Other Richard Bennett, Jr.

Richard Bennett (1655 - 1719) Born in Upper Parish, Isle Of Wight, Virginia, USA on 1655. Richard married Ann and had 5 children. He passed away on 1719 in Surry, North Carolina, USA./Richard Bennett (1655 - 1719)[1660-1720]?Richard Bennett of Pokatnick Swamp, was born in IOW Co, Va. and by the time he was Surry Deed Book 3, P 30 July 17, 1685 Richard Bennett ye elder, of the Upper Par, of IOW Co, and with the free will and consent of my wife Ann, for a valuable consideration to me in hand paid, grant unto George Morrell of Lawnes Crk Par, Surry Co, 150 AC W/S Pokatmick Swamp in Surry co., the same parcel of land being part of 630 AC granted on Oct 22, 1682 adj. Hollybush Swamp & Thomas Binse. (Binns) Wts: Samuel Swan, Wm. Edwards Sig: Richard (X) Bennett Ann (X)e Ann, for a valuable consideration to me in hand paid, grant unto George Morrell of Lawnes Crk Any wife or wives presumably predeceased him, as no wife is mentioned in his will. THIS IS NOT THE SON OF RICHARD BENNETT THE GOVERNOR, AND HE WAS NEVER MARRIED TO HENRIETTA MARIA NEALE! *Not the son of Henretta Neal and Richard Bennett II.

General Notes He made his will on March 30, 1720: Will of Richard Bennett Jr. Isle Of Wight County, Virginia March ye 3rd Day 1720 In the Name of God Amen. Rich'd Bennett in ye upper parish of Isle of Wight County in Virginia being sick & weak in body yet in perfect memory thanks be to God for it Do therefore do make this my Last Will & Testament as followith-first I Commit my soul to God our Heavenly Father trusting to be saved by Jesus Christ our only Saviour and my body on Earth to be Decently Buried & as for my worldly Goods I bestow as followith

I Give and bequeath unto my son Richd Bennett to him & his heirs lawfully begotten of his body two hundred acres of Land & over it being Land where on my Son Richard now lives

I give & bequeath unto my son James with ye other two hundred acres of Land where on he now lives. I lay to him & to his heirs lawfully begotton of his Body forever it is a Coveyance of four hundred acres of Land I bought of Mr John Coffers pattin of Land being fourteen hundred & fifty acres

1 Give & bequeath unto Jane Coffer & her two sons Rob Coffer & John Coffer to them & their heirs Lawfully of their body for ever my plantation and land whereon I now live I lay to them & to their heirs for ever it being part of Land Which was bought formerly of Mr Wm Miles

I Give and bequeath unto Jane Coffer a small trunk & a Gold Ring and a Great Iron pot

I Give & bequeath to Rich Coffer my Long Gun

I Give & bequeath to Magdalen Coffer one Great pewter Dish and one Great Basin

I Give and bequeath to Francis Manggum my Gran Daughter a feather Bed & all ye belongs to it 2

I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Silvester a Couple of Dishes & a Couple of plates

furthermore I do appoint Jane Coffer & Wm Allen to be my full and whole Exct to pay my Debts & to Receive what is owing to me & when these my Debts being paid ye rest of my Goods within Doores and outDoores to be Equally Divided amongst my Children

Desiring this my trusty friends Jno & James Carter to See this my Last Will & testament fulfilled In Witness here of I sett my hand & Seal Rich'd R Bennett (Seal)

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"Daughter Silvester" is a bit of a puzzle, as this was a very unusual use of a normally male first name. There were "Silvestra"s in the Governor's family, and perhaps this was a bit of "aping his betters".

Richard Bennett (1655 - 1719) Born in Upper Parrish, Isle Of Wight, Virginia, USA on 1655. Richard married Ann and had 5 children. He passed away on 1719 in Surry, North Carolina, USA./Richard Bennett (1655 - 1719)[1660-1720]?

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