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Nov. 2, 1641, the following were chosen to order the town : "Mathw Mitchell, Thurston Ray- ner, Andw Ward, Jo. Whitmore, Richs Law, and Richard Crabb."
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his son Jonathan, b. in Sept., 1641, first white male child born there, and several of his descendants have honored their ancestor.
April 22, 1665, the following inhabitants of Stamford signed their names for the benefit of the horse pasture, viz., fifty-three names ; four Howes, three Hollys, three Slasons, two Bates's, two Finches, two Noyes's, two Weeds, two Newmans, two Millers, two Dibbles, two Bells, two Sellecks, Law, Seely, Dan Hardy, Brown, Buxton, Thompson, Gurnsey, Jagger, Ferris, Stevens, Simkins, Theal, Wes- cott, Lockwood, Scofield, Smith, Ambler, Green, Clason, Petit, Webb, Crissy, Steedwell, Knapp and Hoyt.
BELL, ROBERT, Hartford, was fined £10, in 1683, for selling Tucker a pint of liquor with which he became intoxicated, in viola- tion of law. Robert Bell was a son-in-law of Edward King, of Po- dunk, in Windsor. King gave Bell a deed of all his land in 1682. Bell died July 29, 1684. He left issue : John, aged six years ; Robert, four ; and Mary, one.
BELL, THOMAS, of Fairfield county, 1670. His property dis- tributed January, 1686.
BELL, JOHN, m. Rachel Woodruff, Dec. 7, 1727; she died April 23, 1777, aged seventy ; had children : Elizabeth, b. Sept. 27, 1728; Ruth, b. Feb. 15, 1729-30; Ellenah, b. Oct. 15, 1731; Huldah, b. April 13, 1733 ; John, b. Aug. 13, 1734; Rachel, b. March 2, 1735-6 ; Solomon, b. Sept. 25, 1738; Hezekiah, b. July 19, 1740 ; Elisha, b. Sept. 5, 1743.
BELL, JOHN, JR., m. and had issue : Phebe, b. June 28, 1764 ; Patience, b. April 26, 1766.
SOLOMON, son of John Bell, m. and had Harvey, b. Jan. 13, 1765 ; Salmon, b. May 3, 1767 ; Dennis, b. 1769 ; Amos, b. Dec. 1, 1772 ; Jerusha, b. Aug. 5, 1775.
ELISHA, son of John Bell, m. and had Rachel, b. June 3, 1770; Margretta, b. June 2, 1772; Luthene, b. Feb. 11, 1775.
Farmer notices Thomas Bell, of Roxbury, Mass., admitted free- man, 1636. Thomas, member of the ar. co., 1654, had a son Jo- seph, b. in 1653 ; Sarah, b. 1640; a son John, b. 1643.
The Bells of Glastenbury, are probably descendants of Robert Bell, of Hartford.
BELL, THADDEUS, EsQ., of Darien, who died there, Oct. 31, 1851, aged ninety-three years, was a descendant of Francis Bell.
BELL, JOHN, of Sandwich, Mass., in 1643.
BELL, ABRAHAM, was a planter in the New Haven colony, in 1643.
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Bell is an old name at Roxbury and Boston, in Massachusetts.
Jo. Bell, Tho. Browne, Jo. Browne, James Barnes, Humfry Blackman, Marie Booth, Jo. Butler, Richard Brooks, Jo. Billings, and Francis Barker, were transported from England, to Virginia, in the ship Safety, John Grant, master, August, 1635.
Three by the name of Bell had graduated at Yale College, in 1844, and four at Harvard College, in 1847.
Bell has twenty-five coats of arms.
BELL, THOMAS, was made free in Mass., May 25, 1636.
Jo. Bell, aged thirteen, embarked in the Hopewell, William Bur- dick, master, for New England, probably 1635.
