[GOVERNOR OF VIR Richard Bennett

1609 - 1675  (65 years)

• Name	Richard Bennett
  Prefix	[GOVERNOR OF VIR
  Born	6 Aug 1609	Somerset, Maryland
  Christened	6 Aug 1609	Wivelescombe, Somerset, England
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	GHV1-LF
  _UID	3EE2A339ACD34966B00F3563A220EC5281A6
  Died	12 Apr 1675	Virginia
  Person ID	I754	Bennett, Harrison, and Herron Families
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	[SR.] Thomas Bennett,   b. 2 Apr 1570, Wivelescombe, Somerset, England ,   d. Sep 1616, Wivelescombe, Somerset, England  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Anstie Tomson,   b. 1579, Wivelescombe, Somerset, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1593	Milverton, Somerset, England
  Children	7 children
  1. Robert Bennett,   b. 1 Feb 1600/1, Wivelescombe, Somerset, England ,   d. 1648, Virginia
  2. JR. Thomas Bennett,   b. 5 Nov 1603, Wivelescombe, Somerset, England ,   d. Wivelescombe, Somerset, England
  3. Elizabeth Bennett,   b. 4 Aug 1605, Wivelescombe, Somerset, England ,   bur. 25 Dec 1605, Wivelescombe, Somerset, England
  4. William Bennett,   b. 21 Mar 1606/7, Wivelescombe, Somerset, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  5. [GOVERNOR OF VIR Richard Bennett,   b. 6 Aug 1609, Somerset, Maryland ,   d. 12 Apr 1675, Virginia
  6. Philip Bennett,   b. 22 May 1611, Wivelescombe, Somerset, England ,   d. Virginia
  7. Johane Bennett,   b. 7 Jul 1614, Wivelescombe, Somerset, England ,   d. 21 Aug 1616, Wivelescombe, Somerset, England
  Family ID	F220	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Utie,   b. 1619, Lower, Norfolk, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1641	Virginia
  Children	1. Anne Bennett,   b. 1641, Westover, Charles City County, Virginia ,   d. Nov 1687, Wharton Creek, Maryland  (Age 46 years) Married: [COLONEL] Saint-Leger Codd (1671)   2. Elizabeth Bennett,   b. Abt 1642, Accomack County, Virginia ,   d. 1719, Accomack County, Virginia  (Age ~ 77 years) Married: Charles Scarburgh   3. [Jr.] Richard Bennett,   b. 1643, Virginia ,   d. 6 May 1667  (Age 24 years) Married: Henrietta Maria Neale (1667)
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Was Governor of Virginia. Descendents include Robert E. Lee.