Benjamin Weed (1681 - 1748)

Born 5 Apr 1681 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Pennoyer) Weed — married 27 Feb 1706 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 28 May 1748 at age 67 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Benjamin Weed was born on 5 April 1681 in Stamford, Connecticut Colony. He was the son of Jonas Weed and Bethia Holly.

He first married Mary Pennoyer on 27 Feb 1706 in Stamford, Connecticut.^[1] She died in 1732.^[1] They had the following children:^[1]

1. Benjamin Weed, Jr., b. 16 Dec 1707, d. 28 May 1786, 1st m. Mary Smith, 2nd m. Sarah Hoyt
2. Mary Weed, b. 11 Feb 1709/10, m. Ezra Smith
3. Sarah Weed, b. 21 Jan 1711/12, m. James Bell
4. Lydia Weed, b. 4 Oct 1714, m. Jeremiah Hoyt
5. Samuel Weed, b. 13 Apr 1717, m. Hannah Waterbury
6. Bethia Weed, b. 1 Mar 1720, d. 16 Dec 1726 at age 6
7. Amos Weed, b. 15 Jul 1722, 1st m. Mary Clason, 2nd m. Ruth [Unknown]
8. Israel Weed, b. 12 Apr 1725, m. Abigail Waterbury
9. Isaac Weed, b. 10 Sep 1732, m. Hannah Smith

Benjamin second married Elizabeth Waterbury, widow of Isaac Howe.

He died on 28 May 1748 in Stamford.

His inventory was taken on 19 July 1748 and recorded at Stamford.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Huntington
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 1-3, 1728-1772”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-7SKC  : 23 March 2021), , FHL microfilm 007626803, image 293-294 Stamford, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1728-1749, Page 49-51.

See also:

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. 42 (Stamford Vital Records) Page 300 contains:

• "Benjamin [Weed], s. Jonas, b. Apr. 5, 1681".
• "Benjamin [Weed], m. Mary Penoir, Feb. 27, 1706/7".

• Finch, Paul R. Stamford Town Records, Volume 1, 1641-1723, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2011).

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 9 April 2022), memorial page for Benjamin Weed (5 Apr 1681–1748), Find A Grave: Memorial #70489102; Maintained by Sue McDuffe:) (contributor 47122067) Burial Details Unknown.

• Huntington, Elijah Baldwin. Stamford Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths (Wm. W. Gillespie & Co., Stamford, Conn., 1874) Page 124, Page 125.

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) Vol. 1, Page 654.

• Mead, Penfield Comstock and Hart, Frederick C. Pen Mead's Weed Family Dictionary (New Canaan Historical Society, New Canaan, Connecticut, 2004).

• Mead, Spencer. Abstract of Probate Records for the District of Stamford, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, 1729-1802 (not published, 1919) Page 61.

• Weed, Charles Allison. History of the Weed and Allied Families (Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore 1971).