Tom McCabes Genealogy 2022

William BENNETT I1659–

Name: William BENNETT I

Given names: William

Surname: BENNETT

Name suffix: I

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Birth	about 1659 Va
Religious marriage	Mary SMITH — View this family February 18, 1684 (Age 25 years) Christ Church Middlesex Co VA Note: William Bennett and Mary Smith both of this parish (Christ Church) marryed 18th February 1684.
Birth of a son #1	William BENNETT II about 1684 (Age 25 years) Note: It has been claimed by genealogists that William II's parents are William Bennett and Mary Smith of Christ Church. No written proof has been found as of Aug 2010.
Marriage of a child	William BENNETT II — Sarah BRUMWELL — View this family about 1702 (Age 43 years) Virginia
Death of a son	William BENNETT II before 1713 (Age 54 years) Shared note: William Bennett II must have died by 1713 since his wife (widow) Sarah was charged with having an il… William Bennett II must have died by 1713 since his wife (widow) Sarah was charged with having an illigitimate child in May 1713. From the Christ Church parish records: 10 May 1713, Baptised, Ann Bennett, dau of Sarah Bennit, illigitimate From the Court Orders of Middlesex Co Va: "Sarah Bennit ... having a bastard child confessed the fact of her offense, it is ordered she be fined 500 pounds tobacco. John Curtis appeared and ... confest judgement for the aforesaid Fine. Sarah Bennit and James Hackney acknowledge themselves indebted to our Queen in the sum of 10000 pounds tobacco." Sarah married George Bowden in 1714 and had a son named John. It is clear that this is the same Sarah BRUMWELL married to William BENNET because of these four records: A. 8 Sept 1714 Married. George Bowden and Sarah Bennett B. Middlesex County Deed Book 3 1709-1720 2 April 1717 KNOW all men by these presents that we Sarah Bowden and Peter Brumwell of Middlesex co are bound unto the justices of said county in sum of one hundred pounds Sterl, this second day April 1717. The condition of this obligation is such that if Sarah Bowden adm of George Bowden deced do make a true inventory of all the Estate and truley administer the same according to Law and if hereafter it doth appear that a last Will and Testament was made by the sd Deced and Sarah Bowden being required deliver up her letters of Adm that then this obligation to be void or remain in full force. In presence of W Gough & Zach Lewis Signed Sarah X Bowden & Peter BRUMWELL. Middlesex Co Order Book Entries: C. 3 June 1718 Sarah Bowdin(lately called Sarah Bennit) D 3 Aug 1725 William Bennit petetions on behalf of his brother John Bowden, a minor, against John Miller Jr. to have said Miller let Bowden eat with his own children and attend school.

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himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary SMITH William BENNETT II William BENNETT I Birth: about 1659 — Va
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William BENNETT I William BENNETT II Mary SMITH Birth: about 1663 — Christ Church Middlesex Co VA Death:
	Marriage: February 18, 1684 — Christ Church Middlesex Co VA
10 months son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah BRUMWELL William BENNETT III Peter BENNETT Elizabeth BENNETT Richard BENNETT William BENNETT II Birth: about 1684 25 21 Death: before 1713

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Marriage	William Bennett and Mary Smith both of this parish (Christ Church) marryed 18th February 1684.
Note	It is not clear who the parents of William Bennett are. Carmen Taylor Bennett, in her book claimed, but did not prove, that John and Mary Bennett who came to Virgina in 1649 were William's parents. It's entirely plausible, perhaps likely, that she was correct. Here are some facts. William Bennett and Mary Smith lived in Christ Church Parish in Middlesex Co in the late 1600s where the Wormleys were prominent in the parish. In 1649 Ralph Wormley paid for passage from England for several people including John and Mary Bennett. The land patent he received was recorded as: CAPT RALPH WORMLEY, 3200 acres, 16 June 1649, p 170. On the S side of the Rappahanock Riv about 10 mile up the river .... Transport of 3 score & 4 persons: John Price ...Mary BENNET ... John BENNET, ... In Oct 1682 John Bennet and others were ordered to serve their masters Ralph Wormley Esq. John and others had run off at harvest time. (This was such a long time after 1649 that there could easily have been two different John Bennets.) On Dec 2, 1689 Ralph Wormley listed persons who he had brought into the country. The list included John BENNIT. There was a John Benit listed in the titheables of St. Marys Whitechapel in Lancaster Co near Christ Church parish in 1700.