Joshua Benedict

	Born	02 Apr 1753	Danbury, Fairfield co., Conn
	Married	13 Apr 1774	Ruth Westcott	Danbury, Fairfield co., Conn
	Died	16 Mar 1825	Poughkeepsie, Dutchess co., NY

Parents:

• Father:Thomas Benedict; 1727-1821
• Mother:Mercy Knapp 1727-1811

Children:

1. Lois Benedict 1776-1778
2. Lois Benedict 1779-1824
3. Hannah Benedict 1781-1824
4. Lucy Benedict 1786-
5. Sarah Benedict 1788-1864
6. Clara Benedict 1790-1856
7. Betty Benedict 1792-1792
8. Betty Benedict 1793-1851
9. Susan Varian Benedict 1796-

Ruth Westcott and Family

Ruth was b 19Apr1753, d 16Aug1838 at Poughkeepsie. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Westcott of Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT

Sources

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 288
15. THOMAS4 (Thomas,3 James,2 Thomas1)
b. 1727; m. Mercy Knapp, b. 1727, and d. May 15, 1811. Possibly the Thomas who was selectman 1785. He d. Nov. 14, 1821. Will proved Nov. 21, 1821. Ch.
1) - MERCY, m. Preserved Wood.
2) (46.) JOSHUA, b. April 2, 1753.
3) - THOMAS, b. Feb. 7, 1759; m. Oct. 10, 1787, Mercy, only dau. Elihud Rockwell of Danbury, b. June 10, 1770, and d. Dec. 10, 1856. He d. at D., Feb. 8, 1840. No issue.
4) - DEBORAH, m. May 12, 1784, Eden, son of John Andrus of Danbury, b. April 28, 1761.
5) - MARY, m. Eliphalet Barnum.
6) (47.) FRANCIS KNAPP, b. July 7, 1766.

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 301
46. JOSHUA5 (Thomas,4 Thomas,3 James,2 Thomas1)
b. Apri 2, 1753; m. April 13, 1774, Ruth, dau. Nathaniel Westcott of Norwalk, Ct., b. April 19, 1753, and d. Aug. 16, 1838, at Poughkeepsie. He resided at Danbury, Ct., Neversink and Poughkeepsie. He d. at P., March 16, 1825. Ch.
1) - LOIS, b. Dec. 14, 1776; d. Oct. 20, 1778.
2) - LOIS, b. March 4, 1779; m. Sept. 23, 1800, James Wilson; d. April 24, 1824.
3) - HANNAH, b. May 4, 1781; m. May 19, 1800, Joseph Trowbridge; m. 2d, Benjamin Stiles; d. June 16, 1824.
4) - LUCY, b. June 23, 1786; m. Nov., 1805, Major Bailey of Danbury; res. Philadelphia, Pa.
5) - SARAH, b. July 11, 1788; m. April 6, 1807, Mc Pherson Smith; d. Aug. 10, 1864.
6) - CLARA, b. April 4, 1790; m. Dec. 31, 1808, Edmund Morris; d. Dec. 16, 1856.
7) - BETTY, b. Feb. 23, 1792; d. April 2, 1792.
8) - BETTY, b. Sept. 14, 1793; m. July 1, 1813, Peter Perritt Hayes; d. June 23, 1851.
9) - SUSAN VARIAN, b. Dec. 17, 1796; m. Jan. 20, 1820, Charles Palmer Barnum; res. Poughkeepsie.

Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)-Danbury Name: Joshua Benedict Marriage Date: 13 Apr 1774 Marriage Location: Danbury Spouse: Ruth Westcoat Residence Location: Norwalk

Footnotes

Neversink is a town in Sullivan County, New York. The town was formed from the Town of Rochester in Ulster County, New York in 1798 before Sullivan County was formed. The Town of Rockland was created from part of Neversink in 1809, and part of Neversink was used to make the newer Town of Fallsburg in 1826. When the Neversink and Rondout reservoirs were built, the communities of "Old Neversink" (Neversink Reservoir), "Eureka", "Montella", and "Lackawack" (Rondout Reservoir) were lost.

Poughkeepsie (pronounced /pəˈkɪpsiː/) is a city in New York which serves as the county seat of Dutchess County, located in the Hudson River Valley midway between New York City and Albany. The name derives from a Native American word (roughly U-puku-ipi-sing), meaning "the reed covered lodge by the little-water place," referring to a spring or stream feeding into the Hudson River, south of the present downtown area. Poughkeepsie is known as "The Queen City of the Hudson."

-- SandeeToo - 20 Feb 2009
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