Brief Life History of Daniel
When Daniel Benedict was born on 13 November 1806, in Hull, Quebec, Canada, his father, Ezra Benedict, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Stockwell, was 27. He married Lucy Smalley on 14 July 1830, in Brookfield, Orange, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, United States in 1850. He died on 27 November 1878, in Brookfield, Orange, Vermont, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in East Brookfield Cemetery, Brookfield, Orange, Vermont, United States.
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- Daniel Benedict, "United States Census, 1870"
- Daniel Benedict, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Daniel Benedict, "Find A Grave Index"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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