BELLINGHAM, MATTHEW, a Scotch gentleman, was early, 1674, a schoolmaster at Saybrook, Conn., and was employed one winter and one summer to teach school there ; (perhaps the Matthew Bellamy who is found at Killingworth and Fairfield ; ) yet the name of Bellingham was in Mass. ; Mr. William, freeman there in 1640, and Mr. Richard Bellingham, freeman there in 1636. Farmer no- tices Richard, of Boston, representative, 1635, assistant, 1636, four- teen years, deputy governor, 1635, governor, 1641, and major gen- eral, 1664, and d. Dec. 7, 1672.
BELLINGHAM, RICHARD, EsQ., (probably of Rowley,) was entrusted, in company with his uncle, Richard Dumer, gent., by the will of Thomas Nelson, of Rowley, to have the education of his two sons, Phillip and Thomas ; will dated Dec. 24, 1645. (His. Gen. Register, No. 11, p. 267, see will.)
Bellingham has fourteen coats of arms.
BEMENT, (or Beaman,) WILLIAM, of Saybrook, m. Lydia Danford, Dec. 9, 1643. (This is the first of the name found in the colony of Connecticut ; the name is spelt as above ; also, Beaumont, Bemen, Bemont, Bemond, and Beamon, on different records in the colony.) William and Lydia had issue : Lidia, b. March 9, 1644 ; Mary, b. Nov. 12, 1645 or '7 ; Elizabeth, b. March 2, 1649 ; Debo- rah, b. Nov. 29, 165 -; Abigail, b. Feb. 20, 1654 ; Samuel, b. Feb. 1656 ; Rebeka, b. Sept. 7, 1659 ; Abigail, d. Sept. 29, 1683 ; Lydia, wife of William, d. Aug. 16, 1686 ; the father d. Feb. 4, 1698-9. William, of Lyme, sold land in Lyme to John Tilleston, 1673.
BEAMOND, SAMUEL, of Windsor, had Hannah, b. April 2, 1698; Samuel, b. June 6, 1704.
BEAUMONT, WILLIAM, was made free, 1652, in Connecticut.
BEMENT, JOHN, of Enfield, Conn., first settler on lot now oc- cupied by his descendants, in Enfield ; came in 1682; d. 1684; left
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three sons. John, d. 1703; had two sons; Benjamin, b. 1698, m. Elizabeth Abbe, 1723, removed to Simsbury ; John, b. 1701, history unknown ; William, second son of John, Sen., m. Hannah Terry, daughter of Capt. Samuel Terry, 1707, settled in the east part of the town, died 1728, left four sons ; William, b. 1708, m. Phebe Mark- ham, and removed to Windham ; Samuel, b. 1720; Ebenezer, b. 1723; Joseph, b. 1725, settled and died in Enfield, without children ; Edmund, third son of John, Sen., m. Prudence Morgan, 1700, and Priscilla Warner, second wife, 1703; d. 1745; had three sons ; Jonathan, b. 1705, removed to Suffield, d. in the Cape Breton expe- dition ; Dennis, b. 1711, m. Mary Abbe, daughter of Thomas Abbe, 1737, d. 1789, had two sons, Dennis and Edmund, both settled and died in Enfield ; Edmund, third son of Edmund, Sen., b. 1713, set- tled in East Hartford.
BEAMON, SYMON, of Springfield, m. Alice Young, Dec. 15, 1654, and had issue born there, viz., John, b. the 12th of the second month, 1657 ; Daniel, b. ye 15th of the first month, 1658 ; Thomas, b. the 29th of the 10th month, 1660 ; Josias, b. Feb. 4, 1662; a son born Aug. 20, 1671; daughter b. June 11, 1673. John Bemont, Sen., of Enfield, d. Dec. 27, 1684.
BEMAN, SAMUEL, of Scotland, in Simsbury, d. in 1752. Mar- garet, his widow.
Frederick D. Beman, graduated at Yale College, 1824. George A. O. Beaumont, graduated at Yale College, 1842.
These names are only the French name Beaumon, or Beaumont.
