Deacon Benjamin TALCOTT

1674 - 1727  (53 years)

• Name	Benjamin TALCOTT  [1, 2]
  	"The Talcott Pedigree": He settled in Glastenbury, and built a house in 1699 (into which he moved Nov. 22d of that year) upon the farm given to him, by his father's will, which was purchased of Mr. Samuel Sherman and Mr. Richard Gildersleeve, in the year 1643. This house was a large wooden building on the Main street, and was fortified and used as a place of refuge from the frequent attacks of the Indians, and bore the marks of the bullets, until it was taken down, soon after the year 1854. This farm and buildings thereon are now owned and occupied (1876) by Jared G. Talcott, one of his descendants, having been in the family over 200 years. Deacon Benjamin Talcott held also the rank of Lieutenant in the "Trained Band" of Connecticut. He left a large estate.... [1]
  Prefix	Deacon
  Birth	1 Mar 1674	Wethersfield, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Nov 1727	Glastenbury, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I70485	Main Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Capt Samuel TALCOTT,   b. Abt 1634/35, Newtown, Massachusetts d. 10 Nov 1691, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hannah HOLYOKE,   b. 9 Jun 1644   d. 2 Feb 1677/78, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut (Age 33 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	7 Nov 1661  [1]
  Family ID	F28514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah HOLLISTER,   b. 25 Oct 1676   d. 15 Oct 1715, Glastenbury, Connecticut (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	5 Jan 1699  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Mehitable TALCOTT,   b. 17 Jul 1713   d. 20 Apr 1781, Glastenbury, Connecticut (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F28511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S5172] S.V. Talcott, "Talcott Pedigree in England and America" From 1558 to 1876, (Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company - 1876). [S9777] Nathaniel Goodwin, Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, (New England Historic Genealogical Society).