Mary Bennett

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Mary Stafford

b.16 Sep 1690 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

d.24 Mar 1782

Family tree▼

Parents and Siblings

F. Amos Stafford 1665 - 1760

M. Mary Burlingame 1668/69 - 1760 m. 19 Dec 1689

Mary Stafford 1690 - 1782

Samuel Stafford 1692 - 1752

Mercy Stafford 1694 - Aft 1753

Capt. Amos Stafford 1702 - Aft 1760

Stukely Stafford 1704 - Bef 1733

Patience Stafford 1707 - 1711

Freelove Stafford 1709 - Aft 1774

Spouse and Children

H. Captain Samuel Bennett, III 1690 -

W. Mary Stafford 1690 - 1782 m. 15 Jul 1716

Hannah Bennett 1718 - Bef 1726

Mary Bennett 1721 -

Freelove Bennett 1722 -

Ann Bennett 1725 -

Sarah Bennett 1726 -

Freelove Bennett 1727 - 1824

Mary Bennett 1729 -

Hannah Bennett 1731 -

Edward Bennett 1738 -

▼Facts and Events

Name Mary Stafford

Gender Female

Birth[1] 16 Sep 1690 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

Marriage 15 Jul 1716 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

to Captain Samuel Bennett, III

Death? 24 Mar 1782

▼References

↑ Warwick Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891) 203. STAFFORD, Mary, of Amos and Mary, [born] Sept. 16, 1690.

Category: Stafford in Rhode Island

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  • (The Stafford Line).
• (I) Thomas Stafford was born 1605, in Warwickshire, England, and died at Warwick, Rhode Island, in 1677. He is said to have come to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1626, and to have built there the first grist mill operated by water power in this country. His name is on the list of inhabitants admitted to Newport, Rhode Island, after May 30, 1638, and he soon received a grant there of seventeen acres of land, and was mentioned as in the employ of Nicholas Easton. He was witness to a will in Portsmouth, March 18, 1647; was received as a townsman of Warwick, June 7, 1657, having bought a house from Christopher Unthank; bought another house and land from Mr. Unthank, March 1, 1663, and in 1665 was a freeman of the colony. He bought a house and land in Warwick from Thomas Lawton, of Portsmouth, April 16, 1657; in 1667 he was granted a lot in the division of Potawomut and also one in the division of Toscunk; and in 1673 was a deputy to the General Assembly. His will was dated November 4, 1677, and proved April 27, 1679, bequeathing to wife, Elizabeth, and children. She died after 1677. Children: Thomas, died January 26, 1723; Samuel, mentioned below ; Hannah, married Luke Bromley; Sarah, married Amos Westcott; Joseph, born March 21, 1645, at Warwick ; Deborah, married, June 9, 1670, Amos Westcott.
  • (II) Samuel Stafford, second son of Thomas and Elizabeth Stafford, born 1636, lived in Warwick, and died March 20, 1718. He served as deputy to the General Assembly in 1670-72-74-79-82-86-90 and 1705, and in 1674-86 was elected assistant but refused to serve. On February 24, 1671, he and his wife sold to Richard Carder land for twenty pounds, and on September 1, 1700, he gave six shillings toward building the Friends' meeting-house at Mashapaug. He was overseer of the poor in 1687. His will was dated March 16, 1711, and proved April 16, 1718, his son Thomas being executor. He bequeathed to his son, Amos, to daughters, Sarah Scranton, Patience Howland, Freelove Tillinghast and Elizabeth Devotion, to granddaughters, Mary Thurber and Mary Stafford, and to son, Thomas. He married Mercy, daughter of Stukeley Westcott, who died March 25, 1700. Children, born in Warwick: Stukeley, November 7, 1661, died young; Amos, mentioned below ; Mercy, July 8, 1668 ; Sarah, April 18, 1671, married ___ Scranton; Samuel, November 19, 1673, died young; Patience, married Jabez Howland ; Freelove, married Joseph Tillinghast; Elizabeth, married ___ Devotion ; Thomas, born 1682.
    • (Ill) Amos Stafford, second son of Samuel and Mercy (Westcott) Stafford, was born November 8, 1665, in Warwick, and died in that town in 1760. In 1702 he gave six shillings for building the Quaker meetinghouse at Mashapaug, and served as deputy to the General Court in 1708-21. His will was dated March 24, 1753, and proved October 20, 1760, his wife, Mary, and son Amos being executors. He bequeathed to wife, children and grandchildren. The inventory of his estate amounted to one thousand, seven hundred and four pounds, two shillings, dated December 8, 1760. He married, December 19, 1689, Mary Burlingame, who died in 1760, daughter of Roger and Mary Burlingame. Children, born in Warwick : 'Mary,
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    • 'September 16, 1690'; Samuel, September 24, 1692; Mercy, September 21, 1694; Amos, mentioned below; Stukeley, November 7, 1704; Patience, April 21, 1707; Freelove, October 14, 1709.
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