BEMENT, WILLIAM, of Wethersfield, m. Phebe, and had a daughter Phebe, b. Jan. 22, 1734; Penelope, b. Oct. 11, 1735; William, b. Aug. 21, 1737; Asa, b. Feb. 4, 1739; Ebenezer, b. Jan. 3, 1741 ; Samuel, b. Dec. 25, 1742 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 25, 1744 ; Edith, b. Sept. 14, 1746, d. ; second Edith, b. April 26, 1748 ; Sa- rah, b. June 10, 1750; Chloe, b. May 7, 1752; Freelove, b. March 26, 1754; Rebecca, b. Nov. 18, 1755, d. 1757 ; Rebecca, b. Sept. 11, 1757, d. 1760.
BEMENT, ASA, son of William, m. Ruth Neal, Jan. 15, 1761, and had issue : Rebecca, b. March 10, 1762. BEAMONT, JOHN, Isaac Buck, Walter Briggs, Thomas Byrd, John Bryant, of Scituate, in the colony of N. Plymouth, are in the list of Scituate, of those able to bear arms, between the ages of 16 and 60 years, in 1643. BEMOUNT, NOAH, and Patience, his wife ; daughter Katherine, d. at Dorchester, Mass., Oct. 19, 1710, aged 19 years. His daugh- ter Sarah d. there July ye 3, 1711, aged 27 years. ( Harris.) Noah
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Beman was in Dorchester, and made free in 1690. BEAMON, DANIEL, took the oath of allegiance at Springfield, Mass., 1678. BEAMONT has one coat of arms. BEAUMONT has sixteen, and BEAUMOND three coats of arms. Dr. Beaumont, a noted French doctor, now of St. Louis, Missouri, was b. at Lebanon, in Conn., and descended from the family first at Saybrook, of this name. He has a brother residing in Hartford. Gamaliel Bement, aged 12, embarked for New England, in the Eliza and Ann, Roger Cooper, master, May 7. Jo. Beamond, 23, William Beamond, 27, came over in the Elizabeth, from London, William Stagg, master. Bemond, Thomas, from New Haven, was propounded to the General Court to be made a freeman, May, 1671. William Beamont is in the list of freemen at Saybrook, as late as 1669.
BEMIS, (Bemus,) EPHRAIM, and Lydia Thomas, his wife, of Windham, m. Oct. 1, 1736 ; issue : James, b. Aug. 6, 1737 ; Mary, b. May 15, 1739, at Windham. DANIEL and Ruth Bemis, had a daughter Abigail, b. at Hampton, June 26, 1724; Chileab, son of Daniel and Ruth, b. at Hampton, Nov. 17, 1723 ; also James, bap- tized Feb. 26, 1727 ; and Sarah, June 9, 1728, an adult ; Ephraim Bemis, an adult, baptized Sept. 29, 1737 ; his son James, at the same time, and his daughter Mary, baptized 1739 ; Jonas Beaumus, son of Daniel, baptized Feb. 26, 1727 ; the above were baptized by Rev. Mr. Billings. Ruth Bemis, wife of Daniel, admitted to the church in Hampton, Nov. 17, 1723. In 1731, Jan. 29, Nathaniel and his wife Abigail Hovey were summoned before the church, at Hampton, to testify on a charge against James Bemus, " for hard drinking." Elizabeth, wife of Francis Bemus, joined the church at Hampton, July 22, 1764. The name of Bemis has been at Enfield. " GEORGE and Sary Bemiss" had a daughter Martha, b. at Wa- tertown, Mass, May 24, 1649, perhaps others. Farmer says Joseph Bemis was at Watertown, Mass., in 1640. Mr. John was at Walt- ham about 1700 ; his wife d. there in 1716, aged 53. The name is now at Dorchester, Mass., and in several towns in Conn. Seven of the name of Bemis had graduated at Harvard College, in 1836.
