Joseph Bennett

Found this article on Rootsweb that might help decipher the John and Jacob Bennett backgound. Work by Jerry Coffman (listed with emai at bottom of this story). It can be found at: (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~deschart/z0000456.html).

WDC GenWeb - Descendants of Joseph Bennett
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• Joseph Bennett b. Apr 8 1663 England m. Elizabeth Fitch b. Jun 21 1646 England
• William Bennett b. 1668 Essex Co, England, d. 1698 NJ According to one source there isn't any proof William and Elizabeth are the parents of Joseph Bennett Sr m. Elizabeth Kee 1691 Gilchester Co NJ b. 1670 Essex Co, England, d. 1696 NJ [d/o Burke Kee b. abt 1644, and m. abt 1668 Magdalene Geoffrey b. abt 1648]
• Joseph Sleeth Bennett Sr b. 1695 NJ, d. abt 1790 Harrison Co VA(WV) He and wife Mary lived on Buffalo near Good Hope, Harrison Co. According to the diary of Paul Hinkle, Joseph was a Quaker and his sons attended Lutheran Church m. Mary Vernon b. abt 1697
• John Bennett d. abt 1832 Pendleton Co WV This may be John Bennett m. Catherine _
• Robert Bennett
• James Bennett
• Henry Bennett
• Joseph Sleeth Bennett Jr b. May 10 1732 NJ, d. May 7 1808 Pendleton Co WV Served in Rev. War. He and wife Hannah settled in present-day Circleville, Pendleton Co WV. Jonathan Manley Bennett said in 1815 that his grandmother is Hannah Starnes, a German m. Hannah Starnes abt 1754 (Augusta Co VA) b. Aug 4 1734 NC or TN, d. Mar 18 1814 Pendleton Co WV May be d/o David Starnes and Abigail. May have had a sister Mary Starnes who m. John Nelson and lived in Circleville, Pendleton Co WV
• Joseph Bennett
• Jacob Bennett d. aft Jul 7 1859 Gilmer Co WV He and wife moved to Leatherbark Run, Lewis Co WV, then to present-day Gilmer Co m. _ _
• William B Bennett b. abt 1824 m. Elizabeth J McCartney May 5 20 1855 Lewis Co WV
• Hannah Bennett d. Apr 9 1867 Lewis Co WV m. Jonathan Hacker
• Sarah Starnes Hacker
• John Bennett m. _ _
• Sarah Bennett d. 1849
• Mary E Bennett b. May 12 1770 Pendleton Co WV, d. 1833 Lewis Co WV buried Vandalia Cem, Lewis Co m. William Peterson abt 1792 Pendleton Co b. 1762 NJ, d. Oct 18 1837 Big Skin Creek, Lewis Co WV Descendants of Mary Bennett and William Peterson
• William Bennett b. Sep 13 1775 d. Mar 31 1857 buried Long Point M-E Cem, Walkersville m. Rebecca _, buried Long Point M-E Cem, Walkersville
• Elijah Bennett d. aft Jul 7 1859

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