Dea. John Bennett

DEA. JOHN BENNETT (1642 - 1718) of Beverly, Salem, Weymouth and Middleborough

biography

Arrived in America in 1665

Parents: Peter Bennett of Bristol

Dea. John Bennett is said to have been born in 1642. He died on 22 Mar 1717/8, age 77, in Middleborough. [Ref, p. 81, says 21 Mar, age 76] He married Deborah Grover [Ref "is said to have"] in 1671 in Beverly.

John was a weaver. He is said to have been the son of Peter Bennett and a native of Bristol. [Ref, p. 81] He went first to Jamestown in 1665. [Ref, p. 81, says Virginia] He went then to Beverly. He moved to Salem and then to Weymouth. In 1678 he went to Middleborough. In 1692 he purchased a farm there.

John Bennett was admitted to the Plymouth church in 1687. Deborah, the wife of John Bennett, was dismissed from the church at Beverly to the church at Plymouth in 1687.

John was on the petit jury at the Sep 1691 court in Plymouth.

John Bennett and his wife Deborah were original members of the First Church of Middleborough, organised on 26 Dec 1694. [Ref, p. 81] He was ordained deacon at there on 8 Mar 1695.

family

Parents: Peter Bennett of Bristol
Marriage

1. Deborah Grover b: 26 MAR 1648 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts c: 26 MAR 1648 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, married 1671 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts 4

Their children

1. Deborah Bennett b: 03 APR 1683 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts
2. Eleanor Bennett b: 18 DEC 1689 in Middleborough Plymouth, Massachusetts
3. Deborah Nehemiah Bennett b: 25 JAN 1704 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
4. Joseph Bennett b: 28 JUN 1680 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts
5. John Bennett b: 19 MAR 1673 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts
6. Peter Bennett Capt. b: SEP 1674 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts
7. Ebenezer Bennett b: 19 MAY 1678 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts

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• http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...
• http://www.treetreetree.org.uk/BennettofMiddleborough.htm#John
  • First Church in Middleborough, Mass.: Mr. Putnam's century and half discourses, an historical account, and a catalogue of members, Boston, C.C.P. Moody, printer, 1990. Online: Ancestry.com.
  • Battell, P., "The Bennetts," Notes and Queries Section, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 28, 1874, 201-2. statement of Asaph Bennett, 26 Feb 1853
  • Devlin, Jane, Church Membership, 1694 to 1799, extracted from First Church of Middleborough, Mass., Mr. Putnams Century and Half Discourses: An Historical Account and a Catalogue of Members, Published by the Church, 1854. Online: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ma/middleboro_ma_c....

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Lived in Manchester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. A colonial soldier, serving under Captain Lothrop, who died in the Battle of Bloody Brook. The soldiers were guarding a haul of grain that teamsters were moving to storage.

"John Bennet was one of those killed at Deerfield, Massachusetts, in September, 1675. He was a son of Henry Bennet, and grand-son of John Perkins, the first permanent settler of that name in Ipswich, who was the ancestor of all of that surname now residing in Essex. Henry Bennet had a farm, of which the southern boundary was Castle Neck Creek, and a part of the dividing line between Essex and Ipswich. He [Henry] also owned land upon Hog Island, upon which his son Jacob lived, and which Jacob's widow and children sold to Captain Thomas Choate." —History of Essex County

Related memorial:

John Perkins, grandfather

Source:

History of Essex County, Massachusetts, ed. Duane Hamilton Hurd, 1888, v 2, pt 1, p 1179

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2347043&GRid...

Family links:

Parents:

 Henry Bennett (1629 - ____)

 Lydia Perkins Bennett (1632 - ____)

Burial: Bloody Brook Mass Grave South Deerfield Franklin County Massachusetts, USA

Created by: Mrs. Bee Record added: Mar 22, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 50072377