Benedict, David
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 10, 1779, in Norwalk, Conn. He was a baptist clergyman of Pawtucket; and the author of History of the Baptists; History of All Religions; Fifty Years Among the Baptists; Compendium of Ecclesiastical History; and History of the Donatists. He died Dec. 5, 1874, in Pawtucket, R. I.
BENEDICT, ERASTUS CORNELIUS, jurist, author, was born March 19, 1800, in Branford, Conn. He was a jurist of New York city; and the author of The American Admiralty, Its Jurisdiction and Practice. He died Oct. 22, 1880, in New York city.