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Nathan Benedict (1753 - 1802)

Nathan Benedict
Born in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticutmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , and
Husband of — married about 1776 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , and
Died at age 48 in Manlius, Onondaga, New York, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Private Nathan Benedict served with New York Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Nathan Benedict is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A009043.

Nathan Benedict, baptized 18 March 1753 in New Cannan, Connecticut, was the son of Joseph Benedict[1] and Keziah Wood.[2]

In 1776, Nathan married Deborah (1755-1836), daughter of John Todd of Long Ridge CT, and they had the following children:[2]

  • John, born 11 Nov 1778
  • Polly, born Feb 1781, m. Obadiah Albee
  • Joseph, born Aug 1784, died Aug 1856
  • Joel, born 16 Nov 1786, died 27 Oct 1823
  • Betsey, born 1491, m. Simon Hill

Nathan may have been assessed $310 in tax in 1801 in Chenango, NY.[3]

Nathan died 13 Feb 1802 in Manlius.[2] "On Estate of Nathan Benedict dec'd, by John Benedict Lewis Northroup and Stephen Northroup all of Co. of Chenango, N.Y. for $1,000 on the sixth April 1803. Sd John Benedict the Admr"[4]

Nathan served with the rank of a private for New York during the American Revolution with Col. Thaddeus Crane. [5]

Sources

  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. "Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920" [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Volume 075 New Canaan, page 39. Ancestry Record 3032 #612689: Baptized: 18 Mar 1753
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Benedict, Henry Marvin, 1827-1875. The Genealogy of the Benedicts In America. Albany: J. Munsell, 1870. page 90, Nathan; pages 69-70, Joseph (his father)
  3. ↑ http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/shr100-4.htm#4
  4. ↑ "New York: Abstracts of Wills, Admins. and Guardianships, 1787-1835". (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.) Original manuscript in Eardeley Genealogy Collection: New York State Abstracts of Wills, Brooklyn Historical Society. Online at AmericanAncestors.org ($) Chenango p.1917
  5. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 20Sep2021), "Record of Nathan Benedict", Ancestor # A009043.




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