William Bennett, Sr.6 was born date unknown, and died 1765 in Northampton County, N.C.. He married Grace Van Cortlant.
Notes for William Bennett, Sr.: From "Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight":
William Bennett died in 1765 leaving a large number of children and great grandchildren. His will was as follows:
"To loving wife Grace, negro fellows Dick and Quash, etc. To daughter Grace Hill, negro fellows, etc. To wife Grace and daughters Anne Ruffin & Grace Hill all monies both gold and silver to be equally divided between them. To my grandson Bennett Hill my plantation where I now live, 345 acres more or less. To my grandson William Ruffin 200 acres or land in Edgecombe county on Supponey swamp. To my grandson Nathan Boddie my plantation where he now lives in Edgecombe county. To my grandson William Boddie 300 acres of land that joins land given to Nathan Boddie on a branch called he Lone Branch. To my grandson Willis Boddie 300 acres of land lying above the land that I now dwell on and joins George Pollocks, Valentine Edwards. ***Earps, and Wm. Winbornes. All the rest of my estate of whatever kind to be equally divided between my several grandchildren to whom I have not given any land. Dated 17th of July, 1758; probated Feb. 1765. Teste, John Dawson, Solomon Alston, Jr., Andrew Taylor."
Children of William Bennett, Sr. and Grace Van Cortlant are:
William Bennett, Sr. (b. date unknown, d. 1765)
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