James BENEDICT

1649 - 1729  (80 years)

• Name	James BENEDICT
  Birth	6 Feb 1648/49	Southold, Long Island, Suffolk County, New York
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Nov 1729	Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Burial	Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Notes	In the fall of 1684 and spring of 1685, the brothers James and Samuel, along with six other families, purchased land from the Indians and made the first settlement at Paquiogue, which they called Danbury. James sold his property in Norwalk to Samuel Smith on March 26, 1691. On Sunday morning, April 27, 1777, the British under Governor Tyron burned Danbury (nineteen dwelling houses), except for the houses belonging to Tories. [1]
  Person ID	I4092	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	29 May 2012

  
  

  Family ID

  F4373

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• Sources

  [S94] Hall, Edwin, Norwalk, Connecticut, Records, (New York, James Mallory & Co.; Baker & Scribner, 1847 Reprint by Acme Bookbinding, Charlestown, Mass., 1994).