Descendants of Samuel Benedict 1649-1727

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Second Generation

1.3 Samuel² Benedict (Thomas¹); was born about 1649 at Southold, Long Island, (then) New Netherland. He continued to reside with his father until after his removal to Norwalk, Connecticut. There he married, first (unknown), by whom he had Joanna and Samuel. He married, second, July 7, 1678,^A Rebecca, daughter of Thomas Andrews of Fairfield, Connecticut, by whom he had five children, the last two born in Danbury, Connecticut. Rebecca died after February 1723 and Samuel died in April of 1727 at Danbury.
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Known children of Samuel Benedict and (unknown):

		1.31		i.		Joanna		b. Oct. 22, 1673.
+		1.32		ii.		Samuel		b. March 5, 1674/75; d. Jan. 18, 1735.

Known children of Samuel Benedict and Rebecca Andrews:

+		1.33		i.		Thomas		b. March 27, 1679; d. 1714.
+		1.34		ii.		Nathaniel		b. 1680; d. Oct. 9, 1767.
+		1.35		iii.		Abraham		b. June 21, 1681; d. 1779.
		1.36		iv.		Rebecca		b. 1683; m. June 18, 1712 to Samuel Platt.
		1.37		v.		Esther		b. 1685.

Note A: Samuel Benedict bought in 1678 a home lot upon Dry Hill, 4 acres. Hall, p. 28.

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Third Generation

1.32 Samuel³ Benedict (Samuel², Thomas¹); born March 5, 1675. All that is known of him has been gathered from his will, made March 4, 1734/35, and recorded April 9, 1734/35. He mentions wife Abigail (Pickett?), eldest son Ebenezer, second and youngest son Samuel, youngest daughter Mercy, a daughter Hannah, grandson Matthew Wildman, only child of daughter Mary, deceased. The will appoints the wife Abigail and Ephraim Picket, brother-in-law, executors, etc. He d. Jan. 18, 1735. His inventory, approved April 9, 1735, foots £700.1
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Known children of Samuel Benedict and Abigail:

		1.321		i.		Mary		m. Wildman.
		1.322		ii.		Hannah		b. 1690; d. 1771; m. to Jeremiah Northrop.
		1.323		iii.		Ebenezer		b. 1718; d. 1796.
		1.324		iv.		Samuel		b. 1722.
		1.325		v.		Mercy.

1.33 Thomas³ Benedict (Samuel², Thomas¹); born March 27, 1679. Information derived from the administration of his estate, granted Dec. 6, 1714. He left widow Elizabeth (Barnum), and "four children in their nonage." Estate amounted to £240 16s. 11d. The widow and sergeant Francis Barnum were the administrators.1

Known children of Thomas Benedict and Elizabeth Barnum:

		1.331		i.		Samuel		b. about 1705; d. about Nov. 1795.
		1.332		ii.		Elizabeth.
		1.333		iii.		Hannah		b. after 1707.
		1.334		iv.		Rebecca		b. after 1707.

1.34 Nathaniel³ Benedict (Samuel², Thomas¹); born 1680; married Sarah ????; died October 9, 1767. The information is derived from his will made Jan. 19, 1767 and proved at the end of that year on Dec. 11^th. The estate inventory amounted to £221 3s. 7d.1

Known children of Nathaniel Benedict and Sarah:

+		1.341		i.		John		b. 1713; d. by Jan. 1767.
+		1.342		ii.		Isaac		b. 1719; d. Sept 15, 1813.
+		1.343		iii.		Nathaniel		b. 1723; d. 1806.
		1.344		iv.		Samuel		d. 1756; resided in Cornwall, Connecticut.

1.35 Abraham³ Benedict (Samuel², Thomas¹); born June 21, 1681; married 1st to Rebecca Knapp; married 2nd to Sarah Hickok; he died about 1779.
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Known children of Abraham Benedict and Rebecca Knapp:

+		1.351		i.		Abraham		b. 1721; d. April 14, 1798.
+		1.352		ii.		Timothy		b. Nov. 15, 1723; d. Sept. 1771.
+		1.353		iii.		Jabez		b. 1726; d. 1804.
		1.354		iv.		Elizabeth		b. 1731; m. James Taylor.
		1.355		v.		Rebecca		b. 1733; d. 1779; m. Lemuel Abbott.

