Benjamin English, (ii)

1705 - 1779  (73 years)

• Name	Benjamin English  [1, 2]
  Suffix	(ii)
  Birth	8 Oct 1705	New Haven, CT   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Jul 1779	New Haven, CT   [3]
  	Cause: CAUS: of wounds received from a British soldier during the Revolutionary War
  Person ID	I14151	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Benjamin English, (i),   b. 19 Oct 1676, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 1723, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Brown,   b. Abt 1684, New Haven, CT d. 6 May 1768, New Haven, CT (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	21 Apr 1703	New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F6137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Dayton, <,   b. 16 Jul 1716, New Haven, CT d. 29 Jul 1769, New Haven, CT (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	25 Sep 1735	New Haven, CT   [2]
  Children	1. Sarah English, <,   b. 27 Aug 1738, New Haven, CT d. 27 Sep 1794, New Haven, CT (Age 56 years)   2. Abigail English, <,   b. 8 Apr 1741, New Haven, CT d. 21 Nov 1815, New Haven, CT (Age 74 years)   3. Benjamin English, (iii) <,   b. 16 Dec 1742, New Haven, CT d. 19 Apr 1809, New Haven, CT (Age 66 years)   4. Mary English, <,   b. 29 Sep 1744, New Haven, CT d. 27 Oct 1794, New Haven, CT (Age 50 years)   5. Hannah English, <,   b. 29 Nov 1749, New Haven, CT d. 2 Oct 1829, East Haven, New Haven, CT (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F6135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I26522&tree=Schirado. [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I26509&tree=Schirado. [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I26509&tree=Schirado. From State Records. ”Abigail English wife of Capt. Benjamin English of New Haven of lawfull age testifies and says that on the 5th day of July when the Brittish troops came to New Haven, Mr. Benjamin English aged about seventy four years was in his house alone. She saw a number of the Brittish troops at his well drinking water, that soon after she saw a soldier come out at the back door, sd English came to the back door with his hands on his breast and the blood running and he crying out, He has stabb'd me he has stabb’d me. She asked him why he stab'd him he answer'd, he could not tell, for he had humour'd them as much as Jay in his power, and he walked about two rods and fell down and instantly expired there appeared three wounds in his breast as if made with a bayonet, that she went into the house found blood in the great chair where he was wont to sit where she has the utmost reason to suppose he receiv'd his mortal wound.” (The deponent was his daughter-in-law.)