Person:Benjamin Bennet (3)

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1715 - Currituck County - Benjamin Bennett named in tax list. [North Carolina Taxpayers 1701-1786, 16]

06 Oct 1716 - Benjamin Bennett had a warrant for 200 acres, 186 acres were surveyed for him on 10 Dec 1715 in Currituck precinct joining Edward Jones and Benja. Bennet (meaning his own land). [Patent Book Eight, 112, #2686]

09 Oct 1716 - North Carolina Benjamin received a warrant for 83 acres in Currituck precinct joining Richard Bright's run. It was surveyed for him. [Patent Book Eight, 112 #2686]

10 Feb 1718 - Benjamin Bennit received 151 acres in Currituck precinct joining a Creek and the division line between him and his brother. [Patent Book One, 266 #790]

1723 - Currituck Precinct - Benjamin Bennett (Chowan) listed as a freeholder. [Freeholders in Currituck Precinct in 1723 History of North Carolina, 2:61]

11 Jan 1725 - Inventory of James Gormack ordered 11 Jan 1725, taken by Elizth. Gormack widow and executrix. Appraised 2 Apr 1726 by Moses Linton, Benjn. Bennet, Jno. Linton. Proved 12 Apr 1726 before J. Martyn. [North Carolina Taxpayers, 110; item 1199]

Jul 1726 - Benjn. Bennett along with Thomas Lowther were offered Securitys for the defendant in the court case Parris vs. Roe. [Higher Court Records, 1724-1730; 251]

01 Nov 1727 - Benjamin Bennet received 147 acres in Curratuck precinct joining the fork of Martins Creek issuing out of the North West River, Fishing Creek, and a little Creek coming out of the said river. [Patent Book Three, 191 #2295]

1729 - Currituck Precinct - Per tax list, Benjamin had 938 acres in Currituck precinct of Albemarle county. Account of the receipt of one-half of the arrears of His Majesty's quite rents for Albemarle County from September 1729 to March 1732, computed at the difference of seven for one pound sterling in the currency of the province - 12 June 1735. The arrears of quit rents were: 16£ 8s 1d. [Higher Court Records, 1724-1730; 546]

Benj. Bennett was on the Jurymen list from Currituck County. [The State Records of North Carolina; Collected & edited by Walter Clark, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina; Originally printed by Nash Brothers Book & Job Printers in 1907; Reprinted (and indexed) by Broadfoot Publishing Co., Wilmington, N.C. in 1994; 4 (1734-1752):520].

14 Jul 1742 - In the Administrators Bond of Benjamin Bennett, Moses Linton and George Powers were Sureties. Witnesses were Andrew Duke, Levi Stewart and John Bennett (possibly the cousin of Benjamin). The bond calls Esebel, the widow of Benjamin Bennett. Date of Bond: 14 Jul 1742. Date Letters Issued: 28 Aug 1742. Amt. in Pounds: 2,000. [1]

1.   The Descendants of Benjamin Bennett by Elizabeth Doherty Herzfeld.

   [... Benjamin's father left him 324 acres (half of his father's land minus 2 acres for a chapel) and half the land he bought of Joseph Nicker adjoining Edward Jones. If Benjamin has no heirs the land was to go to his Uncle Joseph Bennett. ...]