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John BENEDICT

John BENEDICT

Male 1649 - 1729  (80 years)

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  • Name John BENEDICT  [1] 
    Birth 6 Feb 1649  Southhold, Long Island, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Note 1689  Norwalk, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8920  MM
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2006 

    Father Thomas BENEDICT,   b. 1617, Nottinghamshire, ENGLAND Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1690, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Mary BRIDGUM,   b. Abt 1620   d. 1719, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years) 
    Family ID F1676  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Phoebe GREGORY,   b. 1649, New Haven, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1748, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1766, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     4. Jonathan BENEDICT
     5. Benjamin BENEDICT,   b. 1678, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1773, Stamford, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     6. Joseph BENEDICT,   b. Abt 1679, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Thomas BENEDICT,   b. 1682, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 20 May 1763 (Age > 81 years)
     8. James BENEDICT,   b. 5 Jan 1685   d. 25 Nov 1762, Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     9. Mary BENEDICT
    Family ID F2419  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2023 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Feb 1649 - Southhold, Long Island, NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNote - 1689 - Norwalk, Fairfield, CT Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Nov 1729 - Norwalk, Fairfield, CT Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S199] Benedict, Henry Marvin, Benedict Genealogy, (Joel Munsell, Albany, 1870), 199.