDICT⁵⁴⁵, b. 25 Jul 1757, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁴⁵; d. 07 Nov 1839⁵⁴⁶; m. (1) GILDEON SMITH⁵⁴⁶; d. Unknown; m. (2) COLVILLE BRADNER^547,548; d. Unknown.

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Burial: Unknown, Old School Baptist Cemetery, Warwick, Orange County, New York⁵⁴⁸

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Residence: Warwick, Orange County, New York⁵⁴⁹

233. x. JOSEPH BENEDICT, b. 11 May 1760, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 20 Jan 1847.

88. JOHN⁷ BENEDICT (JAMES⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵⁵⁰ was born 03 Oct 1726⁵⁵⁰, and died 09 Jul 1814⁵⁵⁰. He married ESTHER STEBBINS⁵⁵¹ 24 Jan 1749/50⁵⁵¹, daughter of JOSEPH STEBBINS. She was born 1724⁵⁵¹, and died 10 Feb 1814⁵⁵¹.

Notes for JOHN BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 66."

22. JOHN4 (James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 3, 1726; m. Jan. 24, 1749-50, Esther, dau. Joseph Stebbins, b. 1724, who d. Feb. 10, 1814. He grad. Yale College, 1747. He was justice of the peace, 1777-1804; member of the legislature in 1755, '56, '59, '64, '77, and 79; was fifth Deacon of the church in Ridgefield, and officiated many years. We learn "that his mother meant him for the gown, but he chose another dress." Mr. S. G. Goodrich, in his Recollections (p. 223), thus presents the portrait of Deacon John Benedict: "He was a worthy old man, and enjoyed many claims to respect. He was not only a Deacon, but a justice of the peace, and respected the law, especially as it was administered in his own person. He was severe upon those who violated the statutes of the state, but one who violated the statutes of Deacon John Benedict, committed the unpardonable sin. He was the entire police of the meeting-house on Sunday, and not a boy or girl, or even a bumble bee, could offend, without condign punishment."

Elected: Bet. 1777 - 1804, Justice of the Peace⁵⁵¹

Graduation: 1747, Yale College, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut⁵⁵¹

Religion: 5th Deacon of the church in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁵¹

Children of JOHN BENEDICT and ESTHER STEBBINS are:

i. ESTHER⁸ BENEDICT⁵⁵¹, b. 12 Jan 1750/51, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁵¹; d. Unknown, young⁵⁵¹.

234. ii. JOHN BENEDICT, b. 07 Mar 1753, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Abt. 1815.

iii. SARAH BENEDICT⁵⁵¹, b. 07 Mar 1753, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁵¹; d. Unknown; m. JABEZ KEELER⁵⁵¹; d. Unknown.

235. iv. ABIJAH BENEDICT, b. 22 Feb 1755, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 02 Mar 1818.

v. ESTHER BENEDICT⁵⁵¹, b. 25 Feb 1757, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁵¹; d. Unknown; m. JOAB SMITH⁵⁵¹; d. Unknown.

vi. DELIGHT BENEDICT⁵⁵¹, b. 26 Apr 1759, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁵¹; d. Unknown.

Notes for DELIGHT BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 66."

DELIGHT, b. April 26, 1759; was a school teacher. Mr. S. G. Goodrich says: "I was about six years old when I first went to school. My teacher was Aunt Delight, that is, Delight Benedict, a maiden lady of fifty, short and bent, of sallow complexion and solemn aspect. Having no children of her own, she combed and crammed the heads of other people's children, and in this way she was eminently useful in her day and generation." (See his Recollections, pp. 34, 35, 224.)

Occupation: Schoolteacher⁵⁵¹

vii. HANNAH BENEDICT⁵⁵¹, b. 28 Feb 1762, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁵¹; d. Unknown; m. JONAH FOSTER⁵⁵¹; d. Unknown.

89. THOMAS⁷ BENEDICT (JAMES⁶, JOHN⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵⁵² was born 03 Oct 1726⁵⁵², and died Unknown in Broadalbin, Fulton County, New York⁵⁵³. He married JANE GUNN⁵⁵³ 27 May 1752⁵⁵³. She died Unknown.

