THE REJECTED OR SUSPENDED APPLICATIONS FOR PENSIONS- NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINTON, DC
FEBRUARY 23, 1852
-------Included the below:
BENNETT, JOHN
CLEVELAND COUNTY, NC
FOR FURTHER PROOF.
7 JULY 1832 

BENNETT
- Needing additional information on the BENNETT's who were in Burke, Yancey and Mitchell Counties in the early to late 1800's.The 1850 Yancey Co census lists Family #297 as that of William BENNETT, age 46, wife Elizabeth, age 42 and b. in TN, believed to be a WHITSON, and children: Martha - 18, Archibald - 16, Sarah - 16, John - 10, Mary - 8, William - 5, Abraham - 4 and James M. - 1. In the same 1850 Yancey census, there are also 4 other William BENNETT's listed as head-of-household. Can anyone enlighten me on the family listed above?
Clint Edwards - clint@washington.xtn.net - 2/9/97

From: Jack Bennett
Subject:Pre 1699 marriages
This is a list of documented pre-1699 marriages of the Bennett, Bennet, Bennit name. This is not a complete listing as only "well documented" marriages were listed.
BENNET, Alice and Ralph Hatchinson, 8 June 1656, Boston, Mass.
BENNET, Ambrose and Mary Simons, 15 February 1653, Boston, Mass.
BENNET, Richard and Margaret Gurgefield (widow), 11 May 1655, Boston, Mass.
BENNET, Rose and Isaac Willey, 14 December 1697, Lyme, Conn.
BENNET, Susanna and Joshua Cornish, 8 November 1692, Boston, Mass.
BENNETT, Edmund and Elizabeth Potts, 7 October 1685, Philadelphia, Penn.
BENNETT, Elizabeth and Jacob Davis, 20 January 1662, Gloucester, Mass.
BENNETT, James and Ruth Rogers, 12 July 1694, Bristol, R.I.
BENNETT, John and Deborah Grover, 1671, Beverly, Mass.
BENNETT, John and Sarah Furnis, 6 February 1688, Somerset Co., Md.
BENNETT, John and Elizabeth Pack, 8 March 1687, Stonington, Conn.
BENNETT, John and Sarah Harris, 25 October 1699, Boston, Mass.
BENNETT, Mary and John Peckham, 1695, Newport, R.I.
BENNETT, Priscilla and William Carpenter, 5 October 1651, Rehoboth, Mass.
BENNETT, Ruth and Francis Mathews, 23 February 1692, Dover, N.H.
BENNIT, Jan and Aeltje Wynans, 12 April 1690, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Anson Co. Wills
BENNETT, Nevil Sr. 1820 2:6 (corrected)
BENNETT, James c1793 A:24
BENNETT, Wm U. 1840 B:117
BENNETT, Susannah 1847 B:233
BENNETT, Lemuel D. 1878 D:66
BENNETT, Catherine 1881 D:111
BENNETT, Archelaus E. Bennett 1882 D:146
BENNETT, Wm Hutchinson of Meridian, Lauderdale Co., Miss. 1884 D:160
BENNETT, R. H. 1883 D:341
BENNETT, Mrs. Eliza Ann 1896 D:397
BENNETT, Dr. John W. 1899 D:443

Marriage and death notices, from the NC. Argus 1848-1850
October 26,1850 issue
172.Married on the 8th inst., by J.R. BARBER, Esq., Mr. Benjamin BENNETT to Miss Susan ALLEN, all of Anson County

December 22, 1859 issue
225. Married on the 13th inst., by Rev. Mr. PENICK, Mr. T.R. BENNETT, of Anson, to Miss M.J. TOWNSEN, of Cabarrus.
April 5, 1860 issue
259. Married in this county on the 3d instant, by Rev. J.E. MORRISON, Mr. H.P. TOWNSEN, of Cabarrus, to Miss Ann Eliza BENNETT, of Anson.
June 6, 1861
393. In Wadesboro', May the 20th, by the Rev. L.A. JOHNSON, Mr. W.O. BENNETT, to Miss Harriet BOGGAN, both of Wadesboro', N.C. June 27, 1861 issue
398. Died on the 19th of consumption, Mrs. C.A., wife of R.H. BENNETT, aged 40 years.

Bennett Cemetery
Location: 1 1/2 miles north of Wadesboro, North Carolina on State highway #74, on hill to left by side of highway.
Name---------Born-----------Died-----------Remarks
BENNETT, Catherine b.------- d.When 85 years old---- Wife of Nevel Bennett, Dau. of Rev. Archibald Harris.
BENNETT, Lemuel B. (Rev.) Sep. 21, 1826-Oct. 31, 1868
BENNETT, Nevel Jan. 28, 1800-Apr. 6, 1852 Son of W.M. & Susannah Bennett.
BENNETT, Risden Tyler June 18, 1840-July21, 1913 Son of Nevel & Catherine Bennett, married Kate Shepherd. A Confederate Veteran.
BENNETT, Rosa M. Oct. 13, 1859-Aug. 21, 1862
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Billingsley, Gaddy, and Bennett Cemetery
Location: 3 miles south of Polkton, North Carolina off highway #74, within sight of Anson County Prison Farm.
Until I can get all the information listed, these are some of the surnames in this cemetery:
BENNETT, (Infant) Aug. 20, 1894-Nov. 13, 1894--Son of W.N. & A.M. Bennett
BENNETT, Harriet Mar. 19, 1822-May 30, 1903--Wife of Neville James Bennett
BENNETT, Neville James Mar. 18, 1822-Mar. 31, 1908
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Hannah's Chapel Cemetery
Location: 1 1/2 miles from Wadesboro, North Carolina on Camden Road, on the right side of this road.
Until I can get all the information listed, these are some of the surnames in this cemetery: BENNETT

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Early Marriages of Chowan Co.


BENNETT,"Ealies",     BLACK","David"  24  Oct  1798

BENNETT,"John",    CLARK","Sarah" 21  May  1776


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Revolutionary War Pensioners from pension list of 1813

[John BENNETT private 60 NY]

Edenton, North Carolina, Oct. 25, 1774.

Signers of the Edenton Tea Party


{Lydia Bennet}




Bladen County  NC


1790 Census  

   
Source: USGENWEB Archives: 
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/bladen/census/1790cens.txt 
Last Name//First Name//Males 16-over//Male 16 under//Females 


Bennet,     John          1                 1          2 
  
 


By Sharon Bowie jsbowie@erols.com on Mon, 9 Feb 1998.



Looking for William BENNETT from Anson Co., NC 



He married first______. He married Second Olivia Chears. 



Died Marlborough District, South Carolina 1814.

 



Early Marriages 


"BENNETT","Abraham","WILLIAMS","Hannah",24,"Dec","1805","Mecklenburg Co.","NC"


"BENNETT","Ealies","BLACK","David",24,"Oct","1798","Chowan Co.","NC"


"BENNETT","John","CLARK","Sarah",21,"May","1776","Chowan Co.","NC"


"BENNETT","Littleton","ARRATON","Sarah",1,"Jan","1808","Mecklenburg Co.","NC"


"BENNETT","Luke","GARRETT","Melia",12,"May","1766","Tyrrell Co.","NC"


"BENNETT","Sarah","LANIER","Adam",7,"Jun","1766","Tyrrell Co.","NC"


"BENNETT","William","WHEATLEY","Sarah",5,"Sep","1766","Tyrrell Co.","NC"





BENNETT LINE OF ALAN WALLACE BOON

Generations

1.  
Richard Bennett
Born about 1705 probably Virginia

Married Ann ______ about 1730 probably Virginia

Died 1764, Bute County, North Carolina

2.  James Bennett
Born about 1749 probably Granville County, North Carolina

Married Sarah _______ about 1775
probably Bute County, 
North Carolina
Died Spartanburg County Couth Carolina, October 1825

3.  Roland Bennett
Born about 1772 Granville County, North Carolina
Married Elizabeth Daffron about 1805
Spartanburg County, 
South Carolina
Died 17 January 1844 Greene County, Indiana

4.  Jason Bennett
Born 21 April 1811 Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Married Lydia A. Abbot in 1832 in Indiana

Died 24 September 1899 Reamsville, Kansas

5.  Hiram Bennett
Born 1842 in Indiana
Married Charlotte Edmonston
Died 24 March 1904 Decatur County, Iowa


6.  Alda Jason Bennett
Born 3 September 1879 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
Married Tillaye Schwarz 12 February 1910
Reamsville, Kansas
Died 1 Decemeber 1958 Red Cloud, NE

7.  Wilma Louise Bennett
Born 4 March 1916 Reamsville, Smith County, Kansas
Married Charles Wallace Boon
14 September 1936 Norton, Kansas

8.  Alan Wallace Boon
Born 3 February 1938 Hastings, Nebraska
Married Nancy Kay McMillan
22 August 1958 Hastings, Nebraska

9.  Three children

10.  Three grandchildren.

I hope to hear from some of you soon.

Researching:

Boon (Boone), McCammon, Dunlevy, Carrithers, Robertson, Schwarz, Bennett,
Abbott

McMillan, Douglas, Asa, McVeigh, Fitch, Bush(Busch), Beck, Barlow, Kingston,
Blair

Always 
willing to share information

Nancy Boon
awboon@alltel.net







Captain John Smith, founded the first English Colony at Jamestown
Virginia in 1607. The following are some (1,033) Early Virginia Pioneers
Indexed by last name, first name from 1624 records.

     County/Parish            Num of Persons
     ARCHURS HOOP                 17 
     BASSE CHOISE                 22 
     CHAMPLAINS                   20 
     COLLEGE LAND                 20 
     EASTERN SHORE                73 
     ELIZABETH CITY CO.          285 
     FLOURDIEN HUNDRED            55 
     GLASE HOWSE                   5 
     HOGG ISLAND                  20 
     INDIAN THICKETT              10 
     JAMES CITY CO.              224 
     JAMES ISLAND                 20 
     JORDANS FORNEY               20 
     MARTINS HUNDRED              20 
     NECK OF LAND                 19 
     OVER THE RIVER               20 
     VIRGINIA COLONY              96 
     WARWICK SQUEAKE              20 
     WEST SHERLOW                 71 

1624  ELIZABETH CITY CO.   VA  B530  BENNETT        ,
1624  WARWICK SQUEAKE      VA  B530  BENNETT        , John
1624  JAMES ISLAND         VA  B530  BENNETT        , Robert
1624  ELIZABETH CITY CO.   VA  B530  BENNETT        , Samuell

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ABSTRACT of the ARMY ACCOUNTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA LINE - settled by 
the commissioners at Halifax from the 1st September, 1784, to the 1st 
Feby, 1785 and at Warrenton in the year 1786, designating by whom the 
claims were receipted for respectively.

No.   Names and Rank           By Whom Received     Remarks

974   Moses Bennett             Nich. Long
1224  William Bennett              do
1307  Nehemiah Bennett             do
2075  James Bennett                do
2231  Jacob Bennett                do
2749  Joshua Bennet                do

MY Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrevwar/misc.htm 
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Richmond County
61th Regiment 15th Brigade
Field and Staff

1ST LIEUTENANTS
Bennett, John J.  --Fair Ground Dist  --30/Aug/61
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INDEX OF NAMES
1800 CENSUS MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 
http://members.aol.com/Lkg4roots/1800/1800ind.html
 
/Free White--Under10 /10-16/16-26/26-45/45 & Over 
 
                                          
                    Males      Females    All Others/Slaves/
239 BENNET, Thomas  0-0-1-0-0  1-0-1-0-0  00  00 
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SOME Bennett MARRIAGES: 
from: http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/Valley/5294/marriages.html

BENNETT, Archable E., JR    BALDWIN, Elizabeth A.         
BENNETT, Archable E., JR    CRAWFORD, Mary         
BENNETT, Archable E., SR.   HARRIS, Catherine         
BENNETT, Bert E.            LEE, Margaret         
BENNETT, Cary, SR.          ???, Rebecca                  
BENNETT, David N., SR.      DUNLAP, Agnes C.         
BENNETT, Frank B.           HORTON, Gladys R.         
BENNETT, Franklin           CURRIE, Elizabeth         
BENNETT, Hugh               BROWN, Bettie        
BENNETT, Hugh               McCUE, Berta        
BENNETT, J. W.              BOGGAN, Rosa E.    12 Nov 1856     
BENNETT, Joel               ASHCRAFT, Jane        
BENNETT, John               ???, Jemimals          
BENNETT, John T., SR.       COVINGTON, Harriet C.         
BENNETT, John T.            BENNETT, Kate S.    14 Jun 1893     
BENNETT, John W.            RICHARDSON, Mary    Unknown     
BENNETT, Lemuel             CARPENTER, Mary E.         
BENNETT, Lemuel D., SR.     LITTLE, Jane        Unknown     
BENNETT, Nevil, SR.         HARRIS, Catherine    1818     
BENNETT, Pressley L.        BOWMAN, Laura         
BENNETT, Risden H.          INGRAM, Charity A.    1835     
BENNETT, Risden T.          SHEPHERD, Katherine I.1863     
BENNETT, Risden T. III      ELLIOT, Frances, Mrs.         
BENNETT, Roland R.          KNOTTS, Elizabeth H. 18 Mar 1869     
BENNETT, William E.         TARLTON, Joy D.    06 Sep 1986     
BENNETT, William N., JR.    DUNN, Susannah    1794     
BENNETT, William N.         LOCKHART, Hannah         
BENNETT, William O.         BOGGAN, Harriett E.  29 May 1861     
BENNETT, William O.         HAMMOND, Rosa E.   Abt. 1869     
BENNETT, William O., JR.    BENNETT, Elsie   
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http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4329.htm 

Description:
During America's struggle for freedom, thousands of men fought for the 
colonial government and many received pensions or bounty land grants 
for their service. This database is a listing of men who applied for 
a pension but were rejected. It was originally published in 1852 and 
was an expanded version of a book published in 1838. Each record provides 
the applicant's name, state and town of residence, and the reason their 
petition was denied. It contains the names of over 8600 individuals. For 
researchers of Revolutionary War ancestors, this canbe a helpful database. 
Extended Description:

Bibliography:
Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. 
Washington, D.C.: n.p., 

American Revolutionary War Rejected Pensions
=====================
William Gibson North Carolina --, Montgomery Did not serve in any 
regularly organized corps. 
Thomas Gibson North Carolina --, Randolph Suspended for proof to 
identify the soldier and the certificate of the Comptroller of North 
Carolina, which credits the payments.
 
