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