Display Patriot - P-113051 - Aaron BENEDICT Sr

Aaron BENEDICT Sr

SAR Patriot #: P-113051

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.

State of Service: NY Qualifying Service: Soldier

DAR #: A008990

Birth: 05 Dec 1740 New Milford / Litchfield / CT
Death: 25 Jul 1816 Bennington / Morrow / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Private, Colonel Van Rensselaer's Regiment, NY State Troops

Additional References:

Official roster III: Soldiers of the American Revolution who lived in the State of Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by the Ohio Society Daughters of the American Revolution (OHSDAR). 1959
Berthold Fernow, Documents Relating to the Colonial History of The State of New York, Vol XV (1887), pg 322
A. S. Benedict, History of Peru Township, Morrow Co, OH (1897), pg 32-34

Spouse: Elizabeth Knowles
Children: Phoebe; Hannah; Reuben;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1969-04-15	VA	Unassigned	William Alexander Meder (98651)	Hanah
1994-08-18	LA	210476	Herman Lewis Weiland (141140)	Reuben
1998-11-12	TX	2413	Richard Gerald Shanks (145948)	Phoebe

Burial:

Alum Creek Friends (aka Alum Creek, Alum Creek Evangelical Friends, Friends Churchyard) Cemetery_(C-0087664)

Location:

Marengo / Morrow / OH / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2216558

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

19320690

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Small upright rectangular granite gravestone, contemporary to burial
Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Michael B. Gunn

Born June 6, 1740 at Dutchess County, New York, a son of Gideon Benedict (1710-1748) and Dorothy (Prindle) Benedict, Aaron Benedict served as a Private with Connecticut in the American Revolution. He married Elizabeth Knowles (1741-1851) in 1759: children: Gideon, Dorcus, Phebe b. 1762, Ann, Reuben b. 1768, William b. 1776, Cyrus, Aaron, and Sylvester b. 1780. He died in 1816 and was buried at Alum Creek Friends Cemetery, Marengo, Morrow County, Ohio. He was the first person to be buried in the Alum Creek Friends (Quaker) Cemetery. His tombstone is old and barely legible.

Reference:

Official Roster III: Soldiers of the American Revolution who Lived in the State of Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by the Ohio Society Daughters of the American Revolution (OHSDAR), 1959.

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