Benjamin Warner I (1709 - 1806)

Born 6 May 1709 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Silence (Hurd) Warner — married 16 Dec 1736 in Roxbury Twp. Litchfield Connecticut

Descendants

Died 14 Nov 1806 at age 97 in Roxbury. Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Warner Name Study.

Inscription on gravestone : "Beloved son of Ebenzer Warner and wife Martha Galpin Warner. Husband of Silence Hurd Warner and devoted father of 10 children"

Benjamin Warner, son of Ebenezer, was born on May 6, 1709 at Woodbury, Conn. He was a doctor and spent his life in Woodbury and Roxbury except for three years beginning in 1765 when he lived in Bennington, Vermont. This move brought about the separation of part of his children from the rest of the family as some of them remained in Vermont. Two of these were Capt. John and Col. Seth.

Dr. Benjamin Warner married Silence Hurd on Dec. 16, 1736. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Hannah Hurd. She was baptized in Jan. 1716 and died Nov. 15, 1785. Dr. Benjamin died in Roxbury on Nov. 14, 1806 at the age of 97.

The children of Dr. Benjamin and Silence Hurd Warner were:

1. Hannah, b. Aug. 4, 1737; m. Joseph Hawley.
2. Benjamin, b. May 1, 1739; m. 1st Rebecca Castle, 2nd Jemima Chambers.
3. Daniel, b. Apr. 12, 1741; m. Patience Norton.
4. Col. Seth, b. May 6, 1743; d. Dec. 26, 1784; m. Hester Hurd. He was a first cousin of Capt. Remember Baker.
5. John. b May 29, 1745 at Roxbury, Conn.
6. Reuben, bapt. Mar. 4, 1750.
7. Elijah, bapt. June 30, 1754.
8. Asahel, m. Rhoda Bassett.
9. David.
10. Tamar, m Asahel Hurd.

Benjamin Warner I performed Patriotic Service in Connecticut in the American Revolution.

Benjamin Warner I is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A121024.

Sources

• Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934
• Burritt, Lewis L., The Burritt Family in America: Descendants of William Burritt of Stratford, Conn. (n.p., 1940) Page 287
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9H16-BY4 : accessed 12 October 2018), entry for Benjamin Warner Dr.; file (2:2:2:MM9R-HMR)
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14862734