Mary (Messenger) Benedict (abt. 1642 - bef. 1699)

Born about 1642 in Greenwich, Colony of Connecticut [uncertain]

Wife of Thomas Benedict — married Jan 1665 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York

Descendants

Died before 1699 before about age 57 in Wallingford, New Haven, Colony of Connecticut [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary Messenger ^[1][2] was born about 1642-1646 ^[1] and died by 1699. ^[3] She was the daughter of Andrew Messenger^[1] (1615 - 1680) and Rachel ______^[1] early settlers of Jamaica, Queens Co., NY.

She married Thomas Benedict^[3][4]in Jan 1665 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York

She married secondly Dr. John Hull of Wallingford before 1693.^[3]

Mary Hull died by 1699, probably in Wallingford where her husband lived.^[3]

Find a Grave claims she was buried at East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA^[5] but there is no proof of this.

Children

• Mary Benedict b: 4 DEC 1666^[4]
• Thomas Benedict b: 5 DEC 1670^[4]
• Abigail (Benedict) Darling b: ABT 1674^[4]
• Hannah (Benedict) Royce b: 8 JAN 1675/76 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut^[4]
• Elizabeth Benedict b: ABT 1676^[4]
• Hester Benedict b: BET 1676 AND 1677
• Esther (Benedict) Ives b: ABT 1679 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut^[4]

Note

Jamaica was settled under Dutch rule in 1656 in New Netherland as Rustdorp. Queens County was created by the British in 1683.

Source: and bio. of Thomas Benedict, Mary Messenger is mentioned. Founders and Patriots by Colket: Thomas Benedict came to Massachusetts 1638, Southold, Long Island, NY; to Huntington in 1656; to Jamaica 1661, died Norwalk, CT, March 18, 1689 or November 20, 1688. Learned weaving in England, deputy, town clerk. Benedicts in America 1969 Vol. 2, the first a reprint with slight additions of 1870 edition.) tag 33:120 (clud); Jacobus, Fairfield Vol I, #584, 692, 1180, 1234, 1622, 1623, 2152, 2333, 2360, 3086, 3281, 3184, 3819.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGR), 158 vols., 1847-2004, The Three Messengers, Clearing the Decks, vol. 152, p. 363 (http://AmericanAncestors.org) The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA
2. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 4, p. 910; vol 7, p 1550.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 61-2.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Royal Ralph Hinman, A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut: With the Time of Their Arrival in the Country and Colony, Their Standing in Society, Place of Residence, Condition in Life, where From, Business, &c., as Far as is Found on Record, Royal Ralph Hinman, Case, Tiffany, 1852 - Connecticut
5. ↑ Find-A-Grave Index, 1636-2013, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=HUL&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=8&GScntry=4&GSsr=961&GRid=33747625&)

• "Benedicts in America", Henry Marvin Benedict, 1870 VI:24; also mentioned in other pages.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #33747625

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Messenger-44 created through the import of MOORMAN FAMILY.GED on May 31, 2011 by Mary Elizabeth Stewart. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mary Elizabeth and others.

• Thank you to Julie Baldwin for creating WikiTree profile Messenger-190 through the import of Jhoward.ged on May 31, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Julie and others.