Posted on: Fairfield Co. Ct Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ct/Fairfield/13364 Surname: ------------------------- I don't know if they are part of the family you are interested in, but there is in Monroe, CT a Benedict family that has been in Monroe for quite sometime by my estimates employed in farming. Their farm is about 20 miles southeast of Danbury in northeastern Fairfield County. Over the past 60 years or so they have continued to farm, but have also been involved in running a feed store selling feeds, seeds, fertilizers and farm animals, currently under the regional Co-op of AGWAY.