Aaron Benedict (1740 - 1816)

Born 6 Dec 1740 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

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Died 25 Jul 1816 at age 75 in Bennington, Morrow, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Aaron was a Friend (Quaker)

Aaron was born on 6 Dec 1740 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut. He was the son of Gideon Benedict and Dorothy (Prindle) Benedict.

He was received on request at the Oblong monthly meeting on 16d 8m 1759 [16 Aug 1759].^[1] Three months later, on 29d 11m 1759 [29 Nov 1759], he married Elizabeth Knowles at New Milford.^[2]

He was granted a certificate, along with his family, to the Danby monthly meeting, on 14d 9m 1785 [14 Sep 1785].^[3] Among the family were Aaron and Elizabeth, along with their children Cyrus, William, Silvester, Anne, Elizabeth and Hannah.^[3]

In a 1798 tax assessment, he was noted as owning 158 acres by the road joining John Phillips. He was assessed at $30 for a 30x20 one log barn and a log house.

Aaron and Elizabeth, along with several other family members, were granted certificates to the Short Creek monthly meeting in Ohio in 1812.^[4]

He died on 25 Jul 1816 in Bennington, Morrow, Ohio. He was buried in Alum Creek Friends Cemetery.^[5]

Children

Children of Aaron and Elizabeth Benedict:

• Gideon Benedict. b. 6 of 9m, 1760; d. 6 of 1m, 1765.^[6]
• Phebe Benedict. b. 19 of 2m, 1762.^[6]
• Dorcas Benedict. married Benjamin Earl b. 17 of 10m, 1763; m. 22 of 3m, 1787.^[6]
• Ann Benedict.^[3]
• Reuben Benedict.^{[citation needed]}
• Aaron Benedict Jr.^[7][4]
• Elizabeth Benedict.^[3]
• Cyrus Benedict.^[3]
• William Benedict.^[3]
• Sylvester Benedict.^[3]
• Hannah Benedict.^[3]

Residence

• 1790 - New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut.^[8]

Research Notes

• Quaker Calendar - There has been much confusion over the dates in Quaker records. Friends used numbered months and days rather than what they considered pagan names for them (i.e. "Thursday" coming from "Thor's Day"). Thus, when the secular calendar was changed in 1752, making January the first month instead of March, Friends began calling January "First Month".

Sources

1. ↑ James E. Hazard Index, The Records of New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.; Call Number O 373; Volume 1.6; Page 38; ID 2064.
2. ↑ [Marriages from the Oblong Monthly Meeting, Dutchess, NY, Part I LDS Film # 873511, Records of Josephine Frost]
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} James E. Hazard Index, The Records of New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.; Call Number O 373; Volume 1.2; Page 34; ID 1661.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} James E. Hazard Index, The Records of New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.; Call Number P 493; Volume 1.1; Page 247; ID 74548.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 April 2021), memorial page for Aaron Benedict Sr. (6 Jun 1741–25 Jul 1816), Find A Grave: Memorial #19320690, citing Alum Creek Friends Cemetery, Marengo, Morrow County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by JRF (contributor 46493875) .
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} James E. Hazard Index, The Records of New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.; Call Number O 373; Volume 3.1; Page 189; ID 3466-9.
7. ↑ James E. Hazard Index, The Records of New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.; Call Number O 373; Volume 3.3; Page 24; ID 3883.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKV-PYF : accessed 3 April 2021), Aaron Benedict, New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 236, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 568,141.

• Benedict, Henry Marvin. The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America (Joel Munsell, Albany, New York, 1870) Page 403
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