David Bennett MD (1712 - 1745)

Born 23 Mar 1712 in Rowley, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 13 Jan 1745 at age 32 in Sanford, York, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

David is the son of Dr William Bennett (1687-1724) and Jemimah (Nelson) Parsons (1686-1752) David was born on 23 Mar 1712 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts ^[1]

Bennett Family. Although Dr. David Bennett, of York, was an original grantee of four of the settlers' lots (on one of which he built the first " proper house" in Sanford), and erected, in company with others, the first mill in town iu 1739, there is no evidence to show that he was a settler or ever a resident of Sanford. In March, 1803, Edward Standley, aged seventy-five years, made a deposition, in which he stated that in 1743, Dr. Bennett's house, which stood on settler's lot number twenty-seven, was occupied by Samuel Staple.^[2] In 1797, Ephraim Low, aged seventy eight, also made a deposition, stating that Dr. Bennett owned lots twenty-six, twenty-seven and twenty-eight ; that he (Low) fenced said lots about fifty-five years before (1742) ; that, about that time, Dr. Benuett built the first proper house in Sanford, and that he put Samuel Staple, one Howard's family, and others into it.^[3]

These depositions would tend to confirm the belief that Dr. Bennett was not a settler of the town, althoughactive in promoting the settlement. His wife was named Alice, and their cliildren were William, Hannali, David, Nathaniel, and John. After Dr. Bennett's death, which occurred probably in 1745, his widow married Joseph Simpson, Junior. She gave her lands in Sanford, in part before her death, and in part by will, to her sons William andNathaniel. ^[4]

Marriage

David married Alice Donnell (Source needed)

Children

1. William Bennett (1735-1810)
2. Nathaniel Bennett I (1742-1804)

Life events

David was a physician, obtaining a medical degree, MD. He settled in Sanford, Maine. (source needed)

Death

David died before January 13 1745 in Sanford, York, Maine

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts U.S. Town And Vital Records,1620-1988 Rowley Births, pg 21
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/historysanfordm00amgoog/page/409/mode/1up
3. ↑ https://archive.org/details/historysanfordm00amgoog/page/410/mode/1up
4. ↑ https://archive.org/details/historysanfordm00amgoog/page/410/mode/1up

• The history of Sanford, Maine, https://archive.org/details/historysanfordm00amgoog/page/18/mode/1up, https://archive.org/details/historysanfordm00amgoog/page/19/mode/1up, https://archive.org/details/historysanfordm00amgoog/page/25/mode/1up, https://archive.org/details/historysanfordm00amgoog/page/28/mode/1up. https://archive.org/details/historysanfordm00amgoog/page/156/mode/1up, https://archive.org/details/historysanfordm00amgoog/page/257/mode/1up Nathaniel Bennet, https://archive.org/details/historysanfordm00amgoog/page/73/mode/1up

• Massachusetts U.S. Town And Vital Records,1620-1988 Rowley Births, pg 21
• Blodgette, George B. Early Settlers of Rowley Massachusetts, 1933, (& Emery. Page 410.)

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See Also

• marybethwright131 Private Family Tree.

Acknowledgements

• Bennett-8860 was created by Brian McGuire through the import of 8779347-1.ged on Nov 10, 2014.

• Bennett-8142 was created by Marybeth O'gorman through the import of O_Gorman-Flynn-Kimble-Mosher2.ged on Aug 11, 2014.