Re: Hezekiah Bennett and Laura Elizabeth Jones VA/WV
Posted by: Charlene (Bennett)Coon Date: January 13, 2002 at 21:55:05
In Reply to: Hezekiah Bennett and Laura Elizabeth Jones VA/WV by Billy of 15347
Jacob Bennett -b. 1784 Pendelton Co., VA.d. 1862 VA
1st wife Hannah Sutton m.1799 VA d. bef.1811
2nd wife Rachel Davis m.1810
Father Joseph B. Bennett Jr.- b.10 May 1732 NJ. d.3 July 1810 Pendelton Co., WV. Will dated 7 March 1808 Pendelton Co. WV.
1st wife Hannah Starnes -m.1769. d.befor 1776
Children
(?)1. Mary -b.12 March 1770 Pendalton Co., VA.
d.1833
2.John
3.Elijah
2nd wife Hannah (Barbara) Ellsworth- m. 1775.
Children
1.Moses- b. 1776 Pendelton Co. VA. d.1845
Turkey Run in Buckhannon, Upsher Co., WV
1st wife Phoebe Casto (My ancestor)
2nd wife Mary Nancy Queen
3rd wife Dorcas Rodgers
4th wife Catherine Hyre (Crites)
1st husband Micheal Crites
Rebecca Crites of this marriage
married Silas Bennett, Moses's son.
2.JACOB BENNETT (Jacob's mother is Hannah
Ellsworth NOT Hannah Starnes)
3.Hannah- b.1787 Pendelton Co., VA
Joseph B. Bennett Sr.- b.1695 of Cumberland, NJ. d.1767
Harrison Co., VA buried 1767 in Long Camp Cemetary,
Lewis Co., VA.
wife Mary Vernon m.<1731> of Burlington Co., NJ.
b. 1797 Augusta Co. VA.
Children
1.Joseph B. Bennett Jr.
Joseph B. Bennett Sr.'s parents
William Bennett-b.1668 England. d.1698 NJ
wife Elizabeth LEE or KEE b.1691 England
William's parents
Joseh Bennett-b.1642 <England> d.1667(?)
wife Elizabeth Fitch
Children
1.William
2.Robert - b. 1670 <England>
(The two were brothers. Either William was born shortly after his fathers death or the two boys are from a different relationship with no marriage record being found yet. Or the death date on the father is wrong.)
Information back to the 1500's is available on the Ellsworth line confirming that the Bennett brothers as history goes were of German ancestry. See History of Upsher Co. a book written in early 1900's