Benjamin Dailey (1720 - aft. 1760)

Born 1720 in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Descendants

Died after 1760 after age 40 in Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

1720

Colchester, New London, Connecticut

Christening

3 Jun 1724

Westchester Pars, CORNWALL, Litchfield, CT

Death

AFT 1760

Westchester, New London Co., CT

Sources

• "American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)", A catalog of the names of the early Puritan settlers of the Colony of Ct. By Royal R. Hinman, Hartford. 1852. (884p.):794, Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.

Notes

Westchester church record

N529Purchased land 18 April 1746 in Cornwall Vol 1 pg 154.

Removed to Little Nine Partners, Crumb Elbow,[Hyde Park Patent (Fauconnier Patent)] Dutchess Co New York Province - 1760 (land sale Vol 2, pg 176 from Colchester CT in 1746 to Cornwall, Litchfield, CT

Land and church records. No marriage record Cornwall church or town

Neighbors in 1718 William Robards, John Jonson, John Booth & John Hopson. Purchased land from Isaac Davis, Ebenezer Skinner, Soloman Palmer, Phineas Waller, Jeremiah Griswold, Stephen Lee, William Tanner.

None of whom had daughter Elizabeth.

A likely wife was Elizabeth daughter of John Clother of Colchester and Cornwall CT. No mention of a relationship in land transaction.

Granted administration of estate of John Clothier 12 March 1749 nothing further mentioned. Finally settled by Clothier family in New York.

ID Number: MH:N549

MH:I1939

N530Proof of his move from Colchester to Cornwall, CT, is the Oct 1747 of the Westchester Church (in Colchester, CT) stating that Elizabeth Dailey was dismissed from that church to apply for membership in a church in Cornwall. In 1747 he was recorded in Cornwall, Litchfield Co.,CT, as the father of Elijah, born there in May. He fought in the French and Indian War of 1757, listed as from Cornwall. He served in Capt. John Jeffrey's 9th co., Lyman's 3rd reg.

ID Number: MH:N550

MH:I1939

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Greg Wendt for creating WikiTree profile Dailey-252 through the import of Wendt.ged on May 26, 2013.

• Thank you to Ed Poor for creating WikiTree profile Dailey-222 through the import of elijah.ged on May 10, 2013.