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---+ Daniel Bridgum Benedict 7


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| :born: |Born|1 Jun 1803|Danbury, Fairfield County, CT|
| :died: |Died|9 Sep 1827|New Orleans, LA |

Lineage:
Daniel Bridgum Benedict7, (Platt Benedict6, Jonas5, Daniel4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Thomas1)

Parents:
   * Father:   [[PlattBenedict1775][Platt Benedict]]; 1775-1866
   * Mother:   Sarah !DeForest 1777-1852

---++ _Life of Daniel Bridgum Benedict_

Daniel Bridgum Benedict was born in Danbury, Connecticut on June 1, 1803, third-born child of Platt Benedict and Sarah !DeForest. Although he spent most of his youth in Danbury, his parents also moved for a time to Harlem, New York, where his brother Jonas was born. [1]

In 1817, Daniel accompanied his parents, two brothers David and Jonas, his older sister Clarissa, and younger sister Eliza Ann to the Firelands in northern Ohio. After a long and tedious journey, they arrived at their new home on a sand ridge where his parents founded the town of Norwalk. [2]

In the late 1820’s, Daniel left home and joined the circus. He traveled to New Orleans, where he died September 9, 1827. [3]


---++ _Footnotes_

   1. Daniel’s birth and early life in New York and Connecticut are from _The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America_, by Henry Marvin Benedict, Volume I, p. 382.
   1. The Benedict family’s trip west to Ohio are described in “Memoirs of Townships - Norwalk”, by Platt Benedict, _The Firelands Pioneer_, May 1859, p. 17.
   1. The story of Daniel joining the circus are from letters he sent home to his parents now in the possesion of the Firelands Historical Society. Date and place of death are in _The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America_, by Henry Marvin Benedict, Volume I, p. 382.



---++ Family Search Records (LDS)

*LDS 442360*, Reference: 98030; *Daniel Bridgum Benedict*; Male; Birth: 01 JUN 1803, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut; Death: 09 SEP 1827; Parents: Father: Platt Benedict; Mother: Sarah De Forest    

*Pedigree Resource File - Compact Disc #97, Pin #87752*; *Daniel Bridgum*: Sex: M; Event(s): Birth: 1 Jun 1803; Death: 9 Sep 1827, New Orleans, La.; Parents: Father: Platt Benedict, Disc #97, Pin #87737; Mother: Sarah !DeForest, Disc #97, Pin #87749; Submitter: Danielle NOLAN, 191 St. Casimir St. Rochester, NY 14621 

---++ _Bibliography_

   * _Family History: Wickham, Benedict, Preston & Deaver_, by Agnes & Harriott Wickham, edited by Dave Barton, 2006 (unpublished) 

   * _The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, Volume I_, by Henry Marvin Benedict, 1870

   * _The Firelands Pioneer_, a historical journal published by the Firelands Historical Society, 1858-1939



-- Main.DaveBarton - 31 Mar 2009

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