Eli Starr Benedict

	Born	14 Sep 1791	Danbury, Fairfield co., Conn
	Married	26 Jun 1822	Mary Egbert	at Location
	Died	10 Aug 1871	Danbury, Fairfield co., Conn

Parents:

• Father:Peter Benedict; 175_-1835
• Mother:Anne Peck 1752-

Children:

1. Egbert Starr Benedict 1823-1898
2. Samuel Ward Benedict 1825-1869
3. William Edwin Benedict 1838-1867
4. Rev Victor Watkyns Benedict 1840-

Census Records

1850 US Federal Census: Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut; Roll: M432_37; Page: 116; Image: 229. 8Aug1850

• Benedict, Eli S, age 60, male, brickmaker, value of real estate: 2500, b CT
• Benedict, Mary, age 56, female, b CT
• Benedict, Samuel W, age 24, male, brickmaker, b CT
• Benedict, William E, age 15, male, brickmaker, b CT
• Benedict, Richard W, age 10, male, b CT
• 2 laborers, both b Ireland

1860 US Federal Census: Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut; Roll: M653_73; Page: 317; Image: 319. 12Jul1860

• Benedict, Eli S, age 70, male, farmer, value of real estate: 2000, personal: 500, b CT
• Benedict, Mary E, age 66, female, b NJ
• Benedict, Victor W, age 20, hatter app., b CT
• Benedict, Arthur W, age 14, b NY

1870 US Federal Census: Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut; Roll: M593_97; Page: 385; Image: 216. 13Jun1870

• Benedict, Eli S, age 79, white, male, farmer, value of real estate: 3000, personal: 200, b CT
• Benedict, Mary E, age 76, white, female, b NY
• Benedict, Victor W, age 30, white, male, hatter, b CT
• Benedict, Julia E, age 28, white, female, keeping house, b CT
• Benedict, Ella F, age 4, white, female, b CT
• Benedict, Julia, age 1, white, female, b CT

Son Egbert Starr Benedict

1870 US Federal Census: New Orleans Ward 2, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; Roll: M593_519; Page: 401; Image: 805. 8Jul1870

• Benedict, Egbert, age 50, male, white, ret hat store, value of personal estate 2000, b CT
• Benedict, Catherine, age 45, female, white, keeping house, b CT
• Benedict, Arthur, age 26, male, white, clerk in store, b CT
• Benedict, Sabia, age 20, female, white, at home, b CT (sb Ella Priscilla)

Per LDS 1435527, Danbury, Fairfield County, CT VS Records, Egbert Starr d 16May1898, Danbury, CT

Son Samuel Ward Benedict

Per LDS 1435525, Danbury, Fairfield County, CT, b 12Nov1825, Danbury, CT

Per LDS 1435525, Danbury, Fairfield County, CT, m 27Sep1853, Danbury, CT Mary Kate Cole b 21Aug1832 Danbury, d 1Feb1885 Danbury, dau Hiram Cole

Per LDS 1435525, Danbury, Fairfield County, CT, d 12Mar1869, Danbury, CT

Daughter Emma Townsend Benedict b Danbury, Fairfield County, CT 21Aug1859

Son William Edwin Benedict

Per LDS 1435525, Danbury, Fairfield County, CT, b 26Aug1838, Danbury, CT

William Edwin m Helen Dickens b 3Sep1838 Beekmanville, Dutchess County, NY, d Oct1922 Danbury, Fairfield County, CT. She was the dau of George and Eunice (Pearce) Dickens.

Son Wyllie E Benedict b 19Jan1862, d 29Feb1862

Dau Mary Egbert Benedict b 15Sep1864 Danbury, Fairfield County, CT. She m James E Walsh who was b ca 1858 in MA. They resided Danbury.

Son Rev Victor Watkyns Benedict

Victor was b 19Mar1840 Danbury, Fairfield County, CT. 5Jun1862 Danbury he m Julia Elizabeth Clark, b 9Jun1842 Danbury, Fairfield County, CT, dau of Oliver P and Sarah N Clark.

Victor and Julia had 4 daughters:
a) Sarah Amelia b 23Nov1863 Danbury, Fairfield County, CT, d 10Sep1865 Danbury.
b) Ella Frances b 22Oct1866 Danbury, Fairfield County, CT
c) Julia Clark b 22Nov1868 Danbury, Fairfield County, CT
d) Emma C b Sep1877 New York

1870 US Federal Census: Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut; Roll: M593_97; Page: 385; Image: 216. 13Jun1870 Benedict, Eli S, age 79, white, male, farmer, value of real estate: 3000, personal: 200, b CT

• Benedict, Mary E, age 76, white, female, b NY
• Benedict, Victor W, age 30, white, male, hatter, b CT
• Benedict, Julia E, age 28, white, female, keeping house, b CT
• Benedict, Ella F, age 4, white, female, b CT
• Benedict, Julia, age 1, white, female, b CT

1880 US Federal Census: Village of Croton Falls, Westchester County, New York; Roll: T9_946; Family History Film: 1254946; Page: 64.4000; Enumeration District: 116; Image: 0432. 5Jun1880

• Benedict, Rev V W, male, white, age 40, married, clergyman, b CT, father b CT, mother b NY
• Benedict, Julia, wife, female, white, age 37, keeping house, b CT, parents b CT
• Benedict, Ella F, dau, white, female, age 13, at school, b CT, parents b CT
• Benedict, Emma O, dau, white, female, age 2, at home, b NY, parents b CT

