Born in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Benedict Jr.
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Joshua Benedict [half], Mercy (Benedict) Starr [half], Deborah (Benedict) Andrews [half], Thomas Benedict [half] and Francis Knapp Benedict [half]
Wife of
Eli Starr
— married
before 15 Mar 1774 [location unknown]
Wife of
Eliphalet Barnum Jr.
— married
4 Jun 1777 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Rebecca (Barnum) Judson, Eli Starr Barnum, Rachel Barnum, Charles Palmer Barnum and Polly (Barnum) Peck
Died
at age 48
in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 May 2012
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Biography
- Parents
- Thomas Benedict 1727–1821
- Mercy Noble 1729 – unknown
- Birth 1 July 1750, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony
- Death 3 July 1799. [1]
- Burial Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticut Colony.
- Marriage Eliphalet Barnum and Mary Benedict, 4 June 1777. [1]
- Children
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lorraine Cook White. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1994.
- Husband's DAR record https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A006572
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42591244/mary-barnum
- Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Ancestry.com. (U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [online publication], Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
- Starr, Burgis Pratt. A History of the Starr Family of New England (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1879) Page 407.
- The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. Danbury.
- Page 11: Barnum, Mary, [w. Eliphalet], d. July 3, 1799
- Page 129: "Mary, b. Oct. 27, 1750; m. Eliphalet Barnum, June 4, 1777"
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