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Deacon Aaron Benedict

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Deacon Aaron Benedict

Birth
Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
21 Jan 1845 (aged 89)
Broome County, New York, USA
Burial
Lisle, Broome County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.4129833, Longitude: -76.0432022
Memorial ID
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Son of Thomas Benedict and Jane (Gunn) Benedict. Married 3 times. Aaron's first wife was Marah (Perry) Benedict (1756-1790). 2nd wife was Elizabeth Randall. Married 3rd to Betsy Morse. Aaron was a Deacon. He was a Revolutionary War soldier.

He was listed in the "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary War Patriots" as being buried on the Leet Farm in Marathon, New York which was later called the Tarbell aka Sessions Cemetery and is now considered the Bemis Cemetery in Lisle, Broome County, New York.Settled in Lisle, Broome Co., NY in 1808. Enlisted in 1775 in the Conn. Militia serving two years. He is buried in the Sessions Cemetery just over the county line in Marathon, Cortland, Co.
From "Broome County Soldiers of the Revolution"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marcri/revwar.html
Son of Thomas Benedict and Jane (Gunn) Benedict. Married 3 times. Aaron's first wife was Marah (Perry) Benedict (1756-1790). 2nd wife was Elizabeth Randall. Married 3rd to Betsy Morse. Aaron was a Deacon. He was a Revolutionary War soldier.

He was listed in the "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary War Patriots" as being buried on the Leet Farm in Marathon, New York which was later called the Tarbell aka Sessions Cemetery and is now considered the Bemis Cemetery in Lisle, Broome County, New York.Settled in Lisle, Broome Co., NY in 1808. Enlisted in 1775 in the Conn. Militia serving two years. He is buried in the Sessions Cemetery just over the county line in Marathon, Cortland, Co.
From "Broome County Soldiers of the Revolution"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marcri/revwar.html

Inscription

Dea. Aaron
Benedict
died
Jan 21,1845
aged 89 years
9 mo & 16 days

"Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep
From which none ever wakes to weep"



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  • Maintained by: GBen
  • Originally Created by: Calcat
  • Added: Apr 24, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51565161/aaron-benedict: accessed ), memorial page for Deacon Aaron Benedict (5 Apr 1755–21 Jan 1845), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51565161, citing Bemis Cemetery, Lisle, Broome County, New York, USA; Maintained by GBen (contributor 47771674).