Hello List Members~~~ I'm new to the list and struggling with the following surnames and collaterals: BENEDICT, CASTLE, PLATT, SEELEY, GREGORY, CLARKE, ADAMS, and SANFORD for starters :-) I have a JOSEPH BENEDICT b. c1679-1716 Norwalk, Fairfield, Ct.(s/o JOHN and PHOEBE GREGORY) who was firstly m. to an "Anne" c1709 and had 3 or 4 ch. I believe his second m. was to MARY PLATT b.1674 NY d. 1771, Norwalk (d/o JOHN and HANNAH CLARKE) but I cannot find any trustworthy verification for this. Some others say Joseph's second m. was to a MARY GROOM on 21 Mar 1719/20. This is the very same mge. date given for the mge. to MARY PLATT, d/o JOHN PLATT. Does anyone have some good, reliable documentation for which of these women married JOSEPH BENEDICT? I have their son, JONATHAN 1722-1800 m. to LUCY CASTLE d/o SAMUEL CASTLE and MARTHA SEELEY. Any help with this problem will be very much appreciated! Dolores J. Davis djdavis@sierratel.com

Dolores J. Davis wrote: djdavis@sierratel.com I have a JOSEPH BENEDICT b. c1679-1716 Norwalk, Fairfield, Ct.(s/o JOHN and PHOEBE GREGORY) ~~~ I didn't have a son Joseph, thank you for posting him. Also does any one know any data on his brother Benjamin? I have this for John BENEDICT and Phoebe GREGORY my 7th gr granduncle was John 2) BENEDICT s/o Thomas 1) Mary 1) [BRIDGHAM][8gp] b 6 Feb 1649 Southold, Suffolk, Long Island, New York d 11 Nov 1729 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut m 11 Nov 1670 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut TO Phoebe GREGORY b 1650 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut d .......... Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Children all born Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut were : they were my 1c8r 1. John 3) 1676 d 1766 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut m bef 1705 at Norwalk TO Annah SENSION/ST JOHN 2. Joseph 3) b abt 1679 3. Benjamin 3) -------- 4. Elizabeth 3) b July 1696 d date not known, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, m 16 July 1696 at Norfolk TO Daniel TAYLOR - Thank you very much Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com

At 07:48 AM 02/07/2001 -0800, you wrote: >Dolores J. Davis wrote: >djdavis@sierratel.com > >I have a JOSEPH BENEDICT b. c1679-1716 Norwalk, Fairfield, Ct.(s/o JOHN >and PHOEBE GREGORY) > >~~~ >I didn't have a son Joseph, thank you for posting him. >Also does any one know any data on his brother Benjamin? I have his data at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~horrocks >I have this for John BENEDICT and Phoebe GREGORY > >my 7th gr granduncle was 6th gr granduncle for me >John 2) BENEDICT s/o Thomas 1) Mary 1) [BRIDGHAM][8gp] >b 6 Feb 1649 Southold, Suffolk, Long Island, New York >d 11 Nov 1729 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut >m 11 Nov 1670 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut >TO >Phoebe GREGORY >b 1650 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut >d .......... Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut > >Children all born Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut were : they were my 1c8r > >1. John 3) 1676 d 1766 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut > m bef 1705 at Norwalk TO Annah SENSION/ST JOHN >2. Joseph 3) b abt 1679 >3. Benjamin 3) -------- I have 9 children >4. Elizabeth 3) b July 1696 d date not known, Danbury, > Fairfield, Connecticut, m 16 July 1696 at Norfolk > TO Daniel TAYLOR - I have Elizabeth as the daughter of James and Sarah (Gregory) Benedict. James is a brother of John and Sarah is a sister of Phoebe. >Thank you very much >Wilma Fleming Haynes >gencon@harborside.com Lloyd A. Horrocks Columbus, Ohio

Re Mary Platt, daughter of of John and Hannah (Clarke) Platt. - The will of John Platt of Norwalk dated 6 Dec 1705 mentions daughter "Mary Bennedick." (I have transcribed his will from microfilm.) - In "Richard Platt of Ware, Co. Hertford, England, and Milford, Connecticut" by John Insley Coddington, TAG:166. Coddington says "Mary is shown by her father's will to have married a Benedict." He believed it was Benjamin3 Benedict of Stamford, whose wife Mary died there 30 Nov. 1771. (I don't have Benjamin3's ancestry). Mary Platt was married to a Benedict well before the 21 March 1719/20 date you give for Joseph's second marriage. The Charles Platt genealogy says Mary died 30 Nov 1771, and Coddington confirms she died in 1771 at Stamford, so she was very much alive in 1719/20, ruling out Mary Groom as a third wife after her death. It looks likely that it was Mary Groom who was Joseph's second wife, if the 1719/20 date is correct, and that Mary Platt married Benjamin Benedict before 6 Dec 1705. Dolores, we're probably cousins several times over. Of the lines you mention, I have: - BENEDICT Elizabeth4 (James3, Thomas2, William1) m. Daniel3 TAYLOR Fairfield Co. CT - GREGORY Rebecca9 (1673-1765) (Sgt. Samuel8, Judah7, Henry6, John5, William (or Thomas)4, Hugh3, William2, Adam1) m. Ezekiel6 SANFORD Redding/Stratfield/Fairfield CT; Springfield MA; Broughton Sulney, Nottingham,England; Urmeton/Highhurst/Tyldesley/Leigh/West Derby Hundred, Lancaster, England - PLATT Hannah4 (1643-1713) (Richard3, George2, Simon1) m. Christopher2 COMSTOCK Norwalk/Milford CT; Royden, Essex, England; Ware, Hertford, England - PLATT Charlotte9 (1785-1846) (Jarvis8, Obadiah Jr.7, Obadiah Sr.6, Jonas5, Isaac4, Richard3, George2, Simon1) m. Lemuel10 SANFORD Redding/Fairfield/Easton/Norwalk, Milford CT; Fayetteville VA; Huntington, Long Island NY; Royden, Essex, England; Ware, Hertford, England - SEELEY Sarah3 (Capt. Nathaniel2, Lt. Robert1) m. Ens. Samuel2 SQUIRES Fairfield CT; Huntington, Long Island, NY - SANFORD Sarah6 (1666-1753) (Ezekiel5, Thomas4, Ezekiel3, Thomas2 Richard1) m. Cornelius5 HULL Fairfield/Milford CT; Dorchester MA; Hatfield Broad Oaks/Stansfield Mountfitchet, Essex, England; Much Hadham, Hertford, England - SANFORD Lydia8 (1738-1796) (Lemuel7, Ezekiel6 Jr., Ezekiel5, Thomas4, Ezekiel3, Thomas2 Richard1) m. Lazarus4 BEACH Redding/Fairfield/Milford, Dorchester MA & in England as above - SANFORD Evelyn12 (1935- ) (Joseph11, Frederic10, James9, John8, Capt. Ephraim7, Ezekiel6 Jr., Ezekiel5, Thomas4, Ezekiel3, Thomas2 Richard1) m. Don6 BERAN Madison WI; Easton MD; Brattleboro VT; Berkeley CA; Danbury/ Enfield/ Thompsonville/Redding/Redding Ridge/Fairfield CT; Manhattan/Brooklyn NY; Milford CT; Dorchester MA Evelyn Sanford Beran > I'm new to the list and struggling with the following surnames and > collaterals: BENEDICT, CASTLE, PLATT, SEELEY, GREGORY, CLARKE, ADAMS, > and SANFORD for starters :-)