Person:Mary Benton (6)
Mary Benton
b.14 Apr 1655 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
d.23 Dec 1752 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1650
  1. John Benton1650 - 1650
  2. Hannah Benton1651 - Bet 1673 & 1675
  3. Andrew Benton1653 - 1703/04
  4. Mary Benton1655 - 1752
  5. Samuel Benton1658 - Bef 1746
  6. Deacon Joseph BentonEst 1660 - 1753
  7. Dorothy BentonAbt 1662 - Aft 1720
Spouse and Children
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m. 23 Oct 1685
Spouse and Children
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m. Aft 7 May 1697
Spouse and Children
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m. 19 Mar 1712/13
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Mary Benton
Married Name Mary Cole
Married Name Mary Bigelow
Married Name Mary Shepard
Gender Female
Birth[1][3] 14 Apr 1655 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Christening[1][3][4] 15 Apr 1655 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United StatesFirst Congregational Society
Marriage 23 Oct 1685 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Nathaniel Cole
Marriage Aft 7 May 1697 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)After death of his previous wife.
to Jonathan Bigelow
Marriage 19 Mar 1712/13 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Deacon John Shepard
Death[5] 23 Dec 1752 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[1][6] 23 Dec 1752 Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Probate[7] Jan 1753 Administration to Moses Benton.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 2. Andrew2 Benton, in Benton, John H. Andrew Benton of Milford and Hartford, Conn., and His Descendants. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jul, Oct 1906)
    60:301.

    "Mary [Benton], b. Apr. 14, bapt. Apr. 15, 1655; … buried Dec. 23, 1752, in First Church Cemetery, Hartford, 'æ. 90 yrs.', which should be 97 yrs. 10 mos. 8 ds."

  2.   1-3. Jonathan Bigelow, in Howe, Gilman Bigelow. Genealogy of the Bigelow family of America: from the marriage in 1642 of John Biglo and Mary Warren to the year 1890. (Worcester, Mass.: Charles Hamilton, 1890)
    23.

    "Jonathan Bigelow of Hartford, Conn. … married third Mary Benton, by whom he had no children. He died Jan. 9, 1711, and his widow married for her second husband, March 19, 1713, Dea. John Shepard, a brother of his first wife, and she died Dec. 23, 1752, aged 90 and upwards, according to the records of the First Church."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Milford Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    23.

    "[Benton,] Mary, d. Andrew, b. Apr. 14, 1655 [1:2]"
    "[Benton,] Mary, d. Andrew, b. Apr. 14, 1655 [OL:8]"
    "[Benton,] Mary, d. Andrew, bp [1655, by Rev. Peter Prudden] [OL:105]"

  4. ↑ Volume 071 Milford, in Connecticut, United States. Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. (Ancestry.com (database on-line), 2013)
    52.

    "[Benton,] Mary, d. Andrew, bp. [____] (Page worn), 1655 [1:6]"

  5. ↑ Deaths, in Historical Catalogue of the First Church in Hartford, Connecticut, 1633-1885. (Hartford, Conn.: The Church, 1885)
    262.

    "1752. … Decbr 23 The Wido Mary Sheppard died, aged 90 years and upwards."

  6. ↑ Talcott, Mary Kingsbury. List of Burials, Center Church Burying Ground, Hartford. Connecticut Quarterly. (The Connecticut Quarterly Company, 1898)
    4:181.

    "1752. … Dec. … 23 Mrs. Mary Shepard, aged 90."

  7. ↑ Shepherd. Mary, in Barbour, Lucius Barnes, and Helen Schatvet Ullmann (Transcriber). Hartford District Probate Records. Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists)
    35:201.

    "No page number
    Shepherd. Mary, widow of Dea John. Hartford. Court Record. Page 82
    January 1753: Adms. to Moses Benton [Denton?]. Bond with Joseph Olcott."

    Probably her nephew Moses Benton, son of her brother Samuel Benton.

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