Aaron BENEDICT

  General Notes:

SAR application for Floyd T. Davis. 9 Feb, 1953

1798 Tax Assessment for northern New York
Aaron Benedict, 158 acres by road joining John Phillips. One log barn 30 x 20. One log house ($30). $993.

Aaron Benedict Jun., 42 acres by road joining Reuben Benedict, one log house ($15). $297.

Information and Credit to Janet Eiler:
Fact 2 family all Quakers

Fact 3 ref. Morrow Sentinel of 6 Aug. 1903 . AARON5 BENEDICT, (Gideon4, Joseph3, John2, Thomas1) was born 6 Dec. 1740 and m. Elizabeth, dau. of William and Innocent (_____) Knowles. He lived at New Milford and died at Bennington Ohio 25 July 1816. His children married into several Pawling families.


Aaron was brought up by his g. father, Joseph, after his father died.He was 15 yrs old when his g. father died and a guardian was appointedfor him. It was Aaron Benedict who qualified all of his descendentsfor membership in the Sons of the American Revolution and the DAR.Though a Quaker, he fought under Colonel Van Rensselaer in the FirstNew York Regiment. He was the first person buried in Pennsylvania Township, MorrowCounty, Ohio. He was of Oblong, Dutchess County, N.Y. and removed toBennington Ohio, and in 1812 was among the early settlers of DelewareCounty, Ohio, clearing a farm on Alum Creek in Peru Twnshp (namedafter Peru Twnshp in New York). Deleware Ohio is about 30 miles north of Columbus. Delaware County was part of the so called US Militarydistrict, which Congress set aside for land grants to RevolutionarySoldiers. Settlement of the area was delayed for years, and mostrecipients sold their grants. The Benedicts did not. He married Elizabeth Knowles Nov. 21, 1759 who was born at Dartmouth,Mass, April 20, 1741 and died Aug 15, 1821. All of his family were members of the Society of Friends or Quakers. Consequently, no records of Reverends of this Society. The old Aaron Benedict house was still standing in Sept 1993. It is just over the line in Morrow County Ohio in a quiet farming region.Sources say it is a fine brick building, Federal style, veryimpressive for its day out there on the frontier. It's still remembered today as a busy stop on the underground railroad before the Civil War. Some of this info is from John E. Benedict of Washington, D.C.

Aaron married Elizabeth KNOWLES, daughter of William KNOWLES and Innocent PHILLIPS, on 23 Nov 1759 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA. (Elizabeth KNOWLES was born on 20 Feb 1741 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, died on 15 Aug 1821 in Peru, Morrow, Ohio and was buried in Alum Creek Friends Cem., Morrow Co., Ohio.)