Known children of Abraham Benedict and Sarah Hickok:

		1.356		i.		Mary		b. 1735; m. Feb. 15, 1770 to Ebenezer Hickok.
+		1.357		ii.		Israel		b. 1736; d. 1766.
+		1.358		iii.		Silas		b. Oct. 25, 1745; d. July 3, 1778.

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Fourth Generation

1.323 Ebenezer⁴ Benedict (Samuel³, Samuel², Thomas¹); born 1718; married to Rachel [1.459], daughter of 1.45 Captain John³ Benedict (descendant of James). She was dead as of Sept. 1, 1763 when her son Ebenezer chose his father guardian. Ebenezer married 2nd, Mary [1.447], widow of Israel White and daughter of 1.44 James³ Benedict (descendant of James). He died March 27, 1796. Estate £571 16s 0d.1

Probable child of Ebenezer Benedict and Rachel Benedict:

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1.323.1

i.

Ebenezer

b. Aug. 14, 1749; d. Nov. 1803.

Probable children of Ebenezer Benedict and Mary Benedict:

		1.323.2		i.		Rachel		m. April 14, 1860 to David Barnum.
		1.323.3		ii.		Ruth		m. Caleb Benedict, descendant of James.

1.324 Samuel⁴ Benedict (Samuel³, Samuel², Thomas¹); born 1722; married Dec. 9, 1742 to Phoebe, daughter of 1.45 Captain John³ Benedict (descendant of James). His will was made June 18, 1787 and proved June 12, 1792, his death occurring May 19, 1792. Inventory foots about £1200. Will names widow Phoebe; Samuel, eldest son; Eleazer; Asa; Elijah; Abigail, wife of David Knapp; Phoebe; wife of Samuel Dibble; Mary, wife of Captain Justus Barnum; Rebecca, wife of Joseph Beebe Jr.; and Anna, granddaughter, wife of Noble Sanford1.

Known children of Samuel Benedict and Phoebe:

+		1.324.1		i.		Samuel		b. May 28, 1744.
		1.324.2		ii.		Abigail		b. July 31, 1746.
+		1.324.3		iii.		Eleazer		b. Dec. 27, 1747.
		1.324.4		iv.		Phoebe		b. Jan. 22, 1750.
		1.324.5		v.		Mary		b. April 15, 1752.
		1.324.6		vi.		Joanna		b. Nov. 21, 1754; d. Oct. 1, 1766.
		1.324.7		vii.		Rebecca		b. May 22, 1757.
		1.324.8		viii.		John		b. Feb. 4, 1760; d. 1780.
+		1.324.9		ix.		Asa		b. Aug. 22, 1762.
+		1.324.A		x.		Elijah		b. Nov. 15, 1765.

1.341 John⁴ Benedict (Nathaniel³, Samuel², 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.1

1.342 Isaac⁴ Benedict (Nathaniel³, Samuel², Thomas¹); born in 1719; married 174? to Mary Videtto of Danbury, who died Nov. 2, 1803. He died Sept. 15, 1813 at Monterey, Massachusetts. He bought land in Tyringham in 1772, but was living in Danbury when he made his will, Aug. 3, 1801. His will was proved Oct. 7, 1813 at Lenox, Massachusetts.1

Known children of Isaac Benedict and Mary Videtto:

		1.342.1		i.		Abigail		b. Sept. 30, 1745; m. Beal?
		1.342.2		ii.		Abel		b. Oct. 1, 1748.
		1.342.3		iii.		Mary		b. Nov. 21, 1750; m. Weston.
		1.342.4		iv.		Samuel		b. July 29, 1753.
		1.342.5		v.		Prisilla		b. July 6, 1755; m. Jackson.
		1.342.6		vi.		Elizabeth		b. Feb. 3, 1761; m. Stowe.
		1.342.7		vii.		Rebecca		b. Nov. 20, 1771; d. Sept. 2, 1775.

