"17:42
Benton, Nathaniel, Wethersfield
inv 7 Jan 1754, app Jonath Belding, Ebenezer Belding, Joseph Boardman,
CR. p. 9. 1 Jan 1754, adms to Dorothy Benton, widow. Bond with Ebenezer Belding
Court Record. Page 14. 5 Mch. 1754. Invt. exhibited.
Page 44. 26 Nov. 1754. Order to sell land pursuant to Act of General Assembly, Nov 1754
Page 17 (Vol XIX) 6 Apl 1762. John aged 16 chose Ebenezer Belding to be his guardian. Thomas Wise and Dorothy Wise exhibited account of adms. Distribution ordered to Dorothy, widow (now wife of Thomas Wise, John, only son, Mary, only daughter.
Page 50 (Vol XX) 31 Oct. 1765. Report dated 2 Oct 1763 of Jonathan Belding, Ebenezer Belding and Joseph Boardman distributors.
Page 88. 20 Mch 1767. Mary, aged 16, chose John Belding to be her guardian."