Justephenica Bennett (abt. 1686)

Born about 1686 in New Kent, Virginia

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This person was created through the import of knox17032011.ged on 18 March 2011, through the import of Dickinson Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011, and was adopted by the present profile manager in 2017. At the time it was adopted, the information was unsourced and is only minimally sourced now. The information contained herein has substantial problems: notably that the purported father of Justephenica was dead at the time of her birth, as well as at the birth of her purported siblings. These are errors of long standing that have been passed on for many years from unsourced genealogies, notably from OneWorldTree and Ancestry. Non-specific references to OneWorldTree, Ancestry, etc. have been removed.

Biography

Justephenica Bennett is said to have been born sometime between in about1686 in King and Queen County, Virginia. King and Queen County, however was not established until 1691 when it was created from New Kent County. Perhaps Justephinca was born in the portion of New Kenty county that later became King and Queen county. She is said to have been the daughter of William Bennett and his wife Mary Smith. ^[1] However, it is possible that Mary Smith was a widow at the time of her marriage to William Bennett and that she is in fact the Mary Warner who married John Smith in 1680 in Gloucester County, Virginia. ^[2]

A birth date of 1686 places Justephenica's birth two years after the 1684 marriage of William Bennett and his wife Mary Smith in Middlesex County, Virginia. ^[3]

On 26 April 1712 Justephenica Bennett and Sawyer Bennett, said to be her brother, were granted rights to 230 acres of land in King and Queen County, Virginia, together with 400 lb "tobo" [tobacco?] importation rights. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Towler, J.E. From the Fruit of the Garden. Self-published, 1968. Digitized by University of Wisconsin. Page 68.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Christ Church Parish, Virginia Marriages, 1653-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Christ Church Parish, Virginia Marriages, 1653-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia from 1653 to 1812. Richmond, VA, USA: Christ Church, 1897.
4. ↑ Fleet, Beverly. Virginia Colonial Abstracts: King and Queen County (originally published as Volume 33. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988) Reprinted Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Co. Inc., 2006. Page 451. Partial view available on Google Books.