Archibald Bennet (abt. 1640)

Ancestors

Husband of Barbara (Rutherford) Bennet — married 11 Dec 1682 in Scotland

Descendants

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Biography

11 Dec 1682 Robert Bennet of Chesters, (G), Anna Douglas wife of Robert Bennet, (G), Archibald Bennet, younger of Chesters (PP) Barbara Rutherfurd spouse of Archibald, younger of Chesters (PP), Barbara Rutherfurd Abernethy relict of John Rutherfurd of Edgerstoun (G). G = grantee; PP = Principal Parties; Register of Deeds 1682, Marriage contract.

Chesters or Grange On the banks of the Teviot at a short distance from the town of Ancrum stands Chesters now possessed by the family of Ogilvie For more than two centuries this manor was the property of the Bennets a branch of the family of Grubbet In 1588 Adam Bennet of Wester Grange granted a charter of the lands to Andrew Bennet his father Raguel Bennet the son of Adam Bennet designed of Chesters possessed the manor from the beginning of the 17th century till about 1636 He acquired Rawflat in 1622 In 1635 the right was confirmed by the Bishop of Glasgow He also got Tronyhill about the same time He was succeeded by his son Raguel Bennet of Chesters mentioned above was probably a brother of the rector of Ancrum. (His name is spelt Bagnel in Douglas's Baronage of Scotland p.219.) His daughter Marian m Robert Scott of Burnhead and his son and successor Robert was served heir to Raguel his father on the 17th January 1670 and was a Commissioner of Supply for Roxburghshire 1662 and 1696.

Robert Bennet of Chesters was dead in 1704 when his son [this] Archibald Bennet of Chesters was appointed a Commissioner of Supply for Roxburghshire. Archibald's grand-daughters Helen and Isabel m. circa 1780 Archibald Douglas of Semperdean, and Archibald Hope.^[1]

--- There was found among the poor's funds a crown piece consigned by Archibald Bennet of Chesters before his marriage in 1708 with Rebecca Langlands. Chesters' crown piece is mentioned repeatedly afterwards.

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BENNET COAT OF ARMS:

Porteus gives for Bennet in Nithsdale gules a cross set on three degrees argent on a chief of the second a crescent between two stars of the first. The Grubbet family expired on the death of Sir John fifth baronet about 1760 and the estate passed to Nisbet of Dirleton. Chesters belonged to the principal family of the name about 1580 and descended to Robert of Chesters whose sisters and co-heirsm Agnes Helen wife of Archibald Douglas of Tympendean, and Isobel wife of Archibald Hope, Collector of Excise, sold it towards the end of the eighteenth century.

Sources

1. ↑ For the Hope marriage: Douglas, Bt., Sir Robert, Baronage of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1798, p.60i.

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