Richard Bennett II 
Richard was born about 1647 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Richard's father was Richard Bennett and his mother was Anne Barham. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Bennett and Alice Pierce; his maternal grandparents were Robert Barham and Katherine Filmer. He had a brother named James. He died on May 23rd, 1720 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.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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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- d.1603
- d.1564
- b.~ 1587 d.> 1632 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
- b.1537 d.1597 in Wivelscombe, Somersetshire, England
- b.~ 1625 in South side of the James River near Lawne's Creek, Isle of Wight County, Virginia d.1709 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
- b.1592 in England d.> 1642 in Virginia
- b.~ 1647 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia d.23 May 1720 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
- b.~ 1500 in Broughton, Kent, England d.~ 1553
- b.1546 in East Sussex Wadhurst Kent, England d.1595 in Boughton-Monchelsea, Kent, England
- b.~ 1524 in Broughton, Kent, England
- b.1572 in Broughton, Kent, England d.1631 in East Kent, England
- b.1524 in Broughton, Kent, England d.1573 in East Sutton, Kent, England
- b.1550 in Broughton, Kent, England d.1573
- b.1598 in Kent, England d.1648 in London, England
- b.1576 in Norton, Kent, England
- b.~ 1636 in Kent, England d.> 1682 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
- b.~ 1478 in Otterden, Kent, England d.~ 1571
- b.~ 1525 in East Sutton, Kent, England d.31 Aug 1585 in East Sutton, Kent, England
- d.1588 in Wychling, Kent
- b.17 Jan 1565 in East Sutton, Kent, England d.02 Nov 1629 in East Sutton, Kent, England
- b. in Royston, Hertfordshire, Kent, England
- b.1597 in Manor E. Sutton, Kent, England
- b.~ 1500 in Lambeth, Surrey, England d.15 Aug 1563 in Bermondsey, London, England
- b.~ 1536 in St. Faith-the-Virgin, London, England d.1588 in East Sutton, Kent, England
- b.~ 1518 in Cambrose, Cornwall, England d.1592 in Walthamstow, Essex, England
- b.~ 1570 in Kent, England d.09 Aug 1638 in East Sutton, Kent, England
- b.~ 1511 d.16 Dec 1554
- b.~ 1548 d.~ 1605
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