Zadock "Russell" Benedict

	Born	07 Jun 1799	Danbury, Fairfield co., Conn
	Married 1st	16 Aug 1825	Mary Ann White	Danbury, Fairfield co., Conn
	Married 2nd	01 Sep 1830	Marietta Tweedy	at Location
	Died	Date	at Location

Parents:

• Father:Zadock Benedict; 1737-1798
• Mother:Betsey Frost 1766-1844

Children:with Mary Ann White

1. Russell White Benedict; 1826-

Children:with Marietta Tweedy

1. Robert Morris Benedict; 1832-
2. Elizabeth Benedict 1834-
3. Samuel Tweedy Benedict; 1837-

Mary Ann White

Mary Ann was the daughter of Russell White of Danbury

Marietta Tweedy

Marrietta was the daughter of Samuel Tweedy of Danbury. She d 6Jul1838.

Census Records

1860 US Federal Census: New York Ward 15 District 3, New York, New York; Roll: M653_805; Page: 354; Image: 335. 25Jun1860. This appears to be a large boarding house

• Benedict, Russel, age 60, male, b CT
• Benedict, Russel, age 30, male, b NY

Sources

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 375
15. ZADOCK5 (Matthew,4 Daniel,3 Daniel,2 Thomas1)
b. 1737; m. Jerusha Russell of Brantford, Ct., b. 1741, and d. Sept. 3, 1791; m. 2d, Betsey Frost, b. 1766, and d. Feb. 17, 1844. He was a farmer, like the rest of his brothers; but, in his later years, he began the manufacture of hats in a small building in Danbury, Ct.--thus founding, in 1780, the hatting trade, for which Danbury has since become noted. (See Francis's History of the Hatting Trade, Danbury, 1860.) He represented Danbury in general assembly of Connecticut in 1790; was selectman 1783, 1784 and 1786. He was one of the sufferers by the sacking of Danbury by the British troops in 1777, and was allowed, in May, 1792, by the state of Connecticut, œ169 17s. for damages sustained by him. He d. Aug. 17, 1798, at Danbury. Real estate about œ3,000; personal œ650. Ch.
1) - JERUSHA, b. 1772; m. March 19, 1772, Isaac Ives, a lawyer of Danbury, Ct., and d. Aug. 18, 1795. They had Jerusha Russell, b. May 18, 1793; m. May 11, 1814, Lemuel Wildman7 (43) Benedict.
2) - RUSSELL HARRISON, b. June 1, 1774; d. Aug. 1, 1775.
3) (29.) Z. RUSSELL, b. June 7, 1799

Benedicts to America, Vol I, Pg 385
29. Z. RUSSELL6 (Zadock,5 Matthew,4 Daniel,3 Daniel,2 Thomas1)
b. June 7, 1799; m. Aug. 16, 1825, Mary Ann, dau. Russell White of Danbury, Ct.; m. 2d, Sept. 1, 1830, Mariette, dau. Samuel Tweedy of Danbury, Ct., who d. July 6, 1838. He became a partner, in early life, in a mercantile house of New Orleans, engaged in the Mexican and West India trade. He was afterwards in the crockery business in New York. He is President of the Lawrence Rosendale Cement Co. of New York, and a director in the Seventh Ward National Bank, which latter position he has held for many years. He is gentleman of fortune and of elegant mien and manners; res. New York city. Ch.
1) - RUSSELL WHITE, b. June 4, 1826; m. Nov. 13, 1860, Sarah Allen, eldest dau. David S. Ogden of New York city. He has resided for the past ten years in New York, having previously passed much of his life in Europe, California and Chicago. Ch.
a) Edith, b. Sept. 17, 1861, at Astoria. m Mr Campbell
b) Edgar, b. Aug. 2, 1865, at Bay Ridge. m Martha Rowe. ch:
i) Beatrice
2) - ROBERT MORRIS, b. Aug. 6, 1832; m. April 25, 1860, Margaret, eldest dau. William W. Gorham of Canandaigua. He has res. at C. since his marriage. Ch.
a) Elizabeth, b. April 26, 1861; d. Sept. 26, 1862.
b) Robert Russell, b. Nov. 23, 1863.
c) Gorham, b. Nov. 26, 1867.
3) - ELIZABETH, b. May 14, 1834.
4) - SAMUEL TWEEDY, b. Sept. 8, 1837; m. June 29, 1865, Julia, dau. Prof. Isaac W. and Eliza (Pomeroy) Jackson, b. Jan 28, 1838. Isaac W. Jackson, L.L. D., is Prof. of mathematics in Union College. Samuel Tweedy grad. at Union Coll. in 1860, and at Harvard law school, 1862; practised law in New York for several years, and removed to Schenectady upon his marriage. He was appointed U. S. commissioner in 1869. Ch.
a) Mariette, b. May 17, 1866. m Leslie Cotton, res: Paris
b) William Jackson, b. Aug. 31, 1869.
c) Russell, b 14Jul1874

Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Name: Mary Ann White Marriage Date: 16 Aug 1825 Marriage Location: Danbury Spouse: Zadoc R Benedict, by Rev William Andrews

Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Name: Zadock R Benedict Marriage Date: 1 Sep 1830 Marriage Location: Danbury Spouse: Mariett Tweedy

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index
Name: Russell Benedict Year: 1823 Age: 23 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800 Place: New Orleans, Louisiana Source Publication Code: 7461 Primary Immigrant: Benedict, Russell

Footnotes

-- SandeeToo - 12 Feb 2009
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