Descendants of Messenger

Generation No. 1

1.  ANDREW¹ MESSENGER¹ was born Abt. 1588 in County Lincolnshire or County Yorkshire, England^1,2, and died Unknown.  He married SARAH^3,4.  She died Unknown.

More About ANDREW MESSENGER:

Emigration: Jun 1637, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts^5,6

Children of ANDREW MESSENGER and SARAH are:

2.                i.    ANDREW² MESSENGER II, b. 1615, England; d. 1680, Jamaica, Long Island County, New York.

3.               ii.    EDWARD MESSENGER, b. 1617, England; d. Unknown.

4.              iii.    HENRY MESSENGER, b. 1618, England; d. Bef. 30 Apr 1681, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Generation No. 2

2.  ANDREW² MESSENGER II (ANDREW¹)^7,8 was born 1615 in England^9,10, and died 1680 in Jamaica, Long Island County, New York^11,12.  He married RACHEL MANNING¹³ Bef. 1648 in of Jamaica, Long Island, Queens County, New York¹³.  She was born Abt. 1617¹³, and died Aft. 1688 in Jamaica, Long Island County, New York¹³.

Notes for ANDREW MESSENGER II:

Nettie Post Wright and Nettie Wright Adams, The Messenger Family in the Colony of Connecticut,  (West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut: T.B. Simonds, Inc., 1963), pg. 1

    "Andrew Messenger (2) was one of the founders and first settlers of Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1640. He sold land there in 1648 to Robert Husted. In 1661 he was one of ten to agree to inform the Governor and Council against Quakers. Much censure has been passed upon the New England colonies for their severe laws against those calling themselves Quakers; One principal thing which tends to mislead the judgment of many, in this present age, is the supposition that those who suffered the punishment of the law were essentially of the same spirit and practice of the respectable and worthy society of Friends or Quakers of the present day."

Ancestral File Number: 3W26-PL

Christening: 1639, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut¹⁴

Emigration: Jun 1637, With his father and brothers^15,16

Children of ANDREW MESSENGER and RACHEL MANNING are:

                   i.    ANDREW³ MESSENGER III¹⁷, d. Unknown; m. RACHEL HAYES¹⁷, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut¹⁷; d. Unknown.

                  ii.    MARG MESSENGER¹⁷, d. Unknown; m. DANIEL¹⁷; d. Unknown.

                 iii.    SAMUEL MESSENGER¹⁷, d. Unknown; m. SUSANNAH MILLS¹⁷, 20 Apr 1661¹⁷; d. Unknown.

5.              iv.    MARY MESSENGER, b. 1642, Jamaica, Long Island, Queens County, New York; d. 1699, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

                  v.    SARAH MESSENGER^17,18, b. 1644, Jamaica, Long Island, Queens County, New York¹⁸; d. Aft. 1684, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut¹⁸; m. (1) EPHRAIM PALMER^19,20, 1668, Jamaica, Long Island, Queens County, New York²⁰; b. 05 Apr 1648, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut²⁰; d. 19 Aug 1684, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut²⁰; m. (2) JOHN GREGORY, JR.^20,21,22, 15 Oct 1699, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut²³; b. 26 Jul 1636, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut^23,24,25; d. 1720, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut^26,27.

More About SARAH MESSENGER:

Ancestral File Number: 93XP-DC

More About EPHRAIM PALMER:

Ancestral File Number: 93XP-C6

Burial: 19 Aug 1684, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut²⁸

More About JOHN GREGORY, JR.:

Ancestral File Number: 1BDQ-2B and 1XNF-QTR

Baptism (LDS): 13 Jul 1933²⁹

Burial: 1720, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut^30,31

Endowment (LDS): 18 Jan 1934³¹

Record Change: 19 Nov 2001³²

Residence: New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut^33,34

Sealed to parents (LDS): 19 Aug 1989³⁴

                 vi.    ABIGAIL MESSENGER³⁵, b. Abt. 1652, Jamaica, Long Island, Queens County, New York³⁵; d. Unknown; m. RICHARD DARLING³⁵, 1662, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut³⁵; d. Unknown.

