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---+ LT Aaron Benedict

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| :born: |Born   |17Jan1745|Danbury, Connecticut|
| :married: |Married|13Dec1769|Esther Trowbridge|Danbury, Connecticut|
| :died: |Died   |16Dec1841|Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut|
| :buried|Buried |Old Middlebury Cemetery|Middlebury, New Haven County, Connecticut|


Parents:
   * Father:[[DanielBenedict1681][Daniel Benedict]]; 1681-1773
   * Mother:Sarah Hickok 1709-1784

Children:
   1. Rebecca Benedict 1772-1852
   1. Daniel Benedict 1774-1781
   1. Mary Benedict 1777-1865
   1. Amos Benedict 1780-1817
   1. Sally Benedict 1882-
   1. [[AaronBenedict1785][Aaron Benedict]]; 1785-
   1. Son Benedict 1888-1888
   1. Esther Benedict 1789-

---+++_Esther Trowbridge and Family_
Esther was b 6Nov1748 (O.S.), and d 16Mar1833. 


---+++_’s Early Years_


---+++_Military History_
*THE SARATOGA CAMPAIGN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR* <BR> 
September - October 1777 Participants in the Battles of Saratoga <BR>
*BENEDICT, Aaron CT*
Lieutenant, Col. Baldwin's regt. Ref. CT01* <BR>
*CT01 - Johnston, Henry P., ed.; "The Record of Connecticut Men in the
Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution,
1775 - 1783;" (Hartford CT, 1889)


*Per the CT Society, Sons of the American Revolution:* <BR>
*Lieutenant Aaron Benedict* is buried in the Old Middlebury Cemetary, Middlebury, CT. b 17Jan1745 in Danbury, CT, the 5th son of Captain Daniel Benedict and Sarah Hickok. He served in the French Indian War and in the CT Militia out of Waterbury, CT during the American Revolution. He participated in the march to aid the Continental Army at North River, at Fishkill, and at the battle for Quebec. After the war, he migrated to Middlebury, CT and received a pension for his services. He represented Middlebury in the legislature from 1809-1810, and was a delegate from Middlebury to the constitutional convention in 1818. He was the father of Aaron Benedict, founder of the Waterbury Brass Co., the company instrumental in Waterbury's development as a manufacturing force in the 19th century. He married Esther Trowbridge on 13Dec1769, and died on 16Dec1841.


---+++_Footnotes_
*Per Benedicts in America,* Vol I, Pg 373 <BR>
12. *Lieut. AARON5* (Daniel,4 Daniel,3 Daniel,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 17, 1745; m. Dec. 13, 1769, Esther Trowbridge, b. Nov. 6, 1748 (O. S.), and d. March 16, 1833. "The year after his marriage he removed to Waterbury, and settled in the east part of what is now the town of Middlebury. He was in the French war, probably, and was a Lieut. in the Revolution, served before Quebec, and was placed on the pension roll. (Hist. Waterbury, p. 349). He was a leading man in the town, and represented it in the legislature, May, 1809, May, 1810, and Oct., 1810. He was, also, a delegate to the constitutional convention, for Middlebury, Aug., 1818. Mr. B. was a remarkable and very superior type of the old-time, strong-minded, straightforward, square men." He d. Dec. 16, 1841. Ch.<BR>

1)   REBECCA, b. Aug. 31, 1772; m. Dec. 20, 1792, Eli Clark of 
       Waterbury; d. July 27, 1852. <BR>
2)   DANIEL, b. Jan. 17, 1774; d. Nov. 5, 1781. <BR>
3)   MARY, b. April 24, 1777; m. Nov., 1800, Rev. Asa Lyman of 
       Clinton, and d. Nov., 1865. He d. Jan. 20, 1836, at Clinton. 
       Their son, Rev. Theodore Benedict Lyman, was lately in charge 
       of English chapel, Rome, Italy. <BR>
4) (26.) AMOS, b. July 6, 1780. <BR>
5)   SALLY, b. Aug. 22, 1782.  Living on the old homestead in Middlebury, 
       Ct. <BR>
6) (27.) AARON, b. Aug. 9, 1785. <BR>
7)   Son, b. March 16, 1788; d. April 25, 1788. <BR>
8)   ESTHER, b. Aug. 11,1789; m. Oct. 20, 1829, Dr. Jacob Linsley 
       of Middlebury, b. Aug. 25, 1791, and d. Feb. 9, 1849. She 
       res. at Waterbury, Ct. <BR>






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