Eunice Olcott Chart 1.0 -- Eunice Olcott
[------- Timothy Olcott, b. 1677, d. 5 Apr 1754
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[------- Benoni Olcott
[ b. 1716
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[ [------- Mary Dudley Field (widow of Ebenezer Field)
[ See note below.
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Eunice Olcott, 5th Great-grandmother
b. 2 Sep 1752
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[ [------- Mary Dorchester, b. 30 Sep 1694
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[------- Deborah Cooley
b. 29 Nov 1730
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[------- Joseph Cooley, b. 31 Jan 1685/86
Notes.
The date of death for Benoni Olcott may be 1799, but is not confirmed. Also, during the Revolutionary War he was probably a Selectman of East Windsor, in his 60’s, and was (per History of Ancient Windsor by Henry R. Stiles) in charge of Arms and Ammunition for the colonial forces in Windsor.
Benoni’s mother may have been someone else other than Mary Field. Given the possible biblical significance of his name (see further note below), Benoni's mother may have died at his birth. Genealogy of the Olcott Family, by N. Goodwin, published in Hartford in 1845, says Benoni’s mother was Timothy’s first wife, whose name is unknown. Benoni was the 5th of their 5 children.
For more information on the issue of whether the name "Benoni" had particular significance in colonial New England, see http://www.americanancestors.org/o-my-son-benoni/, re (Genesis 35:18). The Biblical reference describes the death in childbirth of Rachel, wife of Jacob. “And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.” A 1990 article in the American Ancestors, New England Historic Genealogical Society, concludes that many of the children of that time who were named Benoni were in fact children whose mother died at their childbirth.
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