John was born on 26 Apr 1826. Birth date shown in death certificate.[1]
Marriage
He married Anne Briggs. They had 11 children. Anne Died on Feb. 5, 1895.
He married Jennet Mclees on Sep 3, 1901 in Chatham,Kent Ontario, Canada[2]
Census
1881 Census of Canada: Raleigh, Kent, Ontario, Canada[3]
Name
Status
Sex
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
John E Bennett
Married
M
56
Farmer
Ontario
Ann Bennett
Married
F
44
Ontario
John A Bennett
M
17
S
Ontario
Theadore Bennett
M
15
S
Ontario
Jane H Bennett
F
13
Ontario
William H Bennett
M
11
Ontario
Albert E Bennett
M
8
Ontario
Maggey Bennett
F
3
Ontario
Hannah M., Orlando F., George A.,
and Eliza A
Died
He died on Dec. 23, 1909 in Raleigh, Kent, Ontario, Canada [4]and was buried in Merlin Cemetery, Merlin, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada[5]Find A Grave: Memorial #212018963
DNA
Paternal relationship confirmed with a Ancestry.com tests match between Karen Rollet Lorenz and Aliesha Matthews Sandstrom second cousins twice removed. Predicted relationship by Ancestry.com 5th to 8th cousins based on a shared 25 centimorgans shared across 1 DNA segment
Sources
↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDXB-T5W : 25 June 2015), John E. Bennett, 23 Dec 1909; citing Raleigh, Kent, Ontario, certificate # 15198, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,490.
↑
"Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZBX-Z43 : 10 April 2015), John Emerson Bennett and Jennet Mclees, 03 Sep 1901; citing registration , Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,080.
↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVD5-N4T : 30 June 2017), John E Bennett, Raleigh, Kent, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 30; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13278, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,914.
↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDXB-T5W : 25 June 2015), John E. Bennett, 23 Dec 1909; citing Raleigh, Kent, Ontario, certificate # 15198, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,490.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212018963/john-emerson-bennett: accessed 29 July 2023), memorial page for John Emerson Bennett (26 Apr 1826–23 Dec 1909), citing Merlin Cemetery, Merlin, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by dklock (contributor 47301894).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John: