Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Benedict was born about 1791, in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Comfort Benedict, was 44 and his mother, Sarah Pratt, was 30.
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Parents and Siblings
1749– Male
1763–1825 Female
Siblings (5)
1790– Female
1791– Male
1796–1870 Male
1797–1833 Male
1800– Female
World Events (3)
1791
Age 0
1791 · The Bill of Rights
Age 0
1802 · Brass is Discovered
Age 11
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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