Rev James Benedict Jr.

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Rev James Benedict Jr.

Birth
Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
9 Sep 1792 (aged 72)
Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA
Burial
Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA Add to Map
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The son of James & Sarah (Hyatt) Benedict, he was the husband of Mary Blackman (first wife), Jemima ____ (second wife), and the widow Bross (his third wife).

A Baptist pastor, he was first at Stamford, and later at the Baptist Church ar Warwick, New York, where he was ordained November 17, 1766. Shortly after, he removed to the Wyoming region of the Susquehanna River, where he lived during the massacre by the Indians in 1779-80. After sustaining great financial loss from the Indians, he then moved back to Warwick where he died.

According to The Genealogy of The Benedicts of America by Henry Benedict, no tombstone remained in 1870.
The son of James & Sarah (Hyatt) Benedict, he was the husband of Mary Blackman (first wife), Jemima ____ (second wife), and the widow Bross (his third wife).

A Baptist pastor, he was first at Stamford, and later at the Baptist Church ar Warwick, New York, where he was ordained November 17, 1766. Shortly after, he removed to the Wyoming region of the Susquehanna River, where he lived during the massacre by the Indians in 1779-80. After sustaining great financial loss from the Indians, he then moved back to Warwick where he died.

According to The Genealogy of The Benedicts of America by Henry Benedict, no tombstone remained in 1870.