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Lewis Benedict

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Province of Connecticut, (Present USA)
Death: June 21, 1827 (72)
Cross River, Westchester County, New York, United States
Place of Burial: Cross River, Westchester County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph Benedict and Susannah Benedict (Northrup)
Husband of Jemima Benedict (Newman)
Father of Nancy Benedict; Lydia Benedict; Phoebe Benedict; Joseph Benedict; David Benedict and 4 others
Brother of Susannah Miller (Benedict); Anna Murphy (Benedict); Ambrose Benedict; Nancy Benedict; Lydia Benedict and 2 others

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About Lewis Benedict

DAR Ancestor #: A009041

From "Darlene's Family Genealogy":

http://www.dkdonovan.com/getperson.php?personID=I05389&tree=Main

According to "The Genealogy of the Benedicts of America": he served, 1780 in Delevan's Dragoons. He captued a British soldier who had accompained the "Cow-boys" who murdered a Mr. Pelham, and took from him a Queen's arm and a carved powder-horn, which are now in the pssession of his descendants.

Original at:

http://books.google.cl/books?id=OJ4xAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=Delevan's+Dragoons&source=bl&ots=4h_S5KoWdf&sig=95zLFBrFO3fj-ThY6k8CpquqvbE&hl=es-419&sa=X&ei=dgQVT9zsKNStgQeysJXGAw&sqi=2&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Delevan's%20Dragoons&f=false

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Lewis Benedict's Timeline

1754
June 25, 1754
Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Province of Connecticut, (Present USA)
1776
January 28, 1776
1777
January 28, 1777
1779
April 30, 1779
1781
July 10, 1781
1783
August 2, 1783
1786
March 31, 1786
1791
June 17, 1791
1793
September 28, 1793