The Morris Clan

James Benedict and Sarah Hyatt

HUSBAND:
James BENEDICT. [PC M2].
Born 15 January 1685 at Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; son of John BENEDICT and Phoebe GREGORY.

He was one of the original purchasers and settlers of Ridgefield township. The purchase was made in 1708 of Catoonah, Sachem of the Ramapoo Indians, for consideration of One Hundred Pounds.

He married Sarah HYATT on 7 April (1708-S6) 1709 in Fairfield, Connecticut.

He was a Captain.

He became a deacon.

He died 25 November 1762 at Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

WIFE:
Sarah HYATT. [PC M2].
Born 6 December 1689 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; daughter of Thomas HYATT and Mary St. JOHN.

She married James BENEDICT on 7 April (1708-S6) 1709 in Fairfield, Connecticut.

She died on 9 February 1767 at Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut at age 81 years.

CHILDREN of James BENEDICT and Sarah HYATT:

Sarah BENEDICT. Born on 23 May 1710 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut. She married Gideon Smith (b: June 13, 1709 in Milford, New Haven, Ct) on 9 December 1731 in Fairfield, cT. She died on 9 February 1766-1767 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
Ruth BBENEDICT. Born on 3 December 1711 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut. She married Thomas Rockwell b: Abt. 1710.
Peter BENEDICT. Born on 20 March 1714 at Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He married Mary Parish (b.Abt. 1716-d.?).
Hannah BENEDICT. Born on 25 January 1716 at Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut. She married Daniel BURT (b.8 JUL 1716-d.18 MAR 1805 Warwick, NY), son of Benjamin BURT and Sarah BELDON, in 1737. In the year 1746 Daniel BURT came from Ridgefield, CT and settled upon a farm near the village of Warwick. He soon returned to CT, probably 3 or 4 years later, where he remained until 1760, when returning to Warwick, and failing to secure his old farm, he located at Bellvale, NY. When he came from CT in 1760 Daniel Whitney, who m his sister, Thankful Burt, came with him to Warwick and settled. At the close of the same year Mr. Burt again purchased a farm near Warwick, to which he moved, and on which he resided until his death. They had 10 children. Hannah died on 20 JAN 1810, probably in Warwick, Orange County, New York.
Phebe Benedict. Born in 1718.
James BENEDICT. [PC M2]. Born on 19 February 1719-1720 at Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He married (1) Mary BLACKMAN on 8 May 1740. He married (2) Jemima. He married (3) Sarah, widow BROSS. He died on 9 September 1792 at Warwick, Orange County, New York.
Martha Benedict. Born in 1722.
Thomas BENEDICT Sr. Born on 3 October 1726 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut. He married Jane Gunn (b: Bet. 1726 - 1731 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT), daughter of Joseph II Gunn and Margaret Northrup, on 27 March 1752 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut. He died in 1785 in Pittstown, Rensselaer, New York.

SOURCES:

[S1]. http://www.foorgenealogy.com/hallard/d0001/g0000075.html. Quotes as source: Genealogy of the Benedicts in America", Henry Marvin Benedict, V1 1870; Henry and Ulalia Burt" by Roderick H. Burnham, 1892.
[S2]. Glenn Russell Handy Family Newsletter of JUN 1982. {G175}.
[S3]. The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America. by Henry Marvin Benedict. 1870. Munsell:Albany.
[S4]. The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America. by Elwyn Ellsworth Benedict. Vol. II.
[S5]. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A. 1930. Vol. 1:61-63. Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, DAR:Fairfield, CT.
[S6]. Ancestors of Francis Austin Hyatt. From "History of Chenango and Madison Counties, NY" starting on page 705. Transcribed by Sandy Goodspeed. http://www.borg.com/~mcholli/bifahya1.htm
[S7]. St. John Genealogy. http://matteson.us/stjohn.html

HOW ARE WE RELATED:

James Benedict and Sarah Hyatt (Elder) James Benedict and Mary Blackman Jemima Benedict and John Newberry James Abraham Newberry and Mary Smith Hannah Maria Newberry and George Morris James Newberry Morris and Harriett Louisa Elliott Tina Matilda Kunzler and Eli Ray Morris LeGrand Elliott Morris and Dorothea Berta Ernestina Kersten Rodney Allen Morris and Deborah Lee Handy