Henry Bennett, of Ipswich

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Henry Bennett, of Ipswich is being confused with Henry Bennett of Old Saybrook and Henry Bennett of Salem. 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.

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Henry Bennett Ipswitch who died in 1707 is covered in New England Historic and Genealogical Record (NEHGR), v 29 (1875), pp 165-169; link to NEHGR 29:165 and in Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, v VI (1675-1678), pp 220-222.

See also:

http://www.ipswichbennett.com

Borther Willam Bennett on Marriage record; Henry on land deeds. Birth: ABT 1629 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Death: 1707 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

Married:

1. ABT 1648 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts to Lydia Perkins b: 03 JUN 1632 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
2. 18 Feb 1679 • Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States to Mary Smith

Children with Lydia

1. Jacob Bennett b: ABT 1653 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
2. John Bennett b: ABT 1655 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
3. William Bennett b: ABT 1657 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
4. Henry Bennett b: ABT 1664 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
5. Thomas Bennett b: ABT 1666 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
6. Stephen Bennett b: ABT 1668 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
7. Benjamin Bennett b: ABT 1670 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

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Birth: 1629, England Death: unknown

"Farmer Bennett" of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Husband of Lydia Perkins Bennett. He immigrated by 1650 and probably married Lydia by 1651. After Lydia's death, Henry married Mary (Smith) (Call) Burr, widow of Phillip Call and John Burr. Mary was the daughter of Richard Smith of Shropham, Norfolk, England. Henry was still living as of 1707.

Henry Bennett lived for decades on his 200-acre farm in Ipswich, bought from Jonathan Wade in 1654 and sold to John Wainwright in 1698. He also owned land on Hog Island, Castle Neck, and Plum Island.

Although Henry Bennett posed some initial challenges for 19th-century genealogists (he was apparently never made a freeman), he had some prominence and means.

In 1672, his brother William Bennett, a vintner in Bishopsgate, London, England, left Henry £100 sterling. One of Henry's neighbors made an unwelcome effort to collect the money for him at fifty percent commission. This led to a trans-Atlantic lawsuit. Henry prevailed.

Henry Bennett was also involved in a lawsuit concerning a Native American boy, an indentured servant named Lyonel. "The case is interesting as showing the condition of perhaps the last Indian family that lived in Ipswich" (NEHGR 29:168).

Known children of Henry Bennett and his first wife, Lydia Perkins Bennett:

Jacob (1651-Mar 5, 1685/6), m Sarah ___

John (1655-1675)

William (1657-aft 1685)

Henry (1664- ), m 1) Frances Burr, 2) Margaret ___

Thomas, ( -1700), m Elizabeth ____ abt 1692

Sources:

New England Historic and Genealogical Record (NEHGR), v 29 (1875), pp 165-169

Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, v VI (1675-1678), pp 220-222.

Family links:

Spouses:

 Lydia Perkins Bennett (1632 - ____)*

 Lydia Perkins Bennett (1632 - ____)*

Children:

 John Bennett (1655 - 1675)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Unknown

Created by: Mrs. Bee Record added: Feb 04, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 65166704

Mary Smith married 1) Philip Call 2) John Burr 3) Henry Bennet

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

References

• Wilder, Frank J. (Frank Jones), “Genealogic pamphlets on five Smith families.”(1900) FamilySearch
• Family Records of Branches of the Hanaford, Thompson, Huckins, Prescott ... By Mary Elisabeth Neal Hanaford. Page 64. GoogleBooks “In 1672 Mary Smith, daughter of Richard Smith of Shropham, married Henry Bennett, born about 1629.”
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bennett-948
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LJJ1-MPZ
• “Descendants of Henry Bennett and Lydia Perkins” (Prepared by Lee Bennett 5/12/2020)
• Ipswich Bennett Y-DNA Project for Descendants of Henry Bennett of Ipswich
• https://ipswichbennett.com/
• http://www.treetreetree.org.uk/Bennett.htm#Henry
• Early inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass. 1633-1700 by Hammatt, Abraham, 1780?-1854. cn (Publication date 1880). Page 43. < Archive.Org >