Born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Hickock
and Elizabeth (Plumb) Hickock
Sister of
Infant Hickock, Ebenezer Hickcock, Samuel Hickock, John Hickox, Hannah (Hickox) Ingraham, Elizabeth Hickock, Infant Hickock, Gideon Hickox, Sarah (Hickock) Platt and Silvae Hickock
Wife of
Abraham Bennett Sr
— married
1737 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Benjamin Bennett, Abraham Bennett, Justus Bennett, Amos Bennett Sr and Patience (Bennett) Eggleston
Died about
at about age 81
in Minisink, Orange County, New York
Profile last modified
| Created 24 May 2011
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Biography
Silence Hickcox [transcribed as "Silans" and "Silvae" from the record] was born 19 September 1713 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony to parents Samuel Hickock and Elizabeth Plumb.[1] She married Captain Abraham Bennett in 1737 in Waterbury.[2] She died 1795 at Minisink, New York.
Sources
- ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. See record at subscription site.
- ↑ Fairfield, CT: Families of Old Fairfield. (Online database accessed 31 July 2017. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Compiled and edited by Donald Lines Jacobus. 2 vols. New Haven: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932. See record at subscription site.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150128006/silence-bennett : accessed 07 June 2022), memorial page for Silence Hickok Bennett (19 Sep 1713–1795), Find a Grave Memorial ID 150128006, ; Maintained by Beth Christy (contributor 48744394) Burial Details Unknown.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silence by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Silence:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silence by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Silence:
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~0.78%
Bob Peel
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
Gordon Profitt :
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Marki (Syndergaard) Davis :
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~7.81%
Dan Lennon :
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~0.78%
Susan (Benjamin) Colaiacovo :
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Nancy (Ingersoll) Bryant :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Linda (Morgan) Tobbe :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #AM36185
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~0.78%
Renee (Hickey) Hickey-Niezgoda :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Cecil Potter :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Marc (Aldasch) Holliday :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LL2328638 [compare]
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~0.39%
Donald Campbell :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Jordan (Markey) Schram :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Thomas (Beaber) Colber :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Mike Crain :
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~0.39%
~6.25%
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~0.39%
Janet (Insley) Bernice :
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~0.39%
Doris (Card) Smith :
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~0.39%
John Powers :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Lora Zufelt :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Jim Gray :
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