Robert Bennett (1533 - 1603)

Born 10 Jul 1533 in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Ednye) Bennett — married 10 Jul 1558 in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died Sep 1603 at age 70 in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England

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Biography

• Robert Bennett, 1533-1603^[1] "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch ^[2], Robert Bennett, ; Burial, Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England, St Andrew Churchyard.

Occupation

tanner^[3]

Birth and Childhood

• Parents:
  • Father: John Bennett, 1508-1564
  • Mother: Margery Unknown, -1564
• Siblings:
  • John BENNETT b: ABT 1542 in Wiveliscombe,Somerset,England

Marriage and Children

Married Elizabeth Edney (1537-1597) on 10 Jul 1558 at Wiveliscombe^[4]

Children

1. Margery BENNETT b: MAR 1560, baptized 25 Mar 1560^[5]
2. John BENNETT b: APR 1561, baptized 22 Apr 1561^[6]; died May 1561^[7]
3. Elizabeth BENNETT, ^[3] b: MAY 1562, baptized 31 May 1562^[8]
4. Agnes BENNETT b: JUL 1563, baptized 1 Aug 1563^[9]; buried 2 Aug 1598^[10][11]
5. Dorothy BENNETT, ^[3] baptized 29 Aug 1564^[12]
6. John BENNETT b: MAR 1566, baptized 25 Mar 1566^[13]
7. John BENNETT b: FEB 1567^[14]; died Jul 1568^[15][16]
8. Eleanor BENNETT b: MAR 1568^[17]
9. Thomas BENNETT, executor of will,^[3] baptized 2 APR 1570^[18]
10. Robert BENNETT b: APR 1571, baptized 27 Apr 1571^[19]
11. William BENNETT,^[3] b: JUN 1572^[20]
12. Richard BENNETT,^[3] b: OCT 1573^[21]
13. Johan BENNETT b: JAN 1575^[22]
14. Christopher BENNETT,^[3] b: MAY 1576^[23]
15. Edward BENNETT,^[3], baptized 2 Feb 1577^[24]

1603 Will, Death, Estate

Robert executed his will on 28 Aug 1603.^[3]

Burial: 19 Sept. 1603 in the churchyard at Wivilscombe, Somerset^[25][3]

Research Notes

• Ancestry Trees^[26]
• Source documents appear to support The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch ^[27], entry for Robert BENNETT.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #126312274
2. ↑ Family Search accessed 13 December 2015
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} The National Archives Website: Discovery: PROB 11/102/639 Will of Will of Robert Bennet, Tanner of Wiveliscombe, Somerset, 30 Nov 1603, Description and download link available at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D939101 (accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee may be required for download
4. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, Wiveliscombe Parish, 1558-1635, image 46 of 78; Reference Number: D\P\wiv/2/1/1, 10 Jul 1558, marriage of Robt Bennet and Elizabeth Edney (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00046 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
5. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, Wiveliscombe Parish, 1558-1635, images 4 and 13 of 78; Reference Number: 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)
6. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, Wiveliscombe Parish, 1558-1635, images 5 and 16 of 78; Reference Number: 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)
7. ↑ 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; Reference Number: 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)
8. ↑ 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; Reference Number: 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)
9. ↑ 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; Reference Number: 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)
10. ↑ Wiveliscombe : St Andrew : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818f62de93790ec75d49a8a : viewed 13 Aug 2020) burial Agnis Bennett 02 Aug 1598
11. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, Wiveliscombe Parish, 1558-1635, image 67 of 78; Reference Number: D\P\wiv/2/1/1, 2 Aug 1598, burial of Agnes Bennet (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00067 : 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; Reference Number: 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; Reference Number: 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; Reference Number: 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; Reference Number: 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; Reference Number: 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; Reference Number: 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; Reference Number: 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; Reference Number: 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; Reference Number: 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; Reference Number: 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; Reference Number: 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; Reference Number: 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)
25. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, Wiveliscombe Parish, 1558-1635, image 68 of 78; Reference Number: D\P\wiv/2/1/1, 19 Sep 1603, burial of Robert Bennett (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb030d_d-p-wiv-2-1-1_m_00068 : accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee based membership required)
26. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=24279608&pid=1544133167
27. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M725-FSN : accessed 2016-09-08

See also:

• The National Archives Website: Discovery: PROB 11/102/639 Will of Will of Robert Bennet, Tanner of Wiveliscombe, Somerset, 30 Nov 1603, Description and download link available at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D939101 (accessed 10 Aug 2020) - fee may be required for download
• Birth, death, and other details were collected from the well-documented Rootsweb website of Ron Head
  • http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ronhead&id=I2506
  • It may not be 100% accurate, but it is as close to accurate as we can attain given the information and sources available to us.

• Somerset marriage index Transcription; Record set Somerset Marriage Index; First name(s) Robert; Sex Male; Last name Bennett; Marriage year 1558; Spouse's first name(s) Elizabeth; Spouse's last name Edney; Parish Wiveliscombe; Denomination Anglican; County Somerset; Country England; Document type Parish records; Marriage date 10 Jul 1558; Archive Somerset Archives; Archive reference D/P/WIV 2/1/1; Record type Baptisms, marriages & burials; Record's year range 1558-1635; Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Subcategory Parish Marriages; Collections from England, United Kingdom; Repository: FindMyPast.com

The Will of Robert Bennett: Will of Robert Bennet, Tanner of Wiveliscombe, Somerset Reference: PROB 11/102/639

• Description: Will of Robert Bennet, Tanner of Wiveliscombe, Somerset
• Date: 30 November 1603
• Held by: The National Archives, Kew
• Legal status: Public Record(s)
• Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
• For Viewing - The National Archives Website: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D939101

--Entered by Richard Harris.

• Pedigree Chart by Richard Owens Harris

Acknowledgments

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