Born in Ridgebury, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Timothy Weed
and Sarah (Silsbee) Weed
Sister of
Timothy Weed, Elijah Weed, Polly (Weed) Gorham, Joseph Smith Weed, Lydia (Weed) Rockwell, Rua Weed, Bartholomew Weed and Silsbe Weed
Wife of
Trowbridge Benedict
— married
13 Nov 1798 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Caroline Kellogg (Benedict) Bulkley
Died
at age 55
in Dundee, Monroe, Michigan, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Oct 2013
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Biography
Sarah was born to Timothy and Sarah Benedict Weed in Ridgebury section of Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, on 4 Oct 1780.[1]
Sarah married Trowbridge Benedict, in Ridgefield, on 13 Nov 1798.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Rockwell, George Lounsbury, The History of Ridgefield, Connecticut",(1927) "From the records of Vital Statistics", p. 502
- ↑ Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, Ridgefield:Ridgebury Congregation, page 1 in original, page 18 in alphabetized transcript, photocopied by Connecticut State Library, viewed on Ancestry.com($)
- Connecticut Church Records, 1630-1920 (Connecticut State Library) Vol. 96: Ridgefield: Ridgebury Congregational Church, Page 3.
- Trowbridge Benedict m. 13 Nov 1798 Sarah Weed.
- The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Ridgefield, Page 125. Birth record.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Halsey Bullen 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A579600 [compare], Ancestry member H_G_Bullen
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~3.12%
William Pease :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Becky (Engler) Cook :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Richard Doyle :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch XQ4489724 [compare], FTDNA kit #893235
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Melanie (Wolf) Alkema :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZX3411332 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZX3411332 [compare], Ancestry member malkema27
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