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Benedict.DavidMeadBenedict1801r1.1 - 20 Oct 2014 - 22:14 - Main.guesttopic end
---+ David Mead Benedict


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| :born:    |Born   |17 Aug 1801 | |Danbury, Fairfield County, CT|
| :married: |Married|24 Sept 1832 | Mary Booth Starr|Danbury, Fairfield County, CT|
| :died:    |Died   |16 Jun 1843 | |Danbury, Fairfield County, CT|

Lineage
David Mead Benedict7 (Platt 6, Jonas5, Daniel4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Thomas1)

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

Spouse
   * Mary Booth Starr; born 7 Aug 1808 in Danbury, CT; married (1) David Harris Boughton, 8 Aug 1826 at Charlestown, SC, (2) David Mead Benedict, 24 Sept 1832; died 27 June 1834 in Danbury, CT.

Child
   * Mary Boughton Benedict: born in Oct 1833 in Danbury, CT; died 3 Jul 1834 in Danbury, CT.


---++ _Life of David Mead Benedict_

David Mead Benedict was born in Danbury, Connecticut on August 17, 1801, second-born child and first-born son 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, David accompanied his parents, two younger brothers Daniel 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]

It is possible that David found life on the frontier burdensome. At one point, David ran away from home because he was tired of polishing a visiting bishop’s boots. [3] In any event, in 1822, he moved back to Danbury and engaged in the retail trade. He also owned much of the land around Norwalk, OH. [4]

On September 24, 1832, David married in Danbury Mrs. Mary Booth Boughton, a widow who was the daughter of Friend Starr and Esther Booth. They had a daughter, whom they named Mary Boughton Benedict.

In late June 1834, David’s wife and daughter became seriously ill. Mary Booth Benedict died on June 27, and her daughter six days later on July 3. David never remarried and he died January 16, 1843. [5]

---++ _Footnotes_

   1. Jonas’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. Story of David Benedict running away from home is from the undated text of an address given by Eleanor Wickham to the Sally !DeForest chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
   1. According to Henry Timman of the Firelands Historical Society, David was in the retail trade. The extent of his land holdings is seen in the Town Platt of Norwalk, 1845 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohhuron/platnorwalk4.htm.
   1. _A History of the Starr Family of New England_, by Burgis Pratt Starr, 1879, pp. 464-465.

---++ _Census Record_

*1840 US FEDERAL CENSUS*: Fairfield, Connecticut; Roll: 22; Page: 235.Name: *David M Benedict*; County: Fairfield, State: Connecticut; Males over 30 and under 40: 2; females over 30 and under 40: 1.


---++ _Family Search Records (LDS)_

*LDS 1239557*, Page 728, Reference 15275: *David Mead Benedict*, Male; Birth:16 AUG 1801, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut; Death16 JAN 1843;Parents:Father: Platt Benedict; Marriages: Spouse: Mary Booth Starr: 24 SEP 1832   

*Pedigree Resource File - Compact Disc #97, Pin #87751*: *David Mead Benedict*. Sex: M; Event(s): Birth: 17 Aug 1801; Death:16 Jun 1843,Danbury,Ct.; Parents: Father: Platt Benedict; Mother: Sarah !DeForest; Marriage(s) Spouse: Mary Booth Starr; Sep 1833; Submitter: Danielle NOLAN, 191 St. Casimir St. Rochester, NY 14621 

*Pedigree Resource File - Compact Disc #97, Pin  #87751*: Mary Booth Starr: Sex: F; Event(s); Birth: bet 1794 and 1816; Death: bet 1838 and 1904; Marriage(s): Spouse: *David Mead Benedict*, 24 Sep 1833; Submitter: Danielle NOLAN, 191 St. Casimir St. Rochester, NY 14621 

*IGI Individual Record*; MARY BOOTH STARR: Female; Event(s): Birth: 07 AUG 1808, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut; Death: 27 JUN 1834; Parents: Father: FRIEND STARR; Mother: ESTHER BOOTH

*IGI Individual Record, Batch Number: A184790, Source Call No.: 184790-184792*; MARY BOOTH STARR; Female; Marriages: Spouse: DAVID HARRIS BOUGHTON; 08 AUG 1826; Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut

*IGI Individual Record, !FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0, North America*: David Harris Boughton; Male; Event(s): Birth: 27 AUG 1801; Of, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut; Death: 05 JUN 1829, Charleston, Hamilton, South Carolina; Burial: Parents: Father: Elias Boughton; Marriages: Spouse: Mary Booth Starr, 08 AUG 1826, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut

---++ _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

   * _A History of the Starr Family of New England_, by Burgis Pratt Starr, 1879, pp. 464-465.





-- Main.DaveBarton - 31 Mar 2009
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