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Mary (Bennett) Knowlton (1686 - abt. 1717)

Mary Knowlton formerly Bennett
Born in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, New Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Wife of — married 21 Apr 1703 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, New Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , and
Died about at about age 30 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, New Englandmap
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Biography

Mary "Bennet", daughter of Henry Bennett (1664-1739) and Frances (Barr/Burr) Bennett (abt.1663-bef.1694), was born on 3 March 1686 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.[1] [1685/6][2]

Mary "Bennet" married Nathaniel "Knoulton" on 29 April 1703, in Ipswich.[3]

Mary died before June 1717. Nathaniel Knoulton filed an intention to marry Reforme Jewett, 15: 4 m: 1717.[4]

Research Notes

Thinking out loud B-404 19:50, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

  • The History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America by Charles Henry Wright Stocking (New York : Knickerbocker Press, 1897), p. 128 and p. 137 makes no mention of Mary's parents or family.
  • "The Bennet Family of Ipswich," by John M. Bradbury, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1875) Vol. 29, p. 169 makes no mention of of Mary's spouse.
  • Henry Bennett's 1739 Portsmouth, New Hampshire, will names three married daughters, but does not mention either Margaret or Mary, whose births were recorded in Ipswich.[5]
  • A Mary Bennett married John Bragg 28 May 1711, in Ipswich. Mary d/o Henry would be 17 if married in 1703 or 25 if married in 1711. 17 is young and 25 is old to be married. There is no other Mary Bennett birth recorded in Ipswich in an appropriate time frame.
  • A Mary Bennett, d/o Aaron and Hannah, was born in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, 31 Jan 1685.[6] Aaron's 1709 probate lists his daughter's by given name only,[7] so isn't helpful. There were also two Mary Bennett's who married in Manchester in 1725/6 and 1727.[8] So perhaps one of those was the daughter of Aaron.
  • I looked at land records in Essex: Henry Bennett as grantor[9] and Nathaniel Knowlton as grantee[10]. I don't see anything that connects the two. Nathaniel as grantor[11] should be checked looking for a connection to the Bennett family. None found to 1728.
  • Mary and Nathaniel didn't name any children Henry.

Sources

  1. ↑ Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849: Births (Salem, Mass. : The Essex institute, 1910), p. 37; image, Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ "Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Records," images, FamilySearch, Image Group Number (DGS) 007009714, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-M962-G : March 15, 2023), image 34 of 189; Ipswich (Massachusetts). Town Clerk.
  3. ↑ Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849: Marriages and Deaths (Salem, Mass. : The Essex institute, 1910), p. 43; image, Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849: Marriages and Deaths (Salem, Mass. : The Essex institute, 1910), p. 262; https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofip02ipsw/page/262/mode/2up at Internet Archive]
  5. ↑ Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Volume II 1718-1740 State Papers Series Vol. 32, (New York: D. McKay Co., 1914), pp 749, 750; images, Internet Archive.
  6. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). p. 24, https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7740/24/142391787
  7. ↑ Essex County, Massachusetts, probate records and indexes 1638-1916. Old Series : Probate records, vols. 309-310, Book 9-10, 1705-1713. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BM-RHSB-Y?i=261&cat=412735
  8. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). p. 142 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7740/142/0
  9. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99ZZ-YPY8?cc=2106411&wc=MCBL-TM3%3A361613201%2C361822801 : 22 May 2014), Essex > Deed index (grantor) 1640-1799 A-Fly > image 168 of 710; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts
  10. ↑ ["Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZZ-BXGL?cc=2106411&wc=MCBL-N6D%3A361613201%2C361760701 : 22 May 2014), Essex > Deed index (grantee) 1640-1799 Had-Pix > image 219 of 545; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
  11. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZZ-Y57Z?cc=2106411&wc=MCBL-TWR%3A361613201%2C361826201 : 22 May 2014), Essex > Deed index (grantor) 1640-1799 Fos-Nix > image 459 of 724; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.




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Seaver-15 Randy Seaver
Hi Anne,

No I don't have explicit evidence of the Mary Bennett who married Nathaniel Knowlton is the daughter of Henry Bennett. A Mary was a daughter of Henry Bennett born in Ipswich on 3 March 1685/6. A Mary Bennett was married to Nathaniel Knowlton on 29 April 1703 in Ipswich. Nathaniel Knowlton, his parents, and Henry Bennett all lived in Ipswich their entire lives. This Mary Bennett is the only one born in Essex County between 1675 and 1690, at least in the Mass. Town and Vital Records collection on FamilySearch. So, it's a circumstantial case that the Mary is the same one born to Henry and Frances Bennett.

I did see your list of sources and comments and agree with your hypotheses. So i t's unproven, but I think very likely that they are the same Mary.

posted by Randy Seaver
B-404 Anne B
Randy, Do you know of any evidence that links Mary Bennett the d/o Henry to Nathaniel Knowlton? There is a marriage record, but how do we know that it's Mary the d/o Henry? See my thoughts in the research section.
posted by Anne B

Rejected matches › Filomena (Bennett) Kelly (abt.1914-aft.1999)

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