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THE BENEDICT FAMILY. - The first of the Benedict family to come to Orange County was Elder James Benedict, a
great grandson of Thomas Benedict, who came from England and settled on Long Island about t638. Elder James Benedict
came to Warwick in 1765 and made his home in a log house near Chonck's Hill he had separated from the church in
Ridgefield, Conn., because of unjust demands of the tithe master and very soon after coming to Warwick lent his
efforts toward establishing the First Baptist Church. The first house built for worship was one over which he was
pastor and stood at the fork of the road nearly opposite the church burying ground on an angle which still continues
to be church property. He left Warwick in the year 1773 and moved to Wyoming, Pa., because of difficulty arising
in the church through prejudice toward the Order of Free Masons, of which he was a member and which connection
saved the lives of himself and family at the fearful Wyoming massacre when a secret signal from Brandt brought
mercy and safe escort to peaceful territory, he returned to Warwick at once and died here, September 9, 1792, aged
seventy two years. He is buried beside his wife, Mary, near where the church stood. The stone house just east of
Warwick village was built by his oldest son, James, in 1779, and has descended through succeeding generations to,
the present owners the children of Captain Jas. W. Benedict.
From:
The History of Orange County New York
Edited by: Russel Headley
Van Deusen and Elms, Publishers
Middletown, N. Y. 1908
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