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Facts and Events
The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America by Henry Marvin Benedict
pg 67
"David Benedict (Thomas, John, Thomas) m. (Tabitha?); was grand juror and lister 1739-48; was prominent in church matters; the erection of a pew for his Honor, the Governor, to sit in, was left to a committee of the Prime Ancient Society in Norwalk, assembled Dec. 25, 1754, of which he was chairman. (Hall, p. 158.) Probably d. early in 1762, as his inventory is filed March 30, 1762; . . . His wid. probably survived, as Tabitha Benedict was chosen guardian by his children David, Tabitha and Sarah.
Children: Jesse, b. abt 1740; d. after 1786.
Tabitha
Sarah
David. He is mentioned in his grandfather's will made in 1763.
References
- ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
Page 324.
Jackson, Robert, s. of Moses, Married (rec. Stratfield) 18 Apr. 1706, Sarah Huttin. Removed from Stratfield to Norwalk. In 1755, David Benedict and wife Tabitha, John Nash, Jr., and wife Sarah, Robert Watson and wife Esther, Fountain Smith and wife Hannah, Jonathan Darrow and wife Abigail, and Philadelphia Jackson, all of Norwalk, conveyed as heirs to land laid out to Henry Jackson, dec'd."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Page 67, in Benedict, Henry Marvin. The genealogy of the Benedicts in America. (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1870).
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