Samuel Tweedy Benedict

	Born	08 Sep 1837	at Location
	Married	29 Jun 1865	Julia Averell Jackson	at Location
	Died	Date	at Location

Parents:

• Father:Zadock "Russell Benedict; 1799-
• Mother:Marietta Tweedy -1838

Children:

1. Marietta Benedict 1866-
2. William Jackson Benedict 1869-
3. Russell Benedict 1874-

Julia Jackson and Family

Julia was b 28Jan1838. She was the dau. Prof. Isaac W. and Elizabeth (Pomeroy) Jackson. Her father, Isaac W. Jackson, L.L. D., was Prof. of mathematics in Union College.

Census Records

1870 US Federal Census: Schenectady Ward 3, Schenectady, New York; Roll: M593_1090; Page: 415; Image: 404. 25Jul1870

• Jackson, Isaac W, age 66, male, white, teaching in college, b NY
• Jackson, Elizabeth, age 64, female, white, keeping house, value of personal estate: 10,000, b MA
• Benedict, Samuel, age 32, male, white, lawyer, value of personal estate: 13,000, b CT
• Benedict, Julia, age 31, female, white, b NY
• Benedict, Marietta, age 4, female, white, b NY
• Benedict, William, age 1, male, white, b NY

1880 US Federal Census: Schenectady, Schenectady, New York; Roll: T9_929; Family History Film: 1254929; Page: 177.3000; Enumeration District: 106; Image: 0746. 21Jun1880

• Benedict, Samuel T, white, male, age 42, lawyer, b CT, prents b CT
• Benedict, Julia, wife, white, female, age 42, keeping house, b NY, father b NY, mother b MA
• Benedict, Marietta, dau, white, female, age 14, student governess, b NY, father b CT, mother b NY
• Benedict, Russel, son, white, male, age 4, b NY, father b CT, mother b NY
• Jackson, Elizabeth,, mother in law, white, female, age 75, wid, b MA, father b MA, mother b CT
• 1 domestic servant

1900 US Federal Census: Schenectady Ward 3, Schenectady, New York; Roll: T623_1160 Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 128. 14Jun1900

• Benedict, Samuel T, head, white, male, b Sep1837, age 62, m 34y, b CT, parents b CT, lawyer, rent house
• Benedict, Julia, wife, white, female, b Jan1838, age 62, mother of 3, 1 living, b NY, father b NY, mother b MA
• Laurence, Elizabeth J, sister in law, white, female, b May1845, age 55, single, b NY, father b NY, mother b MA
• 2 female servants

1910 US Federal Census: Schenectady Ward 2, Schenectady, New York; Roll: T624_1077; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 179; Image: 807. 22Apr1910

• Benedict, Samuel T, head, male, white, age 72, married 42y, b CT, parents b CT, own income
• Benedict, Julia, wife, female, white, age 72, married 42y, mother of 3, 1 living, b NY, father b NY, mother b MA
• 2 female servants

1920 US Federal Census: Schenectady Ward 2, Schenectady, New York; Roll: T625_1262; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 132; Image: 856. 14Jan1920

• Benedict, Samuel T, head, male, white, age 82, married, b CT, parents b CT, lawyer, general practice
• Benedict, Julia, wife, female, white, age 81, married, b NY, father b NY, mother b MA
• 1 servant, b England

1930 US Federal Census: Schenectady, Schenectady, New York; Roll: 1645; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 23; Image: 23.0. 30Apr1930. Union College Campus

• Benedict, Samuel T, head, rent, male, white, age 92, wid, married at age 28, b CT, parents b CT, not employed
• Bradt, Julia, housekeeper, female, white, age 72

Sources

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 385
29. Z. RUSSELL6 (Zadock,5 Matthew,4 Daniel,3 Daniel,2 Thomas1)
b. June 7, 1799; m. Aug. 16, 1825, Mary Ann, dau. Russell White of Danbury, Ct.; m. 2d, Sept. 1, 1830, Mariette, dau. Samuel Tweedy of Danbury, Ct., who d. July 6, 1838. He became a partner, in early life, in a mercantile house of New Orleans, engaged in the Mexican and West India trade. He was afterwards in the crockery business in New York. He is President of the Lawrence Rosendale Cement Co. of New York, and a director in the Seventh Ward National Bank, which latter position he has held for many years. He is gentleman of fortune and of elegant mien and manners; res. New York city. Ch.
1) - RUSSELL WHITE, b. June 4, 1826; m. Nov. 13, 1860, Sarah Allen, eldest dau. David S. Ogden of New York city. He has resided for the past ten years in New York, having previously passed much of his life in Europe, California and Chicago. Ch.
a) Edith, b. Sept. 17, 1861, at Astoria. m Mr Campbell
b) Edgar, b. Aug. 2, 1865, at Bay Ridge. m Martha Rowe. ch:
i) Beatrice
2) - ROBERT MORRIS, b. Aug. 6, 1832; m. April 25, 1860, Margaret, eldest dau. William W. Gorham of Canandaigua. He has res. at C. since his marriage. Ch.
a) Elizabeth, b. April 26, 1861; d. Sept. 26, 1862.
b) Robert Russell, b. Nov. 23, 1863.
c) Gorham, b. Nov. 26, 1867.
3) - ELIZABETH, b. May 14, 1834.
4) - SAMUEL TWEEDY, b. Sept. 8, 1837; m. June 29, 1865, Julia, dau. Prof. Isaac W. and Eliza (Pomeroy) Jackson, b. Jan 28, 1838. Isaac W. Jackson, L.L. D., is Prof. of mathematics in Union College. Samuel Tweedy grad. at Union Coll. in 1860, and at Harvard law school, 1862; practised law in New York for several years, and removed to Schenectady upon his marriage. He was appointed U. S. commissioner in 1869. Ch.
a) Mariette, b. May 17, 1866. m Leslie Cotton, res: Paris
b) William Jackson, b. Aug. 31, 1869.
c) Russell, b 14Jul1874

Footnotes

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