Hezekiah Benedict

Family reference: 444

	Born	ca 1714	at location
	Married		Hannah Judd	at Location
	Died	ca 1807	Schoharie county, NY

Parents:

• Father: James Benedict; 1685-1761
• Mother: Mary Andrus

Children:

1. Jemima Benedict
2. Hannah Benedict; 1747-1799
3. Asahel Benedict; b. 1749-1802
4. Elijah Benedict
5. Hezekiah Benedict Jr; b. 1754
6. John Benedict^?; ca 1750-bef 1807
7. David Benedict^?; 1760-1826
8. James Benedict^?; 1761-1843
9. Obadiah Benedict; baptized at Bethel, CT 25Sept1765
10. Dorcas Benedict; d. unmarried

The Final Years for Hezekiah

Hezekiah was a royalist in the American Revolution, and would have been about 60 years of age by that time, with a full family. He ended up moving to the next state of New York, to Schoharie county around 1775 or -76, towards the end of the war, where he later died. His will was made on February 4, 1807 and was proved twenty days later1.

Sources

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 284
2. James3, James2, Thomas1
b 1685; m Mary, dau Abraham and Sarah (Porter) Andrus, his stepsister, b 18May1689. He was a Deacon of the Congregational church in Danbury. His will, dated 16 Sep1760, mentions wife Mary, children: James, Hezekiah, Thomas, Mary, Phoebe, Abigail and Sarah; grandson, Michael, and grandaughters, Anna and Amy, children of son John, deceased. Will proved 23Jun1761. Witnesses, Capt. John Benedict and Lieut. John Benedict. Inventory filed 20Oct1761, Lb 2,461. Chd:
1) (5.) James b 1710; d 3Mar1777
2) (6.) Benjamin b 1712; d 22May1797
3) (7.) John
4) (8.) Hezekiah
5) (9.) Thomas
6) - Comfort, d unmarried, prior to Sep1760
7) - Mary, m Israel White; m 2nd, Ebenezer4 (6) Benedict [des. of Samuel]
8) - Phoebe, b 1719; m Abram Stevens; m 2nd Peter Castle
9) - Abigail, m John Bristol
10) - Sarah m William Hamilton

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 286
8. HEZEKIAH4 (James,3 James,2 Thomas1), m. Hannah Judd. He was a royalist in the Revolution; moved to Schoharie county about 1775-76, and d. there. Will made Feb. 4, 1807, and proved Feb. 24, 1807. Ch.
1) - JEMIMA, m. Elmer.
2) - HANNAH, m. Abel5 (22) Benedict [des. of Samuel].
3) - (26.) ASAHEL, b. 1749; d. 1802.
4) - ELIJAH.
5) (27.) HEZEKIAH, b. March 16, 1754.
6) (28.) JOHN.
7) (29.) DAVID, b. 1760.
8) (30.) JAMES, b. May 29, 1761; d. 1843.
9) (135.)OBADIAH, bap. Bethel, Sept. 25, 1765.
10) - DORCAS, d. unmarried.

Footnotes

• Biography in Henry Benedict p. 286.1

Notes on the Children

Jemima married Elmer (?).

Hannah married Abel Benedict, a great-grandson of Samuel1.

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.

-- JimBenedict - 27 Feb 2006
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