Individual Details

Samuel Benedict

(Abt 1648 - Bef 20 Mar 1719)

Events

BirthAbt 1648Southold, Suffolk Co., NY
Marriage7 Jul 1678Rebecca Andrews
Event1685Connecticut
DeathBef 20 Mar 1719Danbury, Fairfield Co., CT

Families

SpouseRebecca Andrews (1655 - )
FatherThomas Benedict (1617 - 1690)
MotherMary Bridgham (1620 - )
SiblingThomas Benedict (1642 - 1688)

Notes

Event

In the fall of 1684 and the spring of 1685, he, with his brother James, his brother-in-law James Beebe, Judah Gregory (brother-in-law of James Benedict), and four others, purchased land of the Indians and made the first settlement at Paquiogue (Danbury)