Person:John Benedict (19)

He was a United Empire Loyalist.

1. ↑ The Connecticut Nutmegger. (East Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut Society of Genealogists)
   39:367.

   'Much information has since been found about John Benedict, son of Joseph. He was born in 1739 [citing King's Royal Regiment of New York by Brigadier General, Ernest A. Cruikshank. Ontario Historical Society, Toronto 1931]. First mention of him was when his father, Joseph, died. The will was probated in Woodbury, Connecticut, in 1759 making "his youngest son John Benedict," his executor.'

   While his birth year is given as 1739, his mother (if Mary Groom) was at least 48 by then. It is possible that Mary had died and his father remarried, but given that John was named as his father's executor in 1759, he was likely at least 21 by then, so a birth year of 1739 is suspect anyways.

2. ↑ The Connecticut Nutmegger. (East Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut Society of Genealogists)
   39:368.

   'The King's Royal Regiment disbanded in 1784 and that same year he settled in Royal Township #5 (Matilda) Ontario, later called New Johnston (now Prescott, Ontario) [citing King's Royal Regiment of New York by Brigadier General, Ernest A. Cruikshank. Ontario Historical Society, Toronto 1931].'

3.   Benedict, Henry Marvin. The genealogy of the Benedicts in America. (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1870)
   page 475 (Errata).

   'Page 51. After Ezra son Joseph (4) insert John.'

4.   The Connecticut Nutmegger. (East Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut Society of Genealogists)
   39:368.

   '... he enlisted as a Private in the Kings Royal Regiment, New York, Battalion 1 on 22 March 1778. ... In 1786, John Benedict was listed in Old United Empire Loyalists Lists ...'