Thomas Benedict

This article is about the English immigrant and New York and Connecticut settler. For his grandson, who also served in the Connecticut General Assembly, see Thomas Benedict (II).
Thomas Benedict, Sr.
Member of the
General Court
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk[1]
In office
May 1670 – October 1670
Preceded byJohn Douglas
Succeeded byDaniel Kellogg
In office
May 1675 – October 1675
Preceded byDaniel Kellogg
Succeeded byWalter Hoyt
Personal details
Born1617[2]
Nottingham, England[2]
Died(1689-02-28)February 28, 1689[3]
Norwalk, Connecticut Colony[3]
Resting placeEast Norwalk Historical Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut
SpouseMary Brigham Benedict (m. 1640)[3]
ChildrenThomas Benedict, Jr., John Benedict, Mary Benedict Olmsted, Daniel Benedict, Samuel Benedicy, James Benedict[3]
Residence(s)Hashamommock, New Haven Colony (now Southold, Long Island, New York)

Jamaica, Queens

Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Occupationweaver

Thomas Benedict, Sr. (1617 – February 28, 1689) was an early settler in colonial New York, and Connecticut. He was a member of the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1670, and May 1675.

  1. ^ An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of Norwalk
  2. ^ a b Text of History of Danbury
  3. ^ a b c d "Ancestral File", database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9HGB-36V: accessed 2013-06-14), entry for Thomas Benedict, Sr.