Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Richard Bennett

Male 1577 - 1626  (49 years)


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  • Name Richard Bennett 
    Birth 2 Feb 1577  Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Aug 1626  Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I60576  Tree1
    Last Modified 29 May 2023 

    Father Robert Bennett,   b. 10 Jul 1533, Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1603, Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Edney,   b. 28 Jun 1537, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1597, Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 10 Jul 1558  Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Apr., 1933), Page 117-130
      Edward Bennet's brother Richard died in Virginia in 1626 for at a General Court held 13 October 1626 the following appears of record:
      "After the death of Mr. Richard Bennett who deceased about the 28 August last and without any sufficient or particular disposition of the goods and other matters concerning both his own estate and the estate of Mr. Edward Bennett, his brother. (Inventory ordered, etc.")
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      1623-1637 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 1, Part 1; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 22
      RICHARD BENNETT, 2000 acs. upon Nansamund Riv. & neare adjacent to land granted to Georg Fawdon; being a neck of land, the river on one side & on the other a Cr., beg. 3 miles up sd. Cr. &c. 26 June 1635, p. 186. Trans. of 40 pers: John Francis, Ann Atwood Alex. Garner, John Lane, Georg Locker, Eliz. Husley, Jon. Peeters, Jon. Dee, Rich. Bird, Tho. Williams, Gilbert Lee, Tho. Jones, Ambro. Bennett, Rich. Cullumbine, Tho. Liner, Robt. Moore, Hen. Rutkin, Rich. Morris, Ralph Hewes, Rich. Glascock, Rich. Glascock, Edw. Yorke, Wm. Quilmead, Peter Bayly, Robt. Rawson, Peter White. Wm. Fowler, Wm. Limpson, Wm. Durand, Ralph Compeere, Arthur Wood, Hen. Johnson, Grace, his wife, James Smith, Mary Harding, Arthur, Martin, Georg Bussey, Rich. Bennett, Augt. Negoe (or Negro), Tho. kild with a tree.
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      1623-1637 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 1, Part 1; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 22
      ROBERT BENNETT, 700 acs. aboute 11/2 mi. up a Cr. neare the mouth of Nansamund Riv., beg. at a pine marked with the letters of his name & bordering land marked by Robert Newman, etc. 26 June 1635, p. 188. Trans. of 14 pers: James Leonard, Peter Rice, Eliz. Gilbert, George Rawles, Robert Rabye, Rich. Hayes, Phill. Pharrin, Geo. Rotheram, Jon. Ford, Jon. Lee, Ann Busby, Richd. Smith, Edward Mayo, Eliz. Bussy.
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      1637-1643 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 1, Part 2; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 104
      RICHARD BENNETT, 300 acs. Isle of Wight Co., 2 Mar. 1638, p. 626. 150 acs. butting upon the baye behind Ambrose Meders point & 150 acs. beg. at the miles end & upon the W. side of Thomas Davis his land. Due by right of trans. of 6 pers., by John Myles: John Myles, Tho. Whitlock, Silvester Fitcher (II, Robert Willey, William Harrison, Andrew Blackwell.

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