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Peter Bennett

Male 1724 - 1778  (53 years)


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  • Name Peter Bennett  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 21 Jun 1724  Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 19 Jul 1724  Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 26 May 1778  , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Person ID I12524  Master
    Last Modified 19 Oct 2012 

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

    Family Frances Vardeman,   b. 1730, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1787, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 1752  , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Pevey Bennett,   b. , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. William Bennett,   b. 1754, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1827, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     3. Mary Bennett,   b. 1756, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1820 (Age 64 years)
     4. Reuben Bennett,   b. 1757, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1808, , Morgan, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
     5. Elizabeth Bennett,   b. 1759, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1810 (Age 51 years)
     6. James B Bennett,   b. 1760, , Robeson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1841, Bulloch, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     7. Rachel Bennett,   b. 1762, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1838, , Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     8. Micajah Bennett,   b. 1763, , Granville, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1825, , Jackson, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     9. Abner Bennett,   b. 1766, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1830 (Age 64 years)
    +10. Richard Bennett,   b. 24 Apr 1769, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1840, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F3579  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Jun 1724 - Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 19 Jul 1724 - Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1752 - , Bedford, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 May 1778 - , Bedford, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • 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 
    1. [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:

    2. [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.

    3. [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.

    4. [S518] Joida Whitten, Abstracts of Bedford County Virginia Wills, 1754-1787, (Joida Whitten, 1968), pg. 79.

    5. [S519] Edmund West, Gene Pool Individual Records, (Name: Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000;).

    6. [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

    7. [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

    8. [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.


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