William Bennett (dec'd) Virginia Liberty, Bedford For a formal application 
to be prepared by the widow or children.
 
John Bennett North Carolina Lincolnton, Lincoln Was a deserter. 
Daniel Bennett North Carolina --, Brunswick Did not serve six months. 
John Bennett North Carolina --, Cleaveland For further proof. 
John Bennett Kentucky --, Whitley Not under competent military authority
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http://www.thedrake.org/sswills/ssindex.htm
Index of Secretary of State Wills
Transcribed by Frank Bell 


As I understand, prior to the revolution wills and estate records were 
filed with the Secretary of State office. These wills are not to be found 
in county records, but the original wills are found at the NC State Archives


To obtain wills write to:Kim Cumber
Search Room, NC Division of Archives and History
109 E. Jones St
Raleigh, NC 27601-2807
Send a self-addressed stamped envelope, your one question, a check for $8.00 
(search fee). In return mail, you will be advised of the number of pages in 
the estate folder and the cost to produce copies. 

Secretary of State Wills

Benet, Edward   		1687   	County Not Given
Bennet, Nehemiah   		1753   	Currituck
Bennet, Solomon   		1755   	Currituck
Bennit, Joseph   		1723   	Albemarle
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ANSON COUNTY, NC - WILLS - William BENNETT, 18 May 1840

Vol.  5, p.  117-122
Anson County, North Carolina
Dated May 18th, 1840, probate October Session 1840 

In the name of God Amen, I, William BENNETT of the County of Anson and the 
State of North Carolina do make ordain publish and declare this my last Will 
and testament viz-

1st- It is my Will and desire that all my just debts be paid.

2nd- I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Susannah BENNETT the following 
negro slaves Viz.  Tony and his wife Timpy Ferry Stephen Betty Amy Harriet and 
Peter.  I also give and bequeath unto her five cows an calves her choice one 
yoke of oxen called the yong yoke one oxcart her choice, one black mule called 
Fly and the youngest mule colt, two Bay Mare named, fifteen head of sheep her 
choice two young stears her choice all the stock of hogs the best wagon and 
giar, all the necessary Plantation tool, and all the Household and Kitchen 
furniture (except what I shall hereafter leave to my daughter, Nancy) during 
her natural life and it is my will and desire that her grain be ground at the 
JONES Creek Mill to be free, and that she shall have all the Gold and Silver on 
hand at my decease and at her death that the household and Kitchen furniture 
and all the stock left to her my said wife not otherwise disposed of in this 
my last will and Testament be sold to the highest bidder and the money arising 
from said sale be equally divided among all my children except Isham and 
William BENNETT I also give and bequeath unto my said wife so much of the crop 
as may be on hand at my decease as may be necessary for the use of the farm 
from the term of one year I also give and bequeath unto my wife Susannah 
BENNETT during her natural life the plantation and lands whereon I now live 
which she and Risten are to cultivate together so long as they can agree and 
case of a disagreement then my Executors hereinafter named are to allot to her 
one third part of said plantation and lands so as to include the dwelling 
house and all necessary out houses which she is to have during her natural 
life and at her death said lands and plantation to go and pass as hereafter.
 
Directed-

3rd- I give and bequeath unto my son James C.  BENNETT the Grist Mill on JONES 
Creek and ten acres of Land adjoining thereto also the following negro salves 
(to wit) Joe and at the death of his grand mother Mary Dunn I give and 
bequeath unto him one Negro slave named Bob to him and his Heirs forever.

4th- I give and bequeath to my son Uevil?  BENNETT the following Negro slaves 
viz, Ned Phillip Sarah and at the death of his grandmother Mary Dunn I also 
give him Ired and after the Death of his mother Susannah BENNETT I give to him 
Peter to him and his Heirs forever.

5th- I heretofore have given unto son William BENNETT a negro man slave named 
Tom which has since sold by my direction and appropriated the money to the 
purchase of a tract of land for my son Isham BENNETT I now give and bequeath 
unto my said son Isham BENNETT twelves hundred and fifty dollars in money to 
be paid by my Executors hereafter name in payments as the money can be 
collected.

6th- I give and bequeath unto my son Lemiel BENNETT the following Negro slaves 
via-- Abram Elmyra Randle and Peggy and at the Death of his mother I give him-- 
Tony Tempy and Harriet, but at the same time it is my will that he Lemiel pay 
one half (of what is thought to be a reason able price for Tempy) over to 
Rocksy Flake in money the above named Negroes with all their increase to be 
his the above named Lemiel BENNETT and his Heirs forever.

7th- I have heretofore given to my son William BENNETT two negros named Silla 
and Ben and in addition thereto I give and bequeath unto him my said son 
William Twelve hundred and fifty dollars in money to be paid him by my 
executors hereafter named.

8th- I have heretofore given my son Cary BENNETT old Tony a slave and I now 
give and bequeath to him the following Negro slaves via-- Sally Malinda Jilson 
and at the Death of his grandmother Mary DUNN I also give him one negro slave 
named Wade and all their increase forever.
I also give and bequeath unto him my said son Cary BENNETT one hundred acres 
of land lying on the Brushy fork Branch on both sides of the Rtandback ferry 
Road adjoining his own lands to be laid off to the best advantage between him 
and his brother Risten to him the said Cary BENNETT and his heirs forever.

9th- I have heretofore given my son Risten BENNETT one negro salve named Isabel 
I now give and bequeath unto him my said son Risten BENNETT the following 
negro slaves viz.  Aaron Lucy Susan Jack and his wife Sarah Eliza and Willis 
and their increase forever.
I also give him at the Death of his mother a Negro man slave named Ferry and 
all of the Lands and Plantations whereon I now live containing 1300 Acres to 
him and his Heirs forever with the Exception of his mother's life time in it 
as named to her I also give and bequeath to him my son Risten all my Rights, 
Title, and Interest in and to the Widow Birmingham, Dower of land in Downer 
Birmingham dec'd tract near Douglass old white house.  I also give him all my 
Black Smith Tools with fifteen head of sheep to have and to hold.

10th- I have heretofore given to my Daughter Rocksy FLAKE wife of John FLAKE
two negro slaves named Mourning and Harriet and now give and bequeath unto her 
my said Daughter Rocksy FLAKE two negro slaves named Frank & King and at the 
Death of her grand mother Mary DUNN, I give and bequeath to her my said 
Daughter Rocksy FLAKE three negro slaves named Edith, Watha and Monica with 
their increase to her and her heirs forever. I also give and bequeath unto her 
my said Daughter Rocksy FLAKE and half of the price of a moderation valuation 
of Tenissy to be paid by Lemiel in money as named in the 6th item.

11th- I have heretofore given to my Daughter Susan LITTLE wife of George LITTLE 
two negro slaves name Ciby and Uervy I also now give and bequeath unto my said 
daughter Susan Little five negro slaves name Abram and his wife Cloe (Clov/u?)  
Samuel Rivan and Everet and at the Death of her mother I give and bequeath to 
her my said Daughter Susan LITTLE one negro slave named Stephen and at the 
death of her Grand Mother Mary DUNN I give her Holden with all their increase 
to her and her heirs forever

12th- I have heretofore given to my Daughter Mary GADDY wife of Joe GADDY three 
negro slaves viz- Elder Owen and Clovine I also now give and bequeath unto her 
my said daughter Mary GADDY four negro slaves named Harvey Berry Elizabeth and 
Carolina and at the Death of her mother I give an d bequeath to her two negro 
slaves name Betty and Ellen with their increase to her and her Heirs forever

13th- I give and bequeath unto My Daughter Nancy Jane BENNETT the following 
Negro slaves viz- Fed Bright Strong Charlotte Darcas and Shade with their 
increase and at the death of her mother I also give and bequeath unto her my 
said Daughter Nancy Jane the following negro slaves viz Amy and her two 
youngest children to wit David and Emiline with all her Amy increase from the 
date hereof which child she my said Daughter Nancy Jane may take at any time 
after they are old enough to wean from the Breast as also all her and their 
increase to her the said Nancy Jane BENNETT and her heirs forever.  I also 
give and bequeath unto her my said Daughter Nancy Jane my Gray Mare, Bridle and 
side saddle, one Bead Stead Bed, and furniture, one work stand, and one set of 
Looking Glasses them that I bought of Sherwood C. LINDSAYE sale to her and 
the heirs of her body.  But in case she should die without leaving issue 
living at the time of her Death then all the property herein left to her my 
said Daughter Nancy Jane BENNETT I give and bequeath unto her sisters Rocksy 
Flake, Susan LITTLE and Mary GADDY to them and their heirs of their bodies 
equally divided among them and I do hereby appoint my son Daniel D.  BENNETT 
Guardian for my said Daughter Nancy Jane BENNETT during her minority.

14th- I have heretofore given to each of my sons their portion of Land Except 
Risten It is my desire that if there is not money enough coming to the estate 
to pay Isham and William BENNETT each Twelve hundred and fifty dollars that 
the balance be raised by selling the overplus of the stock and crop that shall 
then be on hand.  All the residue of my estate (after paying Isham and William 
BENNETT each twelve hundred and fifty Dollars I wish to be equally divided 
among all my Children and my wife except my two son Isham and William BENNETT 
And at the Death of my wife Susannah BENNETT it is my desire that all the 
Household and Kitchen Furniture with all the plantation utensils and the stock 
of every kind and all the crop that shall then be on hand be sold to the 
highest bidder and the money arising therefrom be equally Divided among all my 
children except Isham and William BENNETT And it is further my desire that at 
my decease if their be a crop on the Ground that all the hands continue 
together until it is housed. It is also my Desire that the Guardian of my 
Daughter Nancy Jane BENNETT should not expose her negroes to public hire but 
to let them choose their homes and not let them be abused And it also my 
desire that George W.  LITTLE shall not pay Interest on the notes I hold 
against him until he first day of January 1840. 

And lastly I do appoint my son, Lemiel BENNETT and my son in law George W.  
LITTLE Executors to this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other 
Wills heretofore made by me and declaring this and this only to be my last 
Will and testament this 18th day of May 1840.
		s/ William U.  BENNETT (Seal)

Signed sealed published and declared to be the and contain the last Will and 
Testament of the Testator in presence of us who have witnessed the same in 
presence of the Testator this 18th of May 1840.	Test.  s/ Gideon B. WINFREE
s/ Elijah COVINGTON

Anson County October Sessions 1840 

	Then the last Will & Testament of William BENNETT was exhibited in 
open Court and duly proven by the oaths of Elijah COVINGTON & Gideon B.  
WINFREE the Subscribing witnesses  thereto and ordered to be recorded - 
Whereupon George W.  LITTLE and Lemiel D.  BENNETT the Executors therein named 
appeared in open Court and qualified as such and took upon themselves the 
several trusts therein set forth.
s/N.  D.  BOGGAN, C. C. C.



Last Will and Testament of William Bennett - 1795 

This will was in an individual researcher's folder in the genealogy room at the public library.

