Abt 1718 - 1779 (~ 61 years)
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Name |
Ephraim Bennett [1, 2, 3] |
Birth |
Abt 1718 |
Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut [2, 3] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
7 Oct 1779 |
Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut [2, 3, 4] |
Burial |
Newtown Village Cemetery, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut [5] |
Notes |
- Ephraim served in the Revolutionary War "of Captain Elnathan Nichols' Company of Light Dragoons in Major Starr's Reg't under command of Lt. John Curtiss, who marched in the service of the United States: in the 1st place to New Haven in the month of July, 1779; in the 2nd place, to Fairfield under command of Col. Whiting; in the 3d place, to Norwalk under the command of Gen'l Wolcott; at the time when the enemy invaded our seaport towns."
Headstone Inscription:
In memory of
Mr. Epphriam Bennitt
who died
of a cancer in his breast
October 7, 1779
In the 65 year
of his life.
"Many are the afflictions
Alloted in this life
And few have endured trial
More severe."
Per Newtown's History and Historian page 195 [5, 6]
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Person ID |
I17857 |
Mindrum |
Last Modified |
7 Jul 2018 |
Father |
Capt. Thomas Bennett, b. Abt 1669, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 5 Apr 1739, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age ~ 70 years) |
Mother |
Mary Booth, b. 12 Nov 1676, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut d. Bef 18 Sep 1741, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age < 64 years) |
Marriage |
12 Apr 1692 |
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut [7, 8, 9, 10] |
Family ID |
F12548 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Ann Baldwin, b. 18 Sep 1727, Probably Milford, Connecticut d. 7 Nov 1772, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age 45 years) |
Marriage |
16 Jun 1745 |
Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut [11, 12, 13, 14] |
Children |
| 1. Abel Bennett, b. 1 Apr 1746, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 21 Feb 1831, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age 84 years) |
| 2. Mary Bennett, b. 28 Jun 1747, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 13 Apr 1845, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age 97 years) |
| 3. Mehitabel Bennett, b. 28 Mar 1749, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 17 Jul 1828, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age 79 years) |
| 4. Ann Bennett, b. 1 Jun 1751, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 29 Dec 1831, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age 80 years) |
| 5. Thomas Bennett, b. 9 Nov 1752, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 7 Feb 1836, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age 83 years) |
| 6. Bethia Bennett, b. 9 Apr 1755, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 19 Dec 1820, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age 65 years) |
| 7. Caleb Bennett, b. 18 Feb 1757, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 30 Jan 1832, Connecticut (Age 74 years) |
| 8. Demaris Bennett, b. 4 Mar 1759, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 20 Mar 1829, East Smithfield, Bradford, Pennsylvania (Age 70 years) |
| 9. Jerusha Bennett, b. 19 Jul 1762, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut |
| 10. Ephraim Bennett, b. 25 Dec 1764, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 6 Mar 1765, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age 0 years) |
| 11. Sarah Bennett, b. 1 May 1768, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 10 Aug 1820, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age 52 years) |
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Family ID |
F12509 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
11 May 2020 |
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Sources |
- [S2857] C. C. Baldwin, The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500 to 1881, (Leader Publishing, 1881), p. 418.
- [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:72.
- [S5198] Bennett, Kaufman, Presnall, Ancestry of Curtis Nathaniel Bennett, (1986), p. 25.
- [S4196] Botsford-Bennett Bible, in the possession of Ruth Brown Rohrwasser, 20 Sargent St., Glens Falls, NY 12801, The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. No. 20, Number 3, December 1987, pp. 434-435.
- [S6231] findagrave.
- [S5198] Bennett, Kaufman, Presnall, Ancestry of Curtis Nathaniel Bennett, (1986).
- [S509] Clarence A. Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985), p. 64.
- [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:71, p. I:88.
- [S2763] Donald J. Jacobus, Genealogy of the Booth Family, (E. C. Booth, 1952), p. 3.
- [S5198] Bennett, Kaufman, Presnall, Ancestry of Curtis Nathaniel Bennett, (1986), p. 18.
- [S2857] C. C. Baldwin, The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500 to 1881, (Leader Publishing, 1881), p. 418, 19 Jun 1745.
- [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:72, 19 Jun 1745.
- [S5198] Bennett, Kaufman, Presnall, Ancestry of Curtis Nathaniel Bennett, (1986), p. 25, 19 Jun 1745.
- [S8396] Newtown Connecticut Vital Records, Vol. 1, p. 20, 16 Jun 1745.
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