3.  EDWARD² MESSENGER (ANDREW¹)³⁶ was born 1617 in England^36,37, and died Unknown.

Notes for EDWARD MESSENGER:

[Anne Farrell (Higgins) Wood, Messengers of Connecticut (?), Vol I, 2nd Ed,  (1964), pg. 5:]

    "Edward Messenger was one of the first settlers of the Colony of Connecticut.  He located at Windsor where a fort was soon after built, and a fur trade with the Indians sprang up.  In 1621 and for many years after, all the settlers for New England landed in the Colony of New Plymouth or Massachusetts and emigrated from thence to Connecticut.  For several years after 1635 there were no settlements by the English in Connecticut except in the towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield and a few in Saybrook. Edward Messenger had land in 1650 at Greenfield (nw Bloomfield), Connecticut He gave to his daughter Doreas , who married Peter Mills the Dutchman, 20 acres of his Greenfield land (1660) to build upon. In the list of those having a family and a horse at Windsor in 1669, the name of Edward Messenger appears and he was a Grantee at New London in 1651.
    "11. - Doreas Messenger, b. Sept. 23, 1650; mar. PETER Mills. She died May 18, 1688
    "12. + Nathaniel (or Nathan) Messenger, b. June 18, 1653/4
    "13. x Deliverance Messenger (son), b. Apr. 7, 1655; d. 1676. Another source says Deliverance died in               1718.
    "The Memorial History of Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut states that 'There was probably a period of fifty or sixty years during which Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut was the political, religious and social center of the little colony, in the southwest part of Windsor known by the name of "Messenger Farms". However, it was a long way to go to church and very difficult in winter, with snow three feet deep, or more, from November to March. They even had to go to Windsor to "get fire" when they were so unfortunate as to be out of it in those days before friction matches. So these zealous people, in May 1734, petitioned for "winter privileges" and were granted liberty to conduct a separate worship from November to March. Two years later they were made independent of the Windsor church.'"

Court Sentences: Whipping for merciless treatment of a servant³⁸

Emigration: Jun 1637, With his father and brothers^39,40

Residence: 1650, Windsor, Wintonbury (now Bloomfield) County, Connecticut⁴¹

Children of EDWARD MESSENGER are:

6.                i.    DOREAS³ MESSENGER, b. 03 Sep 1650, Windsor, Wintonbury (now Bloomfield) County, Connecticut; d. 18 May 1688, Windsor, Wintonbury (now Bloomfield) County, Connecticut.

7.               ii.    NATHANIEL MESSENGER, b. 18 Jun 1653, Guilford (now Bloomfield), Connecticut; d. Unknown.

                 iii.    DELIVERANCE MESSENGER⁴², b. 07 Apr 1655⁴²; d. 1676⁴².

4.  HENRY² MESSENGER (ANDREW¹)⁴³ was born 1618 in England⁴⁴, and died Bef. 30 Apr 1681 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts⁴⁴.  He married SARAH⁴⁴.  She died 06 Jun 1697 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts⁴⁴.

Notes for HENRY MESSENGER:

[Jerilyn Jacklin Reniger, The Messenger Family in Portage and Geauga Counties, Ohio,  (Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan 1966).]

"4. x Henry Messinger (sic) was b. in England in 1618 and d. in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts in 1681.  He mar. SARAH ____, who d. June 6, 1697. They were the parents of twelve children. Henry and Sarah were residents of Boston prior to 1640. His residence adjoined King's Chapel burying ground and he was the first known proprietor as appears by the Book of Possessions of the land on which now stands the 'Record of Deeds' building and a part of that formerly covered by the Boston Museum on Tremont St. This is a position of the land or square bounded by School an Queen (now Court) Streets. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, a Freeman in 1665, and by trade a joiner. On Jan. 27, 1640, Henry Messinger (sic) had lot of land allowed him at Mudy River, by town grant for two heads. (See Drake's History of Boston). His will was dated March 15, 1672, and his signature, written in the old style, is quite distinct. He probably died in 1681, as his property was appraised at 496 pounds, 9 shillings and 6 pence, April 30 of that year. He left his estate to his wife, with power to divide it as she might choose among her children, with the exception of his oldest son, John, to whom he bequeathed 'Five Shillings and no more, for reasons best known to myself.' His wife Sarah lived to an advanced age; her will was dated 1694 and proved June 24, 1697. She left the household estate to be divided equally between her sons Simeon and Thomas, Simeon to have the left hand side of the line to be drawn from the highway on the Westerly end to Savate's fence on the Easterly end, being the side next Bumstead's with the Common (Boston Common or part) also the 'Messinger Coat of Arms'. To Thomas she left the right hand side, next the burying plot. The livestock also to be divided between her sons. Her household goods she wished divided among he daughters, and Anna Messinger, daughter of her son John, and she appointed her friend Simeon Stone of Watertown, and Abraham Williams of Marlboro to see that the property was properly divided."