Due to the run-on format of some old wills, I have taken the liberty of capitalizing and bolding 
the names involved for easier location. If a name was already capitalized, I will so indicate by 
[sic]. Submitted by Earline Long-Zlotkowski 


THE LAST WILL OF WILLIAM BENNETT (1795, Richmond Co, North Carolina) (from previous transcription)
In the name of God, Amen.  I, WILLIAM BENNETT, SENR., of the County of Richmond and State of North 
Carolina, being now very weak in body but in my perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God.  
Calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die 
do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all I 
give and reccomend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and my body, I recommend to 
the earth from whence it came to be buried in a decent manner at the discretion of my Executors, 
nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power 
of God.  And as to my worldly estate I give devise and dispose of in the following manner and form, 
viz: To my eldest son WILLIAM BENNETT I give and bequeath five shillings current money and no more 
as I have given him the portion allotted for him.  Again, I give and bequeath to my second son 
NIVIL BENNETT five shillings current money and no more in as much as I have already given him the 
portion allotted for him.  Again I lend to my daughter in law SARAH BENNETT the late widow of my 
son JAMES BENNETT the one third part of the land on which she now liveth and occupieth during of 
her widowhood after which I give and bequeath the whole of the tract of land it containing four 
hundred and fifty acres lying and being in the county of Anson to be equally divided between my 
two grandsons WILLIAM and SILAS BENNETT to them their heirs assigns forever.  I likewise lend to 
my daughter in law SARAH BENNETT a negro boy named Prince for the term of ten years to work on the 
said land and no where else after which term I give and bequeath the said negro to my grand sons 
WILLIAM and SILAS BENNETT to them their heirs and assigns forever.  Likewise to my grandson JAMES 
BENNETT son of JAMES BENNETT deceased I give and bequeath Two hundred and fifty acres of land in 
Anson County lying on the waters of Brown Creek on the road known by the name of the lawyers road 
to him his heirs and assigns forever.  Likewise I lend to my daughter RACHEL the wife of NICHOLAS 
CLARK my negro woman named Bett during her natural life of my said daughter RACHEL and after her 
decease I give and bequeath the said negro Bett and her increase to my grandson JOHN BENNETT son 
of JAMES BENNETT deceased to him his heirs and assigns forever.  I also lend to my daughter RACHEL 
my mulatto girl named Hannah till she arrives to the age of twenty five years.  She being two years 
old the 15th of June last and at the expiration of this term I desire her to be set free.  Again I 
lend to my daughter JANE the wife of HENRY DILLING my negro girl named Hannah during her natural 
life and after her decease I give and bequeath the said negro girl and increase to my grand children, 
NICHOLAS DILLING and RACHEL DILLING to be equally divided to them their heirs and assigns forever.  
Likewise to my grandson NICHOLAS DILLING I give and bequeath the mansion house and plantation on 
which I live possess and occupy containing one hundred and sixty one acres to him the said NICHOLAS 
DILLING his heirs and assigns forever.  I likewise give to the said NICHOLAS DILLING my young horse 
named Brittain to him his heirs forever.  I also give and bequeath to my granddaughter RACHEL DILLING 
One hundred acres of land more or less lying and being in South Carolina, Marlborough County on the 
waters of Crooked Creek, it being the land I purchased of Abner Broach to her her heirs and assigns 
forever.  I also lend to my son in law GEORGE LINDSEY my negro woman named Dinah during his natural 
life after which I lend the said negro and her increase to be equally 
divided between my granddaughters RACHEL and ELIZABETH LINDSAY both daughters of GEORGE LINDSAY to 
them and their lawfully begotten heirs forever.  I also lend to my son WILLIAM BENNETT my negro woman 
named Chloe during her natural life after which I give and bequeath the said negro woman and her 
increase to my grandson WILLIAM BENNETT the son of WM. BENNETT to him his heirs and assigns forever.  
Again I give and bequeath to lawful wife OLIVIA one feather bed and furniture also thirty seven pounds 
ten shillings - which of notes of hand and accounts is now in possession of William Graham for the 
support of the Sd OLIVIA during her life - And as to my moveable estate not yet particularized I dispose 
of in the following manner and form to wit.  My live stock cash in hand bills bonds notes household goods 
etc to be divided into five equal parts and one of the parts to be divided amongst my son WILLIAM's three 
eldest children to wit WILLIAM ELIZABETH and NANCY BENNETT to them their heirs and assigns for ever and 
one fifth part to be equally divided between GEORGE LINDSEY's two eldest children to wit WILLIAM and 
SARAH LINDSEY to them their heirs and assigns forever and the one fifth part to be equally divided between 
my son JAMES BENNET's three daughters NANCY ELIZABETH and SUSANNAH BENNETT to them their heirs and assigns 
forever.  And the one fifth part to my daughter RACHEL to her heirs and assigns forever.  And the one 
fifth part I give and bequeath to my daughter JANE to her heirs forever only note that her part of the 
cash in hand if any not to be paid to her the S'd JANE till the expiration of seven years, and for the 
special trust and confidence that I repose in the fidelity and integrity of my son WILLIAM BENNETT and 
son in law NICHOLAS CLARK I constitute and appoint my lawful Executors in testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and seal this 21st day of July Anno Domini 1795.

His
WILLIAM    X    BENNETT     (SEAL)
Mark
Signed and pronounced in the
presence of
Jno. Matthews
Susannah X (her mark) Mathews
Lurana X (her mark) Willis

North Carolina October Session 1795
Richmond County
Then the last will and testament of WILLIAM BENNETT SENR was duly proved in open court by the oath of 
John Mathews and Susannah Mathews subscribing witnesses thereto.  Ord to be Recorded.
Ted Robinson       D for J Terry Clk.




Currituck County Wills

Carter Bennet
Feb. 4, 1799; March 7, 1799
Currituck Co. Will Book 2, pp. 144-145



In the name of God Amen, I CARTER BENNET, of County of Currituck and State of North Carolina, calling 
to mind the noncertainty of this life it being ordained for all men once to die, do make and ordain 
this my Last Will and Testament 
First, that is to say, I recommend my soul to Almighty God, that gave it and my body to be burried 
in a christian like manner, and as to what wstate it hath been pleas'd God to give me I give and 
dispose in manner and form as followeth-

My will and desire is that my well beloved Wife SARAH should have the use of all my lands during 
her widowhood not to cut no timber only for the use of the plantation.

Item I give and bequeath to my afs'd Wife SARAH the land and plantation that I bought of SAMUEL 
LOARY during her natural life

I give and bequeath to my afs'd Wife SARAH one negro girl Silve to her and her heirs forever.

I give and bequeath to my afd'd Wife SARAH one negro girl Patience during her widowhood 

I give and bequeath to my afs'd Wife SARAH one horse by the name of Jansus to her and her heirs 
forever.

I give and bequeath to my afs'd Wife one half of all my moveable property during her natural life 
I mean one half of the cash I got in hand and that is due me also.

Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter ELIZABETH BENNETT all my land to her and her heirs forever. 
and if she should die without issue of her body to return to my well beloved Wife SARAH BENNET

I also give one half of all my moveable property to my afs'd Daughter ELIZABETH BENNET to her and 
her heirs forever. but in case she should die without heirs to return to my beloved Wife SARAH BENNET.

Item I give one half of the cash in hand and that is due me to Daughter ELIZABETH BENNET to her and 
her heirs forever, but in case she should die without heir of her body to return to my Wife SARAH 
BENNET at her own deposial.

Also the negro girl that I gave to my Daughter ELIZABETH BENNET in case she should die without heir 
of her body to return to my beloved Wife at her own disposal

My will and desire is that my beloved Wife should cloath and school my Daughter ELIZABETH BENNET 
sufficently until she is raised and to make no charge for the same, now in case my Wife should be 
pregnat my will and desire is that the child should come in for and equal part of all my land and 
moveable property to that and thats heirs forever.

I constitute my trusty friend JOSEPH BALLENTINE my whole and sole executor to this my Last Will and 
Testament to see all my estate settled according as the law shall direct as witness whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand this 4th day of February 1799

CARTER BENNET
his mark

signed sealed in the presents of 

PETER BALLENTINE jurat
HENRY ANCIL

Recorded and examined this 7th day of March 1799


This will was contributed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse




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RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NC - MILITARY - John Bennett, Rev War Pension Application

BENNETT, JOHN   R760

Pension Applications

State of North Carolina  }		Court of Pleas & quarter sessions
Rutherford County        }		October Session,  AD 1832

	On this 24th day of October, AD 1832 personally appeared in open 
court, before the (? Justice) of the County Court of pleas & quarter Sessions 
for the County of Rutherford now sitting, John Bennett, a resident of 
Rutherford County & State of North Carolina aged ( blank ) years who being 
first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following 
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 
the 7th 1832.
	That he entered the service of the United States under the following 
named officers & served as herein stated.
	That he entered the Service of the United States in the County of 
Newhanover in the State of North Carolina & served five months As a drafted 
Militiaman under the command of Capt. William Jones -- (?   ) (?   ) into the 
State of Georgia & was under Genl. Ashe at the battle of Green brier Creek in 
the fall of (?17??) & was discharged on Ashley River at Dorchester in S. C.  
He entered the Service again as a Substitute in the County (?Wilmington), N.C. 
for three months under Capt. David James.
That he again entered the Service in Newhanover, N. C. in February 1781 under 
Capt. Shuflin & Col. Kenyon.  That he entered the service again in August1781 
as a volunteer for (? Three) months under Capt. Gillaspea & Col. Kenyan -- was 
in a battle of (? Rockfish) Bridge in Duplin County.  That he entered the 
service again in the Fall of 1781 for one month as a substitute under Capt. 
Arnold - & again entered the Service in the Summer of 1782 as a volunteer 18 
months, but the war ended & he was discharged after having served 11 months 
under Capt. (? Robert Rayford) - Col. Little - (? Major Blanton) marched into 
South Carolina in the army of Genl. Green & was discharged at (? James Island) 
near Charleston -- that he was born in South Carolina on the 17 day of 
December, (? 1761).  He has at this time no record of his age, but formerly 
had, which has been burned.  That he lived in Newhanover County N. C. when he 
entered the Service - that he lived in Bladin County N. C. until 1822 then he 
removed to Rutherford County where he now lives.  He was drafted when first 
called into Service, but afterwards volunteered & substituted in the place of 
Jesse Adkins & Thomas (? Genisse) that he was acquainted with Col. (? Little), 
Gnl. Ashe., Gnl. (? Granin Henry Zonsag ?), Capt. (? Numford) of the light 
infantry & that he is acquainted with Drury Dobbins & William Weathers (?    ) 
of his neighborhood and can testify as to his veracity & ______ service
	He hereby relinquishes (? Every ) claim whatsoever to a pension (? 
Warranty) except the present & (? He states) that his name is not on the 
pension roll of (?    ) of any state.  Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year 
aforesaid					   John Bennett

	Thomas F. (? Burchett), Clk.


	We, Drury Dobbins,  a Clergyman & William Weathers, residing in the 
County of Rutherford do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with John 
Bennett who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe 
him to be 71 years of age & that he is reported & believed in the neighborhood 
where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in 
that opinion.  Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
						  Drury Dobbins
Ths. F. Brochett, Clk.				  William  X  Weathers
						                Mark


The following interrogations were propounded by the Court:
1	When & in what year were you born
2	Have you any record of your age & if so, where is it
3	Where were you living when called into Service, where have you lived 
since the revolutionary war & where do you now live
4	How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, 
or were you a substitute & if a substitute, for whom
5	State the names of some of the Officers who were with the troops where 
you Served under Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the 
general circumstances of your service
6	Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service & if , by whom was 
it given & what has become of it
7	State the names of persons to whom you are Known in your precinct & 
neighborhood & who can testify as to your (? Character) for veracity & their 
belief of your Service as a Soldier of the Revolution

(?    ) the said Court do hereby declare (?This) opinion after the 
investigation of the matter & after (?____ing) the interrogation as prescribed 
by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary 
soldier & served as he states, (?then) the Court further certifies that it 
appears to (?them) that Drury Dobbins who has signed the preceding certificate 
is a Clergyman & William Weathers, a (?citizen) both of whom are residents in 
(?Rutherford) County N. C. are credible persons & that their statements are 
entitled to credit -----

North Carolina
	I, T. F. Burchett, Clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter sessions for 
the County of Rutherford & State of North Carolina do hereby Certify that the 
foregoing Contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of 
the application of John Bennett for a pension.
	In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 
24th day of October 1832.
					Thos. F. Burchett (?Atts) or (?Clk)



State of North Carolina      }		Court of pleas & quarter Sessions
Rutherford County             }		April Sessions, AD 1833

	On this ______ day of April, AD 1833, personally appeared in open 
Court before this justice of the County Court of pleas & quarter sessions for 
Rutherford County, John Bennett, a resident of Rutherford County, North 
Carolina, aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to Law 
doth, on his oath, make the following statement.  A ?_______ of his former 
declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 
7th, 1832.
	That he served with Capt. William Jones as before stated for the term 
of (?five) months, that he served three months under Capt. Davis (?James), 
that he served three months under Capt. Gillaspie, that he served one month 
under Capt. Arnold, that he served eleven months under Capt. (?Dayford or 
Rayford), making in the whole, twenty six months, that any (?ambiguity) or 
uncertainty about the length of service in the foregoing declaration he 
believes attributed to the person who wrote it, for as he believes, he then 
states the length of his service as it is now stated.
	That he has not been able to prove his service in any other way than 
by his own oath, not knowing of any person, now living in the County 
__________ _______ ______ unreadable _____ ___  _______.
					  	 
