Brief Life History of Rachel
When Rachel Benedict was born on 28 February 1731, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Thomas Benedict IV, was 29 and her mother, Deborah Waters, was 32. She died on 7 September 1743, in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 12, and was buried in Pine Island Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
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- Rachel Bennedick, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Rachel Benedict, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Bennedick Rachel, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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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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