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John Bennett (abt. 1697 - 1773)

John Bennett
Born about in Compton Abbas, Dorset, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 17 Jul 1721 in Sutton Waldron, Dorset. Englandmap
Husband of — married 18 May 1743 in Templecombe, Somerset, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 76 in Fontmell Magna, Dorset, Englandmap
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Biography

John Bennett was christened in Compton Abbas Oct. 1, 1697 to William Bennett. [1][2]

John was William Bennett's second son, but became his heir when his older brother, William, died in 1724, a year after his marriage.

John married Ann Burgis. "John Bennett, also of Twyford and afterwards of Hartgrove, was a man of property, as he may well have needed to be, having had twelve children by his first wife and four by his second. This first wife, who proved so prolific, was named Anne and was the daughter of John Burgis of Fontmell Magna, Dorset. She died at the early age of forty-four."[3] "John Bennett...inherited Callis Place and he already held lands at Twyford and Hartgrove, when in 1743, he added to his property by taking an estate at Fontmell Magna for his own life and that of his eldest surviving son, John Burgis Bennett and his daughter Jenevora. He died in 1772 at the age of seventy-five and was buried at Fontmell Magna." [4]

John wrote his will in October of 1772 and died before May 30, 1773, when it was proved. [5]

"The BENETT Arms in Semley. There is a sign bearing the arms of Bennett of Pythouse outside the inn at Semley. Land in Semley formed part of the Pythouse estate in 1580 when it belonged to a family called Pytt alias Bennett in the 1563 Herald's Visitation." Further, in 1623 Thomas Bennett purchased Callis Place and in 1631 granted it to his third son William in whose family it remained until acquired by Thomas Benett of Pythouse in 1796 following the death of John Bennett in l772." John Benett of Pythouse bought 441 acres of Semley manor between 1806 and 1820 and in 1839 his land in Semley extended to over 1,000 acres. The Bennett family's land in Semley subsequently formed part of the Pythouse estate, much of which was sold by the trustees of Evelyn Fane-Benett- Stanford and by his kinsman Sir (Horace) Anthony Rumbold, Bt. between the 1950s and the 1970s." Wiltshire Archaelogical and Natural History Magazine. [6] [7]

John's tombstone in the churchyard of Great Fontmel reads: "John Bennett, of Hargrave, gent. died Nov. 2, 1773, aged 75" [8]

Sources

  1. http://www.opcdorset.org/Compton/ComptonAbbas/ComptonAbbasBaps3.htm
  2. Name John Bennet Event Type Christening Event Date 01 Oct 1697 Event Place Compton-Abbas, Compton-Abbas, Dorset, England Father's Name William Bennet
  3. A Memoir of the Bennett Family of South Wilts, John Bennett, undated, privately printed, p.37 [1]
  4. A Memoir of the Bennett Family of South Wilts, John Bennett, undated, privately printed, pp. 37-8
  5. The Last Will of John Bennett dated 18 Oct 1772 includes mention of beneficiaries, proved 30 May 1773 by his exors, widow Ruth Bennett and son James Bennett: "....I John BENNETT of BLACK VEN in the Parish of Fontmell Magna in the County of Dorset, gentleman ....First my freehold estate and possessions situate in Kingston Magna to my son James BENNETT now in the possession of John MEAD. ...together with the appurtenances thereto belonging I give unto John BOWER of Charlton in the parish of Donhead St Mary in the County of Wiltshire, gentleman his heirs etc during the Life of my said son James BENNETT in Trust to support and provide ....etc ...I give unto my son John "Burges" BENNETT all the estate and lands situate at Bedcester in the parish of Fontmell subject to the payment of five pounds to my son Matthew etc........twelve months after my decease.....etc. ...The payment of ten pounds each to my children for and five years after my decease, Frances, Ann, Thomas, Betty, Abram, Mary, Elizabeth. To Mary my three best milch cows. Residue to my beloved wife Ruth." John Bennett's signature Witnessed by Robert SMITH, Samuel WEST, Elizabeth PIKE [Black Ven Farm, Black Ven Common is on the current (2003) OS maps near Hartgrove, and Kidd (Kit Hill). [PJB]]
  6. https://archive.org/stream/wiltshirearchaeo9920wilt/wiltshirearchaeo9920wilt_djvu.txt
  7. Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine by Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Vol 67 Part B; 1972 1854 - [L] ; 1854-1891 [T] pp 222-3
  8. The Church of Great Fontmel in The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, John Hutchins, Vol. III.

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