Emigration: Jun 1637, With his father and brothers^45,46

Occupation: Joiner⁴⁷

Probate: 30 Apr 1681⁴⁷

Residence: Bef. 1640, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts⁴⁷

Will: 15 Mar 1672⁴⁷

More About SARAH:

Residence: Bef. 1640, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts⁴⁷

Children of HENRY MESSENGER and SARAH are:

8.                i.    JOHN³ MESSENGER, d. Unknown.

                  ii.    SIMEON MESSENGER⁴⁷, d. Unknown.

                 iii.    THOMAS MESSENGER⁴⁷, d. Unknown.

                 iv.    MESSENGER⁴⁷, d. Unknown.

                  v.    MESSENGER⁴⁷, d. Unknown.

                 vi.    MESSENGER⁴⁷, d. Unknown.

                vii.    MESSENGER⁴⁷, d. Unknown.

               viii.    MESSENGER⁴⁷, d. Unknown.

                  ix.    MESSENGER⁴⁷, d. Unknown.

                   x.    MESSENGER⁴⁷, d. Unknown.

                  xi.    MESSENGER⁴⁷, d. Unknown.

                 xii.    MESSENGER⁴⁷, d. Unknown.

Generation No. 3

5.  MARY³ MESSENGER (ANDREW², ANDREW¹)^48,49,50 was born 1642 in Jamaica, Long Island, Queens County, New York⁵¹, and died 1699 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut⁵¹.  She married (1) THOMAS BENEDICT, JR.^52,53,54 Jan 1665 in Jamaica, Long Island, Suffolk County, New York^55,56,57, son of THOMAS BENEDICT and MARY BRIDGUM.  He was born Abt. 1642 in Southold, Long Island, Suffolk County, New York^58,59,60, and died Bet. 20 Nov 1688 - 1689 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut^61,62,63.  She married (2) DR. JOHN HULL⁶³ Bef. 1693⁶³.  He was born Abt. 1644 in Wallingford⁶³, and died Unknown.

More About MARY MESSENGER:

Ancestral File Number: 1BF1-PS

Notes for THOMAS BENEDICT, JR.:

"Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 27."

1. THOMAS2 (Thomas1), was b. 164-, Southold, L. I., where, and at Huntington, he passed his youth and early manhood. In 1662 he removed with his father's family to Jamaica, and in the year following the town granted him a "home lot" and "ten (10) acres of meadow." I conjecture, from this grant and from the fact that, Sept. 29, 1663, he signed with others a petition to be taken under the government of Connecticut, that he was of age. Dec. 13, 1663, he was appointed "to gather the rate made for the purchase of the Hills." He m. Jan., 1665, Mary, dau. of Andrew Messenger, one of the original settlers of Jamaica, March 10, 1656, and magistrate in 1661-62. Thomas removed to Norwalk 1665-6, and was made freeman in 1669;(*) pounder fence viewer and surveyor between 1667 and 1686. He d. at Norwalk, Nov., 1688-9. His inventory filed Nov. 5, 1689, shows a clear estate of œ169. His wife survived him. (See Jamaica Rec.; Hall's Hist. Norwalk, Ct., pp. 75, 83).

Ancestral File Number: GJ81-V1

Freeman: 1669⁶⁴

Inventory: 05 Nov 1689, showed a clear estate of 169 pounds⁶⁴

Occupation: Bet. 1667 - 1686, Pounder fence viewer and surveyor⁶⁴

Residence: 1662, Jamaica, Long Island, Suffolk County, New York⁶⁴

More About DR. JOHN HULL:

Ancestral File Number: B81G-WK

Children of MARY MESSENGER and THOMAS BENEDICT are:

                   i.    MARY⁴ BENEDICT, b. 04 Dec 1666, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown.

                  ii.    ENSIGN THOMAS BENEDICT III, b. 05 Dec 1670, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. 10 May 1743, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

                 iii.    HANNAH BENEDICT, b. 08 Jan 1676, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown.

                 iv.    ESTHER BENEDICT, b. 05 Oct 1679, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown.

                  v.    ABIGAIL BENEDICT, b. 08 Jun 1682, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown.

                 vi.    ELIZABETH BENEDICT, b. 1684, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Unknown.

