Aaron Benedict (1745 - 1841)

Born 17 Jan 1745 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Trowbridge) Benedict — married 13 Dec 1769 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 18 Dec 1841 at age 96 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Descendant of William Hickok, immigrant ancestor of Farmington, Colony of Connecticut.

Military History THE SARATOGA CAMPAIGN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR September - October 1777 Participants in the Battles of Saratoga BENEDICT, Aaron CT Lieutenant, Col. Baldwin's regt. Ref. CT01*

• CT01 - Johnston, Henry P., ed.; "The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution, 1775 - 1783;" (Hartford CT, 1889)

Per the CT Society, Sons of the American Revolution: Lieutenant Aaron Benedict is buried in the Old Middlebury Cemetary, Middlebury, CT. b 17Jan1745 in Danbury, CT, the 5th son of Captain Daniel Benedict and Sarah Hickok. He served in the French Indian War and in the CT Militia out of Waterbury, CT during the American Revolution. He participated in the march to aid the Continental Army at North River, at Fishkill, and at the battle for Quebec. After the war, he migrated to Middlebury, CT and received a pension for his services. He represented Middlebury in the legislature from 1809-1810, and was a delegate from Middlebury to the constitutional convention in 1818. He was the father of Aaron Benedict, founder of the Waterbury Brass Co., the company instrumental in Waterbury's development as a manufacturing force in the 19th century. He married Esther Trowbridge on 13Dec1769, and died on 16Dec1841.

Footnotes Per Benedicts in America, Vol I, Pg 373 12. Lieut. AARON5 (Daniel,4 Daniel,3 Daniel,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 17, 1745; m. Dec. 13, 1769, Esther Trowbridge, b. Nov. 6, 1748 (O. S.), and d. March 16, 1833. "The year after his marriage he removed to Waterbury, and settled in the east part of what is now the town of Middlebury. He was in the French war, probably, and was a Lieut. in the Revolution, served before Quebec, and was placed on the pension roll. (Hist. Waterbury, p. 349). He was a leading man in the town, and represented it in the legislature, May, 1809, May, 1810, and Oct., 1810. He was, also, a delegate to the constitutional convention, for Middlebury, Aug., 1818. Mr. B. was a remarkable and very superior type of the old-time, strong-minded, straightforward, square men." He d. Dec. 16, 1841. Ch.

Aaron Benedict^[1] was born 17 Jan 1745.^[2]

He married Ester Trowbridge 13 Dec 1769.^[2]

Aaron and his wife Ester were admitted to the church 15 May 1803, and were church members in 1834.^[3]

Aaron died Dec 1841 at age 97.^[3][2]

Children:<^[2]

Rebecca b. 31 Aug 1772, m. 20 Dec 1792 Eli Clark, d. 27 Jul 1852

Daniel b. 17 Jan 1774, d. 5 Nov 1781

Mary b. 14 Apr 1777 m. Nov 1800 Rev. Asa Lyman, d. Nov 1865

Amos b. 6 Jul 1789

Sally b. 22 Aug 1782

Aaron b. 9 Aug 1785

unnamed son b. 16 Mar 1799, d. 25 Apr 1788

Esther b. 11 Aug 1789, m. 20 Oct 1829 Dr. Jacob Linsley

Burial

Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, New Haven, Connecticut

Sources

1. ↑ Ambrose Hickok is a third great-grandson of William Hickok, immigrant ancestor of Farmington, Colony of Connecticut.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Benedict: Page 373-374
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Vol 67 Middlebury, p. 5.

• Benedict, Henry Marvin. The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America (Joel Munsell, Albany, New York, 1870) Page 367 & Page 373
• Humiston, Rev. Wallace. Two Private Connecticut Mortuary Lists, The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 47.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #38411732
• Trowbridge, Francis. The Trowbridge Genealogy, History of the Trowbridge Family in America (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Connecticut, 1908) Page 131.
• Ferry, Robert A., Connecticut Military Pensioners in 1840, Part V New Haven County, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Anc. Soc., Inc., Stamford, Conn., May 1996) Vol. 38, No. 4, WN 195, Page 179.