Brief Life History of Joshua Northrop
When Joshua Northrop Benedict was born on 14 April 1806, in New Marlborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Francis Knapp Benedict, was 39 and his mother, Phoebe Northrop, was 37. He married Fidelia Moses on 30 November 1843, in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in North Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States in 1860. He died on 10 October 1861, in East Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Joshua N Benedict, "United States Census, 1860"
- Joshua Benedict, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Joshua N Benidict, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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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.
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
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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Information from a history created by Claudia Stokes Thurman, great granddaughter of Joshua Northrop Benedict
Joshua Northrop Benedict was born April 14, 1806, in North Canaan, Connecticut. He was one of ten children born to Francis Knapp and Phoebe Northrop Benedict. The first Benedict to come to America wa …
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