6.  DOREAS³ MESSENGER (EDWARD², ANDREW¹)⁶⁵ was born 03 Sep 1650 in Windsor, Wintonbury (now Bloomfield) County, Connecticut⁶⁵, and died 18 May 1688 in Windsor, Wintonbury (now Bloomfield) County, Connecticut⁶⁵.  She married PETER MILLS⁶⁵.  He was born  in Netherlands⁶⁵, and died Unknown.

More About DOREAS MESSENGER:

Property: 20 acres in Greenfield (now Bloomfield), Connecticut⁶⁵

Child of DOREAS MESSENGER and PETER MILLS is:

                   i.    PETER⁴ MILLS, JR.⁶⁶, b. 1666⁶⁶; d. 1754⁶⁶.

7.  NATHANIEL³ MESSENGER (EDWARD², ANDREW¹)⁶⁷ was born 18 Jun 1653 in Guilford (now Bloomfield), Connecticut⁶⁷, and died Unknown.  He married REBECCA KELSEY⁶⁷ 05 Apr 1678 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut⁶⁷, daughter of MARK KELSEY and REBECCA HOSKINS.  She was born 02 Jan 1659⁶⁷, and died Unknown.

Children of NATHANIEL MESSENGER and REBECCA KELSEY are:

                   i.    HANNAH⁴ MESSENGER⁶⁸, b. Sep 1682⁶⁸; d. Unknown.

                  ii.    NATHAN MESSENGER⁶⁸, b. 07 Apr 1684⁶⁸; d. 30 Dec 1684⁶⁸.

                 iii.    REBECCA MESSENGER⁶⁸, b. 11 Feb 1685⁶⁸; d. Unknown.

                 iv.    JOSEPH MESSENGER⁶⁸, b. 02 Sep 1687⁶⁸; d. Unknown; m. CATHERINE HOLCOMB⁶⁸, 22 Jan 1707⁶⁸; d. Unknown.

                  v.    JOHN MESSENGER⁶⁸, b. 24 Nov 1689⁶⁸; d. Unknown.

                 vi.    RETURN MESSENGER⁶⁸, b. 04 Aug 1691⁶⁸; d. Unknown.

8.  JOHN³ MESSENGER (HENRY², ANDREW¹)⁶⁹ died Unknown.

Child of JOHN MESSENGER is:

                   i.    ANNA⁴ MESSENGER⁶⁹, d. Unknown.

Endnotes

1.  Jerilyn Jacklin Reniger, The Messenger Family in Portage and Geauga Counties, Ohio,  (Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan 1966), pg. 1.

2.  Anne Farrell (Higgins) Wood, Messengers of Connecticut (?), Vol I, 2nd Ed,  (1964), pg. 5.

3.  Jerilyn Jacklin Reniger, The Messenger Family in Portage and Geauga Counties, Ohio,  (Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan 1966), pg. 1.

4.  Anne Farrell (Higgins) Wood, Messengers of Connecticut (?), Vol I, 2nd Ed,  (1964), pg. 5.

5.  Jerilyn Jacklin Reniger, The Messenger Family in Portage and Geauga Counties, Ohio,  (Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan 1966), pg. 1.

6.  W.A. Gaines, History of County of Annapolis, Nova Scotia,  (1897).

7.  Jerilyn Jacklin Reniger, The Messenger Family in Portage and Geauga Counties, Ohio,  (Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan 1966), pg. 1.

8.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

9.  Jerilyn Jacklin Reniger, The Messenger Family in Portage and Geauga Counties, Ohio,  (Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan 1966), pg. 1.

10.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

11.  Jerilyn Jacklin Reniger, The Messenger Family in Portage and Geauga Counties, Ohio,  (Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan 1966), pg. 1.

12.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

13.  Nettie Post Wright and Nettie Wright Adams, The Messenger Family in the Colony of Connecticut,  (West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut: T.B. Simonds, Inc., 1963), pg. 1.

14.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

15.  W.A. Gaines, History of County of Annapolis, Nova Scotia,  (1897).

16.  Anne Farrell (Higgins) Wood, Messengers of Connecticut (?), Vol I, 2nd Ed,  (1964), pg. 5.

17.  Amanda Long Messenger, Ancestors and Descendants of Captain David Beckett Messenger and Hannah Highley Messenger,  (Xenia, Ohio 1952), pg. 9.

