Person:John Benedict (3)

Notes

• longtime Deacon of the First Congregational Church of Norwalk
• helped to establish Pine Island Cemetery

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Alexander, Orline St. John. St. John Genealogy: Descendants of Matthias St. John of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1634; of Windsor, Connecticut, 1640; of Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1643-1645; and Norwalk, Connecticut, 1650. (New York, NY: Grafton Press, 1907)
   22.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
   Norwalk Vital Records:11 (edited version).

   'BENEDICT, BENYDICKE, BENNEDICK, BENEDICK, ...
   John, s. John, b. Mar. 3, 1675/6'

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Benedict, Henry Marvin. The genealogy of the Benedicts in America. (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1870)
   50.

   'John ([son of] John, [son of] Thomas), b. March 3, 1676; ... m. Mary (Haite?); d. Norwalk, Jan. 16, 1766. Wife d. June 5, 1749, aged 72 yrs.'

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
   1:62-63.

   'Children [of John and Phebe (Gregory) Benedict], three recorded at Norwalk: ...
   [third child:] John, b. 3 Mar. 1675/6, d. at Norwalk, 16 Jan. 1766 in 90 yr. (g. s.); Deacon; Sergt.; m. (1) before 1705, Anna St. John, dau. of Mark, b. 8 Aug. 1674; m. (2) Mary -----, who d. 5 June 1749 ae. 72 (g. s.).'

5. ↑ 44119215, in Find A Grave
   includes headstone photo, last accessed Jul 2025.

   Inscription
   To the memory of
   Deacon John Benedict
   who departed this life
   Jan'y ye 16, 1766
   in ye 90 year of his age