Peter Bennett b. 21 Jun 1724 Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA d. 26 May 1778 , Bedford, Virginia, USA: JEM Genealogy

1724 - 1778 (53 years)

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Name	Peter Bennett [1, 2, 3]
Birth	21 Jun 1724	Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Baptism	19 Jul 1724	Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA [1]
Death	26 May 1778	, Bedford, Virginia, USA [4, 5]
Person ID	I12528	Master
Last Modified	19 Oct 2012

Father	William Bennett, b. 1703, Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA d. 24 Jul 1777, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years)
Mother	Mary Humphrey, b. 24 Jan 1704, Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA d. 6 Feb 1733, Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA (Age 29 years)
Marriage	9 Apr 1724	Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA [6, 7, 8]
Family ID	F3581	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Frances Vardeman, b. 1730, , , Virginia, USA d. 1787, , Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 57 years)

Marriage 1752 , Bedford, Virginia, USA

Children

	1. Pevey Bennett, b. , Bedford, Virginia, USA
	2. William Bennett, b. 1754, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 17 Sep 1827, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 73 years)
	3. Mary Bennett, b. 1756, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 1820 (Age 64 years)
	4. Reuben Bennett, b. 1757, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 21 Mar 1808, , Morgan, Georgia, USA (Age 51 years)
	5. Elizabeth Bennett, b. 1759, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 22 Jan 1810 (Age 51 years)
	6. James B Bennett, b. 1760, , Robeson, North Carolina, USA d. 1841, Bulloch, Georgia, USA (Age 81 years)
	7. Rachel Bennett, b. 1762, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 3 Sep 1838, , Halifax, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years)
	8. Micajah Bennett, b. 1763, , Granville, North Carolina, USA d. 24 May 1825, , Jackson, Georgia, USA (Age 62 years)
	9. Abner Bennett, b. 1766, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 1830 (Age 64 years)
+	10. Richard Bennett, b. 24 Apr 1769, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 16 Oct 1840, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 71 years)

Family ID F3579 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - 21 Jun 1724 - Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA
	Baptism - 19 Jul 1724 - Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA
	Marriage - 1752 - , Bedford, Virginia, USA
	Death - 26 May 1778 - , Bedford, Virginia, USA

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Notes

Will of Peter Bennett
Dated: 7 January I778
My loving wife Frances Bennett during her life in widowhood all my estate. At her decease all may be sold and the money divided between my children William Bennett, Mary Lawson, Reubin Bennett, Elizabeth Perry, Micajah Bennett, Rachel Bennett, Abner Bennett and Richard Bennett as if her directed Viz. my sons Wm. and Reuben Bennett do discount 30 pounds 10 shillings each from an equal proportion of the money becausethey have already received that sum each in the the land they now live on and all the other named children to receive a just and equall proportion.
If at any time after my decease my now loving wife should marry my estate may be sold by the discretion of my Executors and the money divided as aforesaid allowing my wife a child's part only. If any time before there be a division of my estate there should be a decease of any of the above named children without being of age or proper heir, my estate may be divided betwixt those that be then living.
Executors: my two sons Wm. and Reubin Bennett
Signed: Peter Bennet
Witnesses: David Watt, Wm. Ward, David Perry, William Goad
Executors: William Bennett and Reubin Bennett
Security: John Callaway, William Vardeman, and William Leftwich
I found in Louisa County Court Orders:

Nov 1746: Laying of Levy to Peter Bennet for one Wolf's head 140 lbs of
tobacco

22 Oct 1745: Thomas Underwood agst William Bennet (William seems to be sued
a lot for debt)

Jun 1743: Richard Juror

Sources

[S521] National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia, Parish Register of Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co Va 1653-1812, (National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia).
Birth date: 21 Jun 1724Birth place: Baptism date: 19 Jul 1724Baptism place:
[S521] National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia, Parish Register of Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co Va 1653-1812, (National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia), pg. 115.
[S524] Pittsylvania County Deed Book 4 (1774 - 1778), (Name: Copyright 1991 by T.L.C. Genealogy, P.O. Box 403369, Miami Beach, FL 33140-1369;), 109.
[S518] Joida Whitten, Abstracts of Bedford County Virginia Wills, 1754-1787, (Joida Whitten, 1968), pg. 79.
[S519] Edmund West, Gene Pool Individual Records, (Name: Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000;).
[S243] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.), Birth year: 1703; Birth city: Christ Church Parish; Birth state: VA.
Birth date: May 1703Birth place: Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, VADeath date: 24 July 1777Death place: Pittsylvania County, VAMarriage date: 9 April 1724Marriage place: Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, VA
[S32] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.), Source number: 66.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RBA.
Birth date: 1703Birth place: VAMarriage date: 1724Marriage place: VA
[S521] National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia, Parish Register of Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co Va 1653-1812, (National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia), Page 164.