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Will: John bequeathed his estate to his wife, Sarah. John and James Benedict (sons of Thomas) are mentioned as sons-in-law. Sarah also, in an instrument, dated 10/9/1689, so names them.
Family/Spouse: Sarah SAINT JOHN. Sarah was born in 1614 in Nottinghamshire, ENGLAND; died on 9 Oct 1689 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Phoebe married John BENEDICT on 11 Nov 1670. John (son of Thomas BENEDICT and Mary BRIDGUM) was born on 6 Feb 1649 in Southhold, Long Island, NY; died on 11 Nov 1729 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: John was a selectman 1705 and 1715; surveyor 1709 and 1711; lister and fence viewer 1713-18; called serjeant in 1717; townsman 1722 and 1724; Deacon before 1725, which office he held for many years.
Family/Spouse: Mary UNKNOWN. Mary was born about 1677; died on 5 Jun 1749. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Mary UNKNOWN. Mary died on 30 Nov 1771. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Birth: Probably
Joseph married Anne UNKNOWN on 7 Apr 1706 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT. Anne was born about 1680 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT; died on 9 Dec 1716 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Joseph married Mary GROOM on 21 Mar 1720/21. Mary was born on 19 Nov 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Thomas married Millison HYATT in 1705. Millison (daughter of Thomas HYATT and Mary UNKNOWN) was born in Dec 1686; died after 5 Jul 1763. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: In 1708 James and other inhabitants of Norwalk purchased a large tract of land between that town and Danbury. The purchase was made of Catoonah the chief sachem, and other Indians, whowere the proprietors of that part of the country. At a Norwalk town session, 1709, it was ordained that is should be a distinct township by the name of Ridgefield. James was also one of the original settlers of this township. Fence-viewer in 1715, called Ensign, 1719, afterwards Captain, and 1737, Esquire. He was appointed justice of the peace for Fairfield County, CT, May 1732 and was reappointed annually until 1733. He was representative from Ridgefield, from May 1740-45 and 1748-1752. He was the first to write the genealogy of the Benedict family. In his youth he lived with his grandmother, Mary Bridgum, wife of Thomas, and she delivered to him, from her own mouth, the genealogy down to his own memory, and he reduced it to writing. His "Genealogy of the Family of the Benedicts," dated March 14, 1755 has been the foundation of all the subsequent ones. His grandson, Abner Benedict, a member of the junior class in Yale College made an exact copy of it June 23, 1768. James was the second Deacon of the church in Ridgefield, till old age and its attendants rendered him unable to serve.
James married Sarah HYATT in 1709. Sarah (daughter of Thomas HYATT and Mary UNKNOWN) was born in Dec 1686; died on 9 Feb 1767 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
DNA: MKM
Jonathan married Lucy CASTLE about 1748. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Thankful UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Gideon SMITH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Thomas ROCKWELL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Daniel BIRT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Died: Died young
Family/Spouse: James SCOTT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]