BENEDICT, WILLIAM, in 1500, son WILLIAM, son WIL- LIAM, son THOMAS and Mary, all born in England. Tradition says the first William resided in Nottinghamshire, England, about A. D. 1500, and was an only son, and he had an only son William, who resided in the same shire. This second William had also an only son William, in Nottinghamshire, who also had an only son Thomas, who was born in England, in 1617. He m. Mary Bridgum,
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and was by trade a weaver. His father m. a second wife, Mrs. Bridgum, (a widow,) whose daughter Mary, m. Thomas when of age, (1638.) Thomas Benedict and Mary came to Mass. in the same vessel, and were soon after married. He remained for a time there and then removed to Southold, L. I., where they had nine chil- dren born, viz., Thomas, John, Samuel, James, Daniel, Betty, Mary, Sarah and Rebecca. From Southold he removed to Huntington, L. I., and resided there in June, 1656. He removed to Jamaica, where his son Thomas m. Mary Messenger. On the 26th of Sept., 1664, Bailey, D'I Denton, Thos. Benedict, &c., applied to Col. Nichols to settle upon the river, (Arthur-Cull Bay,) now Elizabethtown, in New Jersey : the petition was granted. On the 8th of Feb., 1664, Gov. Nichols issued an order of election, dated at James Fort, in New York, to the magistrates of the towns upon L. I., to elect two dele- gates in each town, of the most sober, able and discreet persons, to meet at Hempstead, on the last day of Feb., to enact laws, &c. Daniel Denton and Thomas Benedict were elected delegates by the town of Jamaica. This was probably the first English legislature ever held in what is now the state of New York. He received a Lieutenant's commission in a foot company at Jamaica, from Gov. Nichols, dated at Fort James, in New York, April 7th, 1665. Dur- ing the same year Thomas removed to Norwalk, in the colony of Connecticut, with his family. In Feb., 1666, he was elected town clerk and selectman of Norwalk. He was also chosen town clerk in 1669, also in 1672, at twenty shillings a year, which office he held many years. (See Hall's Norwalk and Southold Record.)
Thomas, Sen., in 1669, purchased of Samuel Campfield, his home lot, which had been granted him by the town of Norwalk. He was to have the meeting house swept for the year 1665, at twenty shil- lings. Daniel Benedict, a soldier in the swamp fight against the In- dians, had twelve acres of land given him by Norwalk for his service.
Thomas Benedict, Sen. and Jun., of Norwalk, were propounded for freemen in Conn., in Oct., 1667. In May, 1670, Thomas Bene- dict and Walter Hoyte, were deputies to the General Court of Conn. At a session of the General Court in May, 1672, Richard Olmsteed, Thomas Benedict, &c., gave " in thier names for begining a planta- tion neare the backside of Norwalke, and by thier deputies desired the countenance of the court therein." The petition was granted, and a committee appointed, " to make a plantation." John and Sam- uel Benedict, sons of Thomas, of Norwalk, were " propounded"
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freemen for Norwalk, with Ralph Kelor, &c., in May, 1674. This was early a highly respectable family in the colony. (Col. Rec.)
BENEDICT, THOMAS, 2d, b. on L. I., removed with his father from L. I. to Norwalk, in 1665. He m. Mary Messenger, of Jamai- ca, L. I .; children, Mary, b. 1666 ; Thomas, b. 1670; Hannah, b. Jan. 8, 1676; Esther, b. Oct. 5, 1679; Abigail, b. 1682, and Elizabeth. (See Hall and Jamaica and Southold Records.)
BENEDICT, DEACON JOHN, son of Thomas, Sen., was b. on L. I. ; he removed to Norwalk with his father. He m. Phebe, daugh- ter of John Gregory. of Norwalk, Nov. 11, 1670, and had children : Sarah, Phebe, b. 1673; John, b. March 3, 1676 ; Jonathan, Benja- min, Joseph, James, b. Jan. 5, 1685; Mary and Thomas. John succeeded his father as deacon of the church in Norwalk. Deacon John died Jan. 16, 1766, aged 89 ; wife died 1749, aged 72.
BENEDICT, SAMUEL, son of Deacon Thomas, removed to Nor- walk, and on the 7th day of July, 1670, he m. Rebecca Andrews, of Fairfield, and had issue : Joanna, b. Oct. 22, 1673 ; Samuel, b. March, 1675 ; Thomas, b. March 27, 1679 ; Rebecca, Esther, Na- thaniel and Absalom, b. June 21, 1681.
This Samuel, with his brother James, and James Beebe, their brother-in-law, and others, in 1684-5, purchased lands of the In- dians, in what is now called Danbury, and made a settlement there.
