Thomas Benedict (II)

{{about|the 18th-century member of the Connecticut House of Representatives|his grandfather, the New York and Connecticut settler who also served in the Connecticut General Assembly|Thomas Benedict}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name=Thomas Benedict

|office=Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk[https://books.google.com/books?id=YCgBAAAAYAAJ&dq=Thomas+Benedict&pg=PA78 An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Connecticut]

|term_start=May 1737

|term_end=October 1737

|predecessor=Samuel Hanford,
John Betts, Jr.

|alongside=Samuel Hanford

|successor=Joseph Platt,
Samuel Hanford

|term_start2=October 1740

|term_end2=May 1741

|predecessor2=James Lockwood,
Samuel Cluckston

|alongside2=James Lockwood

|successor2=John Betts, Jr.,
John Belding, Jr.

|term_start3=October 1744

|term_end3=May 1745

|predecessor3=Samuel Fitch

|alongside3=Samuel Fitch

|successor3=Joseph Platt,
Samuel Fitch

|birth_date=1682[https://books.google.com/books?id=QhhYAAAAcAAJ&q=Thomas+Benedict+&pg=PA52 "Genealogy of the Benedicts in America", by Henry M. Benedict; 1st pub. 1870]"Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MCBY-CB1 : accessed 2014-06-02), entry for Thomas BENEDICT; [Captain].

|birth_place=Norwalk, Connecticut Colony

|death_date=July 5, 1763

|death_place=Norwalk, Connecticut Colony

|restingplace=

|residence=Norwalk, Connecticut Colony

|spouse=Millicent Hyatt (m. 1705)

|children=Ebenezer Benedict, David Benedict, John Benedict, Thomas Benedict, Betty Benedict, Seth Benedict

|occupation=

|battles=

|rank=Sergeant (1713), Ensign (1724), Lieutenant (1742), Captain (1746)

}}

Thomas Benedict (1682 – July 5, 1763) was a member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1737, October 1740, and October 1744. He was chosen as selectman at least seven times, and was moderator of the town meetings not less than ten times.

He was the son of John Benedict and Phoebe Gregory.

He held a military position for most of his life, and was named a captain in 1746. It is recorded that his voice could be heard and understood at the distance of more than a mile.