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Edward W Bennett

Spanish: Edward Bennet
Also Known As: "Bennet"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Weymouth, Dorset, England
Death: 1646 (41-50)
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of NN Bennett and NN Bennett
Husband of Elizabeth Alice Bennett
Father of Samuel Bennett, I; Priscilla Bennett; John Bennett, Sr.; Elizabeth Bennett; Mary Bennett and 6 others

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About Edward W Bennett

The Life Summary of Edward

Edward Bennett was born before 1615, in England. He married Elizabeth Alice Eginton on 27 October 1622, in Sedgley, Staffordshire, England. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America in 1636 and Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America in 1643. He died after 4 June 1646 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, and was buried in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

He is listed multiple times in the The History of Rehoboth including page 30 (attached) . He is listed as drawing a lot with many of the other founders of Rehoboth, and whose families would intermarry for hundreds of years.

Edward died sometime after the recorded drawing of lots recorded on June 9, 1645 (his was number 18) and Feb. 18, 1646, when in his stead is listed "widow Bennett" of those awarded new lots in the " new meadow". (she is number 27). (Attached)

Marriage

Marriage
27 October 1622
Sedgley, Staffordshire, England

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/JJH2-T79/alice-egington-1605-...

http://dunhamwilcox.net/ma/rehoboth_cem1.htm

Disputed Origins, Parents, Spouse and Children

There is no evidence he ever married or had children. Born c 1615 died after 4 Jun 1646. Savage conflated him with the man of Providence. James Elston erroneously stated he was father to Priscilla. Neither is true. His origins and parents are unknown according to Robert Charles Anderson in the Great Migration Series. He had no children.

Sources

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/9VZ4-58K

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Edward W Bennett's Timeline

1600
1600
Weymouth, Dorset, England
1626
May 14, 1626
Overbury, Worcestershire, England, Great Britain (United Kingdom)
1628
September 16, 1628
Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England
1631
October 5, 1631
Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
1645
1645
Age 45
Proprietors Cemetery, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
1646
1646
Age 46
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
1936
July 27, 1936
Age 46
1938
January 3, 1938
Age 46
1968
October 21, 1968
Age 46