Jehiel Weed
1738 - 1804 (66 years)-
Name Jehiel Weed Birth 2 Mar 1738 Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut 
Gender Male Death 8 Jun 1804 Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Person ID I63544 Stewartsny Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Father Charles Weed, b. Between 10 Jan 1710 and 1711, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 1 Sep 1757, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age 47 years) Relationship natural Mother Susannah Weed, b. Aft 1710 Relationship natural Marriage 15 Nov 1733 Stamford, Connecticut Family ID F5881 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lydia Hoyt, b. Bef 5 Aug 1739, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. Aft 1795, Rupert, Vermont (Age > 57 years) Marriage 2 Mar 1757 New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut Children 1. Jehiel Weed, b. 2 Mar 1758, New Cannan, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 11 Apr 1828, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Charles Weed, b. 14 Dec 1760, Salem, Westchester County, New York d. 28 Aug 1836, Steuben, Oneida County, New York (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Ira Weed, b. 24 Apr 1763, Salem, Westchester County, New York [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. John Weed, b. 28 Apr 1764, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 17 Aug 1834, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. Female Weed, b. Abt 1767 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 6. Female Weed, b. Abt 1769 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 7. Female Weed, b. Abt 1770 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F21149 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
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Notes - Jehiel Weed - March 2, 1758 - April 11, 1828. Plot A-132. Military Service: Veteran of the Revolutionary War, with service in the New York Line from February 12, 1776 to March 15, 1777. Son of Jehiel and Lydia Hoyt Weed. Husband of Betsey Benedict Weed (married in 1779 at Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut) & Sarah Stebbins Weed (married February 1, 1781 at South Salem. Westchester County, New York.) [Note: Betsey Benedict. a daughter of John and Mary (Benedict) Benedict, died shortly after her marriage to Jehiel Weed, date and place of her death is unknown, place of burial is unknown.] [Notes: Sarah Stebbins, a daughter of Nehemiah and Sarah St. John Stebbins. died July 6, 1843 in Richland Township, New York. Family tradition is that Jehiel and Sarah are buried on their farm on Springbrook Road in an unmarked grave.
Vital records for this family are from the Barbor Collection, Volume 1, page 41. Jehiel's death is recorded in his son Jehiel's family bible, copy at Half-Shire.
Jehiel Weed Sr. was a minuteman of Suffolk County, New York during the Revolution. He served in Captain Selah Strong's 7th Company of the 1st New York Regiment.
Jehiel witnessed the will of Benjamin Yale of Pawlings Precinct, Dutchess County on August 21, 1782 (NYS Historical Collection)
The Weeds moved to Rupert, Vermont prior to the 1790 census.
- Jehiel Weed - March 2, 1758 - April 11, 1828. Plot A-132. Military Service: Veteran of the Revolutionary War, with service in the New York Line from February 12, 1776 to March 15, 1777. Son of Jehiel and Lydia Hoyt Weed. Husband of Betsey Benedict Weed (married in 1779 at Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut) & Sarah Stebbins Weed (married February 1, 1781 at South Salem. Westchester County, New York.) [Note: Betsey Benedict. a daughter of John and Mary (Benedict) Benedict, died shortly after her marriage to Jehiel Weed, date and place of her death is unknown, place of burial is unknown.] [Notes: Sarah Stebbins, a daughter of Nehemiah and Sarah St. John Stebbins. died July 6, 1843 in Richland Township, New York. Family tradition is that Jehiel and Sarah are buried on their farm on Springbrook Road in an unmarked grave.