BENEDICT, JAMES, removed with his father, from L. I. to Norwalk ; he m. Sarah Gregory, of Norwalk, May 10, 1676, and had issue : Sarah, b. June 16, 1677 ; Rebecca, Phebe, James, John, Thom- as, and Elizabeth. He settled at Danbury, with his brother Samuel and brothers-in-law, J. Beebe and Dr. Woods, an Englishman.
BENEDICT, DANIEL, son of Thomas, Sen., of L. I., removed with his father, from L. I. to Norwalk, and m. Mary Marvin, of the latter place, and had issue : Mary, Daniel, Mercy, and Hannah. Daniel also removed to Danbury, and sold his land at Norwalk, March, 1690.
BENEDICT, BETTY, daughter of Thomas, Sen., m. John Slauson, of Stamford, and had issue : Mary and Thomas.
BENEDICT, MARY, daughter of Thomas, Sen., m. John Olm- stead, " Lieut. Olmstede," of Norwalk, Nov. 11, 1670, and had issue : John, Mary, Jane, Sarah, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Daniel, Richard, Eunice and Deborah.
BENEDICT, SARAH, daughter of Thomas, Sen., m. James Beebe, of Stratford, Dec. 19, 1679 ; children : Sarah, b. at Nor- walk, Nov. 13, 1680 ; James and Samuel, b. at Danbury. He was one of the first settlers of Danbury.
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BENEDICT, REBECCA, daughter of Thomas, Sen., of Nor- walk, m. Dr. Samuel Woods or Wood, an Englishman, born and educated in England. He was an early settler at Danbury, and a valuable citizen.
BENJAMIN, Benedict, son of Deacon, settled at Ridgefield, about 1720, and was Deacon and selectman there ; he died at Stamford, July 3, 1773. Joseph, son of Deacon John, also removed to Ridge- field ; his first wife died there Dec. 9, 1716. James, a brother of Joseph, m. Sarah, daughter of Thomas Hyatt, of Norwalk, in 1709; he also settled at Ridgefield, and was one of the original purchasers of the Indians. He held many town offices, and represented Ridge- field in the Legislature ; a Justice of Peace, Captain, &c. ; he died there Nov. 25, 1762, aged 76; his widow died 1767, aged 80.
BENEDICT, ( Benedick,) THOMAS, upon the petition from Huntington, L. I., to the General Court of Connecticut, in 1662, con- firmed Jonas Wood and Thomas Benedict, with liberty to act in point of government, according to the liberties granted that town by the General Court of Connecticut, (1662.) In 1664, Thomas Ben- edict and Mr. Robert Coe, were appointed Commissioners for Jamai- ca, L. I., by the General Court of Connecticut.
BENEDICT, REV. NOAH, the third minister of Woodbury, set- tled Oct. 23, 1760, who was born at Waterbury, was of this family. The Benedicts of Sheffield are also descendants of Thomas Sen. Thomas Benedict was the only early settler found in the Colony of Connecticut, by the name of Benedict.
Thomas Benedict, Mr. Walker, Henry Witny, Mr. Smith, Jo- seph Smith, Dan Penton, John Bayless, Sulk Davis, were accepted freemen by the General Court of Connecticut, May, 1664, for Jamai- ca, L. I., (if they accepted.)
Mr. Thomas Benedict and Walter Hoyt, were Deputies to the General Court at Hartford from Norwalk, May, 1670, and Benedict in 1675.
BENEDICT, REV. JOEL, D. D., b. at Salem, New York, 1745, son of Peter Benedict, and brother of Rev. Abner, of Middlefield So- ciety in Middletown.
NOTE .- The descendants of Thomas Benedict are numerous and scattered in all directions in Norwalk, New Canaan, Danbury, Ridgefield, New Milford, Canaan, New Haven, Waterbury, New York, &c., but all are descendants of Thomas.
NOTE .- Most of these facts are from Rev. E, Hall, and the L. I. Court Record.
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REV. ABNER was b. at N. Salem, N. Y .; graduated at Yale College, 1769 ; settled Nov. 20, 1771.
