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Ruth Bennett (Gorham)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Barnstable, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts
Death: September 02, 1792 (79)
Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Shubael Gorham and Puella Gorham
Wife of Dr. Cornelius Bennett
Mother of William Bennett; Batchelor Bennett; Philip Bennett; Silvanus Bennett; Sally Wood and 3 others
Sister of Captain George Gorham; Abigail Lovell; Lydia Worth; Hannah Manning; Theodate Gorham and 5 others

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About Ruth Bennett

Ruth Gorham Bennet

  • BIRTH 7 May 1713 Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
  • DEATH 2 Sep 1792 (aged 79) Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
  • BURIAL Cemetery at The Green, Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
  • MEMORIAL ID 39805903 Photos by Chip5610 & Ken Saccocia

Daughter of Shubael Gorham and Puella Hussey. Ruth married Cornelius Bennett on 12 Jan 1732 in Barnstable. They had children 9 children.

Inscription Memento Mortis
In Memory of
Mrs. RUTH BENNETT, wife of
Dr. CORNELIUS BENNETT,
who died Sep. 2, 1792 Aged
79 years, 3 months, 24 days

Parents
Shubael Gorham 1667–1750
Puelia Hussey Gorham 1677–1748

Spouse
Cornelius Bennet 1703–1766

Siblings
George Gorham 1697–1772
Abigail Gorham Lovell 1699–1778
Lydia Gorham Worth 1701–1763
Hannah Gorham Stubbs 1703–1751
Theodate Gorham Gardner 1705–1787
Daniel Gorham 1708–1745
Desire Gorham Bunker 1710–1801
Deborah Gorham Fitch 1715–1787
Sarah Gorham Lovell 1717 – unknown

Children 9x
William Bennet 1733/4–1809
Cornelius Bennet 1732-1734
Ebenezer Livy Bennett 1737–1806
Christina 1739-1794 m. Samuel Russell
Batchelor Bennett 1742–1820
Philip b 1745
Sally Bennett Wood 1747-1811 m. Ebenezer Wood
Theodate Bennett Miller 1751-1797 m. Thomas Ling, then Elias Miller
Sylvanus Bennet 1754–1809
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39805903/ruth-bennet

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Ruth Bennett's Timeline

1713
May 7, 1713
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts
1730
1730
1732
September 30, 1732
1734
1734
1736
1736
1742
April 10, 1742
Newport, , RI, USA
1745
1745
1747
1747
1754
1754
1792
September 2, 1792
Age 79
Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States