Olive (Merrick) Bennett (1771 - 1848)

Born 19 Jan 1771 in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of William Bennett — married 7 Feb 1799 in Loudon, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

Died 1848 at about age 76 in New Hampton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

OLIVE MERRICK,^[1] born at Methuen, 19 Jan 1771 daughter of Jacob Merrick and Judith (Barker) Merrick;^[2] Olive died at New Hampton, New Hampshire, 1848;^[3] married at Loudon, New Hampshire, 7 Feb 1799,^[4] WILLIAM BENNETT, born at Hampton Falls, 20 May 1760 son of Jeremiah Bennett and Rachael (Sanborn) Bennett;^[5] William died at New Hampton, before 1820 (deed and census record).

Olive Merrick and William Bennett resided in New Hampton, New Hampshire. William was a farmer.

On 5 June 1801, William Bennet yeoman of New Hampton received from his father Jeremiah Bennet seventy-five acres of the thirteenth lot of the third range for payment of two hundred dollars. This was land Jeremiah purchased from John Harper.^[6]

William Bennett died before 1820, and on 7 August 1820 widow Olive Bennett headed a household of six persons at New Hampton: one female 45 and over, one male 16 to 18, one male 19 to 25, one female under 10, and two females 10 to 15.^[7]

On 3 January 1820, Woodbury Marden in the right of his wife Judith, of Epsom, in consideration of one hundred dollars, quitclaimed to their honored mother Olive Bennet of New Hampton, their rights to the estate of their late father William Bennet. On 29 August 1829, Olive Bennet, widow, quitclaimed her interest in the real estate of her late husband William Bennet to Daniel L. Bennet. In 1830, Daniel L. Bennet conveyed to Benjamin Magoon three undivided sixth parts of the real estate of his father William Bennet, these being tracts in lot thirteen of the third, one share being in his own right and the two other shares he purchased from Judith Marden and Jeremiah Bennet and also deeds from his mother Olive Bennet. On 23 April 1835, Polly M. Bennet, single woman of New Hampton, in consideration of seventy-five dollars, conveyed her interest in the real estate of her late honored father William. Bennet to Benjamin Magoon. On 23 April 1835, Sally Bennet, single woman of New Hampton, quitclaimed her interest in the estate to Benjamin Magoon.^[8]

Children

Olive Merrick and William Bennett were parents of six children.

i JUDITH MERICK BENNETT, b. at New Hampton, 14 Nov 1799;^[9] d. after 1850 when living at Epsom, NH; m. at New Hampton, 21 Aug 1819, WOODBURY MARDEN, b. at Epsom, 1794 son of Samuel and Nancy (Stevens) Marden; Woodbury d. at Epsom, 1834.

ii DANIEL LEVITT BENNETT, b. at New Hampton, 28 Jan 1802;^[10] d. at Bristol, NH, 26 Mar 1865; m. 6 Mar 1823, RHODA E. CLIFFORD, b. at Alexandria, NH, 23 Apr 1803 daughter of Samuel and Mary Conner (Fuller) Clifford;^[11] Rhoda d. at Bristol, 5 Apr 1886.

iii JEREMIAH BENNETT, b. at New Hampton, 12 Jun 1805;^[12] d. after 1870 when living at Epsom, NH;^[13] m. 13 Nov 1828, BETSEY MARDEN, b. at Epsom, 1805 daughter and Samuel and Nancy (Stevens) Marden;^[14] Betsey was living at Epsom in 1870.

iv POLLY MERICK BENNETT, b. at New Hampton, 10 Mar 1806;^[15] Polly was living at New Hampton and unmarried in 1835 (deed).

v MATILDA JUNE BENNETT, b. at New Hampton, 10 Feb 1808;^[16] Matilda d. at New Hampton, 25 Mar 1844. Matilda did not marry.

vi SALLY BENNETT, b. at New Hampton, 23 Apr 1811;^[17] d. at Bristol, NH, 15 Apr 1881; m. 16 Apr 1838, MOSES MERRILL, b. at Hill, NH, 13 Apr 1807 son of John and Elizabeth (Darling) Merrill; Moses d. at Bristol, 4 Mar 1868.

Sources

1. ↑ Family summary provided courtesy of Patricia Abbott from Abbott, The Descendants of Richard and Joanna Barker of Andover
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6S-VZ1 : 5 January 2021), Olive Merrek, 1771.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106985825/olive-bennett: accessed 17 October 2023), memorial page for Olive Merrick Bennett (2 Jan 1771–11 ??? 1848), Find a Grave Memorial ID 106985825, citing Magoon Cemetery, New Hampton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Scott Connor Barnard (contributor 47118264).
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLX3-LR6 : 1 August 2022), William Bennett and Olive Merrick, 1799.
5. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDJ8-9XB : 18 January 2020), William Benet, 1760.
6. ↑ New Hampshire Land Records, Belknap County, 4:445
7. ↑ Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: New Hampton, Strafford, New Hampshire; Page: 927; NARA Roll: M33_61; Image: 257
8. ↑ New Hampshire Land Records, Belknap County, 15:390, 15:390, 15:390, 15:393, 15:393
9. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLL7-BM1 : Fri Oct 06 05:20:17 UTC 2023), Entry for Judah Mirick Bennet and William Bennet, 15 November 1799.
10. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLL7-R57 : Fri Oct 06 02:16:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Daniel Leavitt Bennett and William Bennett, 28 January 1802.
11. ↑ Musgrove, History of the Town of Bristol, Volume 2, Genealogies, p 34
12. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLL7-B9S : Fri Oct 06 04:19:21 UTC 2023), Entry for Jeremiah Bennet and William Bennet, 12 June 1805.
13. ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Epsom, Merrimack, New Hampshire; Roll: M593_846; Page: 278B
14. ↑ The will of Samuel H. Marden includes bequests to his daughter Betsey Bennett and his son Woodbury Marden; New Hampshire Probate, Merrimack County, Volume 16, p 261
15. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDNX-RQQ : 18 January 2020), Polly Merick Bennet, 1806.
16. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDNX-R3B : 18 January 2020), Matilda Jane Bennet, 1808.
17. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLL7-1V5 : Fri Oct 06 08:19:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Sally Bennett and William Bennet, 23 April 1811.

• Abbott, Patricia A. In Press. The Descendants of Richard and Joanna Barker of Andover Through Six Generations: Including Male and Female Lines of Descent from Generation One to Generation Six. Emerald Isle, NC: Patricia A. Abbott.
• Musgrove, Richard Watson. 1904. History of the Town of Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Bristol, NH: R. W. Musgrove.