REV. JOEL graduated at Princeton College, in 1765 ; he settled first in the ministry at Lisbon, Conn., Newent Society, where he re- mained about eleven years ; ordained there Feb. 21, 1771.
Dr. Benedict, who was a scholar and gentleman, and one of the most distinguished divines of his time, having been dismissed at New- ent , was installed over the church and society at Plainfield, Conn., Dec. 23, 1784. He d. at Plainfield, Feb. 13, 1816, aged 71 years, having been in the ministry forty-five years. Dr Benedict m. soon after his first settlement, Miss Sarah Mackown of the state of Maine ; she d. at Newburgh, New York, about 1830. Dr. Benedict had a large and interesting family, especially daughters, who were re- spectably connected in life, most of whom are deceased. The child- ren were viz.,
SARAH, b. about 1776 ; she m. Rev. Eliphalet Nott, D. D., LL . D., President of Union College ; she d. early and left three children, Maria, the deceased wife of Bishop Potter of Penn. ; Joel and Benja- min yet living.
ROBERT, son of Dr. Benedict, b. about 1778, m. Miss Dow of Sterling, and removed to the State of New York ; a daughter of his is now the wife of Bishop Potter.
MARY, daughter of Dr. Benedict, b. about 1780, m. Benjamin Allen, LL. D. of Hyde Park, New York, May 6, 1799; she died some years since and left four sons and one daughter. Dr. Allen is deceased.
RICHARD HUDSON, son of Dr. Benedict, was b. about 1782; a Baptist minister ; he has been twice married and had several chil- dren, names not known.
ANNA, daughter of Dr. Benedict, b. about 1784, d. unmarried June 30, 1806, aged 22 years.
SUSAN, daughter of Dr. Benedict, baptized April 9, 1786, m. Rev. Samuel Phinney, an Episcopal minister, they reside in New- burgh, New York, and have three children.
WILLIAM MACKOWN and ELIZABETH, twins, baptized June 1788, children of Dr. Benedict. William M. was a physician, and was twice married ; and d. in 1847, at Millbury, Mass., and left three children.
ELIZABETH m. Robert Hudson, Esq., Aug. 21, 1809 ; a lawyer
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of Schenectady, New York ; she died early and left a son John, now a lawyer in Buffalo.
MARGARET, daughter of Dr. Benedict, b. about 1792, m. James Hunter of Philadelphia. He d. without issue; his widow is yet living.
LOUISA KIRTLAND, daughter of Dr. Benedict, baptized Feb. 14, 1796 ; m. James Brown, merchant in Baltimore, now of the wealthy firm of Brown and Sons, New York. She d. in Paris (France) about 1830, and left six children. Her oldest soon after his marriage, was killed about three years since, by an accidental shot on the fourth of July.
BENEDICT, REV. NOAH, graduated at Yale College in 1760 ; ordained in the first society of Woodbury, Oct. 22, 1760, where he preached until his death.
BENEDICT, AARON, EsQ., of Waterbury, long since deceased, (the father of Aaron Benedict, Esq., now of Waterbury,) was a broth- er of Rev. Noah, of Woodbury deceased. Hon. Noah B. Benedict, of Woodbury, and Gen. Thomas Benedict, (who was conspicuous in the war of 1812,) were brothers, and descendants of Thomas Sen., of Norwalk, Conn., and sons of Rev Noah.
BENFIELD, WILLIAM, of Wethersfield, petitioned the Court of Magistrates, to be divorced from his wife Elizabeth, which was granted, Dec. 6, 1662.
BENFIELD, MARY, of Fairfield, in 1667 had a child, which the Magistrates ordered a sum paid by Deliverance Blackman, for bringing up the child. Mrs. Jane Blackman, his mother, petitioned the General Court, in 1667, to ease her son of the payment of said sum, which was referred to the County Court at Fairfield. In 1668, the Court appointed Mr. Gold and the commissioners of Fair- field and Stratford, to settle the controversy between Goode Blen- field, and D. Blackman. Benfield one coat of arms.
