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Epenetus WEED

Epenetus WEED

Male 1712 - 1763  (50 years)

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  1. 1.  Epenetus WEEDEpenetus WEED was born on 20 Sep 1712 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 04 Mar 1763 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Weed Cemetery #2, Darien, Connecticut.

    Epenetus married Abigail WATERBURY on 25 Dec 1735 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Abigail (daughter of Lieut. John WATERBURY and Hannah CROSS) was born about 1714; died on 30 Dec 1736 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Epenetus married Mary BELDING on 01 Jun 1738 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Mary was born about 1717; died on 08 Apr 1756 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Epenetus WEED  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Apr 1739 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
    2. 3. Benjamin WEED  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Jun 1741 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 6 Sep 1758 in Died in the Army at Lake George.
    3. 4. Abigail WEED  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Aug 1749; died on 8 Sep 1751.
    4. 5. Abigail WEED  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Nov 1757?.
    5. 6. Sarah WEED  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Feb 1754 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

    Epenetus married Sarah SLASON on 22 Feb 1758 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Sarah (daughter of John SLASON and Rebecca BRUSH) was born on 21 Apr 1729 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 15 Oct 1795 in Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; was buried in Weed Cemetery #2, Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Benjamin WEED, III  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Dec 1758 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 11 Jan 1846 in Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
    2. 8. John WEED  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Aug 1760.
    3. 9. Prudence WEED  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Mar 1763.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Epenetus WEED Descendancy chart to this point (1.Epenetus1) was born on 28 Apr 1739 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

  2. 3.  Benjamin WEED Descendancy chart to this point (1.Epenetus1) was born on 18 Jun 1741 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 6 Sep 1758 in Died in the Army at Lake George.

  3. 4.  Abigail WEED Descendancy chart to this point (1.Epenetus1) was born on 16 Aug 1749; died on 8 Sep 1751.

  4. 5.  Abigail WEED Descendancy chart to this point (1.Epenetus1) was born on 20 Nov 1757?.

  5. 6.  Sarah WEED Descendancy chart to this point (1.Epenetus1) was born on 9 Feb 1754 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

  6. 7.  Benjamin WEED, III Descendancy chart to this point (1.Epenetus1) was born on 18 Dec 1758 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 11 Jan 1846 in Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

    Notes:

    Name:
    There were 3 Benjamin Weeds enlisted fromStamford in the War of the Revolution. this one is known as "Benjamin 3d". He enlisted in Capt. Whitney's Company, Ninth regiment, Conn. Militia. the elder Benjamin Weed, known as "Sergeant" was sergeant of this company. "Connecticut men in the Revolution" states that: "After the battle of White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776, the Assembly ordered the 9th, 10th, 13th and 16th militia regiments to march to the Westchester border and place themselves under Gen. Wooster's command. Later the State Regiments under col. Enos Whiting relieved them. The 9th regiment had but lately returned from New York."

    Although this is the only official record given, there is no doubt but that Benjamin 3d served through the war and took part in the affair at Ridgefield. Sergeant Benjamin being wounded on that occasion. Huntington's Stamford, page 256, refers to a "petition signed June 3, 1782, which states that 'since the capture of Cornwallis and his army, many unprincipled wretches from us who had with arms joined the common enemy' had returned home, and that a number of them belonged to the most infamous banditte called Delancy's corps." Among the signers of this petition was Benjamin Weed 3d.

    Benjamin married Mary WATERBURY on 19 Dec 1784 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Mary (daughter of Capt. David WATERBURY and Jemima JUNE) was born in Sep 1761 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 11 Sep 1816 in Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 8.  John WEED Descendancy chart to this point (1.Epenetus1) was born on 20 Aug 1760.

  8. 9.  Prudence WEED Descendancy chart to this point (1.Epenetus1) was born on 4 Mar 1763.


  

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