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| Birth | 18 Apr 1693 | Stonington , New London , Connecticut  [2] |  
| Gender | Male |  
| Died | 30 Sep 1755 | Stonington , New London , Connecticut   |  
| Buried | Gallup Cemetery , Groton , New London , Connecticut   |  
| Person ID | I50996 | Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish |  
| Last Modified | 08 Mar 2005 00:00:00 |  |  |  
| Father | Benadam GALLUP, b. 1655, Stonington, New London, Connecticut   |  
| Mother | Hester PRENTISS, b. 20 Jul 1660, Roxbury, Ma   |  
| Family ID | F3669 | Group Sheet |  |  |  
| Family | Eunice COBB, b. 18 Sep 1693 |  
| Married | 11 Jan 1715/1716 |  
| Children |  |  
| Family ID | F19608 | Group Sheet |  |  | 
| Notes | 
 Mary Rogness's - Second cousin 7 times removed
 Benedam was the first to settle in the part of Groton that is now named Ledyard, upon a grant of land said to contain about 1,000 acres.  He first lived in a log house, then later, about 1730, build a large home which was still standing in 1901  and occupied by Augustus O. Ackley.  It was used as a tavern (being on the old post road with a commanding view of Long Island sound and the Atlantic Ocean.
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| Sources | [S163]  Gallup Genealogy, Darwin C. Gallup and Josephine Middleton Peck, (The Gallup Family Association, Inc. 1966), pg. 8.
 
[S134]  History of Stonington, Connecticut, Richard Anson Wheeler, (Originally published 1900, New London, CT), pg. 384.
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