Hepsibah Benedict

	Born	22 Apr 1799	Canaan Valley, Litchfield co., Conn
	Married	11 Dec 1821	Joel Harris Deming	Canaan Valley, Litchfield co, Conn
	Died	07 Aug 1895	Canaan Valley, Litchfield co, Conn

Parents:

• Father:Francis Knapp Benedict; 1766-1848
• Mother:Phebe Northrop 1768-1846

Known Child:

1. Mary Sylvia Deming b 26Aug1839 Canaan Valley, Litchfield co, Conn

Joel Harris Deming and Family

Joel was b 15Mar1798 Canaan Valley, Litchfield co, Conn, and d 16May1877 at Canaan Valley. He was the son of Lemuel Deming and Rebecca Harris

Census Records

1850 US Federal Census: Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut; Roll: M432_42; Page: 45; Image: 91. 26Aug1850

• Deming, Joel H, age 51, male, farmer, value of real estate: 2000, b CT
• Deming, Heppy, age 50, female, b CT
• Deming, Lemuel, age 27, male, farmer, b CT
• Deming, Mary S, age 10, female, b CT
• Russell, Mercy R, age 6, female, b NY

1860 US Federal Census: Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut; Roll: M653_82; Page: 884; Image: 301. 18Jun1860

• Demming, Joel H, age 68, male, farmer, value of real estate: 3000, personal: 1000, b CT
• Demming, Heppa B, age 61, female, b CT
• Demming, Samuel, age 37, male, b CT
• Demming, Mary S, age 20, female, b CT

1870 US Federal Census: Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut; Roll: M593_105; Page: 54; Image: 108. 15Jul1870

• Deming, Joel H, age 73, male, white, farmer, value of real estate: 4000, b CT
• Deming, Hepsy, age 71, female, white, keeps house, b CT
• Deming, Samuel, age 47, male, white, farm laborer, b CT
• Lee, Lottie, age 12, female, white, b CT

Sources

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 301
47. FRANCIS KNAPP5 (Thomas,4 Thomas,3 James,2 Thomas1)
b. July 7, 1766; m. June 25, 1789, Phoebe, dau. Ezra and Susannah Northrop of Brookfield, Ct., b. July 20, 1768, and d. Dec. 19, 1846. He d. at Canaan, Ct., Oct. 24, 1848. Ch.
1) - MARY, b. Sept. 12, 1790; m. Perry Green Foster; res. Corning.
2) - AMELIA, b. Dec. 29, 1792; m. Francis Knapp; m. 2d, Joshua Benedict Trowbridge of Danbury.
3) - SARAH, b. Feb. 5, 1795; m. Gilbert Stevens; res. Mt. Vision.
4) - PHOEBE, b. March 11, 1797; m. Edmund Wilcox; d. May 2, 1830. Buried Canaan Valley Cemetery, North Canaan, Litchfield County, CT
5) - HEPSIBAH, b. April 22, 1799; m. Joel Harris Deming; res. South Canaan, Ct.
6) - MERCY, b. Aug. 24, 1801; m. William P. Russell; res. Farmington, Mich.
7) (113.) THOMAS, b. Nov. 9, 1803.
8) (114.) JOSHUA NORTHROP, b. April 14, 1806.
9) - DEBORAH CELIA, b. April 25, 1808; unm.
10) (115.) FRANCIS KNAPP, b. April 11, 1810.

Footnotes

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