Mercy Bronson (1715)

Born 26 Dec 1715 in Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Bennett — married 18 Nov 1736 in Southbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

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Biography

"Mercy, b. Dec. 26, 1715, m. Thomas Bennet, of Newtown, Nov. I8, 1736, and had two daughters, Rhoda and Ann; Rhoda m. Rev. Noah Benedict , of Woodbury, and became mother of the Hon. Noah B. Benedict, of Gen. Thomas B. Benedict, and Ruth, who m. Hon. Nathaniel Smith; Ann, the other daughter of Thomas Bennet, m. Lieut. William French, of Southbury, and had nine children, among whom was Sylvania, the wife of Gen. E. Hinman, and mother of the Hon. R. R. Hinman, the distinguished antiquarian."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ William Cothren, "History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut", Bronson Brothers, Waterbury, Connecticut (1854), page 505.

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn., 1930) Vol. 1, Page 72.