Person:Benjamin Bennett (27)

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Benjamin Bennett
b.Bef 1697
  • HBenjamin BennettBef 1697 - 1757
  • WMary Lakin1703 - 1761
m. 27 Mar 1723
  1. Benjamin Bennett1723/24 - 1790
  2. Joseph Bennett1725 - Bef 1759
  3. Aaron Bennett1728 - 1728
  4. Mary Bennett1729 - Bef 1759
  5. Abigail Bennett1731 - Bef 1770
  6. Bathsheba Bennett1735/36 - 1736
  7. Esther Bennett1737 -
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Name Benjamin Bennett
Gender Male
Birth[3] Bef 1697
Marriage 27 Mar 1723 Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Lakin
Death[1][2] 25 Sep 1757 Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1926-1927)
    p. 200.

    BENNET, Benjamin, [died] Sept. 25, 1757.

  2. Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
    Case 1584: Benjamin Bennett 1758.

    11 Apr 1758: Mary Bennet declines administration of "my Late Husband Benj'a Bennett Lake of Groton" and requests her son Benj'a Bennet be appointed.
    17 Apr 1758: Bond of Benjamin Bennett of Groton Yeoman as administrator of his father Benjamin Bennett Late of Groton Deceas'd.
    13 Jul 1758: Inventory of Benjamin Bennett Late of Groton Deceas'd by William Lawrance, Ebenezer Lakin, Sam'll Bowers.
    4 Jan 1759: Request of widow and heirs for appraisal of real estate. Signed by Mary Bennet, Benj'a Bennet, Ezekiel Nutting, Esther Bennet [Josiah Sartell, Sam'll Bowers, W'm Nutting, Abel Lawrence, Oliver Prescott - these additional names are in a separate column, appear to be witnesses for the heirs signatures?]
    21 Mar 1769: Account of Benj'a Bennett, administrator of his late father Mr Benj'a Bennet of Groton Dece'd, allowed [note: includes expense for "my father & mother & sisters funarel", listed in group of expenses before August 1768].
    2 May 1770: Judge's decree settling ["the whole of"] the real estate of Benjamin Bennet late of Groton on his eldest son Benjamin Bennet, he paying the heirs of his brother Joseph Bennet Dece'd, the heirs of his sister Abegail Nutting Dece'd, and his sister Esther Bennet.

  3. Source:Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Vol. 1, p. 318, says Benjamin Bennett purchased a farm in Groton 14 Jun 1718, which requires that he was born by 1697 to be of legal age in 1718.