'Bennett03'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Benett of Norton Bavant, Benett (Bennett) of Pythouse (Pithouse), Benett of Westbury

                               
John Benett, Sheriff of Wiltshire (a 1266)
1. ?? Benett
  A. ?? Benett
  i. Thomas Benett of Norton Bavant, Wiltshire
  m. _ Page of Devizes (coheir)
  a. John Benett
  m. Agnes Forwarde of Somerset
  (1) William Benett (3rd son)
  m. Isabel Dursley (dau of Augustine Dursley of Gloucestershire)
  (A) William Benett (d 1574, eldest son)
  m1. Margarey Aylearde (d 1563, dau of John Aylearde of Basingstoke)
  (i) William Benett (d after 1616, 2nd son)
  m. Ann Wallis of Grovely
  (a) Thomas Benett 'of Norton Bavent'
  m1. _ White (sister of John White of Carnarvon)
  ((1)) Thomas Benett
  ((A)) son (dsp)
m2. Elizabeth Moore (d 1681)
  ((2)) John Benett (dsps 1706)
  m. Frances Garratt (dau of Thomas Garratt of Lamborne, m2. H.L. Coker of East Knoyle)
((3)) William Benett of Norton Bavant & Westbury (Wiltshire) (d 1707, recorder of Shaftesbury & Bridport)
  The following is supported by Wilts' (vol 4 (1829), 'Pedigree of Pytt, alias Bennett' of Pythouse', p132/160).
  m. (1686) Patienta Bennet (sister/heir of Colonel Thomas Bennet of Pythouse, widow of William Bishop) @@ below
  ((A)) Thomas Benett of Norton Bavant, Westbury & Pythouse (d 02.01.1754)
  m. (1713) Etheldred Wake (d 1766, dau/coheir of William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury)
  ((i)) William Benett of Norton Bavant(b c1716, dvp 1749)
  m. Mary Mountain of Stockbridge
((a)) William Benett of Norton Bavant & Westbury (dsp 1781)
  m. (1781) Jane (d 1781, m1. _ Harford)
  ((ii)) Thomas Benett of Pythouse & Norton Bavant (b c1729, d 1797)
  m1. (1766) Frances Reynolds (dsp 1768, dau of Rev. Richard Reynolds of Little Paxton
  m2. (1771) Catherine Darell (d 1780, dau of John Darell of London)
  ((a)) John Benett of Pythouse & Norton Bavant (b 20.05.1773, d 01.10.1852, 2nd son) had issue
m. (1801) Lucy Lambert (d 07.02.1827, dau of Edmund Lambert of Boyton House)
  ((b)) William Benett of London (b 24.02.1779, a 1829) had issue
  m. (1815) Ellen Gore (a 1829, dau/heir of Thomas Gore of Tring Park)
  ((c))+ other issue - Thomas (bpt 16.04.1772, dvpsp 12.03.1789), Etheldred (a 1829), Anna Maria (a 1829)
((iii)) John Benett (b c1730, d 1808, Rector of Donhead St. Andrew & Ower Moigne)
  m. (14780) Frances Turton (d 1795, sister of Sir Thomas Turton, Bart)
  ((a)) Charles Cowper Benett of Lyme Regis (Captain RN)
  m. (1810) Sarah Burlton (a 1829, dau of William Burlton of Donhead St. Andrew)
  ((b)) Frederick Benett (d 1823) had issue
  m. (1811) Henrietta Emelia Knipe of St. Helena
  ((c)) George Benett of Saleman's Cross, Surrey
  m. Patience Ridley of Croydon
  ((d)) Frances Benett
  m. Gregory Doyle of co. Carlow
  ((e)) Catherine Maria Benett
  m. Stanford Carroll of Dublin
((f))+ other issue - William Wake (dsp, RN), Henry Cowper (dsp), Amelia (a 1829)
  ((iv))+ other issue (dsp) - Etheldred (b c1712, d unm 1778), Catherine (b c1715, d unm 1798), Frances (b c1719, d 1734), Ann (b c1737, d unm 1788), Frances (b c1739, d 1750), others (d infant - Thomas, Thomas, Patience)
  ((4)) Elizabeth Benett
  m. (1659) Edward Hawtaine
  ((5)) Florence Benett
  m. (1682) Edward Garrard of Sarum
  ((6)) Mary Benett
  m. (1656) Rev. Thomas Lambert of Boyton ## probably here ##
  ((7)) Sarah Benett
  m. John Goddard of Swindon
  ((8))+ other issue - Richard, Samuel, Ann (dsp 1673)
  (ii)+ other issue - Thomas of Westbury (d 1605), Margaret
  m2. (1565) Katherine Willoughby (dau of William Willoughby of Sylton)
  (2)+ other issue - John, Thomas (bur 1558, canon/treasurer of St. Paul's, canon in Salisbury)