						  John Bennett
_____ ____
in year aforesaid in open Court
T. F. (?Burchett), Clk.


State of North Carolina   }		 
Cleveland) County      }		 

On the 8th day of November (? 1844 or 1840 or 1841) personally came John 
Bennett into open Court now sitting for said County and after being Duly Sworn 
according to law, Deposith and Sayeth in order to amend or correct a 
declaration made by him Claiming a pension for services rendered the United 
States in the Revolutionary war, under The Act of Congress of June 7th, 1832, 
which Declaration was made before the Court of Rutherford County, Sometime 
about the year 1833 (? Or___).  That he did (?   ) and (?   ) truly Set forth 
his Service which was Twenty three months in all with the exception of a few 
weeks, before his last (?term) of service expired he left the army from the 
fear of sickness of various Diseases for the people was Dying Daily in 
Charleston and (?James Island) where the army where Stationed at that time and 
being informed that peace was made and being an eye witness to the enemy 
leaving Charleston, S. C. and (?Shearing) in the Cheers and Rejoicing of the 
officers, Soldiers and Sitizens of Charleston from December 1782 until the 
first of June 1783, at or about which time he saith others left the army from 
the fear of Sickness as above stated and for no other reason & were it not 
from the elapse of years and (?Death of ?Col. __ssarges), the above facts 
could be Clearly Set forth.  This diplomat further Declares that he knows of 
no person now living whos testimony he can procure who can testify to his 
service or to the above facts set forth in this affidavit ==

	Sworn to and subscribed the Day and year aforesaid
(? G. Cabanife or Cabeness)			  John Bennett
(? James Roberts)


State of North Carolina
Cleveland County

	We George Cabness & Samuel Cornwall, Residing in the State of North 
Carolina, County of Cleveland, hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with 
John Bennett who has testified and sworn to the foregoing Affidavit that he is 
reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a 
soldier of the Revolution and that we Concur in that opinion.  Sworn to and 
subscribed the Day and year aforesaid --
						  G. Cabaniss
						  Saml X Cornwall
Test:						          mark
   Rich'd Champion				       


State of North Carolina
Cleveland County

	We the Court do certify that after the investigation of this matter 
that it is our opinion that the above named John Bennett was a Revolutionary 
Soldier and Served as he states and the Court further Certifies that the above 
Geo. (?Cabiness) & Saml Cornwall who has sworn and subscribed the above 
recommendation is men of known Respectability, this 8th November (?18404) ---
					  (?B. B. Bridges)
					  James Roberts


State of North Carolina
County of Cleveland	  S. S.

	Be it known that on this 22nd day of April, A.D., eighteen hundred 
fifty two, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the 
County and State aforesaid, personally, Martha Bennet, a resident of ______ in 
Said County and made oath in due form of law, that she is the daughter of John 
Bennet ______ who made application for a Pension under act of 7th June 1832 
_____ _______ ______ and that she has been informed that the said Pension 
ought to be allowed;  That she is directly interested as a claiment in Said 
Pension, and Makes This affidavit to be filed with Such additional witness or 
arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed				  Martha Bennett
The day and Year above written
W. L. (?Eskridge)


I, William L. Eskridge, Justice of the Peace in and for Said County do hereby 
Certify that Martha Bennet, who executed the foregoing papers is a respectible 
resident of the County and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as 
therein set forth.
						  W. L. Eskridge, J. P.
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By: Janet Foster	
jlfoster@fuse.net


ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/isleofwight

    Will of Ambrose Bennett:  Wife Elizabeth and the child she
now goes with; devises plantation to Mary Beale, dau. of Benja-
min Beale; Martha Rutter, dau. of Walter Rutter; Col. Arthur
Smith and Rich'd Reynolds overseers.  Proved 9th Dec., 1680.

Page 290.

   Ambrose Bennett, May 8, 1638, 300 acres Being bounded between two
creeks, the one called Reynolds creek, the other being a branch of said
creek.

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  Lieut. John Upton, Novr. 10, 1638, 1500 acres Adjoining to the out-
side of Ambrose Bennett land.
   Richard Bennett, Mar. 2, 1638, 300 acres Bounding &c. upon the Bay
behind Ambrose Meders point &c. adjoining the land of Thomas Davis.
   Robert Lawrence, Sep. 12, 1644, 200 acres On the eastermost side of
Lownes creek, adjoining the land of Mr. Harding & widow Bennett.
   Ambrose Bennett, June 23, 1641, 1150 acres Upon the main head of the
lower bay creek called Cypres swamp.

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Isle of wright records

ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/isleofwight/court/history2.txt

   Henry Baker, heir at law to Henry Baker, exor. of Mrs. Silvestra
Hill, 1714.
   Will of Elizabeth Seward, widow, (her mark): Names son Benjamin,
dau. Sarah, son Samuel, daus. Elizabeth and Mary.  1721.
   Henry Baker, gentleman, of Nansemond, and Alexander Forbes, clk,
of the Upper parish, having been constituted vendors authorized to
sell a tract of land donated by Mrs. Hill to the poor of the parish,
and having on their petition to the General Court been liberated
from the disposal of the effects of sd land, the churwardens of the
parish accept from ye sd H.B. and A.F. the sum of 26500 pds of tobo
as the whole full price of the said land, &c.  21 April, 1720.
  [Major J.F. Crocker, of Portmouth, writes: "Alexander Forbes (rector
of the old Bay church) conveyed to Thomas Hill May 17, 1717 (Deed
Book II., page 92), 300 acres of land at or near Rock Wharf, on
James River, which was a part of the land which Silvestra Hill derived
from her father, Edward BENNETT (see patent to Nicholas Hill, about
1666), and which she devised by her will to be sold, and the proceeds
to be used for the poor of the parish, and which was sold by Henry
Baker and Alexander Forbes as special commissioners, and which was
bought by Lawrence Baker, son of Henry Baker on October 16, 1714
(Deed Book I., page 310), and which Lawrence Baker conveyed to
Alexander Forbes May 24, 1717 (Deed Book II., page 86), and which
Alexander Forbes conveyed to Thomas Hill, as above stated by deed of
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   Will of (Major General) Richard Bennett(1) of Moansamond River in
Virginia 15 March, 1674; proved 3 August, 1676:  To the parish where
I now live and have so long lived three hundred acres which Thomas
Bolton holdeth by lease, and on which he now lives; the rents to be
received yearly by the churchwardens of the parish and disposed
towards the relief of four
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Footnote:   (1) James Inglis was son of Rev. Mungo Inglis, A.M., first Grammar
Master of William and Mary Coll.  His mother was Ann Bray, dau. of
Col. James Bray, of the Council.
   (1) From an abstract printed in New Eng. Gen. and Historical Register,
by Henry F. Waters.  Vol. XLVIII., p. 114.

Page 308

poor, aged, or impotent persons whom they judge to stand in most need
of help; and this to continue and be done forever as long as the land
continues.  To Richard, son of Thomas Buxton, the rents and profits of
that parcel of land on which Edmond Belson now liveth, to him and his
heirs forever, the same to be paid unto him when he shall come to be
twenty years of age; but if he lives not to that time or afterwards die
without issue.  To my daughter Anne fifty pounds sterling besides her
debts which she now oweth me.  To my grandchildren Elizabeth, Anne, and
Bennett Scarburgh, or any other of my daugher Scarburgh's children which
shall be born thereafter, all that parcel of land lying on Pocomoke
River on the Eastern shore in Maryland, being two thousand eight hundred
acres by Patent, to them and either of them, their, or either of their
heirs forever, and also two thousand five hundred acres by Patent,
lying in Wiccomoco River on the Eastern shore in Maryland.  To my cousin
Silvester, the wife of Major Nicholas Hill, twelve thousand pounds of
tobacco.  To my cousin Mary, the wife of Mr. Luke Cropley of London,
twenty pounds sterling.  To Richard Hubard of Pigg Point one thousand
pounds of tobacco.  To Michael Ward and the widow of John Lewis, to 
each of them one thousand pounds of tobacco.  To Charles Howard and 
Richard Higgins, to each of them one thousand pounds of tobacco, and
more to Charles Howard, the land which he lives of (sic) for eleven 
years.  To John Chilcotes and Thomas Garratt, to each of them two
thousand pounds of tobacco.  To William Kitchen and John Blye, to each
of them one thousand pounds of tobacco.  To Patrick Edmonston and the
widow Reddick, to each of them one thousand pounds of tobacco.  To John
Worter, who married the relict of John Salesbury, one thousand pounds
of tobacco.  To William Yearret of Pagan Creek and to the wife of Mr.
Thomas Taberer, to each of them two thousand pounds of tobacco.  To
James Day twelve thousand pounds of tobacco.  And if Mr. Taberer see
cause he may add three thousand more to it.  I give to all my servants
that now liveth with me both Christians and negroes, to each of them
one thousand pounds of tobacco, only the two hirelings excepted, viz.,
Richard Higgins and John Turner.  The rest of my personal and real
estate and all lands,

Page 309.

stock, of what nature or kind soever it be, to go to my granchild
Richard Bennett, to him and his heirs forever, my said grandchild now
residing in Bristol, and in default of such heir then to come to the
children of Theodorick Bland and Charles Scarburgh.  Lastly, I do
declare and ordain and appoint James Jofey, Mr. Thomas Hodges, and 
Edmond Belson, or any two of them, also Robert Peellee, to be overseers.
Wit: John Speire, Eno Tarte, Charles Howard, George Davis.  Proved in
Nansamond Court the twelfth of April, 1675, by the oaths of Mr. Eno
Tarte (sic), Charles Howard and George Davis to be the last will and
testament of Major General R. Bennett.  Teste, Jno Lear. Cler. Cur.
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VII.  OFFICERS OF ISLE OF WIGHT CO.

           1.  Members of House of Burgesses, 1619-1775.
1629,--Warracoyack: Capt. Nathaniel Basse, Richard Bennett, Robert
       Savin, and Thomas Burges.


     On November 21, 1621, Edward Bennett, a rich merchant of
London, obtained a patent for a plantation conditioned on
settling two hundred emigrants.  His associates in the patent
were his brother, Robert Bennett, and nephew, Richard Bennett,
Thomas Ayres,(1) Thomas Wiseman, and Richard Wiseman.  And
in February, 1622, the Sea Flower arrived with one hundred and
twenty settlers, headed by Capt. Ralph Hamor, one of the
council; Rev. William Bennett and George Harrison, kinsmen
of Edward Bennett, and connected with him in his colonization
scheme.  Their place of settlement was called "Warrascoyack,"
and sometimes "Edward Bennett's plantation."
     On the day this patent was awarded, Arthur Swain, Capt.
Nathaniel Basse and others undertook to establish another plan-
tation in the same neighborhood.  Capt. Basse came over in
person, and his plantation was known as "Basse's Choice," and
was situated on Warrascoyack river.
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     (1)  Many of the kinsmen of Thomas Ayers, doubtless, came to Virginia.
In Lower Norfolk County records we learn that "John Custis married
the relict of Robert Eyres, dec'd" (1652, Feb. 16), and that "Sam. Chew,
of Herrington, in Maryland, Esq.," married Anne, "daughter and sole
heir of William Ayres, late of Nancemond" (12 Sept., 1672).

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                ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY RECORDS                     207

     The houses were building, when, in March, 1622, occurred the
great massacre by the Indians.  In the course of a very few hours
one-fourth of the white population perished.  The mortality in
the plantations in Warrascoyack reached a total of fifty-three.
Some miraculous escapes are recorded.  The Indians came to
one Baldwin's house and wounded his wife, but Baldwin, by
repeatedly firing his gun so frightened them as "to save both her,
his house, himself and divers others."  At about the same time
they appeared at the house of Master Harrison, half a mile from
Baldwin's, where was staying Thomas Hamor, brother of Capt.
Ralph Hamor, who also lived near by.  The Indians pretended
that they came to escort the captain to their king, who was hunt-
ing in the woods.  The message was sent to the captain, but, he not
coming as they expected, they set fire to a tobacco house, and
murdered the white people as they rushed out of Harrison's
building in order to quench the flames.  Many were killed, but
Thomas Hamor was saved by a chance delay.  He remained to
finish a letter, which he was engaged in writing.  After con-
cluding the letter, he went out, but seeing the commotion, and
receiving an arrow in his back, he returned and barricaded the
house.  Then the savages set the house on fire, whereupon
Hamor, with twenty-two others, fled to Baldwin's house, leaving
their own burning.
     In the meantime, Capt. Ralph Hamor was in utmost peril.
He was on his way to meet the king, who had invited him, and
came upon the savages chasing some of the whites.  He returned
to his new house, where, armed with only spades, axes, and brick-
bats, he and his company defended themselves till the enemy gave
up the seige and departed.  At the house of Capt. Basse, however,
in the same neighborhood, everybody was slain.  Basse, who was
in England at the time, escaped.