18.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

19.  Amanda Long Messenger, Ancestors and Descendants of Captain David Beckett Messenger and Hannah Highley Messenger,  (Xenia, Ohio 1952), pg. 9.

20.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

21.  Greg Reed Estep, Greg Estep's Genealogy Page, "Electronic."

22.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

23.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

24.  Greg Reed Estep, Greg Estep's Genealogy Page, "Electronic."

25.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

26.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

27.  Greg Reed Estep, Greg Estep's Genealogy Page, "Electronic."

28.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

29.  Greg Reed Estep, Greg Estep's Genealogy Page, "Electronic."

30.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

31.  Greg Reed Estep, Greg Estep's Genealogy Page, "Electronic."

32.  Robert A. Benedict, The Benedict Topics Website, Internet site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~benedicttopics/index.html/, Date of Import: 6 Apr 2005.

33.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

34.  Greg Reed Estep, Greg Estep's Genealogy Page, "Electronic."

35.  Amanda Long Messenger, Ancestors and Descendants of Captain David Beckett Messenger and Hannah Highley Messenger,  (Xenia, Ohio 1952), pg. 9.

36.  Jerilyn Jacklin Reniger, The Messenger Family in Portage and Geauga Counties, Ohio,  (Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan 1966), pg. 1.

37.  Anne Farrell (Higgins) Wood, Messengers of Connecticut (?), Vol I, 2nd Ed,  (1964), pg. 7.

38.  Anne Farrell (Higgins) Wood, Messengers of Connecticut (?), Vol I, 2nd Ed,  (1964), pg. 7, "It is recorded that the court once sentenced Edward to be whipped for merciless treatment of a servant, then lying to extenuate his fault."

39.  W.A. Gaines, History of County of Annapolis, Nova Scotia,  (1897).

40.  Anne Farrell (Higgins) Wood, Messengers of Connecticut (?), Vol I, 2nd Ed,  (1964), pg. 5.

41.  Jerilyn Jacklin Reniger, The Messenger Family in Portage and Geauga Counties, Ohio,  (Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan 1966), pg. 1.

42.  Anne Farrell (Higgins) Wood, Messengers of Connecticut (?), Vol I, 2nd Ed,  (1964), pg. 7.

43.  Jerilyn Jacklin Reniger, The Messenger Family in Portage and Geauga Counties, Ohio,  (Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan 1966), pg. 1.

44.  Jerilyn Jacklin Reniger, The Messenger Family in Portage and Geauga Counties, Ohio,  (Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan 1966), pg. 6.

45.  W.A. Gaines, History of County of Annapolis, Nova Scotia,  (1897).

46.  Anne Farrell (Higgins) Wood, Messengers of Connecticut (?), Vol I, 2nd Ed,  (1964), pg.5.

47.  Jerilyn Jacklin Reniger, The Messenger Family in Portage and Geauga Counties, Ohio,  (Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan 1966), pg. 6.

48.  Steven Myers, Documents from Steven Myers, Benedict Family Tree.

49.  Amanda Long Messenger, Ancestors and Descendants of Captain David Beckett Messenger and Hannah Highley Messenger,  (Xenia, Ohio 1952), pg. 9.

50.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 27.

51.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

52.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 27.

53.  Steven Myers, Documents from Steven Myers, Benedict Family Tree.

54.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

55.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 27.

56.  Steven Myers, Documents from Steven Myers, Benedict Family Tree, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.

57.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

58.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 27.

59.  Steven Myers, Documents from Steven Myers, Benedict Family Tree.

60.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

61.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 24.

62.  Steven Myers, Documents from Steven Myers, Benedict Family Tree.

63.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R),  (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), "Electronic."

64.  Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America,  (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870), page 27.

65.  Anne Farrell (Higgins) Wood, Messengers of Connecticut (?), Vol I, 2nd Ed,  (1964), pg. 7.

66.  Nettie Post Wright and Nettie Wright Adams, The Messenger Family in the Colony of Connecticut,  (West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut: T.B. Simonds, Inc., 1963), pg. 7.

67.  Anne Farrell (Higgins) Wood, Messengers of Connecticut (?), Vol I, 2nd Ed,  (1964), pg. 7.

68.  Amanda Long Messenger, Ancestors and Descendants of Captain David Beckett Messenger and Hannah Highley Messenger,  (Xenia, Ohio 1952), pg. 9.

69.  Jerilyn Jacklin Reniger, The Messenger Family in Portage and Geauga Counties, Ohio,  (Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan 1966), pg. 6.

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