Brief Life History of Alfred
When Alfred Benedict was born on 27 December 1793, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, John Benedict, was 23 and his mother, Jane Raymond, was 19. He had at least 1 son with Martha Cooper. He died in June 1877, at the age of 83.
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Sources (2)
- Alfred Benedict, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Alfred Benedict, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
Spouse and Children
Parents and Siblings
1770–1839 Male
1774– Female
Siblings (7)
1793–1877 Male
1796–1869 Male
1799–1828 Female
1801–1838 Male
1804– Male
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World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 1
1802 · Brass is Discovered
Age 9
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 26
Name Meaning
English, German, and Dutch: from the personal name Benedict, from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. This owed its popularity in the Middle Ages chiefly to Saint Benedict of Norcia (c. 480–550), who founded the Benedictine order of monks at Monte Cassino and wrote a monastic rule that formed a model for all subsequent rules. No doubt the meaning of the Latin word also contributed to its popularity as a personal name, especially in Romance countries. Occasionally the English surname may derive from Latin benedicite ‘bless (you)’, perhaps given as a nickname to an habitual user of the expression. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed the German variant Benedikt and many cognates from other languages, e.g. Hungarian Benedek , Slovenian Benedik (see Benedick ), and also their patronymics and other derivatives, e.g. Italian Benedetti .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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