It has been asserted that the wife of Benoni was Mary Eldred, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth, early immigrants to New England, but recent research by an Eldred genealogist reveals the fact that Mary Eldred was born 1646 and died in 1712, years before the death of Benoni's wife. The claim is also made, with no proof worthy of acceptance, that she was Mary, daughter of Phillip Sherman of RI. Still other claims are made that she was a Mary Dyer, and also that Benoni was twice married, both wives bearing the name Mary. The only conslusion to be made is that we do not know who Mary, wife of Benoni was... Gardiner-Gardner Gen. B 6 G 321 p. 33.