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the family lived for many years in the
silk manufacturing district of France and
were of Latin origin. Thomas Benedict
was born in 1617, and came to America
in 1638. He married, about 1640, Mary
Bridgum, and they were the parents of
nine children, among them John, of whom
further.
(II) John Benedict, son of Thomas and
Mary (Bridgum) Benedict, was born in
Southold, Long Island, but removed to
Norwalk, Connecticut. He married Phebe
Gregory, daughter of John and Sarah
Gregory (see Gregory line). They were
the parents of seven children, among
them John (2), of whom further.
(III) John (2) Benedict, son of John
(i) and Phebe (Gregory) Benedict, was
born in 1676, and died in 1766. He married
Mary (probably Haight), and they
were the parents of six children, among
them John (3), of whom further.
(IV) John (3) Benedict, son of John
(2) and Mary (Haight) Benedict, was
born in 1701, and died in 1770.
in New Canaan, Connecticut.
He lived
He married
(first) Dinah Bouton. He married
(second) Mary . Children: Daniel,
John, Jachin, Joseph, Dinah, Hezekiah,
Rhoda, Mary ; Sarah, of whom fur-
ther.
(V) Sarah Benedict, daughter of John
(3) and Dinah (Bouton) Benedict, married,
in 1761, Timothv Hoyt (see Hoyt
VI).
(The Gregory Line).
Henry Gregory, who founded the fam-
ily in America, came from an old and distinguished
Nottingham family. He was
born there about 1570; was in Boston,
Massachusetts, in 1633; at Springfield,
Massachusetts, in 1639, and in a few years
removed to Stratford, Connecticut, of
which town he was one of the founders.
A distribution of his estate was ordered
July 19, 1665.
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John Gregory, son of Henry Gregory,
was early in New Haven, Connecticut,
whence he removed from Stratford, and
thence to Norwalk, where he was an orig-
inal settler. He represented the town in
nine May sessions of the Legislature and
at eight October sessions. His will was
executed August 15, 1689, and on the 9th
of the following October his wife, Sarah,
was represented at court as a widow.
They had a daughter, Phebe, who mar-
ried John Benedict (see Benedict II).
(The Marshall Line). I
Captain Sylvanus Marshall, of Green-
wich, Connecticut, was bom May 4, 1746,
and died September 28, 1833. He was
second lieutenant in Captain Jesse Bell's
company. First Battalion, State Troops,
Colonel Samuel Whiting, 1776; ensign in
Captain Abraham Mead's company, Ninth
Regiment, Connecticut Militia, Lieuten-
ant-Colonel John Mead, August 13 to September
8, 1776; lieutenant in Captain Sylvanus
Mead's company, same regiment,
November i, 1776, to January 11, 1777;
and captain of rangers in 1781. After
leaving the service, Captain Marshall continued
to reside for a time in Greenwich,
and then lived for a year or two in Bedford,
New York. He removed to Salem,
New York, and then back to Greenwich,
Connecticut. He spent the last fifteen
years of his life with his son, Walter Mar-
shall.
Walter Marshall, son of Captain Sylvanus
Marshall, was born December 29,
1788, and died December 29, 1836. He
was of Mamaroneck, New York. He married.
May 25, 1812, Martha Ennis, born
October 27, 1788, died May 22, 1864.
They were the parents of John Ennis
Marshall, of whom further.
John Ennis Marshall, son of Walter
Marshall, was born February 7, 1815, and
died October 5, 1897. He was a member