Birth | 18 Mar 1775 | Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut | | | |
Marriage | 12 Nov 1795 | Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut - Sarah "Sally" DEFOREST | | | |
Residence | Aft Dec 1795 | North Salem, Westchester County, New York | | | |
Residence | Aft Sep 1796 | & was engaged in market gardening - Randall's Island, East River, New York | | | |
Residence | Abt 1801 | Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut | | | |
Census | 6 Aug 1810 | Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut | | | |
Miscellaneous | 1812 | was appointed collector of the town - Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut | | | |
Miscellaneous | Sep 1815 | went to view land for a new home - Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | Oct 1815 | Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 1816 | D Underhill, Levi Cole & others had the town plat transferred to them by Elisha Whittlesey - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | Jan 1817 | was the first permanent white settler & built the first log house - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 4 May 1817 | returned on April 4, arriving - Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut | | | |
Miscellaneous | Jul 1817 | left for Ohio with his famly in a 2 wagons, took 7 weeks - Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut | | | |
Miscellaneous | 9 Sep 1817 | Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 8 Jun 1818 | Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 8 Jun 1818 | Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | Bet 1818 and 1828 | was the postmaster - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Religion | 1818 | had the first religious meeting held in his house - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | Bet 1818 and 1828 | was the postmaster - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 13 Oct 1818 | was listed in the poll book as an elector - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 2 Mar 1819 | was contracted by the County Commissioners to build a jail, 24 x 46 ft & 2 stories high, for $1,275 - Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 1819 | was assessed a personal property county tax of $1.40 on 2 horses and 8 cattle - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Property | 1819 | all of the town with David Underhill, Levi Cole, Peter Tice, Frederick Forsythe & Daniel Tilden - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 1819 | built the first brick house - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | | kept a "house of entertainment," but it was not a tavern - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 1820 | was assessed a personal property county tax of $1.20 on 2 horses & 6 cattle & $5.721/2 town plat tax - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 1820 | assisted in establishing the first Sabbath School which was held in the Court House - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Census | 7 Aug 1820 | Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Religion | 20 Jan 1821 | became a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church and was elected clerk - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 1821 | helped establish an Episcopal Church - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Affiliation | Bet 1821 and 1828 | was a member of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 64 - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Affiliation | 25 Jun 1822 | was on the committee of arrangements for the installation of Mount Vernon Lodge No. 64 - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 1 Aug 1822 | along with David Underhill & Levi Cole were assessed a property tax of $4.00 on lots 2, 3, 10 & 20 - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Census | 1823 | Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 5 Apr 1824 | was an election judge and listed in the poll book as an elector - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Election | 5 Apr 1824 | one of the Trustees with Eben Boalt and Asher Cole - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Occupation | 31 Mar 1827 | Post Master - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Census | 4 Jun 1827 | Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Residence | 1827 | and was a house holder - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 1 Oct 1827 | Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 3 Dec 1827 | attended a meeting as a member of Mt Vernon Lodge which Benj. Junkins was expelled from the lodge - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Election | 22 Apr 1828 | Justice of the Peace - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Census | 1 Jun 1830 | Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | Abt 1831 | along with Henry Buckingham and a few others started a paper mill and a grist mill - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | Abt 1831 | along with Henry Buckingham and a few others started a paper mill and a grist mill - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 1832 | Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 25 Aug 1832 | wrote to Elisha Whittlesey regarding starting the paper and grist mill - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Election | 1835 | mayor - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 14 Sep 1838 | was named in his son David Mead Benedict's will | | | |
Religion | 1 Aug 1839 | was a member of St. Paul's Episopal Church - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Census | 1 Jun 1840 | Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Election | 1840 | mayor - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Religion | Dec 1842 | was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Election | 1845 | mayor - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Religion | 1 Oct 1845 | was a communicant of St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 21 Nov 1845 | with Samuel Worcester and Mary Clark was witness to Isaac Benedict's last will and testament | | | |
Miscellaneous | Oct 1846 | was named the executor of Isaac Benedict's estate - Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 1848 | first president of the Huron County Agricultural Society - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Occupation | 17 Jul 1850 | farmer - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Marriage | 17 Jun 1856 | Lavinia PARKER | | | |
Election | 1856 | mayor - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 20 May 1857 | was the chair of the Fire Lands Historical Society & one of 2 in Norwalk assigned to collect data - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 17 Jun 1857 | was elected president of the Fire Lands Historical Society - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 12 Nov 1857 | chaired the 3rd meeting of the Fire Lands Historical Society - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Residence | 1860 | in the Clarissa Gallup household - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 1860 | was listed as a Mason - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 11 Dec 1861 | presided over the meeting of the Firelands Historical Society as president - Greenfield, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 11 Jun 1862 | attended the annual meeting of the Fire Lands Historical Society - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | 9 Sep 1863 | presided as president of the Fire lands Historical Society at the quarterly meeting - North Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Miscellaneous | Jun 1865 | was a member of the Fire Lands Historical Society - Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Residence | Abt 1865 | Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Death | 25 Oct 1866 | Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
Burial | Aft 25 Oct 1866 | Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio | | | |