Individual Details
Benjamin English
(October 8, 1705 - July 5, 1779)
Events
| Birth | October 8, 1705 | New Haven, British America |  | ||
| Marriage | 1736 | Sarah Dayton |  | | |
| Death | July 5, 1779 | New Haven, Connecticut, United States | | ||
| Burial | Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut, United States | | | ||
| Cause of death | Murdered | | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Dayton (1716 - 1769) |
| Father | Benjamin English (1676 - 1753) |
| Mother | Rebecca Brown (1684 - 1768) |
| Sibling | Mary English (1715 - 1791) |
Webtags
Notes
Marriage
Married by Isaac Dickerman Justice of Peace.Burial
Inscription: Benjamin English died 5, July 1779, aged 74. He was stabed, by a British soldier, when sitting in his own hou's.Cause of death
Benjamin was one of 23 citizens murdered by the British Army in the invasion of New Haven July 5, 1779.Map 1779 invasion of New Haven
By Ezra Stiles, Yale University Manuscripts and Archives Digital Images Database, Public DomainEndnotes
1. Connecticut Society. Vital records of New Haven 1649-1850, The Connecticut society of the Order of the founders and patriots of America, Hartford 1917, Volume part 1 Page 100 1705 Benjamin ye son of Benjamin English was born was born feb 3rd 1705.
2. Connecticut Society. Vital records of New Haven 1649-1850, The Connecticut society of the Order of the founders and patriots of America, Hartford 1917, Volume part 1 page 282.
3. Connecticut. The Public Records of the State of Connecticut. Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co., 1894, Page 550, 547 Abigail English daughter in law of Benjamin, her testimony.
4. Connecticut. Adjutant-General's Office. Record of Service of Connecticut Men In the I. War of the Revolution, II. War of 1812, III. Mexican War. Hartford: Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co, 1889, Page 553 During the New Haven Alarm, Casualties at New Haven July 5, 1779.
5. Townshend, Charles. The British invasion of New Haven, Connecticut, July, 1779. New Haven, Conn. Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor,1879, Page 20, a map details of the invasion.
6. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .
7. Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Inscriptions On Tombstones In New Haven, Erected Prior to 1800, New Haven, 1882., Page 517 Benjamin and Sarah English.
8. Connecticut. Adjutant-General's Office. Record of Service of Connecticut Men In the I. War of the Revolution, II. War of 1812, III. Mexican War. Hartford: Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co, 1889, Page 553 During the New Haven Alarm, Casualties at New Haven July 5, 1779.