     The consternation occasioned by the massacre was such that
the determination was taken to abandon all the plantations but
seven or eight, viz., Jamestown, the settlements on the opposite
side of the river (in Surry), Kecaughtan, Newports News,
Southampton Hundred (including Hog Island), Flowerdieu
Hundred, Sherly Hundred, and the plantation of Mr. Samuel
Jordan, at Jordan's Point.  All Warrascoyack, from Hog Island
down the river shore for fourteen miles, was abandoned.  But
vigorous efforst were made by the authorities to dislodge the
Indians from the locality.  In the fall succeeding the massacre

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208                  WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE QUARTERLY

an expedition was sent out under the command of Sir George
Yeardley against the savages down the river.  He drove out the
Nansemonds and Warrascoyacks, burned their houses, and took
their corn.
     On May 21, 1623, a commission was given to  Capt. Roger
Smith, who had served twelve or thirteen years in the wars in
the Netherlands, to erect a fort on the shore opposite to Tindall's
Shoals, where Capt. Samuel Each had a block-house in building.
     In the summer of 1623 the governor sent companies in all
directions against the Indians.  Capt. William Tucker, of Ke-
caughtan (Hampton), commanded the expedition against the
Nansemonds and Warrascoyacks.  On the same day, August 2,
1623, all of these commands fell upon the Indians, slaughtered
many, cut down their corn, and burnt their houses.  A week
after, Capt. Tucker went down a second time against the Nanse-
monds.  The proprietors of the abandoned settlements took heart
and were allowed to return to them. The census of February 6,
1623-'24, showed as then living at "Warwicke Squeake" and
"Basse's Choice" fifty-three persons; twenty-six had died "since
April last."  Disease, in fact, proved more destructive to the set-
elrs than everything else combined.  Four-fifths of the colonists,
including the new emigrants who arrived, died from this cause in
the interval between 1619 and 1625.  The census of 1624-'25
showed but thirty-one persons alive at Warrascoyack and Basse's
Choice.  Among those who had died were Mr. Robert Bennett
(brother of Edward Bennett), who had come to the colony, and
the first minister, Mr. William Bennett, doubtless one of the same
family.
     After 1625 the colony took a new and more prosperous turn,
Richard Bennett and his brother, Philip Bennet, came over also
to see about the interests of their uncle, Edward, and their own
interests.  Capt. John Hobson now arrived, and Basse, Richard
Bennett and Hobson were made members of the council.  In 1624
the representative from "Basse's Choice" was John Pollington.  In
1629 Warrascoycak (which term came to embrace Basse's Choice
and all the other settlements in the Isle of Wight) were Capt.
Nathaniel Basse, Richard Bennett, Robert Savin and Thomas
Jordan.  In March following, they were John Upton, John
Atkins, Robert Savin and Thomas Burges.  In September, 1632,
they were Thomas Jordan and William Hutchinson





ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY RECORDS                    211

1773 to 1776; Rev. William Hubard, who died on the Glebe in
1802; Rev. Samuel Butler, who officiated occasionally in 1780,
and Rev. William G. H. Jones, who officiated from 1826 to 1832.
     To this list of ministers might be added the names of Robert
Bracewell, who died in Isle of Wight about 1667, and of Robert
Dunster, who died in 1656.
     The Southside counties had many dissenters among their
population.  Col. Byrd attributed the fact to the low grade of
tobaco grown in those counties, which rendered the support of a
competent clergy difficult and precarious.  At an early day a con-
siderable Puritan party developed, at the head of whom were the
brothers, Richard and Philip Bennett, who had settled in Nanse-
mond county.  Upon their invitation New England sent to Vir-
ginia three Congregational ministers, but Governor Berkeley
gave them a dose of the medicine, which they had long been ad-
ministering to Episcopalians in their own country.  He banished
them from the colony, and got the Legislature to enact a law
against all non-conformists.  The consequence of this ill-advised

policy was that there was a considerable emigration to Maryland.
From Lower Norfolk county William Durand and Dr. Thomas
Harrison, who were in charge of the churches there, carried off
quite a number of prominent families -- Lloyds, Marshes, Pres-
tons, etc.  They settled along the river Severn, in Maryland, and,
after the Puritan spirit, soon tried to dictate to Lord Baltimore.
     Richard Bennett, however, though obtaining large tracts of
land in Maryland, lived most of his life and died in Nansemond,
managing to keep in some sort of conformity with the Church of
England, for Puritanism did not necessarily mean Congrega-
tionalism, or severance from the Church.  His grandson, Richard
Bennett, was the richest man in Maryland.  His uncle, Edward
Bennett, of London, left two daughters, one of whom, Mary,
married, first, Thomas Bland, of London; second, Luke Cropley.
The other, Silvestra, married Major Nicholas Hill, who came to
Virginia, and was one of the leading men of Isle of Wight
county.  Mary, a daughter of the first-named daughter, Mary
Bland-Cropley, married James Day of Isle of Wight, Va., and
Mary, a daughter of Silvestra Hill, the other daughter of Edward
Bennett, married John Jennings, son of the clerk of the same
name.
     After the restoration of King Charles II, the Quakers had a
strong following, especially in the Upper parish.  William Ed-

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mundson, a friend of George Fox, visited this neighborhood in
1671, and met General Richard Bennett, "who," he said, "re-
ceived the truth and died in the same, leaving two friends his
executors."  The able lawyer and preacher, Thomas Story, of
Philadelphia, came in 1699 and 1705, and held many "open and
comfortable meetings" in this and other parts of Virginia, viz.,
at Edward Thomas' house on Queen Creek, York county; at
Daniel Akehurst's and Thomas Cary's, on Warwick river; at
Robert Perkins', at Martin's Hundred; at John Bates', at
Skimeno, York county, and at Chuckatuck, where he met with
"his ancient friend,' Elizabeth Webb, of Gloucestershire, Eng-
land, and John Copeland, who at his request showed him his
mutilated right ear, being "one of the first of those who had
their ears cut by the Presbyterians, or Independents, of New
England."(1)  There was a yearly meeting at "Levy Neck" (still
known by that name), and the chief Quakers were Dr. John
Grove, William Bressy, and Thomas Jordan.
     Col. Joseph Bridger, Major Thomas Taberer, and General
Richard Bennett, and many others of the leading men sympa-
thized with the Quakers, and while the Quakers were sometimes
fined for non-conformity, they had their own meeting-houses and
practically their own way.  After 1699 their houses were regu-
larly licensed, and there is in the Gazette for 1736 an address
signed by the leading Quakers of the Colony in which they admit
they had nothing to complain of except their being taxed to
support the State, or Episcopal Church.
     In their address to Lord Botetourt in 1768 they spoke of the
"particular indulgence and protection they had enjoyed during
the reign of King George III.," which had impressed their minds
"with the warmest sense of duty and gratitude."
     The records which follow show that the emigrants to Isle of
Wight were largely people from Bristol, where, in the civil wars,
the Cavaliers were very strong.  For attempting to surrender
that place to Prince Rupert in 1643, Robert Yeamans and Henry
Boucher lost their lives.  The former's son, Sir John, emigrated
to Barbadoes, and subsequently established a colony in South
Carolina.  Sir John's nephew, Joseph Woory, lived and died in
Isle of Wight county.  In 1666, Woory accompanied Robert San-
ford on a voyage of discovery along the coast of Carolina.
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY RECORDS                    213

     In 1653, soon after Virginia yielded to the authority of the
Parliament, the two representatives from the Isle of Wight, John
Hammond and James Pyland, were expelled from the House of

Burgesses -- the one because of his "scandalous" character, and
"being a frequent disturber of the peace of the country," and the
other because of his "abetting Thomas Woodward," a noted
loyalist, in his "mutinous and rebellious declaration" against the
Parliament.  John Hammond, really a fine character, removed
to Maryland, where he was a friend of Lord Baltimore, and was
the author of "Leah and Rachell," a most interesting tract on the
relations of Virginia and Maryland.  Woodward, for whom
Pyland suffered, had been assay-master of the mint to Charles I.,
patented in Isle of Wight and in 1665 was appointed the first
surveyor of the Province of North Carolina.  He appears to have
had at least two sons, John Woodward, who died in England, and
Thomas, of Virginia.
     In 1667, the fleet of merchant ships from Bristol, which
traded with the Southside, was suddenly attacked at the mouth
of the Elizabeth river by four Dutch men of war, and twenty of
the vessels were destroyed.  The damage would have been greater,
had not Major-General Bennett, in command of the Southside
counties, arrived on the scene, and driven off the invaders.
     In 1671, the Dutch came again, with further disastrous re-
sults, to the Bristol ships, which, however, were revenged in the
end in the seizure of New York by the English.
     In Bacon's Rebellion (1676) Isle of Wight was the scene of
constant foray.  Col. Joseph Bridger(1) headed the followers of
Berkeley, and John Jennings, clerk of the court, was the most
noted of Bacon's adherents.  He was banished from the colony.
but died before the decree could be carried into effect.
     Among the interesting places, the plantation of Edward Ben-
nett deserves notice.  His personal share of land appears to
have been fifteen hundred acres of land, and by a deed recorded
in the secretary's office, dated April 8, 1663, this land was divided
between his daughters, Silvestra, the wife of Major Nicholas
Hill, and Mary, the wife of Thomas Bland.  Silvestra's share
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     (1)  Sir John Berry names among the eminent sufferers by Bacon's
Rebellion Col. Joseph Bridger, "a very Resolute gentleman, who, though
forced to fly in the heat of war from his own countrie, yet on his Return
was very Active and Instrumental in reducing to their obedience the
South parte of James River," &c.

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was the upper moiety, and began at a locust post on the river side,
and ran for length three hundred and twenty poles southwest
into the woods, and for breadth three hundred and seventy-five
poles up the river to a marked tree in a valley near a place called
"The Rocks" (still known as such).  Mary's share was the lower
moiety.  It began at the locust post on the river side, ran down
the river by Felgate's Island, and bounded on Pollington's Point
(Day's Point?), three lines of Peter Hull's land to a branch of
Hutchinson's Creek.  Maj. Hill, in 1674, left this land to his son,
George Hill, after the death of his wife, Silvestra.  Silvestra
Hill by her will left 550 acres of this land to Mary Baker, wife of
Major Henry Baker.

MASSACRED BY THE INDIANS ON GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1622.
             TOTAL KILLED IN VIRGINIA, 347, OUT OF A POPULA-
                                                TION OF 1,240

          KILLED AT MR. EDWARD BENNETT'S PLANTATION.
     Master Th. Brewood, his wife, his childe, Robert Gray, John
Griffin, Ensigne Harrison, John Costard, David Barry, Thomas
Sheppard, Henry Price, Robert ---------, Edward Jolby, Richard
----------, 2 servants, Thomas Ferris, George Cole, Remember Michel,
---------- Bullocke, Richard Chandler, Henry Moore,  Nicholas Hunt,
John Corderoy, Richard Cockwell, John Howard, Mistris Har-
rison, Mary Dawks, Alice Jones, Thomas Cooke, Philip Worth,
Mathew, a maid, Francis Winder, Thomas Conly, Richard Wood-
ward, Humfrey Cropen, Thomas Bacon, Euan Watkins, Richard

Lewis, Edward Towse, John Scotchmore, Edward Turner, Mr.
John Pountis his men, Edward Brewster, Lieutenant Pierce his
men, Thomas Holland, Capt. Whittaker's man, Annie English,
Rebecca ----------, Master Prowse, Hugh ----------, John ----------, Edward
----------, Mistris Chamberlin, Parnel, a maid, Humfrey Sherbrooke,
John Wilkins, John Burton. -- Total, 53.
            A LIST OF NAMES OF THE LIVING IN VIRGINIA FEBRUARY
                            THE 16, 1624, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  TOTAL, 1,170
                                            AT WARWICK SQUEAK.
     John Batt, Henry Pinffe, Wassell Weblin, Anthony Read,
Frances Woodson, Henry Phillips, Peter Collins, Chr. Reinold's,
Edward Mabin, John Maldman, Thomas Collins, George Rush-
more, Thomas Spencer, George Clarke, Rich. Bartlett, Francs
Banks, John Jenkins, Thomas Jones, William Denham; Peter,
Anthony, Fransc, Margrett, netros; John Bennett, Nicholas
Skinner, John Atkins, John Pollentin, Rachel Pollentine, Mar-
grett Pollentin, Mary, a maid, Henry Woodward, Thomas
Sawyer, Thomas, a boye. -- Total 33, including 4 negroes.