 

 

Possibly connected to the above family was ...
William Pytt alias Bennett of Pithouse (Pytthowse), Wiltshire
1. Thomas Pytt alias Bennett of Pithouse (Pythouse)
  m. Maria Frith (Fryth) of Hendon
  A. John Bennett of Pythouse
m. Agnes Topp (dau of Thomas Topp of Fenny Sutton)
  i. Thomas Bennett of Pythouse (d 11.06.1591)
  m. Maria Ashlock (dau of Christopher Ashlock of Heytesbury)
  a. John Bennett (dsp)
  b. Thomas Bennett of Pythouse 'of Dittons' (d 20.03.1634/5)
  m. Margaret Grove (dau of William Grove of Shaftesbury (Ferne?))
  (1) Thomas Bennett of Pythouse (b c1587, bur 24.04.1663)
  m. Mellior Thomas (bur 1669, dau of Richard Thomas)
  (A) Anthony Bennett of Pythouse (b c1622, 2nd son)
  m. Ellen Snooke (dau of Richard Snooke of Donhead St. Mary)
  (i) Thomas Bennett of Pythouse
  'Wilts' reports that Thomas, with his father, "sold the Pythouse Estate, in 1669, to Peter Dove of New Sarum".
  m. Joan
  (a)+ issue - Thomas (bpt 1671), John (bpt 1680), William (bpt 1683), Mary (bpt 1673), Elizabeth bpt 1674), Anne (bpt 1676), Repentance (bpt 1685), daughter (bpt 1688)
(ii) Frances Bennett (bpt 1664)
  (B) John Bennett (bpt 15.01.1625, d 06.02.1676, MP)
  m. Frances
  (i) Thomas Bennett 'of Pythouse' (dsp 05.05.1688, Colonel, MP)
  m. Catherine Berkeley (dau of Sir Edward Berkeley, relict of John Topp of Stockton)
  (ii) Patienta Bennett
  m1. William Bishop of Chilcomb
  m2. (1686) William Benett of Norton Bavant & Westbury (d 1707) @@ above
  (iii)+ other issue - Arundell (d 28.05.1682), Repentance
  (C) William Bennett (bpt 05.04.1627)
  m. (1640) Edith Snooke
  (D) Christopher Bennett
  (i)+ issue - Christopher (bpt 1653), John (b 1660), Patience (bpt 1653)
  (E) Mathew Bennett (youngest son?)
  m. (1669) Jone Naile (dau of Edward Naile of Wells)
  (F) Dorothy Bennett (b c1619)
  m. (1634) William Barnes
  (G) Frances Bennett
  m. (1653) Richard Hurman of Shaftesbury
(H)+ other issue - Thomas (b c1620, a 1623), James of Stockton, Richard (d infant), Francis (bpt 1624), Anne (b c1615), Mary (b c1617), Margaret (b c1621), Repentance
  (2) Christopher Bennett (d 22.04.1636)
  m. Dorothy Lotesham (dau of Oliver Latesham or Lotesham of Fordington (Foxington))
  (A)+ issue including Thomas (b c1618)
  (3) William Bennett
  m. Agnes Hitchcock (dau of John Hitchcock of Preshule)
  (A) Thomas Bennett (b c1622)
  (4) Maria Bennett
  m. Robert Goldesborough of Knoell
  (5) Anne Bennett
  m. James Parham of Stratford
(6) Johanna Bennett
  m. (1610) William Jesse(r) of Chilmarke
  (7)+ other issue (d 1597) - Walter, Margaret
  c. Maria Bennett
  m. Andrew (?) Blackman
  ii. John Bennett of Boynton (d before 11.08.1569)
  m. Alice
  iii. Edward Bennett of Stocton
  iv. Maria Bennett
  m. John Davies of Tisberie (Tisbury)
  B. Thomas Bennett alias Pitt

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Commoners (vol 1, 'Benett of Pythouse', p248+), BLG1886 ('Benett of Pythouse')
(2) For lower section : Visitation (Wiltshire, 1623, 'Bennett'), 'Wilts' (vol 4 (1829), 'Pedigree of Pytt, alias Bennett' of Pythouse', p132/160)
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