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Alice Besbedge was born on 29 June 1624 in Frittenden, Kent, England. John Bourne and she were married on 18 July 1645 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ She died on 7 May 1686 at age 61 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Also Bisbee.

John Bourne was born in 1612 in Kempsey, Worcestershire, England. He and Alice Besbedge were married on 18 July 1645 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ He died on 8 December 1684 at age ~72 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Was their daughter Elizabeth born in 1658, and did she marry Samuel Hall 7 Apr 1686?

Mary Ann Bennett was born on 28 June 1835. Francis Sidney Munro and she were married on 10 June 1856 in Bristol, Rhode Island. Francis Sidney Munro and she were married on 10 June 1856 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island. She died in 1910 at age ~75. She was buried in Clayville, Oneida, New York.

Mary Tripp Church was born on 23 April 1813 in Bristol, Rhode Island. Martin Bennett, Jr., and she were married on 18 May 1834 in Saint Michaels Congregational Church, Bristol, Rhode Island.

Martin Bennett, III, was born on 19 April 1838 in Bristol, Rhode Island. He and Fanny Green were married on 16 June 1863 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Martin was an 1860 engineering graduate of Brown University. He occupied many positions of great trust in the insurance field duringhis business life in the city of Hartford.

Martin Bennett, III, and Fanny Green were married on 16 June 1863 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Fanny Church Bennett was born on 22 March 1870 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. She died on 10 September 1870 at age 0 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Coggeshall Butts was born on 27 April 1751 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.¹ He and Hannah Perry were married on 5 January 1783 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. He died on 27 March 1836 at age 84 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. He was buried in NT003 - Newport Common Burial Ground, Newport, Rhode Island.

In the month of October 1775, Commodore Hopkins wrote to Newport that he was in need of 50 men. Coggeshall volunteered and was assigned a midshipman on the Columbus under the command of Abraham Whipple. He was paid $12 per month. They were stationed at Reedy Island in the Delaware River and sailed in February 1776 for New Providence, where they captured a number of cannon and took them to New London, CT. They also captured a schooner. They had an engagement with the British warship Glasgow off Block Island. He was honorably discharged in July 1776. In 1777, he volunteered in a company of militia under Captain Church. He was on an expedition from Howland Ferry to Newport to surprise the Hessian Guard and captured two of them.

He was a prisoner of war in the Revolutionary War. He and Hannah apparently lived in Providence for a time. He resided with daughter Eliza in Bristol after his wife died.

Hannah Perry was born on 20 September 1757 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. Coggeshall Butts and she were married on 5 January 1783 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. She died on 22 August 1816 at age 58 in Rhode Island. She was buried in NT003 - Newport Common Burial Ground, Newport, Rhode Island.

She was a descendant of Edward Perry of Sandwich. Edward's grandson, James, married Anna Bennet, daughter of Jonathan and Anna Williams Bennet. Hannah Perry died on 22 August 1816 at age 58 in of, Providence, Rhode Island.

Cornelius Bennet was born on 6 August 1766 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. He and Silvina Barlow were married on 14 August 1788 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. He died on 18 August 1840 at age 74 in Warren, Rhode Island. He was buried at Wr001 in Warren, Rhode Island.

Cornelius was a master mariner and a sailing master of Old Ironsides. A sailing master had direct supervision of the adjustment of the sails in order to make the most efficient progress towards a destination. He is best remembered for the night time sailing of the ship Hornet through the British blockade during the War of 1812. He said that his hair stood on end as he felt the bottom of the ship graze a point of land even as he heard the British sentry on a nearby ship call out: "All's Well."

Bristol Phenix: "In Warren, on the 18th, Cornelius Bennet, eng. USN, aged 74 years."

There was also a Cornelius Bennet of Dartmouth who was a physician in 1737 (Court case).

Silvina Barlow was born on 6 September 1770 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Cornelius Bennet and she were married on 14 August 1788 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. She died on 19 May 1838 at age 67 in Warren, Rhode Island. She was buried in Wr001.

Jesse Barlow was born on 12 September 1749 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He and Sarah Nye were married on 7 December 1769 in Falmouth, Massachusetts. He died on 10 December 1815 at age 66 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. He was buried in Newport Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island.

Jesse Barlow of Sandwich, MA, was a private in Capt. War Swift's Company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 (Battle of Lexington). He was subsequently a sergeant in Capt. Swift's Compnay of Col. Freeman's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia, which marched to Dartmouth and Falmouth, MA, on an alarm of September 6, 1778. He was later stationed at Staten Island, NY.

On July 1, 1775, Jesse Barlow and Simeon Wing had a vessel, commanded by Simeon's son, Thomas, loaded with cargo from the West Indies and provisions from Buzzard's Bay. This ship was captured by the British cruiser, "Falcon," commanded by Capt. John Linsey, and then retaken by a schooner from Dartmouth under the command of Capt. Daniel Egery.

Peter Brickett was born about 1637 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He died in 1690 at age ~53 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Zerviah Bennett was born on 15 October 1790 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. She died on 28 July 1847 at age 56.

Stephen Hammond Bennet was born in December 1795 in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York.

Sarah Nye Bennett was born on 23 February 1800 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.

Silvina Bennett was born on 28 July 1804 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.