Enoch Benedict

	Born	1739		Norwalk, Fairfield co., Conn
	Married	Date	Esther Hoyt	at Location
	Died	26 Mar 1791		at Location

Parents:

• Father:John Benedict; 1715-1789
• Mother:Elizabeth

Children:

1. Ruth Benedict
2. Daniel Benedict; 1778-1859
3. Deborah Benedict
4. David Benedict
5. Sally Benedict; c. 1781-Aft. 1860
6. Betsey Benedict
7. Seth Benedict

Enoch’s Early Years

Enoch and Esther

Sources

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 67
25. JOHN4 (Thomas,3 John,2 Thomas1
m. Elizabeth --; d. 1789; was pounder, tythingman and lister between 1735-65. His will was made May 24, 1787; proved Aug. 31, 1789. Inventory showed œ106 10s. 4d. Ch. b. Norwalk.
1) (73.) ENOCH.
2) (74.) ABRAHAM.
3) - MARY, m. Stephen Gregory.
4) - ELIZABETH, m. Thomas Hays.
5) - SARAH, b. June 15, 1752; m. William Bouton, Feb. 15, 1769; d. Aug. 26, 1844. Mr. Bouton, b. Jan. 16, 1749, was son of Joseph, son of Jachin, son of John, son of John, an original settler in Norwalk, 1651. He d. May 31, 1828. (Hall, pp. 306-7.) Rev. Nathaniel Bouton, D. D., their son, b. June 20, 1799; grad. of Yale, 1821; Andover Theol. Sem. 1824; pastor of 1st Cong. church Concord, N. H., from March, 1825-1867. He delivered, July 9, 1851, in the first Cong. church, Norwalk, an historical discourse in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the settlement of Norwalk, Ct. Res. at Concord, N. H., and is engaged in editing state papers. His eldest son N. Sherman Bouton of Chicago, Ill., was Brig. Quar. Mast. in an Ill. Regt., and was in the battles at Stone River, Chattanooga and Chickamauga; his second son, John B. Bouton, grad. D. C., 1849, and is chief editor of New York Journal of Commerce.

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 95
73. ENOCH5 (John,4 Thomas,3 John,2 Thomas1
b. Norwalk; m. Esther, dau. John Hoyt of Norwalk; d. March 26, 1791. Ch.
1) - RUTH, m. John Freeman; des. in Wisconsin.
2) (180.) DANIEL, b. Oct. 5, 1778; d. Nov. 5, 1859.
3) - DEBORAH, m. Jacob Hoffman; des. Chenango Co.
4) - DAVID, m. Sabra Hall; m. 2d, Hannah Cook. No issue.
5) - SALLY, m. Charles Carver; des. Delaware Co., and in Iowa.
6) - BETSEY, m. Eli Stetson.
7) - SETH, d. unm.

Footnotes

-- SandeeToo - 10 Jan 2009
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