Mary Bennett

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Bennett was born on 4 May 1698, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Robert Bennett Jr., was 48 and her mother, Anne Corey, was 27. She married William Fish Sr. on 14 June 1716, in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 19 February 1736, in Tiverton, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 37, and was buried in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Fish Sr.
1695–1764
Mary Bennett
1698–1736
Marriage: 14 June 1716
Thomas Fish
1716–1764
Alice Fish
1727–1781
William Fish II
1719–
Anna Fish
1720–1815
Rebecca Fish
1722–1764
Deliverance Fish
1728–
Mary Fish
1730–1796

Sources (10)

  • Mary Bennett, "Rhode Island Town Births and Baptisms Index, 1639-1932"
  • Mary in entry for Thomas Fish, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
  • Mary Bennett in entry for William Fish, "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916"

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World Events (2)

1703

The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, as it was from June 22, 1703, when it created the counties of Providence Plantations and Rhode Island, to June 16, 1729, when Providence Plantations County was renamed Providence, Rhode Island County was renamed Newport, and Kings County was created from Providence.

1723 · Pirates Hung in Newport

On July 17, 1723, twenty-eight pirates are hung in Newport, Rhode Island.

Name Meaning

English: from the medieval personal name Benedict , from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.

German: from a short form of the personal name Bernhard .

Altered form of French Benet or Bennet or of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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