1900 US Federal Census: North Salem, Westchester County, New York; Roll: T623_1176 Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 101. 19Jun1900

• Benedict, Victor W, head, white, male, b Mar1840, age 60, m 38y, b CT, father b CT, mother b NY, clergyman
• Benedict, Julia E, wife, white, female, b Nov1842, m 38y, mother of 4, 2 living, b CT, parents b CT
• Benedict, Emma C, dau, female, white, b Sep1877, age 22, single, b NY, parents b CT, school teacher

Sources

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 303
51. PETER5 (Thaddeus,4 Thomas,3 James,2 Thomas1)
b. Dec. 11, 1758; m. Dec. 22, 1779, Anne, dau. Abijah and Rachel (Hoyt) Peck of Danbury, b. Feb. 17, 1761, and d. Dec. 20, 1846. He d. at Danbury, Oct. 2, 1835. Ch:
1) - EZRA PECK, b. Feb. 28, 1781; m. Sept. 28, 1806, Phila, granddau. of Nathaniel4 (10) Benedict, [des. John,] who d. Nov., 1868. Her father, Joseph, was one of the first hat manufacturers in Danbury. He d. Nov. 2, 1862. Ch.
a) Abigail, b. April 3, 1808; m. April 12, 1835, Seely Harris of Southbury, Ct.. b) Edwin Peck, b. July 13, 1814; merchant. Chosen town clerk of Danbury, 1844 and 1845; justice of the peace, 1846; d. unm., Feb. 24, 1854. c) Ezra Ward, b. Dec. 23, 1818; d. Aug. 11, 1820. d) Ezra Ward, b. June 5, 1825; d. Dec 7, 1825.
2) - BETSEY, b. Dec. 16, 1782; d. May 24, 1867.
3) - HANNAH, b. Dec. 20, 1784; m. May 17, 1807, Salter Peck Clark; d. Feb. 11, 1852.
4) - ISAAC HOYT, b. Dec. 24, 1786; d. Dec. 8, 1793.
5) - ABIGAIL, b. June 26, 1789; d. Oct. 5, 1805.
6) (118.) ELI STARR, b. Sept. 14, 1791.
7) - ANN, b. June 9, 1794; res. Danbury, Ct.
8) - ISAAC HOYT, b. Dec. 12, 1795; m. Lodosiaka Gilbert of Newberry, S. C., and d. Greenville, S. C., Nov. 30, 1853. Ch.
a) Olivia Ann, b. Nov. 24, 1827; m. Jan. 20, 1853, Isaac M. Springer. b) John Jay, b. June 7, 1829; m. c) Susan, b. May 17, 1832; m. July 26, 1855, Wm. M. Leake. d) Mary Ann, b. Sept. 16, 1834; m. Wm. Burns of S. C.; d. e) Samuel Ward, b. July 26, 1837; unm. f) Thomas, b. March 16, 1843; d. 1864, in confederate service.
9) (119. )SAMUEL WARD, b. March 12, 1798.
10) - RACHEL, b. Feb. 20, 1801; d. Sept. 16, 1849.
11) - DEBORAH, b. Jan. 23, 1804; d. Oct. 8, 1805.

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 350
118. ELI STARR6 (Peter,5 Thaddeus,4 Thomas,3 James,2 Thomas1)
b. Sept. 14, 1791; m. June 26, 1822, Mary Egbert of Goshen; res. Danbury, Ct. Ch.
1) EGBERT STARR, b. April 3, 1823; m. May 8, 1845, Catharine Nichols, dau. Sherwood Osborne of Stamford, Ct., b. April 8, 1827; wholesale hat and cap merchant; res. New Orleans, La. Ch:
a) Arthur Ward, b. Feb. 15, 1846; m. Feb. 23, 1866, Sybil, dau. Philip Somers of Danbury, Ct., b. Nov. 15, 1848; res. N. O., La. Ch. I.) Mary Kate, b. Nov. 18, 1866, N. O. b) Ella Priscilla, b. April 10, 1851; m. June 11, 1866, Henry L. Slaight of Brooklyn.
3) SAMUEL WARD, b. Nov. 7, 1825; m. Sept. 27, 1853, Mary, dau. Hiram Cole; merchant of N. Y. city, where he d. March 12, 1869. Ch. a) Emma T., b. Aug. 21, 1859, at Danbury.
4) WILLIAM EDWIN, b. Aug, 26, 1838; m. April 13, 1861, Helen, dau. George and Eunice Dickens of Danbury, b. Sept. 3, 1838; res. at Brooklyn; d. April 5, 1867, at Newburyport, Mass. Ch. a) Wyllie E., b. Jan. 19, 1862; d. Feb. 29, 1862. b) Mary Egbert, b. Dec. 15, 1864.
5) Rev. VICTOR WATKYNS, b. March 19, 1840; m. June 5, 1862, Julia Elizabeth, dau. Oliver P. and Sarah N. Clark of Danbury, b. June 9, 1842. Licensed to preach, Jan. 16, 1868; ordained Feb. 11, 1869, at Danbury, Ct.; Baptist clergyman; resides at Danbury, Ct. Ch. a) Sarah Amelia, b. Nov. 23, 1863; d. Sept. 10, 1865. b) Ella Frances, b. Oct. 22, 1866. c) Julia Clark, b. Nov. 22, 1868.

Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Name: Eli Starr Benedict Gender: Male Birth Date: 14 Sep 1791 Birth Location: Danbury Parent Name: Peter Parent Name: Anne

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