Descendants of Hyatt
Generation No. 1
1. THOMAS1 HYATT1 was born in of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut1, and died Unknown. He married MARY1. She was born in of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut1, and died Unknown.
Notes for THOMAS HYATT:
"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), pages 52 and 53."
Thomas Hyatt was active and brave enough in the Indian wars of his time to incite the town to make to him a grant of land as a testimonial of its gratitude, and a requital of his services. Millison, b. Dec., 1686, was twin-sister of Sarah, who became the wife of Dea. James3 (5) Benedict of Ridgefield.
Note: Further research has determined that Capt Thomas Benedict married Millicent Hoyt not Millison Hyatt. However, Millison must still be Sarah's twin sister. Steven Lusk
Children of THOMAS HYATT and MARY are:
2. i. SARAH2 HYATT, b. Dec 1686, of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 09 Feb 1767.
ii. MILLISON HYATT2, b. Dec 1686, of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut2; d. Unknown.
Notes for MILLISON HYATT:
"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), pages 52 and 53."
Thomas Hyatt was active and brave enough in the Indian wars of his time to incite the town to make to him a grant of land as a testimonial of its gratitude, and a requital of his services. Millison, b. Dec., 1686, was twin-sister of Sarah, who became the wife of Dea. James3 (5) Benedict of Ridgefield.
Note: Further research has determined that Capt Thomas Benedict married Millicent Hoyt not Millison Hyatt. However, Millison must still be Sarah's twin sister. Steven Lusk
Individual Note: Millison is the twin sister of Sarah Hyatt2
Generation No. 2
2. SARAH2 HYATT (THOMAS1)3 was born Dec 1686 in of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut3, and died 09 Feb 17673. She married ESQUIRE JAMES BENEDICT4 07 Apr 1709 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut5, son of JOHN BENEDICT and PHOEBE GREGORY. He was born 05 Jan 1684/85 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut6, and died 25 Nov 1762 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut7.
Notes for SARAH HYATT:
"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), pages 52 and 53."
Thomas Hyatt was active and brave enough in the Indian wars of his time to incite the town to make to him a grant of land as a testimonial of its gratitude, and a requital of his services. Millison, b. Dec., 1686, was twin-sister of Sarah, who became the wife of Dea. James3 (5) Benedict of Ridgefield.
Note: Further research has determined that Capt Thomas Benedict married Millicent Hoyt not Millison Hyatt. However, Millison must still be Sarah's twin sister. Steven Lusk
Burial: Unknown, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut7
Individual Note: Sarah is the twin sister of Millison Hyatt7
Notes for ESQUIRE JAMES BENEDICT:
As a child, James lived with his grandparents,
and remembering what his grandmother had told him, was the first to write about
the Benedict family. His book was titled GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILY OF THE
BENEDICTS and was dated 14 Mar 1755. This book is the basis of all future
books, having been copied by his grandson, Abner, in June of 1768.
The tombstones of James and his wife were located in Ridgefield,
Connecticut It records that he was the first deacon of the Church of Christ in
Ridgefield. He was age 77, she was 81.
James purchased land from Catoohah, the chief sachem. That land lay
between the town of Norwalk and the town of Danbury, and came to be known as
Ridgefield. James was prominent in the town's affairs, serving as fence-viewer,
ensign, captain, esquire, justice of the peace, and representative.
"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), pages 51 and 52."
"In 1708 he and other inhabitants of Norwalk purchased a large tract of land between that town and Danbury. The purchase was made of Catoonah the chief sachem, and other Indians, who were the proprietors of that part of the country. Deed bears date Sept. 30, 1708. At the Norwalk town session, 1709, it was ordained that it should be a distinct township by the name of Ridgefield." (Trumbull, p. 460). James was also one of the original settlers of this township. Fence-viewer in 1715, called Ensign, 1719, afterwards Captain, and, 1737, Esquire. He was appointed justice of the peace for Fairfield county, Ct., May, 1732, and was reappointed annually until 1733. He was representative for Ridgefield, from May, 1740-45, and 1748-1752. He was the first to write the genealogy of the Benedict family. In his youth he lived with his grandmother, Mary Bridgum, wife of Thomas, and she delivered to him, from her own mouth, the genealogy down to his own memory, and he reduced it to writing. His Genealogy of the Family of the Benedicts, dated March 14, 1755, has been the foundation of all the subsequent ones. His grandson, Abner Benedict, a member of the junior class in Yale College, made an exact copy of it, June 23, 1768. James was the second Deacon of the church in Ridgefield, till old age and its attendants rendered him unable to serve. He sustained the character of a pious and exemplary Christian. His death occurred Nov. 25, 1762. The following inscription is on his gravestone in Ridgefield.
Here lies interred
the body of
James Benedict
Deacon of the first Church of Christ in this town;
Together with
Sarah, His Wife
Who, after having served their generation
According to the will of God,
fell asleep and were gathered to their fathers,
the first on Nov. 25. 1762
in the 77th year of his age; the other, February
ye 9th, 1767, in the 81st year of her age.
Burial: Unknown, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut7
Elected: 1715, fenceviewer8
Military service: 1719, called Ensign8
Published: 14 Mar 1755, "His Genealogy of the Family of the Benedicts"9
Children of SARAH HYATT and JAMES BENEDICT are:
i. SARAH3 BENEDICT, b. 23 May 1710; d. Unknown.
ii. RUTH BENEDICT, b. 03 Dec 1711; d. Unknown.
iii. PETER BENEDICT, b. 20 Mar 1713/14, O. S., Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 1787.
iv. HANNAH BENEDICT, b. 25 Jan 1715/16; d. 12 Mar 1736/37.
vi. REVEREND JAMES BENEDICT, b. 19 Feb 1719/20, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 09 Sep 1792, Warwick, Orange County, New York.
vii. MARTHA BENEDICT, b. 15 Apr 1722; d. Unknown.
viii. JOHN BENEDICT, b. 03 Oct 1726; d. 09 Jul 1814.
ix. THOMAS BENEDICT, b. 03 Oct 1726; d. Unknown, Broadalbin, Fulton County, New York.
Endnotes
1. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 51.
2. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 52.
3. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 51.
4. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 50.
5. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 51.
6. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 50.
7. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 52.
8. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 51.
9. Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 52.
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