Elizabeth (Ednye) Bennett (1537 - 1597)

Born 1537 in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England

Wife of Robert Bennett — married 10 Jul 1558 in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died 28 Jun 1597 at about age 60 in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England

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Biography

She was born on 28 June 1537 at Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England and her parents were Anstie (Spicer) and John Edney.

Elizabeth Edney married on 10 Jul 1558 in Wiveliscombe Parish, Somerset County, Country, England to Robert Bennett. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

She was buried on 28 June 1597 at Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England. ^{[4] [5]}

Her husband, Robert Bennett, made his last Will on 28 Aug 1603 which mentioned their children and he was buried on 19 Sep 1603. ^[6]

Children

1. Margery Bennett, b: Mar 1560; bapt: 25 Mar 1560 ^[7]
2. John Bennett, b: Apr 1561; bapt: 22 Apr 1561; ^[8] d: May 1561 ^[9]
3. Elizabeth Bennett, ^[6] b: May 1562; bapt: 31 May 1562 ^[10]
4. Agnes Bennett, b: July 1563; bapt: 01 Aug 1563 ^[11]
5. Dorothy Bennett, ^[6] bapt: 29 Aug 1564 ^[12]
6. John Bennett, b: Mar 1566; bapt: 25 Mar 1566 ^[13]
7. John Bennett, b: Feb 1567; ^[14] d: July 1758 ^{[15] [16]}
8. Eleanor Bennett, b: Mar 1568 ^[17]
9. Thomas Bennett, ^[6] bapt: 02 Apr 1570 ^[18] (executor of Will)
10. Robert Bennett, b: Apr 1571; bapt: 27 Apr 1571 ^[19]
11. William Bennett, ^[6] b: June 1572 ^[20]
12. Richard Bennett, ^[6] b: Oct 1573 ^[21]
13. Johan Bennett, b: Jan 1575 ^[22]
14. Christopher Bennett, ^[6] b: May 1576 ^[23]
15. Edward Bennett, ^[6] bapt: 02 Feb 1577 ^[24]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Wiveliscombe Transcripts, m: 10 Jul 1558 Robert BENNETT & Elizabeth EDNEY
2. ↑ Somerset marriage index on FindMyPast.com citing Somerset Archives; Baptisms, marriages & burials (1558-1635); Anglican Parish records - marriages; ref#D/P/WIV 2/1/1; m: 10 Jul 1558 Wiveliscombe Parish, Somerset County, Country, England for Elizabeth Edney & Robert Bennett
3. ↑ Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914 on ancestry.com citing Somerset Heritage Service in Taunton, Somerset, England; Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 46 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1; m: 10 Jul 1558 for Robt Bennet and Elizabeth Edney
4. ↑ "Parish Register" of St.Andrew, Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England on FreeREG database (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818f62de93790ec75d49a3b : viewed 13 Aug 2020) for Elizabeth Bennett, buried: 28 Jun 1597
5. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914 Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 66 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1, 28 Jun 1597, burial of Elizabeth, wife of Robert Bennett (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00066 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7} Last Will of her husband, Robert Bennett, dated: 28 Aug 1603; buried: 19 Sep 1603 Wivilscombe, Somerset, England
7. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914 Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; images 4 &13 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1, 25 Mar 1560, baptism of Margery Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00004 and https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00013 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
8. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914 Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; images 5 & 16 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1; 22 Apr 1561, baptism of John Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00005 and https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00016 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
9. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914 Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 58 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1, 29 May 1561, burial of John Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00058 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
10. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914 Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 14 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1, 31 May 1562, baptism of Elizabeth Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00014 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
11. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914 Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 14 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1, 1 Aug 1563, baptism of Agnes Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00014 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
12. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914 Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 5 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1, 29 Jul 1564, baptism of Dorothy Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00005 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
13. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914 Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 6 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1, 25 Mar 1566, baptism of John Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00006 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
14. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 6 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1, Feb 1567, baptism of John Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00006 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
15. ↑ Wiveliscombe: St.Andrew: Register of unspecified type : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818f628e93790ec75d494ac : viewed 13 Aug 2020) burial Johan Bennett 07 Jul 1568
16. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 59 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1, 7 Jul 1568, burial of John Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00059 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
17. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914 Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 6 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1, 1 Mar 1567, baptism of Eleanor Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00006 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
18. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914 Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 7 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1, 2 Apr 1570, baptism of Thomas Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00007 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
19. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914 Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 7 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1,27 Apr 1571, baptism of Robert Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00007 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
20. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 8 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1, Jun 1572, baptism of William Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00008 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
21. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914 Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 8 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1, Oct 1573, baptism of Richard Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00008 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
22. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914 Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 9 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1, Jan 1575, baptism of Johan Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00009 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
23. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 10 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1, May 1576, baptism of Christopher Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00010 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
24. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records 1538-1914 Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Wiveliscombe Parish 1558-1635; image 11 of 78; ref#D\P\wiv/2/1/1, 2 Feb 1577, baptism of Edward Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00011 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)

• British Chancery Records 1386-1558 compiled by Rosanna Hamilton on ancestry.com

• "Pedigree Resource File" on FamilySearch database compiled by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; entry for John Edney

• "Pedigree Resource File"] on FamilySearch database compiled by Church of Jesus Christ of entry for Anstie Spicer Tomson