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William M. Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Modified: Wednesday, June 24, 2020

William M. Bennett

Index to ancestors of
1. Damon Lingle Bennett, Sr.

This index will make it slightly easier to navigate my notes (the initial number is the Ahnentafel number.)
  1. Father - Samuel Bennett
  2. Mother - Hattie Riester
  3. Grandfather - William H. Bennett
  4. Grandmother - Elizabeth Hammond
  5. Grandfather - Stephen R. Riester
  6. Grandmother - Mary Frances Dawson
  7. Great-Grandfather - Harrison Bennett
  8. Great-Grandmother - Catherine Grimes
  9. Great-Grandfather - Elijah Hammond
  10. Great-Grandmother - Nancy Crook
  11. Great-Grandfather - Stephen Riester
  12. Great-Grandmother - Caroline Ehlar
  13. Great-Grandfather - Thomas M. Dawson
  14. Great-Grandmother - Sarah (Sally) Bass
  15. Great-Great-Grandfather - William M. Bennett
  16. Great-Great-Grandmother - Rachel Pittman
  17. Great-Great-Grandfather - Samuel Grimes
  18. Great-Great-Grandmother - Elizabeth Spears
  19. Great-Great-Grandfather - Obediah Hammond
  20. Great-Great-Grandmother - Susannah Garland
  21. Great-Great-Grandfather - Hezekiah Crook
  22. Great-Great-Grandmother - Mary Burns
  23. Great-Great-Grandfather - Dominic Riester
  24. Great-Great-Grandmother - Catherine Beckmann
  25. Great-Great-Grandfather - Phillip Dennis Ehlar
  26. Great-Great-Grandmother - Barbara Klumpp
  27. Great-Great-Grandfather - Unknown Dawson
  28. Great-Great-Grandmother - Unknown married to Dawson
  29. Great-Great-Grandfather - Edward Bass
  30. Great-Great-Grandmother - Unknown married to Bass

William M. Bennett

Cece's great-great-great-grandfather

Summary

Born about 1787, died August 19, 1860.

The most documented line of the Bennett family is through William M. Bennett, who with his wives Ruth McGrew (M: 1803 until her death; six children) and Rebecca Pittman (M: 1817 until his death in 1860; eleven children), provide descendants now likely numbering in the hundreds.

Much of the history of William M. Bennett originally comes from a book published by Owen Stout in 1954 titled " A History Of The William M. Bennett Family. " Much more has been extended by several family genealogists. 

Image files for the left and right sides of this page are available at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/orange/census/1840/0032a.gif
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CENSUS YEAR: 1840    STATE: IN   COUNTY: Orange    MICROFILM#: M704-89    DISTRICT: Jackson and Greenfield
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                                        |FREE WHITE MALES                                    |FREE WHITE FEMALES                                  |FREE BLACK MALES        |FREE BLACK FEMALES      |MALE SLAVES             |FEMALE SLAVES           |TOTAL |OCCUPATIONS                      |PENSIONERS              |WHITE PERSONS in the Foregoing  |BLACK PERSONS/Foregoing  |SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES         |WHITE  |
                                        |0   5   10  15  20  30  40  50  60  70  80  90  100 |0   5   10  15  20  30  40  50  60  70  80  90  100 |0   10  24  36  55  100 |0   10  24  36  55  100 |0   10  24  36  55  100 |0   10  24  36  55  100 |      |                                 |REV or                  |DEAF&DUMB   BLIND & INSANE      |DEAF                     |UNIV                       STU |>20yr  |
          Name of Head of Family        |to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  up  |to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  to  up  |to  to  to  to  to  up  |to  to  to  to  to  up  |to  to  to  to  to  up  |to  to  to  to  to  up  |      |MIN-            NAV   NAV   PROF |MILITARY                |to  14- 25        INSANE INSANE |and        INSANE INSANE |or   #of ACAD #of PRIM #of PUB |ILLIT- |TRANSCRIBER'S
PG#  LN#  LAST NAME      FIRST NAME     |5   10  15  20  30  40  50  60  70  80  90  100     |5   10  15  20  30  40  50  60  70  80  90  100     |10  24  36  55  100     |10  24  36  55  100     |10  24  36  55  100     |10  24  36  55  100     |TOTAL |ING AGR COM MFG OCEAN CANAL ENG  |SERVICE             AGE |14  25  up  BLIND PUBLIC PRIV   |DUMB BLIND PRIV   PUBLIC |COLL STU GRAM STU COM  STU CHG |ERATE  |REMARKS
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     16   Bennet         John            2   .   .   .   1   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   1   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .    4      .   2   .   .   .     .     .     .                   .    .   .   .   .     .      .       .    .     .      .       .    .   .    .   .    .   .    2       
     17   Bennet         William         1   2   1   3   .   .   .   1   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   2   .   .   .   1   .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .    11     .   4   .   .   .     .     .     .                   .    .   .   .   .     .      .       .    .     .      .       .    .   .    .   .    .   .    .       
     18   Bennet         Enoch           1   .   .   .   1   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   1   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .    3      .   1   .   .   .     .     .     .                   .    .   .   .   .     .      .       .    .     .      .       .    .   .    .   .    .   .    1       


