Ebenezer Benedict

	Born	15 Jan 1808	Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn
	Married	Date	Hannah Dean	at Location
	Died	17 May 1837	at Location

Parents:

• Father:Cyrus Benedict; 1771-1848
• Mother:Penelope Dun(n)ing 1775-1868

Children:

1. Anna Hester Benedict b ca 1829- m Robert Sayres of Danbury, CT
2. Cyrus D Benedict; 1832-

’s Early Years

Census Records

1850 US Federal Census: Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut; Roll: M432_37; Page: 123; Image: 244. 13Aug1850

• Benedict, Hannah E, age 40, female, value of personal estate: 800, b CT
• Benedict, Ann E, age 21, female, b CT
• Benedict, Cyrus D, age 18, male, hatter, b CT
• Armstrong, William, age 26, male, hatter, b CT

Daughter Anna Hester (Benedict) Sayres

1860 US Federal Census: Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut; Roll: M653_73; Page: 265; Image: 267. 21Jun1860

• Sayres, Robert, age 35, male, undertaker, value of real estate: 3000, personal: 1000, b England
• Sayres, Anna E, age 31, female, b CT
• Sayres, Gertrude A, age 4, female, b CT
• Sayres, Florence, age 2, female, b CT
• Benedict, Anna E, age 53, b NY

Sources

Per Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 291
22. Calab5, James4, James3, James2, Thomas1
b 20May1739; m 28Mar1763, Ruth, dau Ebenezer4 (6.) Benedict [des of Samuel]. She was b 28Mar1744, and d 6Dec1828. Selectman in 1780. He d at Danbury, 18Sep1819. Inscriptuon on his tombstone:

"The year rolls round and steals away
The breath that first it gave;
What e'er we do, where e'er we be,
We're travelling to the grave."
Ch:
67. Calab b 6Aug1764
- Ruth b 19Sep1767 (per Barbour Collection, b 19Sep1769)
68. Cyrus b 16Apr1771
69. Lewis b 1Mar1780

Per Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 316
68. Cyrus6, Caleb5, James4, James3, James2, Thomas1
b 16Apr1771; m 3Jan1783, Penelope, dau Nathan Dunning of Brookfield, CT, b 5May1775, and d 16Apr1868. He d 31Dec1848 at Danbury, CT. Ch:
1) Polly b 3Aug1795; m 31Oct1814, Zera Hamilton; d 23Jul1822
2) Rev Nathan Dunning, b 26Nov1797; m 15Dec1818, Polly Ann, dau Moses Gillet of Newtown, CT, b 16Aug1797, and d 3Apr1844; m 2nd 18Sep1845, Margaret, dau Jacob Guild of Woodstock, CT., b 17Jul1802. Minister of the Baptist church for more than forty years; res: Easton, CT. Ch: i) Mary A b 22Jan1820; d 8Oct1843. ii) Emily b 25Jul1825; m 8Nov1843, Edward Near; wid; res Danbury, CT.
3) Almon, b 27Aug1799; m Clarissa, dau Lewis6 (69.) Benedict. He d 8May1862 at Stanford, CT. Ch: i) Morris P. ii) Edgar. iii) Jane. iv) Calista. All m but one.
4) Ira b 18Jul1803; m 16Oct1822, Sarah O., dau Gershom and Damaris Buckley, b 23Jan1803, and d 15Jan1856. He d 22Nov1868 at Danbury, CT. Ch: 1) Ezra B b 23Dec1823; d 15Jun1826. 2) Nelson b 23Jul1827; m 1Oct1846, Janette, dau Erastus Buckingham of Milford, CT. Res Newark, NJ. They had chd a) Emma J b 5Oct1850. 3) Edgar Wheeler b 28Feb1833; m 4Dec1855, Sarah A, dau Herman G and Elizabeth Atwood, b 22Feb1833. Res Danbury, CT. Ch: a) Carrie O, b 17Oct1859; d 4Aug1860.
5) Ebenezer b 15Jun1808; m Hannah Dean; d 17May1837. Ch: i) Anna Hester, m Robert Sayres of Danbury, CT. ii) Cyrus D, m 15Oct1852, Lydia M Bears; res: Newark, NJ. Ch: a) Willie, b 1854. b) Minnie D b 1859.

Footnotes

-- SandeeToo - 01 Dec 2008
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