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Richard Everard Bennett[1, 2, 3]

Male 1779 - 1828  (49 years)


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  • Name Richard Everard Bennett 
    Born 26 Feb 1779  Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 14 Sep 1828  Poplar Mount, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I67946  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2016 

    Father Dr. Walter Bennett,   b. 22 May 1745, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Jennie Wyatt,   b. Est 1750, Caroline Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 29 Aug 1769  Caroline Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1974  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann Nancy Carter,   b. Abt 1780, Prince Edward Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1819  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married 5 Nov 1802  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Type: 7 Dec 1802 
    Children 
     1. Eliza Ann Bennett,   b. 12 May 1804, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Richard Everard Bennett, Jr.,   b. 31 Jan 1807, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1861, Petersburg Menard County Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     3. Theodrick A. [Alexander] Carter Bennett,   b. 30 Apr 1814, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F22712  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    CARTERS AND BENNETTS
    CARTERS AND BENNETTS
    va-magazine-july-1914.pdf
    VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Volume 19 Year ending Dec 31, 1911
    VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Volume 19 Year ending Dec 31, 1911
    va-magazine-Vol 19 1911.pdf
    CarterGiles Daily Press Oct 4, 1959
    CarterGiles Daily Press Oct 4, 1959
    CarterGiles DailyPress Oct4,1959.jpg
    Carter, Giles Daily Press Jun 7,1981
    Carter, Giles Daily Press Jun 7,1981
    CarterGiles DailyPress Jun7,1981.jpg
    1791 Patrick Co. Va Land Owners and Place Names
    1791 Patrick Co. Va Land Owners and Place Names
    1791 Patrick Co. Va Land Owners and Place Names.pdf

    Histories
    Giles Carter Lineage
    Giles Carter Lineage
    giles carter.pdf
    Virginia Heraldica - A Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor with Genealogical Notes of the Families Edited by William Armstrong Crozier, F.R.S., F.G.S.A. Virginia County Record Series Volume V. 1908
    Virginia Heraldica - A Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor with Genealogical Notes of the Families Edited by William Armstrong Crozier, F.R.S., F.G.S.A. Virginia County Record Series Volume V. 1908
    virginiaheraldic00croz.pdf
    The Ishams
    The Ishams
    108803 IshamHenry-TheTimesDispatch-Aug23,1908.jpg

  • Notes 
    • Richard E. Bennett married Nancy Carter 5 Nov 1802 (MB1/49) Halifax County, Virginia

  • Sources 
    1. [S107] Family Histories.
      See Giles Carter Lineage, PDF

    2. [S175] Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.
      THE VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Volume 19 Year Ending December 31, 1911
      THE VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Volume 19 Year Ending December 31, 1911

      The Children of Richard E. and Ann Carter Bennett were Eliza Ann, 12 May, 1804 m. Dr. Henry Easley; John, 21 Dec 1804 M. Mary Armistead Boyd, Richard Everard, Jr. 21 Jan 1807, m. his first cousin, Maria Carter, d/o Alexander and Margaret Stevens Carter; .... See Documents
      Son of Richard Everard Benett and Ann Carter is Theodrick/Theodorick A. Bennett (see Docuemnts)

    3. [S40] Will, http://genealogytrails.com/vir/halifax/historyhalifaxbook_wills.html.
      Book 14, page 579, will of Richard E. Bennett, February 9, 1827:
      "I, Richard E. Bennett, county of Halifax, &c. All of my debts to be paid which can speedily be done by collecting debts due me, and a crop of tobacco now on hand. My mercantile business to be continued in the names of my exe3cutors for the benefit of my estate, and that my son, John Bennett, shall continue in the business to assist in the management there of until he arrives to the age of 21 years, immediately after which an inventory of the stock of goods on hand shall be taken, and he, my son, John, to come in as a partner, if he thinks proper to do so, &c., until my youngest son, William Waller Bennett, arrives to lawful age. I desire the same privileges given by executors to my sons, Richard E. Bennett and Theoderick
      A. Bennett, each as they arrive at age. I wish all my sons, Richard, Theoderick and William, with all my children to live with their mother, and in common upon my estate, so far as their support and education is concerned, until they marry or arrive to lawful age.
      I wish Mary W. Bennett to be e3ducated as well as her sisters have been, and Richard E. Bennett, after he has been one or two years more at school, to live with his mother and manage the affairs of the plantation, for which she may allow him a reasonable compensation.
      "I wish my son, Theoderick, to study law and my son, William Waller Bennett, to study physics, and have my books or such of them as treat on law or physics equally divided between them.
      "I give to my daughter, Eliza Ann Bennett, one negro woman, &c., to be delivered to her when she marries or becomes of lawful age.
      "To my daughter, Ann E. Bennett, same as above.
      "To my daughter, Mary W. Bennett, same as above.
      "To my seven children, John, Theoderick, Richard, William, Elizabeth, Ann, Mary.
      "Executrix, my wife, Ann; executors, my son John Bennett, and my friend, Samuel Williams.
      (Signed) "Richard E. Bennett."
      Securities: Elisha Botts, Phil. Howerton, James Howerton, Jonathan McCarys, Edward Carrington, Alex. Irvine.