Ann (Hunloke) Benedict (abt. 1592 - abt. 1618)

Born about 1592 in Wingerworth, Derbyshire [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died about 1618 at about age 26 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Ann (Hunloke) Benedict was born in Nottinghamshire, England.

LDS they were sealed May 8, 1944. Sealed to her parents June 1, 1963. Baptized Sept. 18, 1916, endowed Oct. 15, 1920.

Died when Thomas was a baby in 1618.

1. Ann Hunloke 1596 (much younger than William), were married in 1616, Child of Ann Hunloke and William Benedict was: Thomas Benedict b 1617. Ann Hunloke died 1618, (Thomas Bendict a baby).

Death

Date: 1617/18

Place: Suffolk

William Benedict married again: 2. Mercy Hurd Bridgum Benedict b. Abt. 1592 died December 23, 1693, See bio and source on Mercy Hurd Bridgum profile. They had five children. Mary Bridgum Fay Thomas Bridgum, Jr. Dr. John Bridgum Hannah Bridgum Ward Capt. Samuel Bridgum Mercy's siblings's; John Bridgum, Henry Bridgum; Gillian Bridgum; Margaret Bridgum; William Bridgum and 3 others Half brother of Mary Benedict Occupation: farmer

2nd explanation of the families. William Benedict 3rd of 1885 (1692) from his 1st marriage with Ann Hunloke; had a son, Thomas Benedict. Thomas Benedict and Mary Bridgum met on the ship bound for the US. Thomas Benedict married Mary Bridgum, in 1641. she was the daughter of Mercy Bridgum from her 1st marriage to Thomas Bridgum Sr.

Disputed Genealogy

There is a tradition identifying Ann Hunloke or Hunlocke as the wife of William Benedict and the mother of early American immigrant settler Thomas Benedict. This is a misidentification that derives from a mistaken interpretation of the will of Henry Hunloke (a.k.a. Hunlocke) of Wingerworth, Derbyshire, England. The will, written in 1610 and proved in 1612, provided for bequests to "my loving son, William Benedeke and my daughter Ann Benedeke, at twenty one years of age."^[1] This language in the will was interpreted to indicate that Henry Hunloke had a daughter named Ann who was not yet 21 in 1610 and that this Ann Hunloke had married William Benedict, probably not long before the date of the will. Pierson quotes a passage in David Edwards' book The Hunlokes of Wingworth Hall (2nd edition, 1976, Wingerworth Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England) which stated that there were no other records of William or Ann as children of Henry Hunloke and suggested that they might have been illegitimate children.^[2]

LaRue Olsen points out that "son" and "daughter" did not necessarily mean what they would mean today, but could refer to other relationships such as stepchildren and sons- and daughters-in-law.^[3] In the 1994 article "There Was No Ann Hunloke," Roberta Pierson noted that if Henry Hunloke had a daughter Ann born in about 1590, Ann's mother would have been his first wife Margaret, who would have been about 49 years old (unusually old) at the time of Ann's birth.^[4] Pierson found that William Benedict had married Judith Marsh, whose mother Margaret (Walker) Marsh had married Henry Hunloke after the death of her first husband, Nicholas Marsh. Thus, Judith (Marsh) Benedict was Henry Hunloke's stepdaughter. Judith apparently had died before he wrote his will, and Henry Hunloke's bequest to Ann Benedict was in fact directed to Judith's daughter Ann Benedict, who was Henry Hunloke's step-granddaughter.^[5][6]

In 2006, Olsen published research identifying Elizabeth Stephin as the mother of Thomas Benedict.^[7]

There are no records of the baptism or other life events of Ann Hunloke. If she was under age 21 in 1610, she would have been born in about 1590 or thereafter. WikiTree profile Hunloke-6 estimated that she was born in about 1596. If her maiden name was Hunloke and she was called by the married name of Benedict in 1610, she must have been married by 1610, indicating a birth several years earlier than 1596.

Ann Hunloke is said to have married William Benedict, who was much older than Ann. Their son Thomas would have been born in 1617 and she is estimated to have died in about 1618, after which William Benedict married again.

Sources

1. ↑ Waters, Henry. Genealogical Gleanings in England, Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1901, vol. 2, page 1047.
2. ↑ Pierson, "There Was No Ann Hunloke"
3. ↑ Olsen, pages 356-357
4. ↑ Pierson, "There Was No Ann Hunloke"
5. ↑ Pierson, "There Was No Ann Hunloke" and "Benedict/ Hunloke/Hunlocke Connection."
6. ↑ Olsen, pages 356-357
7. ↑ Olsen, pages 358-359

• Benedict, Robert A. Accurate, Updated Information about the Early Benedict Family. Benedict Topics website, accessed on 1 May 2016.
• Benedict, Robert A. A Brief Thomas Benedict Chronology, Benedict Topics website, accessed on 1 May 2016.
• Olsen, LaRue. "English Origins of the First Thomas Benedict of Long Island and Norwalk, Connecticut." The Connecticut Nutmegger, v. 39, pages 353-366. December 2006.
• Parents of Mary Bridgum, The Morris Clan website.

• Pierson, Roberta B. "There Was No Ann Hunloke," The Benedict Family News, Volume I Number 5 Spring 1994, pp. 41 - 50. Accessed online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~benedictnews/newsletters/Vol1_no5.htm on 30 April 2016.

• Pierson, Roberta B. "There Was No Ann Hunloke," The Benedict Family News, Volume I Number 5 Spring 1994, pp. 41 - 50
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• Pierson, Roberta B. "Benedict/ Hunloke/Hunlocke Connection," The Benedict Family History News, Volume 5, No. 3 Winter 1998, pp. 29-42. Accessed online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~benedictnews/newsletters/Vol5_No3.htm on 30 April 2016.
• Whittemore, Henry. Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America. 1898, reprinted 1967.