Andrew BENTON

Abt 1620 - 1683  (63 years)

• Name	Andrew BENTON  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1620  [1]
  Christening	15 Oct 1620  [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Jul 1683	Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut   [1, 3]
  Notes	Excerpt from "David Benton, Jr. and Sarah Bingham...": Andrew Benton was allotted parcel No. 64 at the apportionment in Nov., 1639, of the land at Milford, Conn., bought from the Indians in Feb. of that year. It contained three acres, and was situated on the west side of half Mile Brook, near the crossing of what is now Spring and Hill Streets, and to this were added several other parcels of ground. He married first, probably in 1649, Hannah, daughter of George Stocking of Hartford, a first settler there in 1636. They united with the church at Milford, he on Mar 5, 1648, and she on Oct 13, 1650, and were dismissed to Hartford, Mar., 1666, whither they had removed as early as 1662. Here he was a fence viewer in 1663 ad 1664, a juror in 1664 and 1667, was a freeman in May, 1665, and a suppressor of "disorders during public worship" (during the Hartford Controversy) and collector of minister's rates in 1667. He separated to the Second Church in Feb., 1670, with his wife, daughter Hannah, and his fathers-in-law, Stocking and Cole. he married second, probably in 1673, Anne, Daughter of John Cole, "a godly man of some public trust." She was the "bewitched maid" on whose account, mainly, Nathaniel Greensmith and his wife were hanged for witchcraft, Jan. 25, 1663. Goffe, the regicide, then in hiding at Milford, writes in his diary, Feb. 24, that after the hanging "the maid was well"; and Cotton Mather's Magnalia, in 1684, says of her that "she is restored to health, united with the church, and living in good repute." She died testate, Apr. 19, 1685, leaving an estate of L60.12.6, to be divided among her three surviving children, of whom Ebenezer given a double portion because of "impotency." Hannah, his first wife, died probably in 1672. he was buried in Center Church Cemetery, and his gravestone, near the wall of the church, reads: "ANDREW BENTON AGED 63 YEARS HE DYED IVLY 31 ANO 1683." His estate, appraised at L345.17.19, was administered by his son Joseph, and distributed, Dec. 18, 1683, to his widow, and children, Andres, Samuel, Joseph, Mary, and Dorothy, by his first wife, and Ebenezer, Lydia, and Hannah, by his second wife. The homestead, formerly owned by Nathaniel Greensmith, was at the junction of the roads leading to Wethersfield and Farmington, and on the west side of the present Wethersfield Avenue. At the death of the widow, it became the property of his son Joseph Benton, who sold it in June, 1693. He owned several other parcels of land, one of which in the "Five Mile Lay Out" in East Hartford, was distributed to his eight surviving children, Mar. 24, 1689.
  Person ID	I05684	Main Tree
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	John BENTON,   c. 1595   d. 12 Feb 1662 (Age ~ 67 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary SOUTHERNWOOD   bur. 26 May 1660
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	25 May 1618	Epping, co. Essex, England   [2]
  Family ID	F22409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah STOCKING   d. 1672
  Marriage	1649  [2]
  Children	1. Hannah BENTON,   c. 23 Nov 1651   d. Bef 1675 (Age ~ 23 years)  [Birth]   2. Samuel BENTON,   b. 15 Aug 1658, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 10 Apr 1746 (Age 87 years)  [Birth]   3. Joseph BENTON,   b. 1660, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 12 Aug 1753 (Age 93 years)  [Birth]   4. Dorothy BENTON,   b. 1662  [Birth]   5. John BENTON,   b. 07 Oct 1656   d. Bef 30 May 1680 (Age < 23 years)  [Birth]   6. Andrew BENTON, Jr.,   c. 12 Aug 1653   d. 05 Feb 1704 (Age ~ 50 years)  [Birth]   7. Mary BENTON,   b. 14 Apr 1655   d. 23 Dec 1752 (Age 97 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F19673	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Anne COLE   d. 19 Apr 1686
  Marriage	1673  [2]
  Children	1. John BENTON,   c. 30 May 1680   d. Bef 04 Sep 1688 (Age ~ 8 years)  [Birth]   2. Hannah BENTON,   c. 26 Jan 1678/9  [Birth]   3. Ebenezer BENTON,   c. 4 Jan 1673/4   d. Aft 20 Apr 1708 (Age ~ 34 years)  [Birth]   4. Lydia BENTON,   c. 13 Feb 1675/6  [Birth]
  Family ID	F19674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 31 Jul 1683 - Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S01765] Ancestry.com: Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. [S00011] John Hogan Benton, Esq., of Washington, DC, "David Benton, Jr. and Sarah Bingham, Their Ancestors and Descendants; and Other Ancestral Lines, (Name: Name: Boston: Press of David Clapp & Son 1906;;). [S01931] Caleb Benton and Sarah Bishop by Charles E. Benton 1906.