Jerusha Bennett

Jerusha was born on July 19th, 1762 in Newtown,Fairfield,Connecticut.  Jerusha's father was *Ephraim Bennett and his mother was *Ann Baldwin.  His paternal grandparents were *Thomas Bennett and *Mary Booth; his maternal grandparents were *Caleb Baldwin and *Mehitabel. He had four brothers and six sisters, named Able, Thomas, Caleb, Ephriam, Mary, Mehitabell, Ann, Bethiah, *Demaris and Sarah.  He was the third youngest of the eleven children.