Benjamin WEED, III

Male 1758 - 1846  (87 years)


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  • Name Benjamin WEED  [1, 2
    • There were 3 Benjamin Weeds enlisted fromStamford in the War of the Revolution. this one is known as "Benjamin 3d". He enlisted in Capt. Whitney's Company, Ninth regiment, Conn. Militia. the elder Benjamin Weed, known as "Sergeant" was sergeant of this company. "Connecticut men in the Revolution" states that: "After the battle of White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776, the Assembly ordered the 9th, 10th, 13th and 16th militia regiments to march to the Westchester border and place themselves under Gen. Wooster's command. Later the State Regiments under col. Enos Whiting relieved them. The 9th regiment had but lately returned from New York."

      Although this is the only official record given, there is no doubt but that Benjamin 3d served through the war and took part in the affair at Ridgefield. Sergeant Benjamin being wounded on that occasion. Huntington's Stamford, page 256, refers to a "petition signed June 3, 1782, which states that 'since the capture of Cornwallis and his army, many unprincipled wretches from us who had with arms joined the common enemy' had returned home, and that a number of them belonged to the most infamous banditte called Delancy's corps." Among the signers of this petition was Benjamin Weed 3d. [1]
    Suffix III 
    Birth 18 Dec 1758  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Jan 1846  Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I59890  Main Tree
    Last Modified 22 Jul 2023 

    Father Epenetus WEED,   b. 20 Sep 1712, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Mar 1763, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
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    Mother Sarah SLASON,   b. 21 Apr 1729, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1795, Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 22 Feb 1758  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Pastor Rev. Ebenezer Dibble Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F06021  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary WATERBURY,   b. Sep 1761, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1816, Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 19 Dec 1784  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    Pastor Rev. Moses Mather Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F10045  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Jul 2023 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S210] Henry Whittemore, The Heroes of the American Revolution and Their Decendants.

    2. [S12768] The American Genealogist 1951 Vol. 27.

    3. [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye.

    4. [S03428] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stamford.

    5. [S00032] "Descendants of Jonas Weed"--Part 1 @ Rootsweb, Ct. Fairfield.