Deacon
Benjamin
Colt
Born in Lyme, New London, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of John Colt
and Sarah (Lord) Colt
Brother of
Mary Elizabeth (Colt) Comstock and Sarah (Colt) Ayer
Husband of
Miriam (Harris) Marsh
— married
26 May 1724 (to 4 Oct 1754) in Lyme, New London, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
John Colt,
Mary (Coult) Giddings,
Sarah (Colt) Harvey,
Harris Colt,
Benjamin Colt,
Temperance (Colt) Lord,
James Dennison Colt and
Peter Colt
Died
at about age 56
in Lyme, New London, Connecticut
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02:47: Angela (Hussey) Pugh edited the marriage between Miriam (Harris) Marsh (1699-abt.1765) and Benjamin Colt (1698-1754). [Thank Angela for this]
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Biography
Death
- Date: 4 OCT 1754
- Place: Lyme, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Age: 55-56
- Born abt. 1699
- Married 26 May 1724 Miriam Harris, daughter of John Harris of Lyme
- Died 4 Oct 1754, age 55
- Son of John Colt & Mary Lord
- John
- Joseph
- Mary
- Sarah
- Temperance
- Harris
- Polly
- Sally
- Benjamin b. 1738 Lyme, CT, d. 30 Aug 1781 m 1761 Lucretia Ely
- Benjamin
- Lucretia (1)
- Daniel
- Lucretia (2)
- Ettelinda
- Amy
- Betsy
- Lucretia (3)
- Elishia
- Christopher
- Peter
Sources
- http://www.dunscombe.info/p205.htm#i6706
- Book Title: Hyde Genealogy, or, The Descendants, in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines, From William Hyde, of Norwich With Their Places of Residence and Dates of Births, Marriages, &c, and Other Particulars of Them and Their Families and Ancestry vol 1, pg 1016-1017
- The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Vol. 4. pg 438 Biographical, Author: Bicknell, Thomas Williams, Date of Publication: 1920
- Find A Grave: Memorial #28508096
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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~0.78%
Eugene Long
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
James Holcombe :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A164666 [compare], Ancestry member jhholcombe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T227760 [compare], FTDNA kit #845717
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~0.59%
~3.12%
Suzanne (Preston) Blier :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Edward Dunscombe :
23andMe, GEDmatch M721288 [compare], yourDNAportal EDWa43071db
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M721288 [compare], yourDNAportal EDWa43071db, Ancestry member Dunsky
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~0.39%
LeAnna Giddings :
23andMe
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~0.39%
G Friberg :
23andMe, GEDmatch YQ8821313 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SR9458738 [compare], Ancestry member gefriberg
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~0.39%
Deborah (Duncan) Kaiser :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A316241 [compare]
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~0.39%
Phyllis Floyd :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RQ1722652 [compare], Ancestry member lilbuddy1999
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~0.39%
Bonnie Collier :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bonniecorn
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~0.39%
D. Harvey :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member everybodydance
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~0.39%
Anna Kirk :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member acoult1962
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Carl Miller
Colt-4 and Colt-45 appear to represent the same person because: same name/dates/places
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by Carl Miller
Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM
Colt-134 and Colt-45 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate. Thanks!
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by Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM
Benjamin is 13 degrees from Mary Cassatt, 28 degrees from Salvador Dali, 22 degrees from Théodore Géricault, 22 degrees from Hans Heysen, 22 degrees from Bruno Liljefors, 25 degrees from Margaret Mackintosh, 14 degrees from Charles Porter, 24 degrees from Rembrandt van Rijn, 10 degrees from John Sargent, 16 degrees from Tom Thomson, 30 degrees from Jan Vermeer and 15 degrees from Mindy Silva on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.