Richard Bennett, , Jr.

1650 - 1720  (70 years)

• Name	Richard Bennett
  Suffix	, Jr.
  Born	1650	Upper Parrish, Isle of Wight, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  _UID	FF579BC9C87F45DFBB3E577F0A9E7048544F
  Died	1720	Isle of Wight County, Virginia
  Person ID	I199	Bennett, Harrison, and Herron Families
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Richard Bennett Sr.,   b. Abt 1625, Isle of Wight County, Virginia ,   d. Bef 10 Feb 1710, Isle of Wight County, Virginia  (Age ~ 85 years)
  Mother	Ann Barham,   d. Aft 1682
  Married	Abt 1642	Isle of Wight County, Virginia   [1]
  Children	2 children
  1. James Bennett
  2. Richard Bennett, , Jr.,   b. 1650, Upper Parrish, Isle of Wight, Virginia ,   d. 1720, Isle of Wight County, Virginia
  Family ID	F136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ann,   d. 30 Mar 1720, Surry County, Virginia
  Married	Abt 1673	Virginia
  Children	1. Anne Bennett Married: John Bell   2. Richard Bennett,   d. 1735   3. James Bennett,   b. Abt 1682,   d. 1 Mar 1751/2, Brunswick County, Virginia  (Age ~ 70 years) Married: Mary Rogers   4. Jane Bennett Married: John Cofer   5. Sylvester Bennett
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Richard Bennett lived on the plantation in Isle of Wight County which his father bought from William Miles in 1656 and transferred to him by deed of gift on 5 July 1699. Isle of Wight Deed Book 1, 1688-1704, p. 292. His will dated 30 March 1720-23 May 1720 refers to this property as "my plantation whereon I now live ... being part of the land bought of William Miles." Isle of Wight Great Book, p. 41. 1720 Will of Richard Bennett, 30 March 1720 - May 1720. I, Richard Bennett, of the Upper Parish of Isle of Wight, give to son Richard 200 acres of land where he now lives; to my son James the other 200 acres where he now lives, it being conveyance of 40 acres taken out of Mr John Cofer's patent of 1450 acres; to Jane Cofer and her two sons Robert and John Cofer, my plantation wheron I now live. It being part of the Land Which Was Bought of William Miles. Also to Jane Cofer a small trunk and a gold ring; to Richard Cofer my long gun. To Magdalen Cofer a great pewter dish and basin; to Frances Mangum, my granddaughter a feather bed and furniture; to dau. Silvester, dishes and plates. Jane Cofer and William Allen, exrs. My trusty friends, John and James Carter to be overseers. (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie, p.300) Sources: John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607-1624/5, Vol 2, p. 822 (Baltimore Maryland:Genealogical Publishing Company, Fourth Ed. 2005)

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Adventurers of Purse and Person, 2:821.