Jonathan Bennett

M, b. 23 April 1721, d. circa 1769
FatherJohn Bennett b. 11 Apr 1686, d. 1 Feb 1725
MotherElizabeth Hibbert b. 19 Jun 1686, d. 23 Dec 1774
Relationship6th great-grandfather of Pamela Joyce Wood
ChartsPedigree for Donald J. Wood
     Jonathan Bennett was born on 23 April 1721 at Gloucester, Essex Co, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of John Bennett and Elizabeth Hibbert. Jonathan Bennett married Martha Parsons on 27 June 1751 at Gloucester, Essex Co, Massachusetts.2 Jonathan Bennett died circa 1769 at Gloucester, Essex Co, Massachusetts; Administration was granted on his estate on 2 May 1769.3
     Jonathan Bennett was known to be a merchant, trader and mariner, and referenced as Capt. Jonathan Bennett in several sources.3 According to the family account of Martha Squires Cox in 1906, Jonathan owned and island estate with slaves in Portland Bay. He and a son were drowned crossing the bay. When daughter Martha and a brother divided the property, she freed her slaves. This writer has no idea as to the accuracy of this accoount. It would be necessary to find more information on Martha's brothers.4

Family

Martha Parsons d. a 1765
Children
Last Edited1 Mar 2013

Citations

  1. [S297] The Essex Institute, VR of Gloucester, Vol 1, p. 90. Birth of Jonathan Bennett.
  2. [S297] The Essex Institute, VR of Gloucester, Vol 2, p. 82.
  3. [S594] NEHGS Online, online at http://www.newenglandancestors.org, Essex Antiquarian, 1904, Volume 8, p. 90. The Bennett Family.
  4. [S899] William Austin Squires, "Jabesh Cabel Squires."