Descendants of Gilbert Benedict 1745-1827

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Fifth Generation

1.343.2 Gilbert⁵ Benedict (Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, Samuel², Thomas¹); born 1745; married Mercy Weed of Stamford, Connecticut, she born 1752 and died Aug. 4, 1826; enlisted in Revolutionary army, May 12, 1775 in Captain Enoch Noble Benedict's 6^th Company of Colonel David Waterbury's 5^th Continental Regiment of Connecticut; discharged Oct. 6, 1775.%CITE{1001}%^, %CITE{1022}% Gilbert died on Dec. 4, 1827 and is buried with Mercy at Blocktown Cemetery.%CITE{1002}%

Known children of Gilbert Benedict and Mercy Weed:
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+		1.343.21		i.		Enoch
+		1.343.22		ii.		Nathaniel
		1.343.23		iii.		Stephen
		1.343.24		iv.		Levi
		1.343.25		v.		Rufus
		1.343.26		vi.		Walter
		1.343.27		vii.		Betsy		m. Lester Stuart.

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Sixth Generation

1.343.21 Enoch⁶ Benedict (Gilbert⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, Samuel², Thomas¹); married Mary, daughter of Nicholas and Eve Veeder; she died Jan. 7, 1837. Enoch died Sept. 10, 1827 at Groton.%CITE{1002}%

Known children of Enoch Benedict and Mary Veeder:
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		1.343.211		i.		Mercy		b. March 7, 1802; m. Elisha Allen
		1.343.212		ii.		Levi		b. Dec. 15, 1806.
		1.343.213		iii.		Zera		b. April 8, 1809; d. July 29, 1888.
		1.343.214		iv.		Albert		d. Sept. 1865.
+		1.343.215		v.		Reuben Weed		b. Aug. 26, 1814; d. Feb. 2, 1868.
		1.343.216		vi.		Susan		b. Sept. 14, 1817; m. Amos Van Marten.

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Seventh Generation

1.343.215 Reuben Weed⁷ Benedict (Enoch^6,, Gilbert⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, Samuel², Thomas¹); born Aug. 26, 1814; was a wagonmaker; married Nov. 4, 1844 in New York to Almira, daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth Irish (the widow Williams); she born Jan. 16, 1818. Her death date is not yet known, but it is said that Almira sold their family home and moved to Hutchinson, Kansas, where her daughter Elizabeth and husband ran a hotel. Reuben Weed died Feb. 2, 1868 at Brant, Erie county, New York.%CITE{1002}%

Known children of Reuben Weed Benedict and Elizabeth Irish:
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		1.343.215.1		i.		Joseph		b. Aug. 3, 1845; d. Sept. 11, 1851.
+		1.343.215.2		ii.		Mary Elizabeth		b. May 21, 1847.
		1.343.215.3		iii.		Emma Jane		b. Feb. 19, 1849; d. Oct. 28, 1850.
+		1.343.215.4		iv.		Almira Jane "Myra"		b. Nov. 28, 1851; d. Dec. 14, 1883.
		1.343.215.5		v.		Reuben Cyrenius		b. June 19, 1854; d. Jan. 17, 1857.
		1.343.215.6		vi.		Ada May		b. Nov. 20, 1861; m. Franklin Baker.

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Eighth Generation

1.343.215.2 Mary Elizabeth⁸ Benedict (Reuben Weed⁷, Enoch^6,, Gilbert⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, Samuel², Thomas¹); born May 21, 1847 at Brant, Erie county, New York; married Bernard Thomas Lee Sr. in New York; he born about 1847 in New York. Her death date and location known at this time.

Known children of Mary Elizabeth Benedict and Bernard Thomas Lee:
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		1.343.215.21		i.		Mary Anna (Anna Lee)		b. about 1876.
		1.343.215.22		ii.		Bernard Thomas		b. Oct 31, 1881.
		1.343.215.23		iii.		Reuben "Benny" Benedict		b. July 22, 1884.
		1.343.215.24		iv.		Sarah "Sara" Ada		b. March 17, 1889; d. about 1905.

1.343.215.4 Almira Jane "Myra"⁸ Benedict (Reuben Weed⁷, Enoch^6,, Gilbert⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, Samuel², Thomas¹); born Nov. 28, 1851 at Brant, Erie county, New York; married July 31, 1870 to Merrill "Lamott" Hawkins; died Dec. 14, 1883 at Brant, New York and was buried at Brant Methodist Church beside her father. Lamott was the son of Merle/Merrill Hawkins and Mary B. Wiley; born July 5, 1851 at Edinboro, Erie county, Pennsylvania and died Dec. 5, 1923 at Freeport (now Wayne), Wood county, Ohio; buried at Graham Cemetery, Wayne, Ohio.

Known children of Myra Benedict and Lamott Hawkins:
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				i.		Addie/Adeline Hawkins		b. about 1872 in New York and died in infancy.
				ii.		Reuben Ernest Hawkins		b. 1877; died Nov. 17, 1949.
				iii.		Ada May Hawkins		b. Nov. 21, 1878; d. Aug. 16, 1935.

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-- JimBenedict - 06 Aug 2007