Person:James Bennett (1)

James Bennett
b.Bef 1615
  • HJames BennettBef 1615 - Bef 1659
  • WAnna Wheeler1617/18 -
m. Bef 1640
  1. Hannah Bennett1640 - 1650
  2. Thomas Bennett1642 - 1704
  3. Lieutenant James BennettEst 1645 - 1736
  4. Sarah BennettEst 1654 - Bet 1723 & 1725/26
  5. Hannah BennettAbt 1656 -
Facts and Events
Name[1] James Bennett
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1615 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Residence[1] 1639 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1640 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Anna Wheeler
Other[1][2] 13 Mar 1638/39 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesAdmitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay.
Residence[1] 1644 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Death[1] Bef Aug 1659 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Estate Inventory[1] Aug 1659
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 James Bennett, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:65.

    Bennett, James. Freeman at Concord, Mass., 1639; rem. to Fairfield 1644, where he d. in 1659. … Inv. Aug. 1659. Widow Hannah; children, Thomas, James, John, Sarah, Hannah. Will of Thomas Wheeler of Fairfield, 1654, mentioned son-in-law James Bennett, and Mary, James, Thomas, and John Bennett, children of dau. Hannah. Will of Ann Wheeler, 1659, named dau. Hannah and grandchildren Sarah and Hannah Bennett. John Osborn having married Sarah dau. of James Bennett dec'd, gave receipt 9 Jan. 1673 to father Joseph Middlebrook; witnessed by Thomas Wilson and Hannah Bennett. Thomas, eldest son of James dec'd, receipted 15 May 1674 to father Joseph Middlebrook; witnessed by Wm. Hill and John Eggleston. James Bennett receipted to Joseph Middlebrook, 10 Dec. 1674. Hannah Bennett receipted to brother Thomas, 1677.

  2. Paige, Lucius R. List of Freemen. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1849)
    3:96.