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                                    AT BASSE CHOISE.
     Capt. Nathaniel Basse, Samuell Basse, Benjamine Simes,
Thomas Sherwood, Benjamine Handcleare, William Barnard,
John Shelly, Nathaniell Moper, Natha. Gammon, Margrett
Giles, Richard Longe, vx Longe, infans Longe, Richard Evans,
William Newman, John Army, Peter Langden, Henry, Andrew
Rawley, Petter. -- Total, 20

MUSTER OF THE INHABITANTS IN VIRGINIA.  TAKEN IN 1625.
          TOTAL, 1,095.  THE MUSTER OF THE INHABITANTS
                        AT WARISCOYACK, TAKEN THE 7TH OF
                                             FEBRUARY, 1625.

                The Muster of Mr. Edward Bennett's Servants.
     Henry Pinke came in the London Marchannt 1619, John
Bate in the Addam 1621, Peter Collins in the Addam 1621,
Wassell Webbling, Antonio, a negro, in the James 1621, Christo-
pher Reynold's, Luke Chappman, Edward Maybank, in the John
& Grancis 1622, John Attkins, William Denum, Francis Banks,
in the Guifte 1623, Mary, a negro woman, in the Margrett &
John 1622.

          A MUSTER OF THE INHABITANTS OF BASSE CHOYSE.
                           Capt. Nathaniell Basse his Muster.

Nathaniell Basse, aged 35, in the Furtherance 1622.
William Barnard, aged 21, in the Furtherance 1622.
Edward Wigge, aged 22, in the Abigall 1621.

                        The Muster of Thomas Phillipes.

Thomas Phillipes, aged 26, in the William and Thomas 1618.
Elizabeth Phillipes, aged 23, in the Sea Flower 1621/

                        The Muster of Thomas Bennett.

Thomas Bennett, aged 38, in the Neptune 1618.
Mary Bennett, aged 18, in the Southampton 1622.
Roger Heford, aged 22, in the Returne 1623.
Benjamine Simes,(1), aged 33 in the ---------.
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     (1)  Benjamine Syms afterwards settled in Elizabeth City Co., and by his
will in 1634 provided for the first free school in America.  The funds
are still used to conduct the High School in Hampton.

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                            Richard Longe His Muster
Richard Longe, aged 33, in the ---------.
Alice Longe, aged 23, in the London Marchant 1620.
Robert Longe, a child borne in Virginia.

                             Richard Evand's His Muster
Richard Evand's, aged 35. in the Neptune 1618.

                            William Newman His Muster.
William Newman, aged 35, in the Furtherance 1622.
John Army, aged 35, in the Furtherance 1622.

                            Henrie Woodward His Muster.
Henrie Woodward, aged 30, in the ------.
John Browninge, aged 22, in the Abigall 1621.

                                          Servants.
Ambrose, aged 25, in the Marmiducke 1621.
Peeter, aged 19, in the Margett and John 1620.
Total muster living at Basse's and Warrascoyack, 31.

        A LIST OF THE DEAD IN WARISCOYACKE 1624 (25).
     John Selley, Nathaniell Haukworth [or Hankworth],
Thomas Sherwoud, Benjamin Handcleare, Margrett Synes;
Nathaniell, Thomas, servants; of Mr. Bennett's men slayne by the
Indianes, five.

                             PATENTS GRANTED, ETC.,  1626. (1)
     Warosquoiacke Plantation contayneing downe ward's from 
Hog Island xiiijteen miles by the River side, in weh are these
patents following, vizt.:
            John Carter, 100 acres,
            Christopher Daniel, 100,
            Adam Dixson, 100,
            John Berry, 100,
            Thomas Winter, 100                                     By Pattent.
            John Pollington, 600
            Thomas Poole, 100,
            Anthony Barham,(2) 100,
            Capt. Natha. Basse, 300, planted,
            Giles Jones, 150, planted,
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     (1)  From Hotten's "Lists of Emigrants to America."

     (2)  Anthony Barham was member of House of Burgesses for Mulberry
Island, March, 1629-'30.  An abstract of his will has been published in
the New England Historical and Genealogical Register.  Among other
legatees are his mother Bennett, and brother-in-law, Richard Bennett.
Charles Barham was justice of Surry county about 1674.  See Virginia
Magazine, Vol. III, p. 278.

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                ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY RECORDS                     219

                                                III.
ABSTRACTS OF IMPORTANT DEEDS, WILLS AND ORDERS, ON
        RECORD IN CLERK'S OFFICE OF ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY.
1.  Deed and Will Book, transcribed from the old records in
1733 by James Baker, Clerk.
     Will of Timothy Fern X mark, dated this last of January,
1651:  200 acres to eldest son, 100 to youngest son; my wife to
have the use of the 300 acres, till sons of age; mentions a daughter;
lands in Rappahannock to the 3 children; one steer for my
funeral; friends Daniel Boucher and John Munger overseers of
my will.
     Justinian Cooper to Alice Bennett, widow, 150 acres for a
cow, calf and one bbl. of corn.  19 Charles I.
===============
     Will of Capt. John Vpton, dated 16 Jan., 1651 -- proved Dec.
16, 1652:  "I, Capt. John Vpton, of the Isle of Wight county, in
Virginia."  To eldest son John Vpton, all that tract of land
being part of it in the tenure of John King, James Bagnall,
Nicholas Morris, etc., containing in the whole eight hundred and
fifty acres, and if the said John Vpton dies before he comes to
the age of one and twenty, then I give and bequeath the said land
until William, Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret Vnderood, to be
divided as followeth, &c., To said son a mare fole and one cow
with calf, being upon the probate of my will sett apart for him

with their increase to be equally shared amongst my daughters-in-
law Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret Vnderwood.  "To William
Vnderwood, Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret Vnderwood 1500
acres near Ambrose Bennett's and allways reserved out of this
land Three Hundred acres with Mr. Robert Bracewell hath.  To
William, Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret Vnderwood all my land
at Rappahannock, &c.  All the rest of my Estate, Goods, Chat-
tels, servants, &c., to whatsoever here in Virginia after my Debts,
Legacies and funerall rights paid and discharged I give &c. to
my Loving and Welbeloved Wife Margaret Vpton, whom I con-
stitute &c. sole executrix of this my last Will and Testament."
Loving friends, George ffawdon, William Vnderwood and James
Taylor, clerk, my overseers to see my will performed.  To each
of my overseers a ring 20 shilling sterling apiece.  Likewise or-

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dains Ann Williamson, the wife of James Williamson equal
sharer in my land at Rappahannock with these above named. (1)  To
Elizabeth Vnderwood one pillion and one pillion cloth at day of
marriage.  Proved by the oaths of William Vnderwood and Ed-
ward Skinner.  Witnesses, John Gallins X mark, James Taylor.
     Will of Joseph Cobbs X mark, March, 1653:  Wife Elizabeth
300 a. and personalty; sons Benjamin Cobbs and Pharaoh; dau.
Elizabeth Cobbs.  Witnesses, Joseph Dunn, John Childs.
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     Will of Capt. John Vpton, dated 16 Jan., 1651 -- proved Dec.
16, 1652:  "I, Capt. John Vpton, of the Isle of Wight county, in
Virginia."  To eldest son John Vpton, all that tract of land
being part of it in the tenure of John King, James Bagnall,
Nicholas Morris, etc., containing in the whole eight hundred and
fifty acres, and if the said John Vpton dies before he comes to
the age of one and twenty, then I give and bequeath the said land
until William, Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret Vnderood, to be
divided as followeth, &c., To said son a mare fole and one cow
with calf, being upon the probate of my will sett apart for him

with their increase to be equally shared amongst my daughters-in-
law Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret Vnderwood.  "To William
Vnderwood, Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret Vnderwood 1500
acres near Ambrose Bennett's and allways reserved out of this
land Three Hundred acres with Mr. Robert Bracewell hath.  To
William, Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret Vnderwood all my land
at Rappahannock, &c.  All the rest of my Estate, Goods, Chat-
tels, servants, &c., to whatsoever here in Virginia after my Debts,
Legacies and funerall rights paid and discharged I give &c. to
my Loving and Welbeloved Wife Margaret Vpton, whom I con-
stitute &c. sole executrix of this my last Will and Testament."
Loving friends, George ffawdon, William Vnderwood and James
Taylor, clerk, my overseers to see my will performed.  To each
of my overseers a ring 20 shilling sterling apiece.  Likewise or-

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                   ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY RECORDS.                  221


dains Ann Williamson, the wife of James Williamson equal
sharer in my land at Rappahannock with these above named. (1)  To
Elizabeth Vnderwood one pillion and one pillion cloth at day of
marriage.  Proved by the oaths of William Vnderwood and Ed-
ward Skinner.  Witnesses, John Gallins X mark, James Taylor.
     Will of Joseph Cobbs X mark, March, 1653:  Wife Elizabeth
300 a. and personalty; sons Benjamin Cobbs and Pharaoh; dau.
Elizabeth Cobbs.  Witnesses, Joseph Dunn, John Childs.
-------------------
 Thomas Wood, sonne of Arthur Wood and Sarah Wooten, his
mother, relict of Arthur Wood dece'd, to Richard Bennett of
Blackwater.
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[CONTINUED FROM ISLE OF WIGHT - PAGE 229]

     "We the subscribed haveing drawn up a paper in half of ye
inhabitants of Isle of Wight Co. as ye greivances of said county,"
recant all the "false and scandalous" relfections upon Gov. Sir
Wm. Berkeley Kt contained ina paper(1) presented to the Commis-
sioners, and promise never to be guilty again of "ye like mutin-
ous and rebellious practices."  Ambrose Bennett, John Marshall,
Richard Jordan, Richard Sharpe, Antho ffulgeham, James Bag-
nall, Edward Miller, John Davis X his mark, Richard Penny
R. P. his mark.  Acknowledged 9 April 1677.  Test. Jno Brom-
field Cl. Cu.
     John Marshall begs pardon in court on his bended knees for
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     (1)  See Va. Mag. of Hist. and Biography, Vol. II, p. 380, where this
paper containing the frievances of Isle of Wight is published in full.

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"scandalous words" uttered before ye Worpfll Comrs (in accord-
ance with their order) April 9, 1677.
     Petition(1) of John Jennings to the Right honoble Herbert

Jeffreys, Esq., Governr and Capt Generall of Virga and the honble
Council of State; that yor peticonr haveing reced sentence of ban-
ishmt and Transportation of this his Maties Colony asks for a
longer time for his departure since by reason of the late Rebellion
his estate has been so wasted that he has not the money to leave,
and because it would peril his life to undergo the said sentence in
his "aged, sick and weak condition," having the care also of a
poor wife and children incumbent upon him.
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     (2)  George Hardy came to Virginia before 1636, when he is called "Ship-
right."  In 1644 he patented 300 acres (increased to 500 in 1648), situ-
ated upon Lawne's creek and bordering upon Alice Bennett's land
(doubtless widow of Robert Bennett, of London), for 6 persons, Thomas
Sabin, Thomas Hardy, George Nettleford, James Strong, and John
Smith.  He had a noted mill, which is still used.  From this family of
Hardy was descended Hon. Samuel Hardy, a prominent member of the
Continental Congress.

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       Will of Rebecca Izard:  Dau. Rebecca Bagnall, dau. Martha
Izard, legacies to Rebecca Bagnall and Mary Bennett, Martha
Izard, James Bagnall, son of James Bagnall, Nehemiah Huntt,
son of Godfrey Hunt, and Elizabeth Reeves.  Son James Bagnall,
Henry Reeves, and Ambrose Bennett overseers.  Dated 15 Oct.,
1675, proved 20 Oct., 1675.
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     Will of Ambrose Bennett:  Wife Elizabeth and the child she
now goes with; devises plantation to Mary Beale, dau. of Benja-
min Beale; Martha Rutter, dau. of Walter Rutter; Col. Arthur
Smith and Rich'd Reynolds overseers.  Proved 9th Dec., 1680.
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    Will of Thomas Taberer, (3) dated 14 Jan., 1692:  
(3)  This was probably the Justice Tabener, at whose house William
Edmundson staid in 1672, and whose wife was very loving to the
Quakers.  Mr. Thomas writes his name Taberner, but it was really
Taberer.  His wife was a legatee under the will of Richard Bennett.  See
Va. Mag. of Hist. and Biog., III., pp. 53-56.  So was Elizabeth Outland,
whom Edmundson visited in 1675 at Chuckatuck, where he held "many
precious meetings."

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ANSON Co. NC REGULATORS by: MS LOUISE T OVERTON 
************

   At the Battle of Alamance on 16 May 1771, the militia under the
command of Royal Governor William Tryon defeated approximately 2,000
Regulators. It may never be possible to identify all of the
Regulators. Many have been lost to history. Of the six who were
hanged at Hillsborough after the battle, the names of two are no
longer known.

