Born in Horton TWP, Kings Co., Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Zadock Bennett
and Mercy (Hackett) Bennett
Sister of
Unknown Bennett, John Bennett, Nathan Bennett, Benjamin Bennett, George (Bennet) Bennett, Samuel Bennet, Hannah (Bennett) Schofield, Elizabeth H (Bennett) Ells, Elijah Bennett, Unknown Bennett and Zadock Bennett Jr.
Wife of
Lemuel Rogers
— married
7 Dec 1786 in Horton Twp., Kings Co., Nova Scotia
Wife of
Timothy Thorpe
— married
11 Jul 1796 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Silas Rogers, James Rogers, Daniel Rogers, Lemuel Rogers Jr., Elizabeth (Rogers) Bennett, Rebekah (Thorpe) Parrish, Mary Thorpe, Lucy (Thorpe) Bennett, Temperance Thorpe, Matte Thorpe, Elisha Edgerton Thorpe and Phebe (Thorpe) Caton
Died
at age 96
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Nov 2011
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Biography
- Eunice was born in 1769. She is the daughter of Zadock Bennet and Mercy Hackett. [1]
- She is the daughter of Zadock Bennet and Mercy Hackett. [2]
- Eunice was married twice: 1st Lemuel Rogers on 7 Dec 1786 at Horton, Kings County, NS, and 2nd Timothy Thorpe on 2 Nov 1796 at Cornwallis, Kings County, NS. In Zadock Bennett's will, he mentions his daughter "Eunice Thorpe". Eunice had married Timothy Thorpe in 1796. Photocopy of will was viewed at the DAR Library, Washington, DC.
- Eunice had five children with Lemuel Rogers, and seven children with Timothy Thorpe.
Sources
- Doug Coldwell, firsthand knowledge.
- Kings County Township records - marriage Eunice Bennet
- Kings County Township records - marriage Rogers or Thorpe
- Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, The history of Kings County, Nova Scotia, heart of the Acadian land, giving ... Parish, Google Books, [1] page 769.
- Birth record: Township Books of Kings County, Nova Scotia, by Lorna Woodman Evans, published 1996, pg 82
- Marriage of Lemuel Rogers and Eunice Bennett: Township Books of Kings County, Nova Scotia, compiled by LWE, Published 1996, pg. 118.
- Marriage of Eunice (Bennett) Rogers and Timothy Thorpe: Township Books of Kings County, Nova Scotia by LWE published 1996, pg. 69.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eunice by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eunice:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eunice by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eunice:
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~1.56%
Jerry Huntley
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A161958 [compare], Ancestry member jerrychuntley
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~1.56%
Paul Berry :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A607382 [compare], Ancestry member PAULMAINE08
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~1.56%
Joe Patterson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jpatter13
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Darrell Rozee :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A206550 [compare]
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~0.78%
Elinor Benjamin :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jennifer Pettigrew :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HC8032709 [compare], yourDNAportal JEN41f8a23a, Ancestry member Theunicorn99
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~0.78%
Kathleen Carter :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Charlie Wilson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A626414 [compare], Ancestry member chaswilsonvt
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Randy Burke :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A656627 [compare], Ancestry member cdnjeepin
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~0.78%
Jeff Davis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A419672 [compare], Ancestry member jdavis50169
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~0.78%
I. Benjamin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A259382 [compare]
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~0.39%
D Pettigrew :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SH1464635 [compare]
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