Isaac BENTON

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• Baptism: 14 Feb 1703, Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut

Notes:

Excerpts from "Deavid Benton Jr. and Sarah Bingham": Isaac Benton, who lived in Hartford, Tolland, Kent and Salisbury, Conn., married Mar 16, 1730, Ruth Norton of Edgartown, Mass. He was in Tlland as early as 1716, removed from there to Kent in 1743, where he and his wife joined the church, Mar 14, 1744, and from there went to Salisbury in 1746. He became a freeman April 8, 1751; was a sealer of weights and measures in 1753 and 1755; a tither in 1754; and a lister and grand-juror in 1756. His gravestone in the Old Cemetery at Salisbury is insribed: "Here Lies Interred The Body of Mr Isaac Benton He died September 17th AD. 1757 (ae54)". His son Isaac was executor of his will, and his estate of seventy-nine acres in the southwest corner of the town, near Ore Hill, and personal property of L43-19-8, was distributed, Aug. 16, 1760, to his widow, Ruth, and his eight surviving children.

Isaac married Ruth NORTON between 16 Mar 1723 and 1724 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut. Ruth died after 16 Aug 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah BENTON was born on 14 Jun 1731 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut.
2. Isaac BENTON was born on 13 Nov 1732 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut; died in 1814 in Falls Village, Connecticut.
3. David BENTON was born on 23 Jan 1734 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut; died on 06 Aug 1797.
4. Stephen BENTON was born on 10 Jul 1737 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut; died on 10 Nov 1820 in Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA.
5. Joseph BENTON was born on 03 Sep 1740 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut; died in 1761/2.
6. Nathan BENTON was born on 28 Feb 1743 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut.
7. Levi BENTON was born on 20 Mar 1746 in Kent, Connecticut.
8. Ruth BENTON was born on 23 Jul 1748.
9. Jehiel BENTON was born on 09 Aug 1752; died on 03 Jun 1753.

Joseph married Sarah WATERS on 10 Feb 1697. Sarah died in Mar 1729. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Bevil Waters of Hartford, CT