Hannah (Starnes) Bennett (1745 - 1814)

Born 4 Aug 1745 in Virginia

Wife of Joseph Bennett Jr — married 1775 in Augusta, Virginia

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1814 at age 68 in Pendleton, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Hannah Starnes' parents are Joseph Starnes, Sr and Katherine Carlock. ^[1]

Many have, incorrectly, added the name of "Ellsworth" to her name. There is a Hannah Starnes that married a Joseph Bennett and a Barbara Ellsworth that married a Joseph Bennett.... two different Bennett's but people keep combining the wive's names.

Research Notes

http://pages.swcp.com/~dhickman/journals/V5I4/mosesbennett.html "One Joseph Bennett, Jr. died in Pendleton County in 1810. He left a wife named Hannah and a large family of children. Nedra Brill in The Henkel Genealogical Bulletin, Spring 1992, cites family sources dating well into the 1800's, which say that this Joseph Bennett Jr. of Pendleton County actually married Hannah STARNES. Ms. Brill goes on to show that when it became apparent from this Joseph Jr.'s will (probated in Pendleton in 1810) that his wife was named HANNAH and not BARBARA, some researchers "switched" Doughman's Elsworth wife to this Joseph, and this is the apparent reason that a number of family group sheets circulate showing this Joseph Bennett with two marriages, one to Hannah Elsworth and one to Hannah Starnes.. Attaching a Hannah Elsworth wife to the Joseph Bennett Jr. who died in Pendleton County in 1810 is not valid. It is not founded on any evidences and amounts to an attempt to "force fit" several pieces of information together when they in fact should not be associated."

Morton's History of Pendleton County calls the wife of this Joseph Bennett Jr. Hannah SLEASON, and in 1872 family record prepared by one Meg Bennett shows the wife of Joseph Bennett as Hannah STERNS, and gives a list of their children. Moses Bennett is not among them. The Brill article cites the 1830s ledger book of Jonathan M. Bennett to show that Joseph Bennett married Hannah STARNES. While the ledger book is a secondary source, and does not conclusively prove the maiden name of Mrs. Joseph Bennett, Jr., it should be remembered that no matter who she was there is NO reason to assign the maiden name of Elsworth to her.^[2]

Another Bennett mistake that has continued to have a seemingly immortal life of it's own came from The Henckel Genealogy, and The Henckel Genealogical Bulletin. Without going into the myriad of details, the wife of Joseph Bennett Jr. was given as Hannah Elsworth. This has been refuted and corrected in both The Henckel Bulletin and this journal, and in much correspondence by those who continue to advance the research on the Bennett family. However, some researchers continue to carry the Elsworth name on their sheets; it should be removed. ^[3]

Hannah Starnes Bennett does not have the name Ellsworth. Many people have gotten VERY confused over the several Joseph Bennett's in the same area of Virginia around the same time. There is a Joseph Bennett that married a Barbara Ellsworth.

Hannah was born in 1747. She passed away in 1814.

Hannah Starnes. ^[4]

Born 1745 Augusta, Virginia. ^[5]

Died Age: 55. 1800 Pendleton, Virginia. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Parents of Hannah Starnes
2. ↑ http://pages.swcp.com/~dhickman/journals/V5I4/mosesbennett.html
3. ↑ http://pages.swcp.com/~dhickman/journals/V6I4/corrected.html
4. ↑ Source: #S356 SAR Membership Number: 94721
5. ↑ Source: #S356 SAR Membership Number: 94721
6. ↑ Source: #S356 SAR Membership Number: 94721

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/LV64-5LN
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 02 February 2021), memorial page for Hannah Starnes Bennett (4 Aug 1747–18 Mar 1814), Find A Grave: Memorial #187686597, citing Bennett Cemetery, Onego, Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by DSON1492 (contributor 46855689) .

Acknowledgements

• Starnes-462 was created by Ruth Bennett through the import of FranklinBennett Family Tree_2014-06-13.ged on Jun 13, 2014.
• Source: S356 Ancestry.com U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Repository: #R5
• Repository: R5 Ancestry.com