About John Benedict
Lived 1649 – 1729 (aged 80). John Benedict was an American politician.
John Benedict (February 6, 1649 – November 11, 1729) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut Colony in the sessions of May 1722 and May 1725.
He was born in 1649, in Southold, Long Island which was part of the New Haven Colony at the time. He was the son of Thomas Benedict and Mary Brigham Benedict. He moved with his family to Norwalk.
He succeeded his father as deacon, and served in that position until old age. He was named a freeman 1680. He served as a selectman in 1689, from 1692 to 94 and in 1699. He was appointed part of committees to recruit a minister and a schoolmaster.
In 1686, he drew home-lot #27 in Norwalk, and in 1678, he bought a 4 acre home lot on Dry Hill.
The church honored him by voting to allow him to sit "in ye seat before ye pulpit" in 1705.
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Connecticut politician and deacon
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John Benedict was born on 6 February 1649 in Southold.
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John Benedict died on 11 November 1729 in Norwalk.
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