Notes for THOMAS BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 67."

23. THOMAS4 (James,3 John,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 3, 1726; m. May 27, 1752, Jane Gunn; he settled on land between the Hoosick patent and Pittstown in the spring of 1779, and in August, 1785, had improved 600 acres, "on which there were some very good buildings and orchards." In 1781, he was one of two representatives of "Scorticook" to a convention which met at Cambridge, which proposed articles of union between the eastern and western districts of the New Hampshire grants. He d. in the district (Broadalbin), and was buried at Pittstown, N. Y.

Burial: Unknown, Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York⁵⁵³

Property: Aug 1785, improved 600 acres "on which there were some very good buildings and orchards"⁵⁵³

Residence: 1779, between Hoosick patent and Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York⁵⁵³

Children of THOMAS BENEDICT and JANE GUNN are:

236. i. THOMAS⁸ BENEDICT, b. 27 Feb 1753, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 09 Jan 1841, McLean, Tompkins County, New York.

237. ii. AARON BENEDICT, b. 15 Apr 1755, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 30 Jan 1845, Lisle, Broome County, New York.

iii. DARIUS BENEDICT⁵⁵³, b. 06 Dec 1758, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁵³; d. Aft. 21 Sep 1844⁵⁵³.

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Military service: Revolutionary Soldier and pensioner⁵⁵³

Will: 21 Sep 1844, Administrator appointed⁵⁵³

238. iv. JOSEPH BENEDICT, b. 26 Oct 1760, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown, Pittsfield, Rutland County, Vermont.

239. v. JAMES BENEDICT, b. 12 Aug 1762, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 18 Jul 1849, Broadalbin, Fulton County, New York.

240. vi. ISAAC OLIVER BENEDICT, b. 14 Aug 1764, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 24 Oct 1845, Broadalbin, Fulton County, New York.

vii. SARAH BENEDICT⁵⁵³, b. 18 Mar 1766, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁵³; d. Unknown; m. JOSIAH CARPENTER⁵⁵³; d. Unknown.

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Residence: 1812, Chautauqua County, New York⁵⁵³

viii. PHILIP LEWIS BENEDICT⁵⁵³, b. 04 Sep 1767, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁵³; d. 04 Oct 1767, probably Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁵³.

ix. HANNAH BENEDICT⁵⁵³, b. 09 Jan 1769, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁵³; d. Unknown; m. HOLT⁵⁵³; d. Unknown.

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Residence: near Troy, Rensselaer County, New York⁵⁵³

x. MARY BENEDICT⁵⁵³, b. Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁵³; d. Unknown.

xi. ESTHER BENEDICT⁵⁵³, b. Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁵³; d. Unknown.

90. CAPTAIN DANIEL⁷ BENEDICT (DANIEL⁶, DANIEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵⁵⁴ was born 1705⁵⁵⁴, and died 09 Nov 1773⁵⁵⁴. He married SARAH HICKOK⁵⁵⁴ Oct 1728⁵⁵⁴. She was born 1709⁵⁵⁴, and died 06 May 1784⁵⁵⁴.

Notes for CAPTAIN DANIEL BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 366."

He died Nov. 9, 1773, and on his tombstone we read the following: "He was for many years Deacon of this town (Danbury), and by an exemplary life and conversation endorsed the sincerity of his Christian profession. 'The memory of the righteous is blessed.'" Inventory shows real, œ1,085 16s. 4d.; movables, œ262 6s. 1d. (Probate Records, vol. II, p. 451.)

Inventory: real, 1,085 pounds 16 s. 4 d.; movables, 262 pounds 6 s. 1 d.⁵⁵⁴

Notes for SARAH HICKOK:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 366."

Her tombstone is still standing, and bears this inscription: "Here lies buried the body of Mrs. Sarah Benedict, the meek, benevolent, and virtuous consort of Capt. Daniel Benedict."

Children of DANIEL BENEDICT and SARAH HICKOK are:

241. i. DANIEL⁸ BENEDICT, b. 27 Dec 1731; d. 06 Apr 1776.

