Rev Thomas Benedict

	Born	09 Nov 1803	New Market, Mass
	Married 1st	15 Feb 1824	Betsey Prindle	Canaan Valley, Litchfield co., Conn
	Married 2nd	24 Nov 1863	Angeline P Bunnell	at Location
	Died	Date	at Location

Parents:

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

Children:with Betsey Prindle

1. Rev Amos Northrop Benedict; 1825-
2. Hiram Wesley Benedict; 1826-

Children:with Angeline Bunnell

1. Adda L Benedict ca 1866 - per 1880 census, adopted into the family

Betsey Prindle and Family

Betsey was b 5Jan1804 and d 8May1858 at Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA. She was the daughter of Philemon Prindle

Census Records

1850 US Federal Census: West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_306; Page: 101; Image: 200. 7Sep1850

• Benedict, Thomas, age 46, male, clergyman, b MA
• Benedict, Betsey, age 46, female, b CT

1870 US Federal Census: Colebrook, Litchfield, Connecticut; Roll: M593_105; Page: 61; Image: 120. 5Aug1870

• Benedict, Thomas, age 66, male, farmer, b MA
• Benedict, Angeline, age 45, female, b CT
• Benedict, Adda L, age 4, female, b CT

1880 US Federal Census: Colebrook, Litchfield, Connecticut; Roll: T9_100; Family History Film: 1254100; Page: 110.3000; Enumeration District: 6; Image: 0724. not dated

• Benedict, Thomas, age 76, male, farmer, b CT, parents b CT
• Benedict, Angeline, age 57, female,keeping house, b CT, parents b CT
• Benedict, Addie, age 14, female, adopted daughter, at school, b CT, father b CT, mother b MA

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.

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 346
113. Rev. THOMAS6 (Francis Knapp,5 Thomas,4 Thomas,3 James,2 Thomas1) b. Nov. 9, 1803, at New Market, Mass.; m. Feb. 11, 1824, Betsey, dau. Philemon Prindle of Canaan, Ct., b. Jan. 5, 1804, and d. May 8, 1858, at Stockbridge, Mass.; m. 2d, Nov. 24, 1863, Angeline P. Bunnell. Studied three years at the Hamilton Literary and Theological Institute (now Madison University). Baptist clergyman; res. Colbrook, Ct. Ch.
1) - Rev. AMOS NORTHROP, b. Feb. 11, 1825, at Canaan, Ct.; m. Oct. 27, 1847, Emily M., dau. Jacob and Lucy Howland of New Milford, Ct. A Baptist clergyman. He was ordained and settled in New Marlborough, Mass., July 14, 1847. Removed and settled in Huntington, Ct., April 1, 1851; in New Milford, Ct., April, 1855; in Bridgeport, Ct., April, 1857; in Norwich, Chenango county, Nov., 1861, and in Stratfield, Ct., Aug., 1865; member of Connecticut legislature in 1867; res. at Stratfield, Ct. Ch.
a) Elgiva, b. June 11, 1849, at New Marlboro, Mass.
b) Edwy Ethelbert, b. April 29, 1851, at Huntington, Ct.
c) Wyden Howland, b. Nov. 5, 1854, at Huntington, Ct.
d) Freydisa, b. July 4, 1860. at Bridgeport, Ct.
2) - HIRAM WESLEY, b. Nov. 7, 1826, at Canaan, Ct.; res. Chicago, Ill.

Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Name: Betsey Prindle Marriage Date: 15 Feb 1824 Marriage Location: Canaan Spouse: Thomas Benedict

Footnotes

Stockbridge is a town in Berkshire County in Western Massachusetts. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Stockbridge was first settled in 1734 as a mission for the Mahican Indian tribe known as the Stockbridge Indians. The township was set aside for the tribe as a reward for their assistance against the French in the French and Indian Wars. The Reverend John Sergeant from Newark, New Jersey was their missionary. First chartered as Indian Town in 1737, it was officially incorporated on June 22, 1739 as Stockbridge, named after Stockbridge in Hampshire, England. Although the Massachusetts General Court made an assurance that the Indians' land could never be sold, it was rescinded. Despite their further help during the Revolutionary War, the tribe was relocated first to New York State, then to Wisconsin. The village was taken over by English settlers. With the arrival of the railroad in 1850, Stockbridge developed as a summer resort for the wealthy. Many large houses called Berkshire Cottages were built in the area before World War I and the advent of income tax.

-- SandeeToo - 25 Feb 2009
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