Bathsheba "Sheba" Eunice Bennett

2. SHEBA EUNICE (BENTLEY) BENNETT, ABT 1765 / 7 - 1794

Sheba Eunice Bentley was born about 1767, probably at East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, daughter of Green Bentley and Diana Straight.

In 1782 Eunice Bentley married Thaddeus Bennett, son of Ephraim and Mary (Stafford) Bennett. Bennett family sources indicate that Thaddeus Bennett was born 23 August 1764 in Warwick, Orange, New York, and that he married Eunice Bentley 28 February in Stratford, Connecticut.61 Since the Bennetts and the Bentleys did move to New York until 1775, it is doubtful that Thaddeus was born there. It also unlikely that he and Eunice were married in Connecticut, since they had already been living in Orange County, New York, for seven years.

His second wife was Rachael Cheney whom he married August 17, 1828 in Scioto Co., OH.

Children of Thaddeus Bennett and Sheba Eunice Bentley are:

1. Mary Bennett who married Nathaniel Squires in NY;
2. Thaddeus Jr. who married Polly McCray in NY;
3. Sarah Bennett who married John Fenton, Jr.;
4. Benjamin Bentley Bennett who married Eleanor Batterson in NY;
5. Rhoda Bennett who married William Crawford in NY;
6. Mahitable Bennett who married Daniel Dodge in NY;
7. Joseph Bennett who married Elizabeth Mills;
8. Eunice Bennett who married Elijah Gaston; and
9. Jehiel Bennett who never married and died in 1818 in Scioto County. [NO - m 22 Dec 1844 Mary Craine]

Thaddeus remarried but the date and place are unknown. His second wife's name was Elizabeth. Her last name is assumed to be Meade. One record found shows that Thaddeus married the "widow Meade."

They had 5 children:

• 1. Ira G. Bennett, b. 1804 in New York. He married Rhoda Hayes in 1831 in Scioto County, Ohio.
• 2. Jessie Bennett, b. May 20, 1811 in New York. He married Eliza Knapp in 1850 in Scioto County, Ohio.
• 3. Thomas Bennett
• 4. Catherine Bennett, b. 1810 in New York
• 5. Elizabeth (Betsy) Ann Bennett, b. February 10, 1810 in New York.

Elizabeth died on May 7, 1826. Thaddeus married again. His third wife was Rachel Chaney, born on March 5, 1765. They were married on August 17, 1828 in Scioto County, Ohio.

Thaddeus Bennett married (2) Rachel Mead, daughter of Judah Mead. Judah Mead was a farmer born in England, who migrated from Tioga County, New York to Ohio. Thaddeus and Rachel had several children:

1. Catherine
2. Betsy Ann

Thaddeus Bennett died 8 January 1834 and was buried in the Stockdale Cemetery, just outside of Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio. His will, recorded in September 1834 indicates that he was a man of some wealth at the time of his death.74

References

1. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBXN-D49
2. Criddle, Marlin G. (November 28, 2014). Life histories of Green Bentley (1741-1820), and Diana Straight (about 1745 - ). < PDF >; (document attached)