James ADAMS
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

Thomas ADAMS
  1771 Battle of Alamance

Joseph ALLEN
  1769 signed Regulator advertisement
  1771 Battle of Alamance

Abraham BELLEW
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

George BELVIN
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

Isaac BELYIN (Belvin?)
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

John BENNETT
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

William BENTON
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

John CARPENTER
  1769 signed Regulator advertisement
  1771 Battle of Alamance

John CARTRIGHT
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

Edward CHAMBERS
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

Christopher CHRISTIAN
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

ANSON Co. NC REGULATORS


   At the Battle of Alamance on 16 May 1771, the militia under the
command of Royal Governor William Tryon defeated approximately 2,000
Regulators. It may never be possible to identify all of the
Regulators. Many have been lost to history. Of the six who were
hanged at Hillsborough after the battle, the names of two are no
longer known.

Job CILLEADON
  1771 Battle of Alamance

Elijah CLARK
 1769 signed Regulator petition
 1771 Battle of Alamance

Francis CLARKE
  1769 signed Regulator petition

John CLARK
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

Jacob COCKERMAN
  1769 signed Regulator petition

John COCKERMAN
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

James COLBON
  1771 Battle of Alamance

John COLEMAN
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

William COLEMAN
  1769 signed Regulator advertisement
  1771 Battle of Alamance

Jacob COLLINS
  1771 Battle of Alamance

Josua COLLONS
  1771 Battle of Alamance

Harklis CONKWRITE
  1771 Battle of Alamance

John COOPER
  1769 signed Regulator petition


ANSON Co. NC REGULATORS


   At the Battle of Alamance on 16 May 1771, the militia under the
command of Royal Governor William Tryon defeated approximately 2,000
Regulators. It may never be possible to identify all of the
Regulators. Many have been lost to history. Of the six who were
hanged at Hillsborough after the battle, the names of two are no
longer known.

Benjamin COVINGTON
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

David COX
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

Solomon CROFTS
  1771 Battle of Alamance

Meager EDWARDS
  1769 signed Regulator petition

George ESTRESS
  1769 signed Regulator petition

William ESTRESS
  1769 signed Regulator petition

Edward ALMOND
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

James ALMOND
  1771 Battle of Alamance

Seymour ALMOND
  1769 signed Regulator advertisement
  1771 Battle of Alamance

Isaac ARMSTRONG
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

James ARMSTRONG
  1771 Battle of Alamance

James E. ARNET
  1769 signed Regulator petition
  1771 Battle of Alamance

Part #5

ANSON Co. NC REGULATORS


   At the Battle of Alamance on 16 May 1771, the militia under the
command of Royal Governor William Tryon defeated approximately 2,000
Regulators. It may never be possible to identify all of the
Regulators. Many have been lost to history. Of the six who were
hanged at Hillsborough after the battle, the names of two are no
longer known.

Abraham PELYOU
  1769 signed Regulator petition

David PHELPS
  1769 signed Regulator petition

E. PICKETT
 1769 signed Regulator

Thomas PICKETT
 1769 signed Regulator petition

Stephen PIECOCK
 1769 signed Regulator petition

John POSTON
  1769 signed Regulator petition

John POSTON Sr.
  1769 signed Regulator petition

Thomas PRESLAR
  1769 signed Regulator petition

John PRESLIE
 1769 signed Regulator petition

Augustine PRESTWOOD
  1769 signed Regulator advertisement

Mathew RAIFORD Jr
  1769 signed Regulator petition

William THREDGILL
  1769 signed Regulator petition

Samuel TONEHBURG
  1769 signed Regulator petition

William TRENEEN
  1769 signed Regulator petition

Thomas TRULL
  1769 signed Regulator petition

Jonathan TURNER
  1769 signed Regulator petition

James UPTON
  1769 signed Regulator petition

Tomas USSERY
  1769 signed Regulator petition

Welcome USSERY
  1769 signed Regulator petition

William USSERY
  1769 signed Regulator petition




Anson Co. NC - Bennett Cemetery

From: Granny  AgigageKog@aol.com

Bennett Cemetery
Location: 1 1/2 miles north of Wadesboro, North Carolina on State highway 
#74, on hill to left by side of highway.

Name----------------Born--------------------Died----------------Remarks

BENNETT, Catherine b.------- d.When 85 years old---- Wife of Nevel Bennett, 
Dau. of Rev. Archibald Harris.
BENNETT, Lemuel B. (Rev.) Sep. 21, 1826-Oct. 31, 1868
BENNETT, Nevel Jan. 28, 1800-Apr. 6, 1852 Son of W.M. & Susannah Bennett.
BENNETT, Risden Tyler June 18, 1840-July21, 1913 Son of Nevel & Catherine 
Bennett, married Kate Shepherd. A Confederate Veteran.
BENNETT, Rosa M. Oct. 13, 1859-Aug. 21, 1862
FORT, Elias P. Apr. 11, 1793-Aug. 6, 1878
FORT, Gaston Sherrill July 14, 1872-Mar. 30, 1913
FORT, Mary A. Sept. 3, 1824-June 7, 1882 Dau. of S.S. & E. Dutton. Wife of 
Elias P. Fort.
HAIRE, Martha A. Turner Feb. 12, 1848-Aug. 31, 1910 Wife of J.M. Haire
HARRIS, Sherrod H. May 1, 1816-July 24, 1847 Son of Simeon & Elizabeth 
Harris. Died while on a visit to relatives in N.C.
WILLOUGHBY, Charlie Oct. 31, 1867 ------1881 Son of H.J. & M.A. Willoughby
WILLOUGHBY, Emma July 7, 1861 -----1880 Dau. of H.J. & M.A. Willoughby
WILLOUGHBY, Henry J. Nov. 16, 1876 ----1881 Son of H.J. & M.A. Willoughby
TURNER, Jane ------1824-Dec. 24, 1905 


Chester County, PA. Ships Listing for The Concord 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here are the passengers listed as being aboard this ship. 

Date of Arrival: 10/1683  Master: William Jefferies

Lenert Aratts (Arents)

Elizabeth Bennett, servant to James Claypoole

Johannes Bleikers

James Claypoole and wife Helena and seven children

Edward Cole, Jr, servant to Claypool


William Hard

Peter Keurlis

Thones Kunder

Hugh Lamb

Jan Lensen

Jan Luykens

Hugh Masland and wife, servant to Claypoole

Abraham Op Den Graeff

Derick Op Den Graeff

Hermann Op Den Graeff

Jan Siemes

Willem Streypers

Leonard Teison (Tyson)

Reyner Teissen

Abraham Tunes

Cicely Wooley, servant to Claypoole



Craven County New Bern District Court Records Dobbs Co. and
			    others, part15, 1795

http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/nc+index+290138963001+F

Folder: 1795 (folder 2)
Information: 1) Deposition of Clark CARLILE who said that since the burning of 
David SMITHWICKS house he heard a conversation between SMITHWICK and James 
DIXSON who said if SMITHWICK would let himself and son Wm DIXSON out of the 
prosecution he would build him another house and make full satisfaction for 
the injury he had sustained. Begıd he would carry on the prosecution against 
Shade PRICE who he said was the ringleader of the mischief. 2) Deposition of 
John BENNETT who said previous to the burning down of David Smithwick House he 
lived in the house and was advised by James DIXSON to get a vacant house there 
was in the neighborhood and put his things in and he should see what a Route 
he would put the sunsabitches to.
Date: 1) 28 July 1795 2)17 Sept 1795
Date of: Depositions
County: Not given


Currituck County Wills

Euphan Bennett
March 18, 1806; May 31, 1808
Currituck Co. Will Book 2, p. 328



Note: This Will has a large hole in the middle of it I will put ------ where it is torn 
and try to fill in whenever possible. 

In the --------------------- I EUPHAN BENNETT of Currituck County ------------------ state, 
being sick in body, but in my ------------------ memory do make and ordain this my Last Will 
and Testament in manner and form as follows

Item: I give -------------- my beloved Daughter SARAH JONES all my 
------------------------------------------ possess within doors and without --------------

Item: I nominate and appoint ------law WILLIAM JONES my whole and sole executor -------- my 
Last Will and Testament, as witness my hand this 18 day of March 1806

EUPHAN BENNET seal
His X mark

Teste
WM. WILSON Sen.
JAMES PURSONS jurat
NEAL WILSON 

Note: No probate date nor Clerks name was given on this Will. Date of probate is 
from Currituck County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes. 

This will was contributed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse



Currituck County Wills

Jesse Bennet
Aug. 9, 1794; Jan. 20, 1795
Currituck Co. Will Book 2, p. 35



In the name of God Amen, I JESSE BENNET being sick and weak in body but perfect mind 
and memory and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed 
for all men once to die do make this my Last Will and Testament.
First I recommend my soul to God who gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to 
buried in a cristian manner at the discretion of my executors-----------

I give and bequeath to my beloved Wife after my just debts are paid all my houses and 
lands where on I now live all my household and kitchen furniture and farming utensils also 
all my stock of every kind and one negro man named Harry, one negro woman named Rachel, 
during her widowhood.

I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter FRANCES POYNER one negro girl named Cloe forever.

I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter PRESSELLER SOREY one negro girl Affia forever.

I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughters BRIDJET and SARAH all my houses land and household 
and kitching furniture farming utensils stock and increase negro Rachel and increase, one negro 
Harry to be after my Wife has had the use of them during her widowhood to be equally divided 
between them and their heirs lawfully begotten of their bodies for ever if BRIDJET dies without 
heir lawful begotten all her gifts are to be SARAHS and her heir forever lawfully begotten and 
if SARAH dies and BRIDJET lives her part to be given in the same manner to BRIDJET forever.

I constitute make and ordain my beloved Wife, JOSEPH BALLENTINE and POWERS POYNER my executors 
to this my Last Will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand fixed my seal 
this 9th day of August 1794

JESSE BENNET seal

Signed sealed and delivered in presence of us
HEZAKIAH PARRINGTON jurat
THOS. FEREBEE
WILLIS CHERRY
his mark

Recorded and examined 20th day of Jany. 1795


UNION COUNTY, NC - COURT 

JOHN C. BENNETT TO JAMES M. SWANNER - 1851

This Indenture made the 14th day of February AD 1851. Between John C. 
Bennett the State of North Carolina & County of Union of the one part
and James M. Swanner of the County & State aforesaid of the other part
- Witnesseth, That the said John C. Bennett for & in consideration of 
the sum of Two Hundred & Fifty five Dollars to him in hand paid by the 
said J.M. Swanner the receipt & payment whereof is hereby acknowledged 
hath this day granted, bargained, sold, & conveyed unto the said James 
M. Swanner three certain pieces or parcels of land including one lying
& being in the County & State aforesaid on the waters of Beaver Dam 
Creek lined & bounded as follows vir (Beginning at a Hickory by 2 R.O.
white oak of pine pointers, James Lowery corner runs with his lines So.
72.W.13 Chs. 16 Lks to a stake by by 2 red oakes & Spanish oak in said 
lines Jackson Trull’ Corner. Thence with Truls line So.20E.36 
Chs.50Lks. to a post oak by 3 P.O. Thence with his other line  No 86 Et
14 Chs to a stake by persimmon. P.O. & white oak in a line of the old 
hundred acre grant then with Trulls other line. So.18.E15Chs.10Lks to 
his corner marker by two post oaks. Thence No.72E.20Chs. to a post oak 
stump by red oak and B Jack; Thence No.10W.36Chs.70Lks to a stake by a 
red oak & 2 Blacks. Being the second corner of a seven acre grant. Then 
with the line No.56E.11Chs. to a red oak by 2 PO Ratcliffs Corner. 
Thence with Moore line - N.64Wt.24Chs. - Lks. To a white oak stump by 2
Hickorys Moores Corner on the southside of Beaverdam Creek. Then  So 72 
Wt.13Chs.50 Links to the Beginning). Containing one hundred fifty eight
and a half acres be the same more of less. And the said John Bennett do 
for myself my heirs executors, adm. & assigns, warrant & forever defend 
the above right and title unto the said James M. Swanner his heirs, 
adm. & assigns is free & clear of all incumbrance whatsoever, & against
the lawful claim or claims of all & every other person or persons in as
ample a manner as the law can devise. In  testimony whereof the said 
John C. Bennett have herewith let my hand & seal. The day and date 
above written. Signed Sealed delivered in the Presence of Henry Green.

