Individual Details
William Bennett
(Abt 1690 - Abt 1765)
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=== Biography ===
: ''' Death '''
: 1765, Northampton County, North Carolina.
=== Sources ===
: ''' Acknowledgements '''* This person was created through the import of Holmes.ged on 20 May 2011. * This person was created through the import of Holmes.ged on 20 May 2011. * WikiTree profile Bennett-2199 created through the import of The Sammons Family Tree.ged on Jun 9, 2011 by [[Sammons-51 | Steve Sammons]].
See also :
* MyHeritage.com; Rogers Web Site by John Rogers* [http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5111977&pid=4266 Ancestry.com: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.] This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
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== Biography == William married Grace circa 1710 in Virginia. Grace's parents are unknown at this time.
Capt William and Grace Bennett were the parents of the following known children: James, Mary, Richard, Anne, Grace, and William Bennett.
William Bennett was a captain of the Roanoke Company of 101 men in the Northampton Regiment of Colonial Militia in 1748.
William Bennett was an early settler in Northampton County, NC. The Earl of Granville in 1753 deeded William Bennett considerable land in Peach Tree Creek in Nash County, NC.
The will of Captain Bennett of Northampton County dated 17 July 1758 gave "my grandson Nathan Boddie my plantation whereon he now lives in Edgecombe County". This property was on both sides of Peachtree Creek within the boundaries of Rose Hill.
== Will =="To loving wife, Grace, negro fellows Dick and Quash, etc. To daughter, Grace Hill negro fellows, etc. To wife Grace, and daughters Anne Ruffin and Grace Hill, all monies both gold and silver to be equally divided between them. To my grandson, Bennett Hill, my plantation where I now live, 345 acres, more or less. To my grandson, William Ruffin, 200 acres of land in Edgecombe county on Supponey Swamp. To my grandson Nathan Boddie, my plantation where he now lives in Edgecombe county. To my grandson William Boddie, 300 acres of land that joins land given to Nathan Boddie on a branch called Lone Branch. To my grandson Willis Boddie, 300 acres of land lying above the land that I now dwell on and joins George Pollocks, Valentine Edwards, *** Earps, and Wm. Winbornes. All the rest of my estate of whatever kind to be equally divided between my several grandchildren to whom I have not given any land. Dated 17th of July, 1758; probated Feb. 1765. Teste, John Dawson, Soloman Alston, Jr., Andrew Taylor." Boddie, 17th Century Isle of Wight County, Vol 1, pp 305-309
== Sources ==
See also:* Virginia Historical Genealogies. Orig. publ. in Redwood City, CA, 1954. Reprinted for Clearfield Company by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, Baltimore, MD 1990* Ancesty.com: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. ''Boddie Family charts, illustrations, & coat-of-arms.'' * Ancestry.com: [http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5111977&pid=4266 Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.]* Ancestry.com: [http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=113175596&pid=4312 Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.]* Ancestry.com: U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935. Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births and Burials; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:336. Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.'*Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 December 2020), memorial page for Capt William Bennett (1690–1765), Find a Grave Memorial no. 139937099, ; Maintained by Stella (contributor 47848948) Unknown.
=== Biography ===
: ''' Death '''
: 1765, Northampton County, North Carolina.
=== Sources ===
: ''' Acknowledgements '''* This person was created through the import of Holmes.ged on 20 May 2011. * This person was created through the import of Holmes.ged on 20 May 2011. * WikiTree profile Bennett-2199 created through the import of The Sammons Family Tree.ged on Jun 9, 2011 by [[Sammons-51 | Steve Sammons]].
See also :
* MyHeritage.com; Rogers Web Site by John Rogers* [http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5111977&pid=4266 Ancestry.com: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.] This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
== Biography == William married Grace circa 1710 in Virginia. Grace's parents are unknown at this time.
Capt William and Grace Bennett were the parents of the following known children: James, Mary, Richard, Anne, Grace, and William Bennett.
William Bennett was a captain of the Roanoke Company of 101 men in the Northampton Regiment of Colonial Militia in 1748.
William Bennett was an early settler in Northampton County, NC. The Earl of Granville in 1753 deeded William Bennett considerable land in Peach Tree Creek in Nash County, NC.
The will of Captain Bennett of Northampton County dated 17 July 1758 gave "my grandson Nathan Boddie my plantation whereon he now lives in Edgecombe County". This property was on both sides of Peachtree Creek within the boundaries of Rose Hill.
== Will =="To loving wife, Grace, negro fellows Dick and Quash, etc. To daughter, Grace Hill negro fellows, etc. To wife Grace, and daughters Anne Ruffin and Grace Hill, all monies both gold and silver to be equally divided between them. To my grandson, Bennett Hill, my plantation where I now live, 345 acres, more or less. To my grandson, William Ruffin, 200 acres of land in Edgecombe county on Supponey Swamp. To my grandson Nathan Boddie, my plantation where he now lives in Edgecombe county. To my grandson William Boddie, 300 acres of land that joins land given to Nathan Boddie on a branch called Lone Branch. To my grandson Willis Boddie, 300 acres of land lying above the land that I now dwell on and joins George Pollocks, Valentine Edwards, *** Earps, and Wm. Winbornes. All the rest of my estate of whatever kind to be equally divided between my several grandchildren to whom I have not given any land. Dated 17th of July, 1758; probated Feb. 1765. Teste, John Dawson, Soloman Alston, Jr., Andrew Taylor." Boddie, 17th Century Isle of Wight County, Vol 1, pp 305-309
== Sources ==
See also:* Virginia Historical Genealogies. Orig. publ. in Redwood City, CA, 1954. Reprinted for Clearfield Company by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, Baltimore, MD 1990* Ancesty.com: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. ''Boddie Family charts, illustrations, & coat-of-arms.'' * Ancestry.com: [http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5111977&pid=4266 Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.]* Ancestry.com: [http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=113175596&pid=4312 Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.]* Ancestry.com: U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935. Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births and Burials; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:336. Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.'*Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 December 2020), memorial page for Capt William Bennett (1690–1765), Find a Grave Memorial no. 139937099, ; Maintained by Stella (contributor 47848948) Unknown.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1690 | Virginia. | |||
| Birth | Abt 1690 | Virginia | |||
| Death | Abt 1765 | Northampton County, North Carolina | |||
| Death | 1765 | Northampton, North Carolina | |||
| Alt name | Capt. William Bennett | ||||
| Reference No | 1682304 | ||||
| Reference No | 1708584 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 | ||||
| Reference No | 765607 | ||||
| Reference No | 785194 |
Families
| Father | Richard Bennett II (1660 - 1720) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Ann Bennett (1676 - 1736) |
| Sibling | Richard Bennett (1680 - 1735) |
| Sibling | James Bennett (1682 - 1752) |
| Sibling | Richard Bennett (1703 - 1764) |
| Father | Richard Bennett II (1660 - 1720) |
| Mother | Anne Pierce (1655 - 1710) |
| Sibling | Frances Sylvester Bennett (1676 - 1737) |
| Sibling | Silvester Bennett (1671 - 1745) |
| Sibling | Richard Bennett (1680 - 1735) |
| Sibling | James Bennett (1682 - 1752) |