Samuel Benedict

Family reference: 125.53

	Born	23 April 1743 or 1744	Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn
	Married	14 Feb 1771	Mary Dibble
	Died	30 Aug 1820	Aylmer, Lower Canada (now Quebec)

Parents:

• Father: John Benedict; b. 1714; d. 1778
• Mother: Lucy ???

Children:

1. Lucy Benedict; b. 6 Jan 1772 in Sharon, Vermont
2. David Benedict; b. 27 Dec 1773 in Sharon, Vermont; married in 1799 to Jenny (Jane) McAllister^?, daughter of William and Peggy McAllister^?. The gravestone, located in June, 1970 in Bellevue Cemetery, is marked 'McColster.'
3. Miriam Benedict; b. 12 Dec 1775 in Sharon, Vermont; married on 7 Oct 1796 to Solomon Blackmer. They left for New York.
4. Samuel Benedict; b. 7 Jan 1778 in Sharon, Vermont; d. 1869. Married abt. 1815 to Eleanor Shatford, b. 1793; d. 1872; daughter of William and Eunice Shatford of Wolford. They had 7 children.
5. Ezra Benedict; b. 15 Jan 1780 in Sharon, Vermont; d. 1854; Married in 1802 to Sarah Stockwell (b. 1779; d. 1850) and had 6 children. The family returned to Williamstown, Vermont.
6. Mary Benedict; b. 19 Nov 1785 in Sharon, Vermont; d. 16 Dec. 1796
7. Rachel Benedict; b. 26 Feb 1789 in Sharon, Vermont; married William Grimes on 24 Nov 1805. They had 8 children.
8. Hannah Benedict; b. 6 Jul 1791 in Sharon, Vermont

The Parents of Samuel

Samuel’s Early Years

Samuel Benedict and Mary Dibble

Mary, a daughter of John Dibble, was born September 28, 1746 and died August 24, 1825.

In 1771, Samuel married Mary and they resided at Sharon, Vermont where all the children were raised. He was there in 1780. See Hall's Vermont, page 387 for an account of his escape from the Indians1.

They settled in Hull City and South Hull in 18011. Samuel owned 600 acres along Mountain Road. He first built a shack, then a fine residence in 1805. See Anson A. Guard's 1906 publication1. In September, 1972, a bronze commemorative plaque was unveiled on the old farm by two, sixth generation descendents of Samuel and Mary, Mary-Louise Benedict (age 16) and Brenda McKay^? (age 14). Mr. Philip McDougall^? Veale, married to a Benedict descendant, of the Historical Society of the Gatineau, and the National Capital Commission, jointly initiated the memorial.

Footnotes

Notes on the children: 1

• Lucy Benedict; married David Blodget on 27 Nov 1788
• Hannah Benedict; married Benjamin Chandler (b. 1783; d. 1845) on 6 Feb 1807; she died 7 Sept 1812.

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.

Family Outline

Descendancy Chart for SamuelBenedict1744

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-- JimBenedict - 19 Nov 2006
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