JOHN BENEDICT 1676-1766

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Hannah Benedict (Child), daughter of John Benedict, son of Daniel Benedict, son of John Benedict, son of John Benedict.]


Birth: March 3, 1676, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 16, 1766, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

The son of Deacon John and Phebe Gregory, he married Anna St. John, daughter of Mark and Elizabeth (Stanley) St. John in 1693 in Norwalk, Connecticut. He married second, Mary Haite (Hoyte). He was active in the Norwalk settlement, elected selectman in 1705 and 1715, surveyor in 1709 and 1711, fence viewer in 1713 through 1718, and townsman in 1722 and 1724. He became sergeant of the trainband in 1717, and was a deacon of the Norwalk church for many years.

Burial: East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 33587470
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