Henry Bennett, Jr.

Henry Bennett aka Bennet

• Born 1664 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
• Died 1739 at about age 75 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
• Son of Henry Bennett Sr and Lydia (Perkins) Bennet
• Brother of Jacob Bennett, John Bennett, William Bennett Sr, Thomas Bennett, Stephen Bennett and Benjamin Bennett
• Husband of Frances (Barr) Bennett — married 20 May 1685 in Ipswich, Massachusetts
• Husband of Margaret
• Father of Mary (Bennett) Knowlton, Frances (Bennett) Babb, Margaret Bennett, Joanna (Bennett) Jackson and Lucy (Bennett) Lang

Warning

Henry Bennett, of Ipswich is being confused with Henry Bennett of Old Saybrook. Henry Bennett of Ipswitch had a brother William and unknown parent. He married firs to Lydia and had Jacob, John, William, Henry, Thomas, Stephen and Benjamin. He married second to Mary Smith. He and his children did not go to CT. The other Henry is of CT and did not marry Lydia Perkins. Henry of CT was possibly son of Roger. Both men had sons named Henry. Henry II of Ipswich married Francis Burr and Margaret. He had children Mary, Frances, Margaret, Joanna and Lucy. Henry II of Lyme, Saybrook Colony CT married Sarah Champion and had Caleb, Rose, John, Love, Dorothy and Henry.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bennett-948

The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire[1] gives the following (expanded) biography of Henry:

Henry Bennett, was born about 1664, son of Henry and Lydia (Perkins) Bennett of Ipswich, Massachusetts.[1] Henry deposed that he was about 21 in a case at the June 1685 Court. [2]

He married in Ipswich, 20 May 1685 Frances Burr,[1][3] daughter of John and Mary (Smith) Burr.[1][4]

Was Frances the daughter of John? She was not recorded in the Ipswich Vital Records. John left no will naming his children. She could have been born about 1663, 1664, unrecorded. So far no proof or evidence has been found to support the relationship other than there weren't any other Burrs in Ipswich to be her father.

Henry married secondly Margaret ____, the mother of his surviving children.[1] Margaret was named as mother of four of his children in Ipswich.[5]

He was living in Newington, New Hampshire 1716.[1]

His will was written in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 23 Apr 1739, proved 30 May 1739. He named three married daughters (Frances Bab, Johanna Jackson, Lucy Lang); son-in-law Wm. Lang named executor; granddaughter Sarah Fenlayson; grandson Nathaniel Fenlayson.[1][6]

His children were recorded in Ipswich.

By 1st w:

1. Mary, b. 3 Mar 1685 [6-8];

by 2d wife:

1. Frances b. 8 Sep. 1694; of Portsm. m. Nov. 1715 Wallis Finlason, 2d John Babb (1).
2. Margaret b. 22 Mar 1697,
3. Joanna, b 7 Oct 1701, m. 1 Jan. 1722/3 Daniel Jackson.
4. Lucy, b. 29 Nov 1703, m. 19 Dec 1731 Wm. Lang.[1][5]

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Mary Bennet d/o Henry and Frances b. 3 Mar 1685.
Frances Bennet /Bennett d/o Henry and Margaret b. 8 Apr 1694
Margaret Bennet/Bennett d/o Henry and Margaret b. 22 Mar 1697
Joanna Bennet d/o Henry and Margaret b. 7 Oct 1701
Lucy Bennet/Bennett d/o Henry and Margaret b. 29 Nov 1703

• Early inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass. 1633-1700 by Hammatt, Abraham, 1780?-1854. cn (Publication date 1880). Page 43. < Archive.Org >

References

1. Libby, Charles Thornton. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire Part II (Portland, Maine: Southward Press, 1933) " p. 88
2. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686 Vol. 9 (1975) p 528 footnote
3. Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 Vol 2 - Marriages and Deaths. p. 43 p. 490(Salem, Mass. : The Essex institute, 1910) Henry Bennett m. "Francees" Barr/Burr 20 May 1685 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
4. Bradbury, John M. "The Bennet Family of Ipswich" by John M. Bradbury. "The Bennett Family of Ipswich". New England Historical and Genealogical Register 29:169 (1875) p. 169 Henry s/o Henry. lists wives and ch nothing more. Calls Frances d/o John and Mary (Smith) Burr
5. Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 Vol 1 - Births. p. 37 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex institute, 1910)
6. Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire Vol II 1718-1740 (Bristol, N.H.: R W Musgrove, Printer, 1914) pp 749, 750 at Family Search
7. Essex Antiquarian 8:185 (1904) Link at AmericanAncestors ($) Text: Henry Bennett of Ipswich m. Frances Burr 20 May 1685; had dtr Mary b. 3 Mar 1685/6. Henry of Ipswich by wife Margaret had Frances Sept (April) 8 1694; Margaret 22 Mar 1697; Joanna 7 Oct 1701; Lucy, 29 Nov 170[3?] Cites Ipswich town Records.
8. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Cites the following: Essex Ant. 8:185; Bennett (1875) 7 (Unidentified); GDMNH 88; Perkins (#1) 21; EIHC 19:265; Reg. 29:169] All looked at except Bennett (1875)
9. Bradbury, John M., "The Bennet Family of Ipswich," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1875) Vol. 29, pp. 165-169.
10. “Lydia Perkins”