Deacon Benjamin Colt

1698 - 1754  (56 years)

• Name	Deacon Benjamin Colt  [1]
  Birth	1698	Lyme, New London, Connecticut   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Abt 1699  [5]
  Death	4 Oct 1754	Lyme, New London, Connecticut   [2, 4, 6, 7]
  Person ID	I22353	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Capt. John Colt,   b. Abt 1661, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut d. 2 Jan 1751, Lyme, New London, Connecticut (Age ~ 90 years)
  Mother	Sarah Lord,   b. Bef 1659, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut d. Bef 9 Sep 1718 (Age < 59 years)
  Marriage	Bef Jan 1688  [8, 9]
  Family ID	F13496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Miriam Harris,   b. Abt 1703   d. 30 Jul 1765, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Age ~ 62 years)
  Marriage	26 May 1724	Lyme, New London, Connecticut   [2, 4, 6, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Temperance Colt,   b. 28 Feb 1738   d. 1799, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F13495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin Colt (1698-1754) = Miriam Harris Benjamin Colt = Lucretia Ely Christopher Colt = Sarah Caldwell Samuel Colt (1814-1862), inventor of the Colt revolver TWK is a second cousin, five times removed, to Samuel Colt.

  
  

• Sources

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