| Birth |
1785-1787 |
, Nelson Co, KY, USA [3] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Buried |
Aug 1860 |
Greenfield Twshp, Orange Co, Indiana |
| Died |
19 Aug 1860 |
, Orange Co, IN, USA [4] |
| Person ID |
I2301 |
Default Tree |
| Last Modified |
23 Dec 2008 |
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| Father |
Joshua BENNETT, b. Abt 1765, Charles Co, Maryland |
| Mother |
Mary (BENNETT), b. Aft 1765 |
| Group Sheet |
F793 |
Default Tree |
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| Family 1 |
Rebecca PITMAN, b. 1798, , Nelson Co, KY, USA |
| Married |
6 Nov 1817 |
, , KY, USA |
| Children |
| | 1. Enoch BENNETT, b. 30 Jun 1817, , , KY, USA |
| | 2. George Washington BENNETT, b. 17 May 1827, Harrison Co., Indiana |
| | 3. Malinda BENNETT, b. 8 Aug 1826, , , KY, USA |
| | 4. Rachel BENNETT, b. 19 Jun 1830, , , IN, USA |
| | 5. Sanford BENNETT, b. 30 Dec 1834, , , IN, USA |
| | 6. William BENNETT, b. 5 Oct 1823, , , IN, USA |
| | 7. Philip BENNETT, b. 4 Nov 1840, , , IN, USA |
| | 8. Isaac BENNETT, b. 10 Dec 1821 |
| | 9. Alonzo BENNETT, b. 10 Dec 1836, , Orange Co, IN, USA |
| | 10. Harrison BENNETT, b. 22 May 1832, , , IN, USA |
| | 11. James BENNETT, Sr., b. 31 Dec 1819, , , KY, USA |
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| Last Modified |
18 Dec 2008 |
| Group Sheet |
F775 |
Default Tree |
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| Family 2 |
Ruth McGREW, b. Bef 1789 |
| Married |
6 Dec 1803 |
, Nelson Co, KY, USA |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
11 Dec 2008 |
| Group Sheet |
F800 |
Default Tree |
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| Notes |
- He was married before his marriage to Rebecca. His first wife's name is unknown but they were married, and she likely died, in Kentucky. He moved his family from Nelson county, Kentucky to Harrison County, Indiana in the early spring of 1820, probably moving early enough that he could get a crop in and some land cleared and a home built before their first winter in Indiana. His son, James, was born in December of 1819 in Nelson County, Ky. William appears in the summer 1820 Census for Harrison County, In. The move undoubtedly involved several families, Bennetts, Pittmans, McGrews, all entertwined already in Kentucky. Most emigrations were made in groups in early days. Several men working together could build homes, clear land and lend each other a hand with the primitive tools available far easier than a man working alone could do, and women had some security from the group should misfortune befall her man on the way. Sometimes a group of the men would go ahead and set up the new homesteads, then return for families. We aren't sure of the exact logistics but we do know that these families all arrive in south central Indiana from Kentucky in the same time frame, and continued to be closely allied for at least another generation.
- (Research):
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| Sources |
1. [S161] Indiana, Orange Co 1840 Federal Census, US Census Bureau, (M704-89), p32 (Reliability: 3)
"Males: 1 under 5; 2 @ 5-10; 1 @ 10-15; 3 @ 20-30; 1 @ 50-60
Females: 2 @ 10-15; 1 @ 40-50"
2. [S145] Bennett William M Family, Stout, Owen, (Stout's Print Shop, Paoli In, 1954)
3. [S125] Indiana, Orange Co 1850 Federal Census, Bureau of Census
"age 63 in 1850"
4. [S124] Indiana, Orange Co 1860 Federal Census, Bureau of the Census
"not found in census but wife Rebecca is as a head of household, so it is assumed he was deceased, particularly since her occupation in 1860 census is listed as "managing farm""
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