John BENEDICT

1649 - 1729  (80 years)

• Birth	6 Feb 1649	Southhold, Long Island, NY
  Note	1689	Norwalk, Fairfield, CT   [1]
  	John succeeded his father as a selectman in 1689. He was a selectman in 1692-94 and 1699 and also held some minor civil appointments in the town. He was occupied, however, mainly with church affairs, having become a Deacon, probably, upon the death of his father. Thenceforth the records show him to have been constantly on committees having charge of the religious and educational interests of the community, now "obtaining a ministr," then "hyering a schoolmaster." In 1705 the church honored him by voting him a sitting "in ye seat before ye pulpit." He served as representative in the General Assembly in the sessions of 1722 and 1725. The date of his death cannot be ascertained, nor is that of his wife. The volume of probate records, which probably covered the time within which they died, unfortunately is missing. He conveyed property to his sons James and Joseph of Ridgefield, in 1722 and 1723; and that he was living in 1727 is thought to be certain because his son is referred to as Deacon John Benedict, Junior.
  Name	James Benedict
  Death	11 Nov 1729	Norwalk, Fairfield, CT

  
  

  Father	Thomas BENEDICT,   b. 1617, Nottinghamshire, ENGLAND d. 28 Feb 1690, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Mary BRIDGUM,   b. Abt 1620   d. 1719, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT (Age 99 years)
  Family ID	F1676	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phoebe GREGORY,   b. 1649, New Haven, New Haven, CT d. Abt 1748, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1670  [1]
  Children	1. Sarah BENEDICT   2. Phoebe BENEDICT,   b. 21 Sep 1673   3. John BENEDICT,   b. 3 Mar 1676, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT d. 16 Jan 1766, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT (Age 89 years)   4. Jonathan BENEDICT   5. Benjamin BENEDICT,   b. 1678, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT d. 3 Jul 1773, Stamford, Fairfield, CT (Age 95 years)   6. Joseph BENEDICT,   b. Abt 1679, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT   7. Thomas BENEDICT,   b. 1682, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT d. Aft 20 May 1763 (Age > 81 years)   8. James BENEDICT,   b. 5 Jan 1685   d. 25 Nov 1762, Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT (Age 77 years)   9. Mary BENEDICT
  Family ID	F2419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Feb 1649 - Southhold, Long Island, NY Note - 1689 - Norwalk, Fairfield, CT Death - 11 Nov 1729 - Norwalk, Fairfield, CT  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S199] Benedict, Henry Marvin, Benedict Genealogy, (Joel Munsell, Albany, 1870), 199.