Joshua Benedict b. 1751 Danbury, Fairfield co., Connecticut, United States d. 9 Dec 1839 Sheffield twp., Lennosx & Addington county, Ontario, Canada: Benedict Generations

1751 - 1839 (88 years)

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Name	Joshua Benedict
Birth	1751	Danbury, Fairfield co., Connecticut, United States
Gender	Male
Military	Albany, New York, United States [1]
	Children of Joshua Benedict (i8) apply for his Revolutionary War pension.
Reference Number	352.2
Death	9 Dec 1839	Sheffield twp., Lennosx & Addington county, Ontario, Canada
Burial	Erinsville, Lennox and Addington co., Ontario, Canada
Person ID	I8	benedict
Last Modified	1 Sep 2025

Father	Captain Timothy Benedict, b. 15 Nov 1723, Wilton, Fairfield county, Connecticut, United States d. Sept 1771, Winchester, Litchfield county, Connecticut, United States (Age 47 years)
Mother	Lydia Hall, b. 1729, Redding, Fairfield county, Connecticut, United States d. 24 Feb 1824, Winchester, Randolph county, Connecticut, United States (Age 95 years)
Family ID	F9	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Wilcox

Marriage 15 Nov 1784

Children

	1. Anna Benedict, b. 13 Mar 1786 [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
	2. Electa Benedict, b. 1789 [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	3. Ard Benedict, b. 1795, Grand Isle, Vermont, United States d. Abt 1870, Hungerford twp., Hastings county, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
	4. Charlotte Benedict, b. 18 Sep 1797 [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]
+	5. Smedley Benedict, b. 27 Mar 1800, Grand Isle, Vermont, United States d. 27 Apr 1867, Sydenham twp., Grey county, Ontario, Canada (Age 67 years)

Family ID F8 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 4 Mar 2020

Event Map

	Birth - 1751 - Danbury, Fairfield co., Connecticut, United States
	Death - 9 Dec 1839 - Sheffield twp., Lennosx & Addington county, Ontario, Canada
	Burial - - Erinsville, Lennox and Addington co., Ontario, Canada

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Military » Slide Show		WarPensionAbstractCover (i8).jpg Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files
		WarPensionAbstractP229 (I8).jpg Pension application by children of Joshua Benedict (i8)
		WarPensionAbstract Intro.jpg War Pension Files introduction
		Pension application for Joshua Benedict (i8).pdf Pension application for Joshua Benedict

[S3] Virgil D. White, Revolutionary War Pension Files, (National Historical Publishing Company), 229 (Reliability: 3).
This pension application verifies the link between Joshua Benedict and his son Smedley Benedict and corrects a gap in the Genealogy of the Benedicts vol. 1 and vol. 2.