Peter BENNETT

1724 - 1778  (53 years)

• Name	Peter BENNETT  [1, 2]
  Born	21 Jun 1724	Middlesex County, Virginia   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	832
  Died	26 May 1778	Bedford County, Virginia   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I832	Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	William BENNETT,   b. Bef 02 Jun 1703, Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia ,   d. Aft 1782  (Age > 80 years)
  Mother	Mary HUMPHREYS,   b. 24 Jan 1704, Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia
  Married	09 Apr 1724	Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia   [5]
  Children	5 children
  1. Peter BENNETT,   b. 21 Jun 1724, Middlesex County, Virginia ,   d. 26 May 1778, Bedford County, Virginia
  2. Eliza BENNETT,   b. 01 Dec 1726, Middlesex County, Virginia
  3. William BENNETT,   b. 16 Dec 1727, Middlesex County, Virginia
  4. Joseph BENNETT,   b. 02 May 1731
  5. Richard BENNETT,   b. 06 Feb 1733, Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia ,   d. 16 Oct 1811, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Family ID	F223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances,   d. Aft 07 Jan 1778
  Children	1. William BENNETT, Jr,   b. Abt 1744,   d. 11 Sep 1827, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age ~ 83 years)   2. Mary BENNETT,   b. 1756   3. Reuben BENNETT,   b. 1757,   d. 1808  (Age 51 years) Married: ELIZABETH   4. Micajah BENNETT,   b. Abt 1758,   d. Abt 05 Jul 1824, Georgia  (Age ~ 66 years) Married: Ann JOHNSON (1811), Mary SNOW (1781)   5. Elizabeth BENNETT,   b. 1759, Bedford County, Virginia Married: Thomas Fullilove BENNETT (1784)   6. Rachel BENNETT,   b. 1764, Bedford County, Virginia ,   d. 03 Sep 1838  (Age 74 years) Married: Thomas SNOW (1781)   7. Abner BENNETT,   b. 1766 Married: Anna JENNINGS (1782)   8. Richard BENNETT,   b. 23 Apr 1769, Bedford County, Virginia ,   d. 16 Oct 1840, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 71 years) Married: Asenath DALTON
  Family ID	F126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Peter Bennett Will, 1770 Bedford County, Virginia, Will Book 1, p. 292-293

  
  

• Notes

  Will of Peter Bennett Dated: 7 January I778 My loving wife Frances Bennett during her life in widowhood all my estate. At her decease all may be sold and the money divided between my children William Bennett, Mary Lawson, Reubin Bennett, Elizabeth Perry, Micajah Bennett, Rachel Bennett, Abner Bennett and Richard Bennett as if her directed Viz. my sons Wm. and Reuben Bennett do discount 30 pounds 10 shillings each from an equal proportion of the money becausethey have already received that sum each in the the land they now live on and all the other named children to receive a just and equall proportion. If at any time after my decease my now loving wife should marry my estate may be sold by the discretion of my Executors and the money divided as aforesaid allowing my wife a child's part only. If any time before there be a division of my estate there should be a decease of any of the above named children without being of age or proper heir, my estate may be divided betwixt those that be then living. Executors: my two sons Wm. and Reubin Bennett Signed: Peter Bennet Witnesses: David Watt, Wm. Ward, David Perry, William Goad Executors: William Bennett and Reubin Bennett Security: John Callaway, William Vardeman, and William Leftwich I found in Louisa County Court Orders: Nov 1746: Laying of Levy to Peter Bennet for one Wolf's head 140 lbs of tobacco 22 Oct 1745: Thomas Underwood agst William Bennet (William seems to be sued a lot for debt) Jun 1743: Richard Juror

  
  

• Sources

  [S61] Pittsylvania County Deed Book 4 (1774 - 1778), (Name: Copyright 1991 by T.L.C. Genealogy, P.O. Box 403369, Miami Beach, FL 33140-1369;), 109. [S39] Parish Register of Christ Church Parish, Middlesex, pg. 115. [S25] Abstracts of Bedford County, Virginia, Wills, 1754 - 1787, Joida Whitten, (Joida Whitten, 1968), pg. 79. [S26] Gene Pool Individual Records, Edmund West, (Name: Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000;). [S184] The Parish Register of Church, Middlesex County, V, Page 164.