1.343 Nathaniel⁴ Benedict (Nathaniel³, Samuel², Thomas¹); born 1723 at Ridgefield, Connecticut; married 1743 to Hannah Hawley Keller. He was a revolutionary soldier; Sergeant Nathaniel Benedict served in Captain Symour's Company in Colonel John Mead's 9^th Regiment of Connecticut Militia from Aug. 12, 1776 to Sept. 13, 1776 and from Oct. 24, 1776 to Jan. 24, 1777 in same company and Regiment State of Connecticut under the command of General Wooster of Connecticut Militia; Nathaniel received an honourable discharge. Will made Oct. 26, 1805 and proved July 5, 1806.1^, 2^, 3

Known children of Nathaniel Benedict and Hannah Keller:

		1.343.1		i.		Jonathan		b. April 12, 1744.
+		1.343.2		ii.		Gilbert		b. 1745; d. Dec. 4, 1827.
		1.343.3		iii.		Nathaniel
		1.343.4		iv.		Lois		m. Nathaniel Perry.
		1.343.5		v.		Hannah		m. Moses Vail.

1.351 Abraham⁴ Benedict (Abraham³, Samuel², Thomas¹); born 1721; married to Prudence Patch, who died March 1780, leaving Ezra; married 2nd to Eliza Denning; married 3rd to widow Rebecca Darrow, by whom he had Alvinza. Abraham died April 14, 1798 at Danbury, Connecticut.1

Known child of Abraham Benedict and Prudence Patch:

1.351.1

i.

Ezra.

Known child of Abraham Benedict and Rebecca Darrow:

1.351.2

i.

Alvinza

b. Dec. 14, 1808.

Other children of Abraham Benedict:

		1.351.3		i.		Levi.
		1.351.4		ii.		Lyman.
		1.351.5		iii.		Sarah		married to Thomas Paine.
		1.351.6		iv.		Hannah		married to Thonton.

1.352 Captain Timothy⁴ Benedict (Abraham³, Samuel², Thomas¹); born Nov. 15, 1723; married to Lydia Hall of Bethel, Connecticut; she born 1729 and died Feb. 21, 1824 at Winchester, Connecticut. Capt. Timothy probably went to Winchester in Sept., 1771, where he resided until his death; died September 1771.1
View the biography of Timothy Benedict.

Known children of Timothy Benedict and Lydia Hall:

+		1.352.1		i.		Timothy		b. 1747; d. Nov. 27, 1836.
+		1.352.2		ii.		Joshua		b. 1751; d. Dec. 9, 1839.
+		1.352.3		iii.		William		b. 1758; d. Feb. 4, 1836.
		1.352.4		iv.		Anna
		1.352.5		v.		Lydia		b. b. 1764.
		1.352.6		vi.		Deborah		b. 1770.

1.353 Jabez⁴ Benedict (Abraham³, Samuel², Thomas¹); born 1726; married 1751 to Charity Booth at North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut; she was born 1733 in Fiarfield, Connecticut and died Feb. 20, 1815 at Johnstown, New York. Jabez lived at Danbury, Connecticut, at Cornwall, Connecticut and at Johnstown, New York, and died there in 1804.1

Known children of Jabez Benedict and Charity Booth:

		1.353.1		i.		Eunice		b. 1751; married Nathaniel Barber.
		1.353.2		ii.		Jabez		b. 1752; d. May 22, 1834.
		1.353.3		iii.		Rachel		b. 1754; m. 1777, Jesse Foot, Revolutionary soldier; d. 1803.
		1.353.4		iv.		SarahNote A		b. 1762.
		1.353.5		v.		Ephraim		b. Feb. 4, 1765.

Note A: Sarah was born 1762 at Cornwall; married John McKinley, a Highlander, and a Revolutionary soldier. They resided at Johnstown.1

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Sources

1. "Genealogy of the Benedicts in America", by Henry M. Benedict; 1st pub. 1870; orig. avail. at Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington, DC.
2. "Genealogy of the Benedicts in America", Vol. II by Elwyn E. Benedict; 1st pub. 1969; orig. avail. at Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington, DC.
3. "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield", Vol. I; Complied and Edited by Donald Lines Jacobus; pub. in 1930 for the Daughters of the American Revolution; orig. avail. Clayton Genealogy Library; Houston, Texas.

-- JimBenedict - 06 Aug 2007
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