Daniel Benedict (1716 - 1783)

Born 27 Nov 1716 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes (Wallace) Benedict — married 13 Feb 1740 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1783 at about age 66 in Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Paige Hynes [send private message]

Biography

Daniel Benedict was a son of Benjamin Benedict and Mary (Platt) Benedict. ^[1]

The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records does not list the birth of a son of this couple named Daniel.

The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America states that Daniel was born on 27 November 1716 in Ridgefield, Connecticut,^[1] and the same information has been disseminated in the Edmund West data collections published on Ancestry.com.^[2] and CT Births ^[3]

The Barbour Collection does record the birth of Samuel Benedict, a son of Benjamin Benedict and his wife Mary, on that same date (27 November 1716) in Ridgefield, Connecticut, followed by the birth of another son named Samuel on 29 June 1719.^[4] Daniel's birth on that date may have been mistakenly recorded under the name "Samuel."

Daniel Benedict married Agnes in Ridgefield, Connecticut, on 13 February 1739/40 (new style year 1740).^[5]. 1st Wife was Agnes Wallace ^[6]

Children of Daniel & Agnes Benedict recorded at Ridgefield:^[5][6]:

1. Mary born 15 Nov 1740 [LR 1 p 225] marr James CRAWFORD ^[7]
2. Daniel born 2 April 1743 [LR 1 p 242] , d. 23 Dec 1822 ^[8]
3. Rachal / Rachel born 27 Feb 1745/46 [LR 1 p 242] marr Archibald CRAWFORD ^[9]
4. James born 30 May 1750 [LR 1 p 245] ^[10]
5. Sarah born 13 May 1752 [LR 1 p 245] marr Joseph SCOFIELD ^[11]
6. Benjamin born 22 Aug 1754 [LR 1 p 245] died in the revolution ^[12]
7. Martha born 14 Jan 1757 [LR 1, p 245] marr Joseph HAZEN ^[13]

Daniel later married a second wife by whom he had two children, ^[6]

1. Agniss born 20 Aug 1767 daug of Daniel & Mary [vol 1 p 19]
2. Elizabeth born 14 Apr 1770, daug of Daniel & Mary [vol 1 p 19] marr John SMITH, settled Lodi, NY
3. Joseph born 19 Aug 1765, son of Daniel & Mary [vol 1 p 19] marr Nelli SMITH, settled in Lodi, NY

and then a third wife, Hannah Burr, who was the mother of three children.^[6]

1. James settled Livingston County
2. Archibald settled Livingston County
3. daughter settled Livingston County

Note - The Benedict genealogy book does not include Agniss in the list of children, although the birth is recorded in the Ridgefield records. The Ridgefield records do not record any children of Daniel and Hannah. The Benedict genealogy book provides names for the husbands of the Benedict daughters.^[14]

He passed away in 1783.

File @O360@.

External Files

• File O360 File: Format: jpg. image MTYPE portrait. STYPE jpeg. SIZE 230974. WDTH 800. HGHT 433. Puritan Pilgrims going to church. RIN d2e515a8-b8c0-4e41-9988-3a436d426deb Physical Description: Oil by George Henry Boughton - https:/www.nyhistory.org/exhibitpilgrims-going-church-0 CREA 2023-01-07 00:39:02.615 USER RdfBPUVOx2krhanbApi3T0AvG+3NmMlY+vEmcVI227QdenVloyQgTSCpn3YNBjdiOoqrRTT2orA+fYnppu6w== ENCR 1. CLON TID 44704820. PID 322028288175. OID 8eb5acef-c7d4-49b9-bfbb-8061457d10c4. USER MpDf0ZLVUO6TGdwBcojCpbyURc1+u8Qm6YQJDOv8xozOcVG0OtCw6k/qOwFCYg++iayGCwGADbysRcyS1JFh7g==. ENCR 1. 2020-03-08 18:42:45.000. Origin: u MSER LKID 8eb5acef-c7d4-49b9-bfbb-8061457d10c4. ATL N

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Benedict: Page 51-52
2. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [Database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. Name: Daniel Benedict. Spouse: Hannah Burr, Parents: Benjamin Benedict, Mary Platt. Birth Place: Fairfield, Ridgefield, CT. Birth Date: 27 Nov 1716.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74X-1YW : 11 February 2018), James Benedict, 30 May 1750; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
4. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records, Ridgefield, page 10: BENEDICT. Samuell, s. Benjamin & Mary, b. Nov 27 1716. Sam(ue)ll, s. Benjamin & Mary, b. June 29, [1719].
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records, Ridgefield, page 7, accessed at AmericanAncestors.org
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Benedict: Page 60
7. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WC-M5C : 11 February 2018), Daniell Benedict in entry for Mary Benedict, 15 Nov 1740; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
8. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74X-1PF : 11 February 2018), Daniel Benedict in entry for Daniel Benedict, 02 Apr 1743; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
9. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WC-9FC : 11 February 2018), Daniel Benedict in entry for Rachal Benedict, 27 Feb 1745; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
10. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74X-1Y4 : 11 February 2018), Daniel Benedict in entry for James Benedict, 30 May 1750; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
11. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WC-9X3 : 11 February 2018), Daniel Benedict in entry for Sarah Benedict, 13 May 1752; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
12. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74X-1RF : 11 February 2018), Daniel Benedict in entry for Benjamin Benedict, 22 Aug 1754; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
13. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WC-9Q3 : 11 February 2018), Daniel Benedict in entry for Martha Benedict, 14 Jan 1757; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
14. ↑ "The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America" by Henry Marvin Benedict, publ J. Munsell, 1870, page 60 download from https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE4337941&from=fhd

See also:

• Benedict, Henry Marvin. The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America (J. Munsell, 1870)
• Rockwell, George. The History of Ridgefield, Connecticut (Ridgefield, Conn., 1927) Page 452