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Benedict.SamuelBenedict1744r1.1 - 17 May 2009 - 19:16 - Main.guesttopic end

---+ Samuel Benedict

_Family reference:_ 125.53


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

Parents:
   * Father: [[JohnBenedict1714][John Benedict]]; b. 1714; d. 1778
   * Mother: Lucy ???

Children:
   1. Lucy Benedict; b. 6 Jan 1772 in Sharon, Vermont
   1. [[DavidBenedict1773][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.' 
   1. Miriam Benedict; b. 12 Dec 1775 in Sharon, Vermont; married on 7 Oct 1796 to Solomon Blackmer. They left for New York. 
   1. 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.
   1. 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.
   1. Mary Benedict; b. 19 Nov 1785 in Sharon, Vermont; d. 16 Dec. 1796 
   1. Rachel Benedict; b. 26 Feb 1789 in Sharon, Vermont; married William Grimes on 24 Nov 1805. They had 8 children. 
   1. 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 Indians%CITE{1001}%.

They settled in Hull City and South Hull in 1801%CITE{1001}%.  Samuel owned 600 acres along Mountain Road.  He first built a shack, then a fine residence in 1805.  See Anson A. Guard's 1906 publication%CITE{1001}%. 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:_ %CITE{1001}%
   * 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.

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