Samuel Benedict

Abt 1647 - Bef 1719  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Samuel Benedict  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	Abt 1647	Southold, Long Island, New York   [6, 7]
  	three years before James
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 20 Mar 1719	Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut   [8, 9]
  	will proved
  Notes	SAMUEL (Thomas) was born 164-. He continued to reside with his father until after his removal to Norwalk, Ct. There he married, first (unknown), by whom he had Joanna and Samuel. He married, second, July 7, 1678, Rebecca, dau. of Thomas Andrews of Fairfield, Ct., by whom he had five children, the last two born in Danbury, Ct. In the fall of 1684 and the spring of 1685, he, with his brother James, his brother-in-law James Beebe, Judah Gregory (brother-in-law of James Benedict), and four others, purchased land of the Indians and made the first settlement at Paquiogue (Danbury). Dr. Samuel Wood, who married Rebecca, dau. of Thomas Benedict, soon followed, and Daniel, youngest son of Thomas Benedict, also, settled there, soon after 1690. Thus it will be seen that the majority of the first settlers of Danbury were of the Benedict stock and connection. "They soon built a little church, only forty feet by thirty; when its frame was raised every person in the town was present and sat together on the sills." Samuel Benedict, a Deacon of the church, while a resident of Norwalk, was also first Deacon of this church. He conveyed his Norwalk property, Feb. 3, 1685. He is named as patentee in the patent of Danbury, granted by the General Assembly, May, 1702. His will, made at Danbury, April 15, 1719, was recorded March 20, 1719. His inventory, made April 17, 1719, shows a total of £185 11s. 5d. The will mentions wife Rebecca, Samuel (eldest son), to whom is bequeathed "my great Bible;" Samuel Benedict, son of Thomas Benedict, "my second son, deceased" who received "my martir book;" two youngest sons, Nathaniel and Abraham; heirs of Thomas Benedict, "my second son, deceased,', ,"as one child," [i. e., to take as one child,] and Benoni [to take] "half so much as one child." It, also, mentions daughters Rebecca and Esther. He was an original founder of Danbury, 1685, and Deacon of the Church Will 15 Apr 1719, proved 1719; wife Rebecca; eldest son Samuel; Samuel son of son Thomas deceased; two youngest sons Nathaniel and Abraham; daughters Rebecca, Esther; children of son Thomas; Benoni to have half as much as a child's portion [10, 11]
  Person ID	I16655	Mindrum
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas Benedict, I,   b. Abt 1617, Norfolk, England d. Bef 18 Mar 1689/90, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age ~ 73 years)
  Mother	Mary Bridgham,   b. Abt 1621, Norfolk, England d. 1721, Connecticut (Age ~ 100 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1638/1639	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1]
  Family ID	F11641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Unknown   d. Dec
  Marriage	by 1672
  Children	1. Joanna Benedict,   b. 22 Oct 1673, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut   2. Samuel Benedict,   b. 5 Mar 1674/75, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 18 Jan 1734/35, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F11672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Rebecca Andrews,   b. Fairfield Co., Connecticut d. Dec
  Marriage	4 Jul 1678	Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut   [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]
  Children	1. Samuel Benedict,   b. Abt 1679, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut   2. Thomas Benedict, II,   b. 27 Mar 1679, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut d. Bef 6 Dec 1714, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age < 35 years)   3. Nathaniel Benedict,   b. Abt 1677, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut d. Bef 11 Dec 1767, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age ~ 90 years)   4. Abraham Benedict,   b. 21 Jun 1681, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut d. Bef 15 Jun 1779, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age < 97 years)   5. Rebecca Benedict   d. Dec   6. Esther Benedict   d. Dec
  Family ID	F11645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2024

  
  

• Documents		Benedict, Samuel - Inventory
  		Benedict, Samuel - Will

  
  

• Sources

  [S2770] Benedict/Hunloke/Hunlocke Connection, Roberta B. Pierson, editor Mary Alice Benedict Grindol, The Benedict Family History News, Volume 5, No. 3, Winter 1998, pp. 29-42. [S292] James Boughton, A Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell of Stamford, Conn., 1641, and Ralph Keeler, of Hartford, Conn, 1639, (1903), p. 6. [S1701] Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930), p. I:18, I:63. [S2755] Henry M. Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, Henry Marvin Benedict, 1870, (1870), p. 241. [S3703] John V. Beck, Elisha S. and Lavina (Locke) Andrus, their ancestors and descendants, (The Anundsen Publishing Co., 1985), p. 23. [S2755] Henry M. Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, Henry Marvin Benedict, 1870, (1870), p. 2, place. [S2770] Benedict/Hunloke/Hunlocke Connection, Roberta B. Pierson, editor Mary Alice Benedict Grindol, The Benedict Family History News, Volume 5, No. 3, Winter 1998, pp. 29-42, 1645. [S8558] Samuel Benedict Will, Fairfield Connecticut Probate Vol. 6, pp. 24, 24a, 24b. [S2755] Henry M. Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, Henry Marvin Benedict, 1870, (1870), p. 242 bef 17 Apr 1719. [S2755] Henry M. Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, Henry Marvin Benedict, 1870, (1870), pp. 241-242. [S1701] Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930), p. I:63. [S8914] Norwalk, Connecticut Deeds, Vol. 1, p. 137, 4 July 1678. [S8386] Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 1-55, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002), Norwalk, citing Vol. 1, p. 137. [S2755] Henry M. Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, Henry Marvin Benedict, 1870, (1870), p. 241, 7 July 1678. [S1701] Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930), p. I:18, p. I:63, 7 July 1678. [S3703] John V. Beck, Elisha S. and Lavina (Locke) Andrus, their ancestors and descendants, (The Anundsen Publishing Co., 1985), p. 23, 7 July 1678. [S1701] Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930), 7 Jul 1678, FOOF I:18.