242. ii. LIEUTENANT LEMUEL BENEDICT, b. 10 Aug 1734; d. 28 Mar 1804.

243. iii. REVEREND NOAH BENEDICT, A. M., b. 25 May 1737; d. 30 Apr 1813.

244. iv. SARAH BENEDICT, b. 16 Jun 1740; d. Unknown.

245. v. JONAS BENEDICT, b. 21 Sep 1742; d. 30 Oct 1820.

246. vi. LIEUTENANT AARON BENEDICT, b. 17 Jan 1744/45; d. 16 Dec 1841.

vii. RUTH BENEDICT⁵⁵⁵, b. 14 Jun 1748⁵⁵⁵; d. 16 Aug 1752⁵⁵⁵.

viii. MARY BENEDICT⁵⁵⁵, b. 30 May 1751⁵⁵⁵; d. Unknown.

ix. AMOS BENEDICT⁵⁵⁵, b. 17 Mar 1754⁵⁵⁵; d. 18 Feb 1777⁵⁵⁵.

Notes for AMOS BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 367."

AMOS, b. March 17, 1754. He grad. at Yale College, 1774. "Entered the service of his country, served through the campaign of 1776, having an appointment (aid-de-camp of Gen. Washington) in the Continental army; received the small-pox by inoculation, of which he died Feb. 18, 1777." There is also inscribed upon his tombstone--"In this warfare there is no difference."

Cause of Death: smallpox inoculation⁵⁵⁵

Graduation: 1774, Yale College⁵⁵⁵

Military service: Bef. 1776, entered the service of his country⁵⁵⁵

91. MATTHEW⁷ BENEDICT (DANIEL⁶, DANIEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵⁵⁶ was born Abt. 1707⁵⁵⁷, and died 28 Sep 1781⁵⁵⁸. He married MABEL NOBLE⁵⁵⁹ 21 May 1729 in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut⁵⁵⁹. She died Unknown.

Notes for MATTHEW BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 367."

4. MATTHEW4 (Daniel,3 Daniel,2 Thomas1), b. about 1707; m. May 21, 1729, Mabel Noble, at New Milford, Ct. He d. Sept. 28, 1781. He was one of the sufferers by the burning of Danbury by the British troops under Gen. Tryon, April 27, 1777; and his heirs were allowed, May, 1792, by the state of Connecticut, œ205 4s. 8d., for damage done to his property. Distribution of his estate took place March 27, 1782. No widow mentioned. Heirs of son Matthew, deceased, received œ317 4s. 4d.; Noble, Zadock, heirs of Thankful, wife of John Hopkins, deceased, Jonah and Abijah, each received œ158 12s. 4d.; total, œ1164 12s. 10d. (Prob. Rec., Danbury, Ct., vol. IV, p. 235.)

Children of MATTHEW BENEDICT and MABEL NOBLE are:

247. i. MATTHEW⁸ BENEDICT, b. Abt. 1733; d. 17 Apr 1810, New York City, New York County, New York.

248. ii. CAPTAIN NOBLE BENEDICT, b. 25 Jan 1734/35; d. 19 May 1809.

249. iii. ZADOCK BENEDICT, b. 1737; d. 17 Aug 1798, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

iv. THANKFUL BENEDICT⁵⁶⁰, d. Bef. Oct 1781⁵⁶⁰; m. JOHN HOPKINS⁵⁶⁰; d. Unknown.

250. v. JONAH BENEDICT, b. 1747; d. 28 Mar 1811, South Salem, Washington County, New York.

251. vi. ABIJAH BENEDICT, d. 1823, Canada.

92. THEOPHILUS⁷ BENEDICT (DANIEL⁶, DANIEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵⁶¹ was born 1711⁵⁶¹, and died 04 Dec 1786⁵⁶¹. He married MARY STARR⁵⁶² 1737⁵⁶², daughter of JOHN STARR. She was born Dec 1714⁵⁶², and died 15 May 1796⁵⁶².

Notes for THEOPHILUS BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 368."

