'Bennett02'
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Families covered: Benet of Barnston, Benet of Carnesdale, Benet (Bennet) of Chester
| William Benet of Carnesdale, Cheshire (originally from Wiltshire) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Grace Whitmore (dau of John Whitmore of Thurstaston by Cicely, dau of Thomas Poole of Nether Poole) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Benet of Carnesdale (b c1506, bur 03.09.1590) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Goodaker (dau of John Hoodaker of Brinston or Barnston) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Benet (b c1535, dvp bur 06.05.1582) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Benet (bur 23.05.1609, dau of John Benet of Salghall Masy) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Benet of Carnesdale (b c1564, bur 27.02.1600) | ||||||||||||||
| Hance notes that a pedigree identifies John's wife as _ Totty, widow of his uncle William, but suggests that that was incoreect, instead identifying his wife as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. (23.10.1583) Anne Benet (dau of Richard Benet of Willaston) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Benet of Carnesdale (bpt 11.11.1599, bur 21.03.1668-9) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellen Greene (dau of Edward Greene of Poulton Lancelyn) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - William (b c1628), John (bpt 10.01.1629), Hugh (b c1630, bur 24.02.1668-9), Richard (bpt 08.07.1632), Peter (bpt 3.04.1635, d by 1649?), Margaret or Margerie (bpt 02.09.1627, bur 08.10.1642) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Benet (bpt 02.01.1593) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Bely of Boughton | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Benet (bpt 31.10.1596) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Griffiths of Heswell | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Rathbone of Caldy | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Benet (bpt 26.09.1575) probably the William of Carnesdale, later of Irby, who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Whitmore (dau of William Whitmore of Leighton, niece of John Whitmore of Thurstaston) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - George (bpt 24.03.1616-7, bur 04.10.1638), Elizabeth (bpt 03.03.1611, bur 08.01.1642-2), Elleyne (bpt 23.12.1613, bur 11.01.1613-4) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Alice Benet | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rafe Bennet of Willaston | |||||||||||||||
| iv. ? | Catherine Benet (b befoer 1574) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.02.1593-4) John Bely | |||||||||||||||
| v+ ?. | other issue - Agnes (bpt 26.01.1577-8), Mary (bpt 31.03.1579-80) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | William Benet of Barnston (b c1538) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Totty (dau of John Totty of Childer Thornton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Benet of Barnston (bpt 29.10.1574) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Ellen Benet (bur 31.01.1607-87, dau of Henry Benet of Salghall) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Benet of Barnston (bpt 31.03.1605, bur 23.11.1678) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Francis (bur 22.12.1670, dau of Richard Francis of Eastham by Jane, dau of Peter Bennett of Bebington) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Thomas? (bpt 01.07.1638, a 1648), Henry (bpt 31.05.1647) | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Richard (bpt 10.10.1608, bur 18.04.1610), Mary (bpt 28.06.1603, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1609) Jane of Bromborough (bur 09.08.1635, widow of _ Gertree) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Thomas Benet of Childer Thornton (bpt 26.08.1610, d 1691) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane of Thornton | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Benet in Chester (b c1640, dvp 1681, grocer) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Mercer | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Thomas (b c1671), Edward, Elizabeth, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Jane Benet | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Young | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Thomas, Henry | ||||||||||||||
| e. | John Benet in Ireland (b c1616) | ||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue including John | ||||||||||||||
| f. | Henry Benet of Chester (bpt 10.02.1618-9, d 17.07.1654) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Jones (bpt 08.1624, dau/heir of Owen Jones of Chester by Jane, dau of Peter Drinkwater of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Henry Benet or Bennett, Sheriff then Mayor of Chester (bpt 10.10.1647, d 1716) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sarah Graybach (dau/(co)heir of Daniell Graybach of Eccleston) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Henry Bennet of Moston, Sheriff then Mayor of Chester (b 1686, d 26.11.1741) ## see here ## | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Morgell (sister/heir of William Morgell of Moston) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Elizabeth Bennet | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Williams of Bodelwyddan (d 1788) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Anne Bennet | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1760) John Townshend of Hem House | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Mary Bennet (d 08.10.1814) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.12.1760) Sir Ellis Cunliffe, Bart | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue (d unm) - Sarah, Jane | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sarah Benet (bur 01.04.1757) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. William Hesketh of Meoles (b 1681, bur 05.10.1703) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Robert Hesketh of North Meols & Pilling (bur 15.06.1723) | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Henry (dsp young), William (dsp young), Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Fogg (dau of Rev. Lawrence Fogg of chester) | |||||||||||||||
| (F)+ | other issue - Mary, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Peter Bennett, Mayor of Chester (b 1648, d 1725) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (06.04.1675) Martha Wilme (d 11.01.1688-9, sister of _ Wilme, alderman of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Hannah Jolly of Wigan | |||||||||||||||
| Not known which wife was mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Peter Bennett (d c1753) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Darlington of Chester | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Sarah Benet (bpt 14.11.1643) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Thompson (prebendary of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Mary Benet (b 1646) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.09.1678) William Fynmore (archdeacon of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - Owen (b 1649), Jane (bpt 12.03.1644-5), | ||||||||||||||
| g. | Margery Benet (bpt 12.12.1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Wilson of Chester (tanner, son/heir of Ralph of Chester by Anne, dau of Richard Broster, Sheriff of Chseter, by Margaret, dau of Thomas Hordley of Salop) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (after 1635) Anne Forshaw (bur 17.02.1656, dau of _ Forshaw of Mollington, widow of _ Smyth of Lancster then Ralph Axon of Lancaster then John Strength) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Thomas Benet of Barnston assumed to have had issue | ||||||||||||||
| The extract used as the Main Source for this page referred to a later section concerning this Thomas. We have yet to see the continuation. | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Peter Benet (b c1544, dsp in Ireland) | ||||||||||||||
| E. | Mary Benet | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Chauntrell of Knocktorum | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Elizabeth Benet | ||||||||||||||
| m. (?) Hugh Benett of Oxton & Willaston | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Mary Benet | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Coventry of New House | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m._ Hooles "of some place near Conway" | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): extract (kindly provided by a contributor - CV, 01-08.03.09) from 'Notes on the Ancient Cheshire Families of Bennett of Saughall Massey, and Bennett of Barnston, with their collateral branches' by Edward M Hance (published 1889)
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