James BENEDICT

1685 - 1762  (77 years)

• Name	James BENEDICT
  Birth	15 Jan 1684/85	Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1762	Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut   [1]
  Death	25 Nov 1762	Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut   [1]
  	age 77
  Notes	Gravestone Inscription: "Here Lies interd the Body of James Benedict Esq. Deacon of the First Church of Christ in this town, together with Sarah his wife who after having served their generation according to the will of God fell on sleep and were gathered to their Fathers the First on Nov 25 1762 in the 77th year of his age." The other small stone reads "February ye 9th 1767 in the 81st year of her age." From notes by Gary Boughton on Find a Grave: "They had 9 children: Thomas, John, Martha, James, Phebe, Hannah, Peter, Ruth, Sarah. In 1708 he was part of a group from Norwalk who purchased a large tract of land between Norwalk and Danbury from Catoonah, chief sachem, that was made a distinct township called Ridgefield. He was one of its original settlers. Justice of the peace for Fairfield County in 1732. From his grandmother he wrote the first genealogy of the Benedict family." [2]
  Person ID	I5683	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2012

  
  

  Marriage	BENEDICT, James (1650-1717+) & 1/wf Sarah GREGORY (1652-1696+); 10 May 1676; Norwalk, CT/Danbury, CT Randall Anc. 468; Knapp Anc. 86; Mead-Clark 70; TAG 35:87; Norwalk VR 10, 51; Fairfield Fam. 1:64, 237; Fairfield Prob. 41; Sv. 1:164; Benedict 2, 283; St. John 22; Am. Anc. 1:7; Aspinwall Not. Rec. 201
  Family ID	F4372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S331] Find a Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com), 24 May 2012 (Reliability: 3). [S331] Find a Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com), 24 May 2012, notes by Gary Broughton (Reliability: 3).