Desire Manchester
F, #2251, b. about 1703, d. 1793
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Desire Manchester was born about 1703 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
William Bennet and she were married on 6 December 1722 in Tiverton, Rhode Island.
1 She died in 1793 at age ~90.
She may have been the dau. of George, Stephen, or Job, sons of Thomas Manchester and Margaret Wood. She may have been a cousin of Amey Manchester, listed elsewhere in this genealogy.
Citations
- [S54] Vital Records of Rhode Island, Tiverton, Marriages and Intentions, p. 8
William Bennet
M, #2252, b. about 1723
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William Bennet was born about 1723. He and
Hannah Taber were married on 27 August 1748.
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Hannah Taber
F, #2253, b. 28 May 1725, d. 1780
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Hannah Taber was born on 28 May 1725.
William Bennet and she were married on 27 August 1748. She died in 1780 at age ~55.
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Jeremiah Bennet
M, #2254, b. 1724
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Jeremiah Bennet was born in 1724.
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Ruth Bennet
F, #2255, b. 6 September 1725
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Ruth Bennet was born on 6 September 1725 in Tiverton, Rhode Island.
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Thomas Taber
M, #2256
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John Bennet
M, #2257, b. about 1727, d. 20 August 1803
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John Bennet was born about 1727. He and
Rebecca Taber were married on 18 April 1754. He died on 20 August 1803 at age ~76.
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Rebecca Taber
F, #2258
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John Bennet and Rebecca Taber were married on 18 April 1754.
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Mary Bennet
F, #2259, b. about 1729
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Mary Bennet was born about 1729.
Capt. John Toby and she were married on 9 January 1755. She was buried in Old Long Plain Cemetery, Bristol County MA.
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Capt. John Toby
M, #2260, d. 24 September 1811
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Capt. John Toby and
Mary Bennet were married on 9 January 1755. He died on 24 September 1811.
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Elizabeth Bennet
F, #2261, b. about 1730
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Elizabeth Bennet was born about 1730.
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John Taber
M, #2262
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Patience Bennet
F, #2263, b. about 1732
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Patience Bennet was born about 1732.
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Samuel Spooner
M, #2264
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Sarah Bennet
F, #2265, b. about 1734
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Sarah Bennet was born about 1734.
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Robert Bennit
M, #2266, b. about 1681, d. about 1 November 1746
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Robert Bennit was born about 1681 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. He and
Almey Manchester were married about 1699 in Tiverton, Rhode Island. He died about 1 November 1746 at age ~65 in Tiverton, Rhode Island.
He was a prosperous farmer in Tiverton and dealt extensively in land. His will, dtd. October 5, 1746, probated November 3, 1746, names wife Almey (also Amy), 4 sons, and 3 daughters. A witness was John Manchester, relative of Amy?
Descendants of Robert Bennit discontinued the "it" spelling on an individual basis at various times from 1730 to 1800. Between 1800 and 1850 most family members adopted the modern "Bennett" spelling.
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Almey Manchester
F, #2267, b. about 1683, d. June 1765
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Almey Manchester was born about 1683.
Robert Bennit and she were married about 1699 in Tiverton, Rhode Island. She died in June 1765 at age ~82.
Almey (Amy, Almy) Manchester may have been the sister of Desire Manchester, who married William Bennet. Mrs. John W. Fiske, a Cook family genealogist, definitively established that her name was Almey. Almey Manchester had person sources.
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Citations
- [S976] Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, p. 677
John Bennet
M, #2268, b. about 1700
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John Bennet was born about 1700.
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Robert Bennet
M, #2269, b. about 1702
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Robert Bennet was born about 1702.
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Jeremiah Bennet
M, #2270, b. about 1707
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Jeremiah Bennet was born about 1707.
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Sarah Bennet
F, #2271, b. about 1711
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Sarah Bennet was born about 1711.
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Mary Bennet
F, #2272, b. 6 October 1713
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Mary Bennet was born on 6 October 1713.
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Ann Bennet
F, #2273, b. about 1715
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Ann Bennet was born about 1715.
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Robert Bennet
M, #2274, b. 1 March 1650, d. 13 August 1722
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Robert Bennet was born on 1 March 1650 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. He died on 13 August 1722 at age 72 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.
Robert was a farmer and miller, spending most of his life at Portsmouth, RI. His will mentions his wife, his brother-in-law (Thomas Corey), and his sons and daughters. (CD 215.)
Anne ("Joanna") Cory
F, #2275, b. 1663, d. 1701
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Anne ("Joanna") Cory was born in 1663 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Massachusetts. She died in 1701 at age ~38 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Massachusetts.