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.

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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 ==================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================== 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