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---+ Abraham Benedict
*Abraham BENEDICT*, born in 1681; died about 1779; was of the first generation of Benedicts born and raised in the wilderness of Danbury Connecticut.  He lived for about 98 years, raising eight children within two marriages.

| :born:    |Born   |    |21 June 1681| | |
| :married: |Married| 1st|about 1720|Rebeckah Knapp|Danbury, Fairfield Co. Conn.|
|     ^     |   ^   | 2nd| |Sarah Hickok| |
| :died:    |Died   |    |about 1779| | |

Parents:
   * Father: [[SamuelBenedict1649][Samuel Benedict]]; 1649 - 1727
   * Mother: Rebecca Andrews; 16?? - 1723

Children by Rebeckah:
   1. [[AbrahamBenedict1721][Abraham Benedict]];     b. 1721; d. 14 April 1798
   1. [[TimothyBenedict1723][Timothy Benedict]];     b. 15 Nov 1723; d. Sept 1771
   1. [[JabezBenedict1726][Jabez Benedict]];         b. 1726; d. 1804
   1. Elizabeth Benedict;                            b. 1731; m. James Taylor
   1. Rebecca Benedict;                              b. 1733; m. Lemuel Abbott; d. 1779

Children by Sarah:
   1. Mary Benedict;                                 b. 1735; m. 15 Feb 1770 to Ebenezer Hickok
   1. [[IsraelBenedict1736][Israel Benedict]];       b. 1736; d. 1766
   1. [[SilasBenedict1745][Silas Benedict]];         b. 25 Oct 1745; d. 3 July 1778

---+++_The Parents of Abraham_
Abraham was of the third-generation of Benedicts pioneering on New England soil. He was the fifth child for Samuel Benedict and the third for Rebecca Andrews. Abraham's father was raised in the English colony on the east end of Long Island, who then came to Connecticut in about 1665 as a young lad. Abraham's mother Rebecca came from the Andrews family of Fairfield county. 

---+++_Abraham's Early Years_
At sixteen years of age, he and his parents left the birthplace on Long Island, landing at Connecticut.

---+++_Abraham and Rebeckah_
Rebeckah Knapp was born 24 September 1701 in Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.%CITE{1029}%
  Her mother was Elizabeth Seymour, descended from Edward Seymour, the First Duke of Somerset.  Rebeckah died in 1733 at Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

---+++_Abraham and Sarah_
Sarah Hickok was born 4 April 1742 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut and died 25 May 1774 at Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.  The dates totally conflict with the information on Abraham and the children, so this needs full review.

---+++_The Final Years for Abraham_

---+++_Footnotes_
---++++_References:_
   * _Family reference:_ 35
   * _Family Tree:_ [[http://tng.family-sur.name/tng/pedigree.php?personID=I00442&tree=1][Benedict Generations]]
   * _Lineage:_ Abraham Benedict<SUP>3</SUP>, _(Samuel<SUP>2</SUP>, Thomas<SUP>1</SUP>)_
   *  _Books:_
      * _GBA-I_  p. 243%CITE{1001}%


ABRAHAM was born June 21, 1681; married Sarah (Hickok?). Information from will made May 25, 1774. It mentions sons Abraham, Timothy, Jabez, heirs of Israel, deceased, Silas, and daughters Elizabeth, wife of James Taylor, heirs of Rebecca, late wife of Lemuel Abbott, and Mary, wife of Eben. Hickok. Abraham and Eben. Hickok were executors. Will proved June 15, 1779. Inventory made July 21, 1779, foots sterling 55 pounds 17s. Distribution of estate made Aug. 3, 1779. He had advanced in his life-time to each of his sons Abraham, Timothy and Jabez, £148 1s. 0d.; to Israel, £136 5s. 0d.; to Silas, £116 1s. 0d.; and to Elizabeth, Rebecca and Mary, each £74  0s. 6d.%CITE{1001}%

_Some of the children's birth dates are from Ancestry.com's One Family Tree_.

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