Individual Details
Caleb Benedict
(1709 - 19 May 1761)
See "Bouton, Boughton and Farnam Families" by Willis A. Boughton dated 1949 page 137 from Heritage Quest. Shows he was the son of John Benedict II and Mary Hoyt, his marriage and death. This has a death date for him of 13 Dec 1797 in Norwalk, CT and not 19 May 1761.
The "The Hickok genealogy: descendants etc." incorrectly show the children from his first wife, Anna St. John. The mother was most likely Mary Hoyt, his second wife.
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Birth: 1709, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA .
Death: May 19, 1761, New Canaan, Fairfield County,
Connecticut, USA.
Wife: Mehitable Hoyt of Norwalk, CT; lived with son James and died after Jan 18, 1773.
Family links:
Parents:
John Benedict (1676 - 1766)
Mary Hoyt Benedict (1677 - 1749)
Children:
James Benedict (1743 - 1838)*
Mehitable Benedict Stevens (1752 - 1826)*
Benjamin Benedict (1755 - 1832)*
Siblings:
John Benedict (1701 - 1770)*
Matthew Benedict (1703 - 1757)*
Caleb Benedict (1709 - 1761)
Nathaniel Benedict (1716 - 1806)*
*Calculated relationship
Inscription:
Memory of Caleb Benedict who died of the smallpox May 19th 1761 aged 52 years.
Note: Headstone relocated from Brushy Ridge, Nov 1882
Burial: Lakeview Cemetery , New Canaan, Fairfield,
Connecticut, USA
Plot: A-271
Created by: Dacanta
Record added: Nov 12, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 44235952
1732 marriage is per Ancestry.com.
1709 birth location from chart at www.guiknet.com/bbetts/benedict.htm.
Events
| Birth | 1709 | Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, British America |  | ||
| Marriage | 1732 | Mehitable Hoyt | | ||
| Living | New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, British America | ||||
| Death | 19 May 1761 | New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, British America |  | | |
| Burial | Aft 19 May 1761 | Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, British America | | ||
| Selectman | 1774 | New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, British America | | | |
| Selectman | 1785 | New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States | | | |
| Death | 13 Dec 1797 | Norwalk, Connecticut, United States | | ||
| LDS Family Tree ID | LHDY-Y8B | ||||
| WikiTree | Benedict-273 |
Families
| Spouse | Mehitable Hoyt (1714 - 1797) |
| Child | Caleb Benedict ( - ) |
| Child | Mehitable Benedict ( - ) |
| Child | Ruth Benedict ( - ) |
| Child | Caleb Benedict ( - 1812) |
| Child | James Benedict ( - 1838) |
| Child | Ezra Benedict ( - 1832) |
| Child | Adah Benedict ( - ) |
| Child | Anna Benedict ( - ) |
| Child | Benjamin Benedict (1755 - ) |
| Child | Mehitable Benedict ( - ) |
| Father | Deacon John "Jonathan" Benedict Jr. (1675 - 1766) |
| Mother | Mary I. "Haite" Hoyt (1677 - 1749) |
| Sibling | John Benedict III (1701 - 1770) |
| Sibling | Matthew Benedict (1703 - 1757) |
| Sibling | Phebe Benedict (1713 - 1790) |
| Sibling | Deacon Nathaniel Benedict (1716 - 1806) |
| Sibling | Anna "Hannah" Benedict (1718 - ) |
Notes
Death
"Connecticut, Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934." Index. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2014. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.Find A Grave:
Birth: 1709, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA .
Death: May 19, 1761, New Canaan, Fairfield County,
Connecticut, USA.
Burial
Find A Grave:Inscription:
Memory of Caleb Benedict who died of the smallpox May 19th 1761 aged 52 years.
Note: Headstone relocated from Brushy Ridge, Nov 1882
Burial: Lakeview Cemetery , New Canaan, Fairfield,
Connecticut, USA
Plot: A-271
Created by: Dacanta
Record added: Nov 12, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 44235952
Selectman
In "The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America" page 57 shows he was a selectman from 1774-1785 which is after his death.Selectman
In "The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America" page 57 shows he was a selectman from 1774-1785 which is after his death.Endnotes
1. Willis A. Boughton, Bouton, Boughton and Farnam Families (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.?: unknown, 1949), page 137; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
2. Lyle Benedict, collector of data, The Story of the Benedicts: A Genealogy of the Benedict family for the Descendants of Ira and Seely Benedict of the Seventh Generation in America (Belmont, Wis.: Donald Benedict, printed by Sucess Press, Belmont, Wis., December 1939), page 7; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
3. David W. Hoyt, A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight families (Boston, Mass.: Providence Press Co., 1871), page 348; digital images, Sons of the Revolution Library, Glendale, Calif.; my e-books, Heritage Quest Online, LDS film 238377 ( : accessed .
4. Charles Nelson Hickok, The Hickok genealogy: descendants of William Hickok of Farmington, Connecticut: with ancestry of Charles Nelson Hickok (Rutland, VT: Tuttle Pub. Company, Inc., 1938), pagr 300; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
5. Willis A. Boughton, Bouton, Boughton and Farnam Families (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.?: unknown, 1949), pages 137 & 143; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
6. Lyle Benedict, collector of data, The Story of the Benedicts: A Genealogy of the Benedict family for the Descendants of Ira and Seely Benedict of the Seventh Generation in America (Belmont, Wis.: Donald Benedict, printed by Sucess Press, Belmont, Wis., December 1939), page 7; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
7. David W. Hoyt, A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight families (Boston, Mass.: Providence Press Co., 1871), page 348; digital images, Sons of the Revolution Library, Glendale, Calif.; my e-books, Heritage Quest Online, LDS film 238377 ( : accessed .
8. Charles Nelson Hickok, The Hickok genealogy: descendants of William Hickok of Farmington, Connecticut: with ancestry of Charles Nelson Hickok (Rutland, VT: Tuttle Pub. Company, Inc., 1938), page 300; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
9. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, 1870), page 58; digital images, Heritage Quest On Line and Google Books, ( : accessed .
10. Charles Nelson Hickok, The Hickok genealogy: descendants of William Hickok of Farmington, Connecticut: with ancestry of Charles Nelson Hickok (Rutland, VT: Tuttle Pub. Company, Inc., 1938), page 300; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
11. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, 1870), page 57; digital images, Heritage Quest On Line and Google Books, ( : accessed .
12. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, 1870), page 57; digital images, Heritage Quest On Line and Google Books, ( : accessed .
13. Willis A. Boughton, Bouton, Boughton and Farnam Families (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.?: unknown, 1949), page 137; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .