Surname Saturday - BENNETT (England > Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 7th great-grandmothers, up to number 537: Mary BENNETT (1686-1717). [Note: The 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through four American generations of this BENNETT family is:

1.  Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

66. Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67. Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

134.  Jeremiah Knowlton (1745-1783)
135.  Abigail Pierce (1750-1775)

268.  Jeremiah Knowlton (1713-1752)
269.  Sarah Allen (1717-1796)

536.  Nathaniel Knowlton, born 03 May 1683 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died after February 1760 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 1072. Nathaniel Knowlton and 1073. Deborah Jewett.  He married 21 April 1703 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

537.  Mary Bennett, born 03 March 1685/86 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died about 1717 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Nathaniel Knowlton and Mary Bennett are:  Mary Knowlton (1704-1797); William Knowlton (1706-1753); Nathaniel Knowlton (1708-1753); Jeremiah Knowlton (1712-1713); Jeremiah Knowlton (1713-1752).

1074.  Henry Bennett, born 1664 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 1739 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 20 May 1685 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
1075.  Frances Barr, born about 1669 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; She was the daughter of 2150. John Barr and 2151. Mary Smith.

Children of Henry Bennett and Frances Barr are:  Mary Bennett (1686-1717); Frances Bennett (1694-????); Margaret Bennett (1694-????); Joanna Bennett (1701-????); Lucy Bennett (1703-????).

2148.  Henry Bennett, born about 1629 in England; died after October 1707 in probably Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married about 1651 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
2149.  Lydia Perkins, born before 03 June 1632 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died about 1672 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4298. John Perkins and 4299. Judith Gater.

Children of Henry Bennett and Lydia Perkins are:  Jacob Bennett (1651-1686); John Bennett (1655-1675); William Bennett (1657-????); Henry Bennett (1664-1739); Thomas Bennett (1667-1701).

My sources for this information are:

*  John M. Bradbury, "The Bennet Family of Ipswich," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 29, number 3, (July 1879)

*  Various Massachusetts Town Vital Record books.

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