Signed John C. Bennett [his seal]

State of North Carolina	Court of Please & Quarter Sessions
Union County				April Term 1851

I Certify that the execution of this deed was duly Proven in open court
by Henry Green the subscribing witness thereto and recorded let be 
registered.
GM Stewart
North Carolina State Archives, Union County Deed Book 2, page 386



June Session 1835
The will of JOHN BENNETT deceased was duly proved in open court by the oath of 
JONATHAN TIPTON a subscribing witness thereto, recorded at this session in the 
following form to wit.
I JOHN BENNETT of the County of Buncombe and state of North Carolina being of 
sound mind and memory bless be God do this eighth day of February in the year 
of our lord 1831 make and publish this my last will in manner following that 
is to say first I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife SARAH all my cattle 
all my sheet and hogs all living stock of every kind this enduring her 
widowhood. how so if do marry then I want what she has not made use of to be 
devided equally with her and the children.  I give and bequeath the ISAAC 
STEVENS place to my son URIAH when he comes of age.  This tract of land that I 
now live on equally between rest of my children  also my corn and provisions 
and household furniture now on hand to the use of my wife and children.
I make my worthy brother ARCHIBALD BENNETT my executor in this my last will 
and testament.  I hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of us the year 
and day first above written
JOHN BENNET
Test:  JONATHAN TIPTON
ANNA TIPTON, by her mark

The Last Will and Testament of John BENNETT from Microfilm #C.107.30002
Yancey County Probate Minute Docket, 1834-1846

State of NC, Yancey County
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
June Session 1835

The Will of John BENNETT deceased was duly proved in open court by the oath
of Jonathan TIPTON subscribing witness thereto.  Recorded at said Session
if the following form, to wit:

In the Name of God Amen . I John BENNETT of the Town of Burnsville and
State of North Carolina, being of sound and perfect mind and memory blessed
be God do this the 8th day of February in the year of our Lord 1831 make
and publish this my last will and testament in manner following.   That is
to say, first,  I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sarah all my
cattle  all my sheep and hogs and all living stock of every kind there
enduring her widowhood.  If do marry then I want what she has not made use
of to be divided equally with her and the children,  I give and bequest the
Isaac STEVENS place to my son, Uriah when he comes of age.  This tract of
Land that I now live on equally between the rest of my children,  also my
corn and provision and household furniture now on hand to the use of my
wife children.  I make my worthy brother, Archibald BENNETT my Executor
in this my last will and testament.  I hereunto set my hand and seal in the
presents of us the year date first above written.

John BENNETT (seal)

Test
Jonathan TIPTON
Anna TIPTON (her mark)
Copied by J. W. GARLAND, clerk




http://home.netcom.com/~fzsaund/bennett.html 

Joseph BENNETT d. between 22 Mar. 1787 and 22 Jan. 1789 St. Mary's Co., MD;1
m. Elizabeth WILLIAMS2 after 17513
children:
1. William BENNETT1 bur. 20 Dec. 1799, St. George's Episcopal,
   St. Mary's Co., MD7
2. Joseph BENNETT1 b. ca. 1753; m. Susanna JONES;6 d. 19 Aug. 1815,
   bur. Fresh Pond Neck, St. Mary's Co., MD4
3. Richard White BENNETT;1 m. Ann8 (possibly BURNS)12; bur. 8 Aug. 1805
   St. George's Episcopal, St. Mary's Co., MD7
4. Margaret BENNETT1 b. 14 Apr. 1764;4 m. Thomas BISCOE1 27 Nov. 1782;10
   d. 20 July 1833, bur. William Fortune Cem., St. Mary's Co., MD4
5. Jemima BENNETT1 m. James SMOOT1; living 182013
6. Rebecca BENNETT1 m.lic. Barton TEAR 3 Jan. 1798;9 living 18215
7. Brittania BENNETT;1 m. John Horn HIGGENSON 2 May 1799;11 lic 30 Apr. 1799;9
   bur. 14 June 1802 St. George's Episcopal, St. Mary's Co., MD4
8. Elizabeth BENNETT1 m. Mr. SMITH1
9. Ann BENNETT1
10. Mary BENNETT1
-----------------------------------
1. Joseph Bennett will, St. Mary's Co., MD wills J.J.No. 1:458, FHL microfilm
   0,014,426.
2. Benjamin Williams will, St. Mary's Co., MD wills T.A.No. 1:628, FHL
   microfilm 0,014,425.
3. Henry Reighley will, MD wills 29:96-97, FHL microfilm 0,012,852.
4. Janet Tice, Burials from Tombstones, Grave Markers, and Church
   Registers of St. Mary's County, Maryland (1634-1994), (Leonardstown, MD:
   St. Mary's County Historical Society, 1996).
5. Barton Tear will, St. Mary's Co., MD wills J.F.No. 1:28, FHL microfilm
   0,014,427.
6. Ann Williams will, St. Mary's Co., Md wills J.J.No. 2:115-116, FHL
   microfilm 0,014,426.
7. "Records of St. George (Poplar Hill) Episcopal Church, Wm. & Mary
   Parish, Valley Lee, MD" Chronicles of St. Mary's 37 (Winter
   1989): 275.
8. Edwin Warfield Beitzell, The Jesuit Mission of St. Mary's County,
   Maryland, (Abell, MD: by author, 1976), 77.
9. St. Mary's County, Maryland marriage record 1794-1864, FHL microfilm
   0,989,061.
10. "Register of St. Andrew's (Anglican) Church of St. Mary's County,"
    Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, 35 (Summer 1994):384.
11. Margaret K. Fresco, Marriages and Deaths St. Mary's County, Maryland
    1634-1900, (no place: no publisher, 1982).
12. Linda Reno, 4 Feb. 2002 post to Rootsweb MDSTMARY mail list.
    Note: In her first sentence was a typing mistake it should read: I
    believe the wife of Richard Bennett was Ann Burns ..."
13. James Smoot household, 1820 Rowan Co., NC census.

This data created by: fzsaund@ix.netcom.com 
Fredric Z. Saunders 
1234 Waterside Cove #21 
Midvale, UT 84047-4293 


Currituck County

Josiah Bennett
March 8, 1771; Aug. 24, 1771
Currituck Co., NC - Will Book 1, p. 60

June Inferior Court of Pleas and Quarter Session 1771-
Present His Majesties Justices-

The Last Will and Testament of JOSIAH BENNETT was exhibited and proved by the oath of JOSIAH BOWREN

and MAX BOWREN in due form of law the executors being duly qualified . Ordered to be recorded as follows.

In the name of God Amen the eighth day of March one thousand seven hundred and seventy one I JOSIAH
 
BENNETT of the County of Currituck and in the province of North Carolina being sick of body but of a
 
good and perfect memory Thanks be to Almighty God and calling to remembrance the uncertainity of this

transitory life and that all of flesh must yield unto death when it shall please God to call do make

constitute ordain and declare this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following ??? having

and annuling by these present all and every testemant and testaments will wills heretafter by me made

and declare either by word or writing this to be taken only for my Last Will and testament and none
 
other and firsting penetants and sorry from the bottom of my heart for any sins past and late humbley

desire forgiveness of the same. I give and commitory full unto Almighty God my Saviour and redeemer in

whome and by the merits of Jesus Christ I trust and believe assuredly to be saved to have full
 
remission and forgiveness of all my sins that my soul with my body at a general day of the resurection

shall live again with joy through the merits of Christ death and Passion ???? and inherit the kingdom

of heaven shepared for his eleat and chosen and body to be buried in such a place where my executors

hereafter named shall appoint and now for the setting of my temporal estate and such chattels
 
and debts as it pleased God fare above my disarts ??? and upon me. I do order give and dispose the
 
same in manner and form following that is to say first I will that all those debts and dues which I
 
owe in just(?) conscience to any manner of person or persons whatsoever will be well and truely
 
contented and paid or ordained to be paid within conveniant time after my deceas by my executors
 
herafter named.

Item: I give and bequeath to my Sister EUPHAN one negroe woman called Cate and one negroe girl called
 
Frank with their increase forever.


Item: I give and bequeath to my Brother JOHN everything of my property within doors and without that

is not mentioned in this will excepting one cow and calf and one gun to him his heirs forever.
 

Item: I give and bequeath to my Sister EUPHAN the afsd. excepted cow and calf and gunn with their
 
increase forever and I do by these presents make ordain constitute and appoint Brother JOHN BENNETT 

and my Couzen JESSE BENNETT my whole and sole executors of this my Last Will and Testament In witness

whereof I the said JOSIAH BENNETT have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the day and year

above written.

JOSIAH BENNET and a seal
his"N" mark

signed sealed and delivered
in the presence of 

JOSIAH BOWREN jurat
MAX BOWREN jurat

recorded and Examined 
the 24th of August 1771
 


This will mentions William Bennett:

LEE, THOMAS 

Secretary of State 
Colony of North Carolina 
Tyrrell County
Dated 1 November 1751 


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In the name of God Amen. November the first Day One Thousand Seven Hundred & fifty one. 
I Thomas Lee of Tyrrel County in the province of North Carolina Yeaman being being very 
sick & weak in body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given to Almighty God; therefore 
calling unto mind the mortality of my body & the uncertainity of this life and knowing that 
it is appointed for all men once to dye do make & ordain this my last Will and Testament 
that is to say principally & first of all I give & recommend my Soul into the hands of God 
that give it; and my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decent and Christian 
burial at the discreation of my Executors; nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection 
I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God; and as touching such worldly 
Estate ..........(line unreadable)............ 

Item(?) - I give & bequeath Elizabeth ..... beloved wife one Negro man named Ben one Negroe 
woman named Amy & one Negro named Ambros Son of said Amy; together with my new riding horse 

Item - I give and bequeath to my said wife the fifth part of all my personal Estate. 

Item - I give and bequeath the residue and remaining part of my personal Estate to be Equally 
divided among my four children to wit, Isaac, Mary, Frances & Thomas but in case my said wife 
shal bring forth another child or children by me begotten then & in such case such child or 
children to be co-sharers & equal with my said four children in the aforesd. remaining part 
of my personal Estate; 

Item - I give and bequeath to my eldest son, to wit, Isaac afore mentioned all my land lying 
on the south east side of Connbee Creek in said county exclusive of the parcel of land called 
Brits & Savorey's together with my plantation lying on the West side of _____(?) Creek known 
& called by the name of my Cow-pens land the land thereto be___ ..........(line unreadable)
................ above mentioned my parcel of land lying on the south east Connbee Creek 
aforesd. Known by the name Brits & Savorey's together with half of the uper tract of land which 
is jointly between me & my newphew Stevens Lee to him the said Francis and his heirs forever; 

Item - I give and bequeath to my youngest son Thomas aboves the plantation whereon I now dwel 
together with all my lands lying between Connbee Creek and Morratock River and also the parcel 
of land to me belonging and lying on the west side Welsh's Creek below Josh Hudson's to him 
the said Thomas and his heirs forever; 

And I constitute make & ordain my trusty & beloved friends Francis Brice Esqr. of Duplin County, 
Capt. William Mackey & Stevens Lee of Tyrrel County abovesd my full Executors of this my last 
will & Testament; And I do hereby disalow, revoke & disanul all & every other or former Wills 
Testaments by me named made ____(?) Or bequeathed ratifying & confirming this & no other 
............... Whereas I have hereunto set my hand and seal ................. 

Thomas Lee 

Signed Sealed pronounced 
and declared by the said 
Thomas Lee as his last 
Will & Testament in the presence of 

John Nicholls 
William Bennet 
James Rhoads 


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

North Carolina 
Tyrrel County 

Present his majesty's justices 

These may certify that William Benet one of the subscribing eveidences to the within Will 
appeared in open Court and make oath on the hily Evangelist of Almighty God that he was 
present and saw Thomas Lee Deceased sign and Publish and declare the within writing to be 
and contain his last Will and Testament and that he ws then and at that time of sound and 
disposing memory and that he saw John Nichols and James Rhoades the other two subscribing 
evidences sign his name thereto at the same time. 

Test Evan Jones Clk 




Currituck County Wills

Moses Bennett
Feb. 16, 1787; April 27, 1787
Currituck Co. Will Book 1, p. 222



In the name of God Amen, I MOSES BENNETT of Currituck County being in a pour state of health, 
but in good memory I do make this my Last Will and Testament

Item: I give and bequeath my plantation I now live on to equaly be divided between my four 
Sons SOLOMON BENNETT, JOHN BENNETT, MOSES BENNETT, MATTHEW BENNETT to them and their heirs 
forever, onlay(sic) my desire is that my Sun(sic) MATTHEW BENNETT should have that part a 
joining the lands of JOHN STANDALYN and all houses being thar on.

Item: I give and bequeath to my Daughter MARY BENNETT one cow and calf one feather bed and 
furniture one linen whell and two basins, six pewter plates to her and her heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath all the remainder part of my a state after detes is pade to be 
equaly divided betwext all my children to them and ther heirs forever.

Likewise I constitute and ordain this my Last Will and Testament and JAMES POYNER my whole 
sole executor of this my Last Will and Testament utterly disallowing revoke and disannulling 
and every other testaments wills and legasies and ratifying and confirming this and no other 
to be my Last Will and Testament in witness where of I have set my hand and seal this sixteen 
day of February one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven. MOSES BENNETT seal

Witness
PETER BALLENTINE jurat
JAMES BALLENTINE jurat
WILLIAM GUILDING jurat

Recorded and examined the 27th day of April Anno Dom 1787


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