When Priscilla Bennett was born before 1675, in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Samuel Bennett I, was 11671 and her mother, Anna Everdin, was 11671. She married Stukeley Wescott on 21 December 1693, in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 9 April 1754, in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, and was buried in Rhode Island, United States.
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In 1636 Providence is founded as a settlement for Rhode Island by Roger Williams
Roger Williams establishes the First Baptist Church of Rhode Island in Providence during 1638.
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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