Charles Benedict

	Born	22 Aug 1783	Redding, Fairfield co., Conn
	Married	18 May 1803	Triphene Husted	at Location
	Died	27 Jul 1828	Danbury, Fairfield co., Conn

Parents:

• Father:Thaddeus Benedict Jr; 1749-1799
• Mother:Deborah Read 1751-

Children:

1. Thaddeus Benedict Sr; 1804-1866
2. Deborah A Benedict 1810-
3. Lucy Ann Benedict
4. Susan Benedict 1818-
5. Mary E Benedict 1820-
6. Martha Benedict 1822-
7. William Henry Benedict 1824-

Triphene Husted and Family

Triphene was b 7Jan1783/84 at Danbury, CT. She d 9Jan1842 at Bridgeport, Fairfield County, CT. She was the dau of Andrew Husted 1755-1812 and Sarah Hoyt 1757-1826.

Sources

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 301
48. THADDEUS5 (Thaddeus,4 Thomas,3 James,2 Thomas1)
b. Aug. 14, 1749; m. July 12, 1775, Deborah, dau. Col. John Read of Reading, Ct. She was b. 1751, and d. --. Her father, Col. Read, was a Revolutionary officer. The town of Reading derived its name from him. He had at R., a park of ten or fifteen acres, in which he kept deer. He d. 1786, aged 85. Thaddeus Benedict grad. at Yale College, 1773; lawyer by profession; probate clerk, in 1776; removed to Reading; selectman, Feb. 13, 1778; appointed justice of peace there, 1783, and continued such until 1795; represented Reading, in General Assembly of Ct., May, 1783, '84, and 1790, Oct., 1790, May, 1794, Oct., 1794, and May, 1795. In 1795, sold his property at Reading, and removed to Bridgeport, Ct., but d. at R., 1799. He was one of the most celebrated lawyers of his day, and had a very large and extensive practice. The early reports of cases show that he practised in every county of the state. Ch.
1) - SARAH, b. March 3, 1776; d. Dec. 9, 1836, unm. at Danbury, Ct.
2) - WILLIAM, b. Feb. 24, 1778; grad. Yale College, 1797; studied under Judge Reeve, at his celebrated law school in Litchfield, Ct.; went to Bridgeport, and was admitted to Fairfield Co. bar; practised from 1802 to 1816, and d. Aug. 26, 1819, at Bridgeport, Ct.
3) - HIRAM, b. Nov. 21, 1779; m. His son, Hiram [Jr], res. near Maple Rapids, Mich.
4) (116.) CHARLES, b. Aug. 22, 1783.
5) - HENRY, b. July 8, 1785; d. unm. before 1819.
6) - THADDEUS, b. July 29, 1791. (?)

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 347
116. CHARLES6 (Thaddeus,5 Thaddeus,4 Thomas,3 James,2 Thomas1)
b. Aug. 22, 1783; m. May 18, 1803, Triphene Husted of Danbury, b. Jan. 7, 1784, and d. Jan. 9, 1842, at Bridgeport, Ct. He d. July 27, 1828, at Danbury. Ch.
1) - THADDEUS, b. April 14, 1804; m. March 23, 1834, Harriet Page, dau. Eliud and Betsey Baldwin of North Brantford, b. Sept. 18, 1807. He was a merchant, and d. Sept. 16, 1866, at Bridgeport Ct. Ch.
a) Thaddeus, b. Jan. 3, 1835.
b) Arthur, b. May 15, 1836.
c) Charles A., b. April 22, 1838; m. Nov. 14, 1866, Mary E. Carpenter.
2) - DEBORAH A., b. Nov. 3, 1810; m. Nov. 26, 1830, Wm. Seimans.
3) - LUCY ANN, b. June 19, --; m. Aug. 28, 1839, Monson Keeler of Danbury.
4) - SUSAN, b. April 9, 1818; m. March 11, 1835, Samuel P. Hough of Danbury.
5) - MARY E., b. Nov. 4, 1820; m. Martin Gibbs; d. at B.
6) - MARTHA, b. Nov. 9, 1822.
7) - WILLIAM HENRY, b. April 8, 1824.

Footnotes

-- SandeeToo - 13 Mar 2009