Individual Details

According to A BENTON HERITAGE by Nicholas Benton, 1964
"Andrew Benton at age 10, joined Sir Richard Saltonstall's company of emigrants from Emigrant and set sail on the Arabella [sic - Arbella was the name of Saltonstall's vessel] for the New World. His uncle Edward Benton may have been on the same voyage. The Arabella landed in Salem on 12 Jun 1630, and Saltonstall's company settled in Watertown, MA. They later moved to CT - Wethersfield, Hartford & Milford."
[This book has no sources stated. Some of the information in the book closely parallels the article found in the NEHGS REGISTER, 1906. The immigration information is not in the earlier article, however, and there is no confirmation whatever that any Bentons were on the Arbella - it is in fact unlikely they were here prior to 1638, certainly Edward Benton was not as he had a child baptized in England in January of 1638.)

Andrew Benton was allotted parcel #64 in Nov 1639, of the land at Milford, CT which had been bought from the Indians in February of that year. It contained three acres and was on the west side of Half Mile Brook, near the crossing of what is now Spring & Hill streets. Although Andrew Benton appears on the list of original settlers in 1639, he was not one of the "free planters" which shows he was not then in church fellowship.

Andrew married, about 1649, to Hannah, daughter of George Stocking of Hartford who had been a first settler there in 1636.

Andrew united with the church at Milford on 5 Mar 1648, Hannah on 13 Oct 1560; he and wife Hannah were dismissed to Hartford in March of 1666 where they had removed as early as 1662. Andrew served as a fence viewer in Hartford in 1663 and 1664, was a juror in 1664 and 1667, was declared a freeman in May of 1665, was a suppressor of disorders during public worship and collect of the minister's rates in 1667. Andrew separated to the Second Church in Feb 1670, along with wife Hannah, daughter Hannah and his fathers-in-law, Stocking and Cole. [Hannah Stocking was his first wife, Anne Cole the second.]

Connecticut Church Records; Ancestry.com
Milford, First Congregational Church.
Benton, Andrew, adm. ch. 5, 1648; his w. & children at same time; Andrew & family, dism. Mar 1666 to Hartford.

Andrew was buried Center Church Cemetery [Old Center Burying Ground near the rear wall of the First Church of Hartford]. His gravestone reads: "Andrew Benton Aged 63 Years He dyed July 31, 1683.

His estate was administered by son Joseph and distributed on 18 Dec 1683 to his widow Anne and children: Andrew [his eldest son], Samuel, Joseph, Mary & Dorothy [children by Hannah] and Ebenezer, Lydia and Hannah [by Anne the 2nd wife]. Sons to have their portion at 21, daughters at age 18. Steven Hosmore & John Morrice were appointed overseers to the children and estate.
Hartford Co CT, County Court Minutes, Vol 3 & 4; Helen Schatvet Ullmann, p.354-355.

Inventory of Andrew's estate taken 4 Sep 1683 by James Steele, Sen, John Merrell. Children: Andrew, Samuel, Joseph, Mary & Dorothy by his 1st wife who was a daughter of George Stocking. By his 2nd wife Ann Cole: Ebenezer, 9 or 10 years of age, Lydia 7 and Hannah 5 years of age.

18 Dec 1683 Administration to Joseph Benton. Distribute to widow 40#'s, Andrew, Eldest son 54#'s, Joseph 34#'s, Samuel 34#'s, Mary 33#'s, Dorothy 33#'s, to Ebenezer because of his impotency 49#'s, Lidia 33#'s, and Hanna 33#'s. Stephen Hosmer & John Morrice, Overseers.

A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS.1677 to 1687 found in digital format on Ancestry., p.156.
Date of Will 4 Sep 1683
Invt. £ 345-17-09. Taken 4 September, 1683, by James Steele sen., John Merrells. The children: Andrew, Samuel, Joseph, Mary and Dorothy, by his First wife (a daughter of George Stocking). By his second wife (Ann Cole): Ebenezer, 9 or 10 years of age, Lydia 7, Hannah, 5 years of age.Court Record, Page 77--18 December, 1683: Adms. to Joseph Benton. Order to Distribute to the Widow £ 40; to Andrew, Eldest son, £ 54; to Joseph, £ 34; to Samuel, £ 34; to Mary, £ 33; to Dorothy, £ 33; to Ebenephen [sic] because of his impotency, £ 49; to Lidia, £ 33; to Hanna, £ 33: Stephen Hosmer & John Morrice, Overseers.

The homestead, formerly owed by Nathaniel Greensmith was at the junction of the roads leading to Wethersfield and Farmington. At the death of Anne Benton, it became the property of Andrew's eldest son Joseph who sold it in June of 1693. Another parcel of land owned by Andrew was the "Five Mile Lay Out" in East Hartford which was distributed to the eight surviving children listed above on 24 Mar 1689.

The Benton Family: with A Partial collection of the Literary Productions of Orlando, Elias, and Amos Benton, Elias Benton, Scott & McCurdy, Printers, Kenton, Ohio, 1878.
Andrew Benton was first found at Milford in a list of the first settlers, 20 Nov 1639, as free planters with liberty to vote. On 24 Nov 1640, a meeting of the freeman named the town of Milford. This book then goes on to give an incorrect first wife named Sarah, and an incomplete list of children, born in the wrong years, to the first wife. He lists Andrew's second wife only as Ann and omitted their son John. He also incorrectly stated "Andrew Benton was probably from Wales".

Birth	1620	Essex, England
Baptism	15 Oct 1620	Epping Parish, Essex, England
Marriage	Abt 1649	HANNAH Stocking
Marriage	Abt 1673	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut - Anne Cole
Death	31 Jul 1683	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut

Spouse	HANNAH Stocking ( - 1672)
Child	John Benton (1650 - 1650)
Child	Hannah Benton ( - 1675)
Child	Andrew Benton Jr. ( - 1704)
Child	Mary Benton (1655 - 1752)
Child	John Benton (1656 - 1680)
Child	SAMUEL Benton (1658 - 1746)
Child	Joseph Benton (1660 - 1753)
Child	Dorothy Benton (1662 - )

Spouse	Anne Cole ( - 1686)
Child	Ebenezer Benton ( - )
Child	Lydia Benton ( - )
Child	Hannah Benton ( - )
Child	John Benton ( - 1683)

Father	JOHN Benton (1595 - 1661)
Mother	MARY Southernwood ( - )
Sibling	Thomas Benton (1622 - )
Sibling	Marie Benton (1625 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Benton (1628 - )
Sibling	John Benton ( - )