BENHAM, JOSEPH, of New Haven, daughter Mary, b. 7º 18, 1657; Joseph, Jr., b. May 25, 1659; a daughter b. 1660 ; Joanne, b. July 25, 1662; Elizabeth, b. September 13, 1664, d. Aug. 1, 1669; John, b. Dec. 28, 1666, d. Nov., 1670. Sarah, d. 1668.
BENHAM, or BEECHAM, JOHN, of New Haven, m. widow Sarah Wilson, Feb. 8, 1654 ; son John, b. Nov. 4, 1665, d. Nov. 12, 1665; Sarah, b. 7º 17, 1656; Mary, b. April 10, 1660; Hannah, b. Jan. 8, 1661 ; John born Sept. 15, 1664, (perhaps Ben- ham,) Sarah his wife d. May 30, 1667. The name of Benham
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was in the New Haven Colony, several years before it is found in the colony of Connecticut.
BENHAM, RICHARDS, daughter Hannah, b. July, 1683 ; Re- becca, b. 1685. Samuel Benham of Farmington d. about 1753 ; wife, Azuba ; children, Azuba and Luce; he owned a farm in Southington. John Benham admitted freeman in Mass., in 1631. ( Farmer.) Benham has one coat of arms.
BENJAMIN, JOHN, in Suffolk County, Mass., probably of Watertown, made his will, and notices his son John for a double portion of his estate ; he mentions seven other children, yet does not give their names, (see will, Hist. &. Gen. Reg., No. 10, p. 177 ;) will proved 1645. Mary Benjamin, of Watertown, made her will, May 16, 1646 ; notices her aunt Wines, sister Abigail Stubbs, her brother, and her cousin Anne Wyes.
Farmer says the above John Benjamin of Watertown, Mass., was freeman there in 1632, and one of the proprietors of Cambridge ; that he died, June, 1645, and that his oldest son was John ; also noti- ces Richard Benjamin, at Watertown in 1640.
BENJAMIN, RICHARD, who was at Southold, L. I., and applied to the General Court of Conn., with Jeffery Jones and others to be made a freeman under Conn., in May, 1664, and to whom the free- man's oath was administered by Capt. John Young, of Southold, L. I., was probably the same Richard Benjamin, who is mentioned by Farmer as having been at Watertown, Mass., in 1640, and a son of John who died at Watertown, in 1645; if so, tradition says with Farmer that John (who came to Conn. ) was a son of John of Water- town, who was made free there in 1632, and a brother of Richard, of L. I.
BENJAMIN, JOHN, who came to Conn., was probably the son of John of Watertown ; died at Hartford in 1653, and left a widow Hannah, and children-John (gave £50; ) Caleb, (a house and four acres of land east of the river, ) and a son Samuel, (£50.) His son David died before his father, (and left two children ;) Gideon also son of John and Hannah was executor of his will, and had the residue of his father's property ; Gideon's son Gideon, was the grandfather of Edwin Benjamin late deceased of Hartford, who was 25 years a Clerk in the Comptroller's Office at Hartford; Jonathan, son of Gid- eon, m. Miss. Woodbridge, and had a family ; John, son of John and Hannah Benjamin, m. Hannah of Hartford, and had children viz : Samuel, b. May 30, 1708 ; Caleb, b. July 15, 1710; John, birth not found.
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SAMUEL, son of John and Hannah Benjamin, resided at Hoc- canum in Hartford, or Windsor. He d. in 1669, and left sons Samuel and John, and daughters Mary and Abigail, and left his es- tate with his wife Mary. He made his brother Caleb, overseer of his family and estate. Thomas Atwood then threescore years old, and Thomas Edwards, then aged about forty-seven years, testified " they heard him make his will." Inventory of his estate offered by Nathaniel Rusco and Stephen Hopkins, Nov. 9, 1670. The widow engaged to pay the daughters Mary and Abigail, ££10 each when eighteen years old.
BENJAMIN, JOHN, son of John, and wife Hannah of Hartford, had issue, Samuel, b. May 30, 1708 ; Caleb b. July 15, 1710.
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