Roelof Bennet (bef. 1789 - 1854)

Born before 8 Feb 1789 in Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Hendrickson) Bennett — married about 1833 in New York, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Aug 1854 after age 65 in Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, United States

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Biography

Roelof Bennet, son of Nicholas Bennet and Mary Duryea, was baptized 8 February 1789, at the Oyster Bay (Wolver Hollow) Dutch Reformed Church.^[1][2]

He married Elizabeth Hendrickson.^[2]

1850, Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, United States 733, 799^[3]

Abraham Bennett, 38, occupation not listed, birth places not listed

Emaline Bennett, 36,

Queensend Bennett, 15

Ruliff Bennett, 12

Isaac Bennett, 10

Abraham Bennett, 8

Pheba Bennett. 5

Emaline Bennett, 4

Antnette Bennett, 2

Ruliff Bennett, 60

Rulef D Bennett died 14 Aug 1854 at Oyster Bay, and was buried in the Old Burying Ground in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA^[4]

These are his children baptized in Wolver Hollow.

1. Abraham Bennet, son of Roelof Bennet and Elizabeth Hendrickson was baptized 25 Dec 1812 at the Reformed Dutch Church of Wolver Hollow.^[2]
2. Nicholas Bennet, son of Rulef Bennet and Elizabeth Hendrickson was baptized 24 April 1814.^[2]
3. Margaret Ann, daughter of Rulef Bennet and Elizabeth Hendrickson was baptized 21 April 1816, at the Oyster Bay Dutch Reformed Church^[5][2]

Sources

1. ↑ Oyster Bay, New York, Dutch Reformed Church Records, Book 37, Baptismal records of Oysterbay, L.I. taken from a copy in the possession of Dr. J. H. Bogard, Roslyn, L.I. (Holland Society of New York) p. 97; Ancestry.com. U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 [database on-line]. (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_2421401696_0493-00051 : accessed 4 September 2023).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} "Reformed Dutch Church of Wolver Hollow (Oyster Bay), Long Island," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol 73, (October 1942), pp. 134 (Roelof) 275 (Abraham, Nicholas), 276 (Margaret Ann); digital images; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; with subscription
3. ↑ 1850 United States Census, Queens, New York, population schedule, Oyster Bay dwelling 763, family 799, entry for Abraham Bennett and Emaline Bennett an family, p. 450 (written); digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC14-GGM : accessed August 2023); citing The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), M432, roll 582.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40617276/rulef_d-bennett: accessed May 16, 2024), memorial page for Rulef D Bennett (8 Feb 1789–14 Aug 1854), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40617276, citing Old Burying Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA; Maintained by David Roberts (contributor 46847588).
5. ↑ Oyster Bay, New York, Dutch Reformed Church Records, Book 37, Baptismal records of Oysterbay, L.I. taken from a copy in the possession of Dr. J. H. Bogard, Roslyn, L.I. (Holland Society of New York) p. 151; Ancestry.com. U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 [database on-line]. (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_2421401696_0493-00078 : accessed 4 September 2023).

• Wilson V. Ledley, "Willem Adriaense Bennet of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Some of His Descendants," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 94, #3, (1963), p. 164. ALSO Published as : Wilson V. Ledley, "Willem Adriaense Bennet of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Some of His Descendants." Genealogies of Long Island Families, Selected and introduced by Henry B. Hoff. Volume I Albertson—Polhemius , (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1987), p. 106; text: "Roelof bap. Feb. 8, 1789; mar. Elizabeth Hendrickson" s/o Nicholas and Maria Duryea.