Person:Benjamin Sedgwick (1)
Deacon Benjamin Sedgwick
b.7 Nov 1716 West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.7 Feb 1757 Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1690
  1. Samuel Sedgwick1690 - 1724
  2. Joseph Sedgwick1697 - 1765
  3. Lieutenant Stephen Sedgwick1701 - 1768
  4. Mary Sedgwick1705 - 1759
  5. Mercy Sedgwick1712/13 - 1745
  6. Deacon Benjamin Sedgwick1716 - 1757
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1746
  1. John Sedgwick1742 - 1820
  2. Benjamin Sedgwick1744 - 1778
  3. Theodore Sedgwick1746 - 1813
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Deacon Benjamin Sedgwick
Gender Male
Birth[1] 7 Nov 1716 West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Christening[1] 12 Nov 1716 West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Bef 1746 to Ann Thompson
Death[1] 7 Feb 1757 Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

He married, Ann (Anne, Tombstone spelling) Thompson of Wallingford, Conn., daughter of John Thompson and Sarah (Culver) Thompson. After Deacon Benjamin's death, his widow married, 2d, August 8, 1764, Timothy Judd, Esq., of Westbury Society, Waterbury, now Watertown, Conn. This marriage proved unhappy, they separated and she returned to Cornwall and lived with her son John until her death, June 3, 1793, aged 74. She is buried in the new, or lower, burying ground at Cornwall Hollow. Her monument stands next to that of her son John.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sedgwick, Hubert M. A Sedgwick genealogy : descendants of Deacon Benjamin Sedgwick. (New Haven, Conn.: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1961).

    "Benjamin Sedgwick, 11th and youngest child of Captain Samuel Sedgwick and Mary (Hopkins) Sedgwick, was born November 7, 1716, at West Hartford, Conn., and was baptized there November 12, 1716. He died February 7, 1757, at Cornwall, Conn., in his 41st year."

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