Thomas Benedict Sr. / Mary Bridgum


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	Family Sheet HUSBAND Name: Thomas Benedict Sr.Male Note Born: 16171617-1-1 at Woolpit, Suffolk, EnglandWoolpit, Suffolk, England Married: 16391639-1-1 at Long Melford Parish, Norwich, Norfolk, England Died: Feb 16901690-2-1 at Norwalk, Fairfield, CTNorwalk, Fairfield, CT Father: William Benedict Mother: Ann Hunloke WIFE Name: Mary Bridgum Born: 1619 at Nottinghamshire, England Died: 1719 at Norwalk, Fairfield, CT Father: Thomas Bridgum Mother: Mercy Hurd CHILDREN Name: Thomas Benedict Jr. Born: 1641 at Southold, Long Island, NY Died: 20 Nov 1688 at Norwalk, CT Wife: Mary Messenger Name: Rebecca Benedict Born: 1643 at Southold, Long Island, NY Died: Husband: Samuel Wood Jr. Name: Samuel Benedict Born: 1645 at Southold, Long Island, NY Died: 1719 at Danbury, Fairfield, CT Wife: Rebecca Andrews Name: Daniel Benedict Born: 1648 at Southold, Long Island, NY Died: Aft 15 Feb 1722 at Danbury, Fairfield, CT Wife: Mary Marvin Name: James Benedict Born: 6 Feb 1650 at Southold, Long Island, NY Died: Aug 1717 at Danbury, Fairfield, CT Wife: Sarah Gregory Name: John Benedict Born: 6 Feb 1650 at Southold, Long Island, NY Died: 11 Nov 1729 at Ridgefield, Fairfield County, CT Wife: Phebe Gregory Name: Elizabeth Benedict Born: 1653 at Southold, Long Island, NY Died: Husband: John Slawson Name: Sarah Benedict Born: 1653 at Southold, Long Island, NY Died: 19 Dec 1679 at Danbury, Fairfield, CT Husband: James Beebe Name: Mary Benedict Born: 4 Dec 1656 at Southold, Long Island, NY Died: 1693 at Stamford, CT Husband: John Olmstead NOTES 1). Thomas Benedict came over from England to America Nor w a l k , CT in 1638,was the son of William Benedict who l i v e d i n Nottinghamshire. This family has a record of lo ng ev it y, m any living well into their 80 s and 90 s, an d th e y lef t num erous descendants who fought in the Revo lutio na ry War. Thomas Benedict, founder of the Danbury Connecticut b r a n ch of the family, was born in 1617 , in Nottingha mshi r e , En gland, and came in 1638 to Massachusetts, sub seque nt l y remo ving to Long Island, where he resided a t Southo ld . H e was a ppointed, September 5, 1650, by th e commissi one rs o f the Un ited Colonies of New England , to adjust d iffe rence s betwee n Uncas, the sachem of th e Mohegans, an d Moh ansick , the sac hem of Long Island. I n May, 1658, h e was o ne of t he petitio ners for the anne xation of the t own of H untingto n to New Ha ven, and on M ay 15 , 1662 ,h e was appo inted b y the genera l court a s commissioner o f his town. O n Marc h 20, 1663 , wh en re siding at Jamaica , Long Island , he wa s appointed magis t rate by Governor S tuyvesant . O n Septemb er 29, 1663, h e si gned the petitio n to the gener al court o f Connectic ut to an nex Long Isla nd, and Decembe r 3, of th e same ye ar he was ap pointed li eutenant of th e town. On Se ptembe r 26, 1664, he , with th ree or four oth ers, receive d a g rant to settle Eli zabet h City, New Jerse y, the gran t be ing signed by Sir Rich ar d Nicolls, governo r of New Yor k . In 1665 he was one of t w o delegates from J amaica t o a g eneral meeting from th e town s ordered by Gov erno r Nicolls , this being the firs t Englis h legislative b od y gathered i n New York. In 16 6 5 he was ap pointed lieu t enant of the fo ot company of J amaica. Later h e remove d t o Norwalk, Connec ticut, wher e he was selectman a nd t own c lerk until 1674, a nd select man till 1688. In 16 6 9 his nam e was o n the lis t of th e forty two freemen o f Nor walk. T he same year he wa s rep resentative of Norwa lk in th e gene ral assembly, and a gai n in 1670 and 1675 . In 1686 h e wa s a patentee on the ti t le of Norwalk, an d in 1684 the g en eral court appointed h i m with three ot hers to make a set t lement near that town . T he land, whi ch is now the site o f D anbury, Connecticu t, wa s purchas ed from the Indians an d a p ermanent settle ment wa s made . He was a very prominen t man a nd one of th e founder s o f the first Presbyterian c hurch eve r erecte d in Americ a , built at Jamaica, Long Isl and, in 166 2. Th omas Bened ic t married, about 1640, Mary B ridgum, on e o f his fello w pas sengers on the voyage from E ngland. D urin g his res idence o n Long Island his name wa s frequent ly asso ciate d in the re cords with that of Joh n Bailey, a nd durin g t he two centuri es and a half which h ave sinc e elapsed t h e names of the tw o families have bee n closel y connecte d. Th omas Benedict di ed in 1690, and hi s wido w lived t o be one h undred years ol d. If you want me to let you know when I change the website, please signup here (no more then once a quarter!)

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