Elizabeth BENEDICT

Female 1729 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elizabeth BENEDICT was born in 1729 (daughter of Thomas BENEDICT and Abigail HOYT).

    Family/Spouse: James TAYLOR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas BENEDICT was born on 09 Nov 1694 (son of James BENEDICT and Sarah GREGORY); died on 04 Jul 1776.

    Notes:

    the Genealogy of the Benedicts in America: He was fifth justice of the peace, appointed May 1738, and first judge of the district, and held both offices until his death. He was a member of the Connecticut legislature for thirty-one sessions between May 1737 and Oct. 1766, inclusive. He was chosen Deacon, Sept. 19, 1770.

    Thomas married Abigail HOYT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Abigail HOYT
    Children:
    1. Elisha BENEDICT was born on 02 Apr 1736.
    2. Hannah BENEDICT
    3. Margaret BENEDICT was born in 1743; died on 25 Apr 1808.
    4. Thankful BENEDICT was born about 1739; died on 8 May 1811.
    5. Robert BENEDICT was born in 1744; died in 1828.
    6. Thomas BENEDICT was born in 1727.
    7. 1. Elizabeth BENEDICT was born in 1729.
    8. Sarah BENEDICT
    9. Mindwell BENEDICT
    10. Thaddeus BENEDICT was born on 01 Nov 1728.
    11. Molly BENEDICT died in 1745.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James BENEDICT was born on 06 Feb 1649/50 in Southold, Long Island, New York (son of Thomas BENEDICT and Mary BRIDGUM); died in Aug 1717 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: Abt 1646, Southold, Long Island, New York

    James married Sarah GREGORY on 10 May 1676 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Sarah (daughter of John GREGORY and Sarah ST. JOHN) was born on 3 Dec 1652 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; died before 1707. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sarah GREGORY was born on 3 Dec 1652 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut (daughter of John GREGORY and Sarah ST. JOHN); died before 1707.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: 03 Dec 1652

    Children:
    1. John BENEDICT was born in Oct 1689; died in Feb 1765 in Danbury, Connecticut.
    2. Sarah BENEDICT was born on 16 Jun 1677.
    3. 2. Thomas BENEDICT was born on 09 Nov 1694; died on 04 Jul 1776.
    4. Rebecca BENEDICT was born in 1679; died on 20 Mar 1709.
    5. James BENEDICT was born in 1685 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    6. Elizabeth BENEDICT was born in Jul 1696.
    7. Phoebe BENEDICT was born in 1682.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas BENEDICT was born on 17 Nov 1617 in Statton, St. Michael, Norfolk, England (son of William BENEDICT and Elizabeth STEPHENSON); died in 1690 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Notes:

    Thomas came to New England at the age of 21, and settled in the Massachusetts Bay. He afterwards removed to Southhold, Long Island; thence to Huntington, and thence to Jamaica, from whence he removed to Norwalk in 1665.

    Thomas married Mary BRIDGUM about 1640. Mary was born about 1621; died after 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary BRIDGUM was born about 1621; died after 1690.
    Children:
    1. Thomas BENEDICT was born about 1640 in Southold, Long Island, New York; died between 20 Nov 1688 and 1689 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    2. Samuel BENEDICT was born about 1644 in Southold, Long Island, New York; died in Apr 1727.
    3. John BENEDICT was born on 06 Feb 1648 in Southold, Lond Island Co., New York; died after 1727 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    4. 4. James BENEDICT was born on 06 Feb 1649/50 in Southold, Long Island, New York; died in Aug 1717 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    5. Daniel BENEDICT was born about 1652; died after Feb 1723.
    6. Mary BENEDICT was born between 1652 and 1653; died about 1693 in Stamford, Fairfield County,Connecticut.
    7. Elizabeth BENEDICT
    8. Sarah BENEDICT was born about 1654 in South Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont.
    9. Rebecca BENEDICT was born about 1656 in Southold, Long Island, New York.

  3. 10.  John GREGORY was born between 1612-1615 in Nottingham, England (son of Henry GREGORY and ? UNKNOWN); died before 1689 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Notes:

    "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Gregory, John, s. of Henry.
    Deputy for Norwalk, Oct. 1659, Oct. 1662, May 1663, May 1665, Oct. 1667, May 1668, May and Oct 1669, Oct. 1670, Oct. 1671, May 1672, May 1674, Oct. 1675, Oct. 1677, May 1679, Oct. 1680, May 1681.
    Admitted member of New Haven Court, 24 Feb. 1644/5; shoemaker, early rem. from New Haven to Norwalk, where he d. in 1689; m. Sarah ?, who d. in Oct. 1689.
    Will 15 Aug. 1689; wife Sarah; children; two daus. to receive equally, and son-in-law James Benedict to have as much as John Benedict had.
    Will of Sarah Gregory, widow, of Norwalk, 9 Oct. 1689; friends, Mr. Thomas Hanford and Sergt. john Plat, overseers; witnesses, John Fitch and James Betts. Inv. 28 Oct. 1689. Agreement 1 Nov. 1689; sons-in-law John Benedict, james Benedict; sons John, Jakin, Judah, joseph, Thomas Gregory.

    John married Sarah ST. JOHN in bef. 1639. Sarah was born about 1621; died in Oct 1689 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Sarah ST. JOHN was born about 1621; died in Oct 1689 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    Children:
    1. John GREGORY, II was born between 1638-1640 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; died in abt. 1720 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
    2. Jachin GREGORY was born in 1640-1642 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; died about 1698 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
    3. Judah GREGORY was born between 1643-1644 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; died in 1733 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    4. Joseph GREGORY was born on 25 Jul 1645 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; was christened on 26 Jul 1646 in First Church, New Haven, Connecticut.
    5. Thomas GREGORY was born in 1648; was christened on 19 Mar 1648/49 in First Cong. Church, New Haven, Connecticut; died in Nov 1693 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    6. Phebe GREGORY was born in 1649 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1749.
    7. 5. Sarah GREGORY was born on 3 Dec 1652 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; died before 1707.