5. THEOPHILUS4 (Daniel,3 Daniel,2 Thomas2), b. 1711; m. 1737, Mary, dau. John Starr of Danbury, Ct., b. Dec., 1714, and d. May 15, 1796. He d. Dec. 4, 1786. Distribution, 1787, widow, œ383; Theophilus, œ434; each dau. œ205 10s. 3d. Second distribution, June 23, 1796 (widow omitted), Theophilus, œ157 11s.; each dau. œ87 17s.

Children of THEOPHILUS BENEDICT and MARY STARR are:

252. i. THEOPHILUS⁸ BENEDICT, b. 1738; d. 30 Jul 1810.

ii. LOIS BENEDICT⁵⁶², b. 1740⁵⁶²; d. Unknown; m. (1) MILES BOUGHTON⁵⁶², 03 Dec 1761⁵⁶²; d. Unknown; m. (2) BENJAMIN WILDMAN⁵⁶², Aft. 1761⁵⁶²; d. Unknown.

iii. MARY BENEDICT⁵⁶², b. 20 Jun 1744⁵⁶²; d. 15 May 1796⁵⁶²; m. ELI MYGATT⁵⁶²; d. Unknown.

iv. RACHEL BENEDICT⁵⁶², b. 04 Aug 1746⁵⁶²; d. Unknown; m. JOSHUA HOYT⁵⁶², 22 Aug 1764⁵⁶²; d. Unknown.

93. DAVID⁷ BENEDICT (DANIEL⁶, DANIEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵⁶³ died Unknown. He married <UNNAMED>⁵⁶⁴. She died Unknown.

Notes for DAVID BENEDICT:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 368."

6. DAVID4 (Daniel,3 Daniel,2 Thomas1), m. According to Robbins's Century Sermon, p. 10, he was a resident of Danbury, Ct., in 1800.

Residence: 1800, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵⁶⁴

Children of DAVID BENEDICT and <UNNAMED> are:

i. DAVID⁸ BENEDICT⁵⁶⁴, d. Unknown.

More About DAVID BENEDICT:

Emigration: Went West⁵⁶⁴

ii. ANNA BENEDICT⁵⁶⁴, d. Unknown; m. JONATHAN TAYLOR⁵⁶⁴, 26 Apr 1770⁵⁶⁴; d. Unknown.

iii. ANN BENEDICT⁵⁶⁴, d. Unknown; m. SAMPSON⁵⁶⁴; d. Unknown.

94. NATHAN⁷ BENEDICT (DANIEL⁶, DANIEL⁵, THOMAS⁴, WILLIAM³, GEORGE², GEORGE¹)⁵⁶⁵ died Sep 1783⁵⁶⁶. He married ABIGAIL HICKOK⁵⁶⁶ Abt. 1757⁵⁶⁶. She died 11 Dec 1815⁵⁶⁶.

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Inventory: 731 pounds, 7 s. 8 d.⁵⁶⁶

Children of NATHAN BENEDICT and ABIGAIL HICKOK are:

253. i. NATHAN⁸ BENEDICT, b. 14 Nov 1759; d. 13 Sep 1807, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

254. ii. TIMOTHY BENEDICT, b. 07 Aug 1760; d. 31 May 1804, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

255. iii. ELIZABETH BENEDICT, b. 31 Dec 1751; d. 26 Apr 1834.

256. iv. EBENEZER BENEDICT, b. 04 Sep 1763; d. 28 Aug 1833, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

v. ELIHU BENEDICT⁵⁶⁶, d. Unknown.

More About ELIHU BENEDICT:

Emigration: 1804, Moved to Delaware County, New York⁵⁶⁶

vi. MARY BENEDICT⁵⁶⁶, d. Unknown; m. JOHN CORNWALL⁵⁶⁶; d. Unknown.

vii. JEMIMA BENEDICT⁵⁶⁶, d. Unknown; m. JAMES CROFUT⁵⁶⁶; d. Unknown.

viii. ABIGAIL BENEDICT⁵⁶⁶, d. Unknown.

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