Thomas Benedict

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Pedigree
ChartsAncestors of Wilford Ervie Billings
Thomas Benedict, son of William Benedict and Elizabeth Stephin, was born probably shortly before his baptism at St Michael, Long Stratton, Norfolk, England, 30 November 1617.1 He died at Norwalk, Connecticut, before 18 March 1689/90.2

Thomas married Mary Bridghum, daughter of John Bridghum and Grace (…), at England before 1637.3,2,4

Family

Mary Bridghum b. 15 Nov 1618, d. aft. Feb 1689/90
Children
  • Thomas Benedict2 d. 20 Nov 1688
  • John Benedict+2 d. aft. 1699
  • Samuel Benedict5 d. 1719
  • Daniel Benedict6 d. aft. 1723
  • Elizabeth Benedict2
  • Mary Benedict2
  • Sarah Benedict2
  • Rebecca Benedict2
  • James Benedict2 b. 6 Feb 1649/50, d. aft. 1717
This person was last edited on28 Apr 2016

Citations

  1. [S1504] LaRue Olsen, "The English Origins of the First Thomas Benedict of Long Island and Norwalk, Connecticut," Connecticut Nutmegger 39 (Dec 2006): 353-356, at 359, further cited as Olsen, "English Origins of Thomas Benedict."
  2. [S5] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (two vols., New Haven, Connecticut: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1930-1932), 1:61-2, further cited as Jacobus, Families of Old Fairfield.
  3. [S1503] John Insley Coddington, "Note on Bridgham and Thomas Benedict of Norwalk," The American Genealogist 33 (April 1957): 120-121, further cited as Coddington, "Bridgham & Benedict."
  4. [S1872] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 vols. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 128, further cited as Torrey, New England Marriages (2011).
  5. [S5] Jacobus, Families of Old Fairfield, 1:61-3.
  6. [S5] Jacobus, Families of Old Fairfield, 1:64.