CENSUS YR: 1850  STATE: IN  COUNTY: Orange  DIVISION: Greenfield Twp  REEL NO: M432-163  PAGE NO: 396A
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 LN  HN   FN  LAST NAME      FIRST NAME     AGE  SEX  RACE  OCCUP.         VAL.      BIRTHPLACE       MRD.  SCH.  R/W  DDB   REMARKS
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 5   101  101 Bennett        William        63    M    W    Farmer         400       KY                .     .     .    .    Enumerator spelled surname Benet
 6   101  101 Bennett        Rebeca         54    F    W    .              .         KY                .     .     .    .    nee Pitman?
 7   101  101 Bennett        Harison        18    M    W    Farmer         .         IN                .     .     .    .    .
 8   101  101 Bennett        Sanford        16    M    W    Farmer         .         IN                .     .     .    .    .
 9   101  101 Bennett        Lonzo          14    M    W    .              .         IN                .     .     .    .    .
 10  101  101 Bennett        Phillip        10    M    W    .              .         IN                .     .     .    .    .
 11  101  101 Bennett        Enoch          32    M    W    Farmer         .         IN                .     .     .    .    .
 12  102  102 Pitman         James          74    M    W    Farmer         700       PA                .     .     .    .    .
 13  102  102 Pitman         Rachel         70    F    W    .              .         PA                .     .     .    .    .
 14  102  102 Pitman         James          26    M    W    Farmer         300       IN                .     .     .    .    .
 15  102  102 Pitman         Rachel         14    F    W    .              .         IN                .     .     .    .    .
 16  103  103 Pitman         Harison        37    M    W    Farmer         600       IN                .     .     .    .    .
 17  103  103 Pitman         Ellen          31    F    W    .              .         IN                .     .     X    .    nee Yates (m. 1848), 2nd wife
 18  103  103 Pitman         Robert         17    M    W    Farmer         .         IN                .     .     .    .    .
 19  103  103 Pitman         Zipporah       13    F    W    .              .         IN                .     X     .    .    .
 20  103  103 Pitman         Ruthela        11    F    W    .              .         IN                .     .     .    .    .
 21  103  103 Pitman         Jeremiah       9     M    W    .              .         IN                .     .     .    .    .
 22  103  103 Pitman         Isaac          6     M    W    .              .         IN                .     .     .    .    .
 23  103  103 Pitman         Rachel         4     F    W    .              .         IN                .     .     .    .    .
 24  103  103 Pitman         Sarah          6/12  F    W    .              .         IN                .     .     .    .    .


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Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 and Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 

groom:	William Bennett
bride:	Rebekah Pitman
date of license:	03 Nov 1817
county of license:	Harrison
date of marriage:	06 Nov 1817
place of marriage:	, Harrison, Indiana	
record number:	428
film number:	1404750
digital folder number:	4455449
image number:	00075
number of images:	1

Ancestry

William M. Bennett was the son of Joshua and Mary Bennett. A potential resource for some of these early Bennetts is found as The Bennett family of Sussex County, Delaware, 1680-1860, with branches into the Warren, Shockley, and other families by J Bennett Hill. The book is online.

According to the manuscript, the line from Jehu on down is not documented.

Joshua Bennett

Joshua (1765 - 1840) and Mary Bennett.

His Grave?

Jehu Bennett

Joshua was the son of Jehu Bennett and "Mary".

The aforementioned book contains this reference to Jehu

Using familysearch.org, one can find a Jehu Bennett, b. abt. 1738 of Nelson, Kentucky, married Sara Bennett, b. abt. 1741, Nelson, KY in 1765, Nelson, KY. Possibly William's grandfather.

William's parents are listed as Joshua and Mary Bennett.

Stephen Bennett

Jehu was the son of Stephen Bennett and Margaret Ponder

John Bennett

Stephen was the son of John Bennett and Sara(h) Furnis (12/20/1663)

William Furnis

Sara(h) Furnis was the daughter of William Furnis and Olive Ivery
Significant resources

Offspring

Bears further research - possible relation to Woodrow Wilson - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~parkersplace/woodrowwilson.htm

which leads to

Abigail Hopton and how we descend from Kings (via the Pittman line)

Image Sanford Bennett (son of William M.) grave

http://debmurray.tripod.com/orange/orabioref.htm

GEORGE BENNETT was born in Harrison County, Ind., May 17, 1827. In a family of eleven he is the sixth. His parents were William and Rebecca (Pittman) Bennett, who were natives of Kentucky, where they were married. From that State they came to Indiana, locating first in Harrison County, whence they came to Orange County some time prior to 1833. Here they spent the balance of their lives and at their deaths were buried in Providence Cemetery. George Bennett received in his boyhood an ordinary education such as the early schools afforded. He was raised to a farmer's life by his parents, with whom he remained until twenty-two years old. At that age he was married, July 10, 1849, to Miss Nancy Grimes, who has borne him a family of nine children, named James, Dice E., Samuel, Rebecca, Alonzo T., George W., John L., Abraham F. and Isaac L. Farming is the almost exclusive occupation of Mr. Bennett and he owns a farm of 160 acres well improved and cultivated. As members of the Baptist Church he and wife have been prominent for more than twenty years in their community. He belongs to the fraternity of Odd Fellows and is a stanch Democrat in politics.

Submitted by: Diana Flynn
"History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana", Goodspeed Bros. and Co., 1884. Orange County, Indiana - Greenfield Township