Joseph BENTON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Feb 1703, Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut

Notes:

Excerpts from "Deavid Benton Jr. and Sarah Bingham": Isaac Benton, who lived in Hartford, Tolland, Kent and Salisbury, Conn., married Mar 16, 1730, Ruth Norton of Edgartown, Mass. He was in Tlland as early as 1716, removed from there to Kent in 1743, where he and his wife joined the church, Mar 14, 1744, and from there went to Salisbury in 1746. He became a freeman April 8, 1751; was a sealer of weights and measures in 1753 and 1755; a tither in 1754; and a lister and grand-juror in 1756. His gravestone in the Old Cemetery at Salisbury is insribed: "Here Lies Interred The Body of Mr Isaac Benton He died September 17th AD. 1757 (ae54)". His son Isaac was executor of his will, and his estate of seventy-nine acres in the southwest corner of the town, near Ore Hill, and personal property of L43-19-8, was distributed, Aug. 16, 1760, to his widow, Ruth, and his eight surviving children.

Isaac married Ruth NORTON between 16 Mar 1723 and 1724 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut. Ruth died after 16 Aug 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]