Family:Thomas Benedict and Mary Messenger (3)

Parents: Thomas Benedict and Mary Brigham Thomas Benedict b. Est 1640 Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (probably) d. 20 Nov 1688 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States	Parents: Andrew Messenger and Unknown Mary Messenger b. Est 1645 d. Bet 1693 and 1699

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]^[2]

Jan 1664/65

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Mary Benedict	4 Dec 1666 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
2.	Ensign Thomas Benedict	5 Dec 1670 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States	10 May 1743 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
3.	Hannah Benedict	8 Jan 1676/77 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States	12 Jan 1767 Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
4.	Esther Benedict	5 Oct 1679 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States	1 Jan 1752 Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
5.	Abigail Benedict	Est 1682 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)	Est 1713
6.	Elizabeth Benedict	Est 1684

References

↑ Benedict, Thomas, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
1:62.

"Benedict, Thomas s. of Thomas. Married at Jamaica, L. I, Jan. 1664/5, Mary Messenger, dau. of Andrew."
↑ Thomas² Benedict, in Benedict, Henry Marvin. The genealogy of the Benedicts in America. (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1870)
page 27.

'In 1662 he removed with his father's family to Jamaica, … He m. Jan., 1665, Mary, dau. of Andrew Messenger, one of the original settlers of Jamaica, …'