Lucy Bennett

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name
Lucy Bennett
aka
[Lucia Bennet, Lucia Ellis, Lucy Ellis]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of Matthias Ellis of Middleborough, married in 1743, and mother of George Ellis. Born at Middleborough in 1725 to Joseph Bennett Jr. and his wife Thankful, she was 16 when her father died insolvent, and in 1791 her dower was set off from her husband's insolvent estate. Through her father the family probably descends from John Howland, Elizabeth Tilley, and John and Joan (Hurst) Tilley of the Mayflower.
born
date
2 Oct 1725
place
Middleborough, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-middleborough]
note
"Lucia Bennet the Daughter of Joseph Bennet Junr & of Thankfull his wife was born October 2 1725" (MD 6:228).
died
date
3 Oct 1804
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-weston-1906-history-of-middleboro]
note
"d. Oc. 3, 1804, ae. 79" (Weston's catalogue of the members of the First Church of Middleborough). It gives no place.
father
id
joseph-bennett-1704
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-middleborough]
research
research/freeman-ellis/Freeman_Ellis_Line_Research.md
alternatives
name
Samuel Bennett
claimed_by
an earlier hypothesis in the research (from the 1758 and 1763 deeds)
confidence
disproven
note
Her birth record names Joseph Bennett Jr.
mother
id
thankful-bennett-fl1724
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-middleborough]

Wife of Matthias Ellis of Middleborough. Her father died on 3 Jan 1741/2, when she was 16, intestate and insolvent. Her mother Thankful, as administratrix, reported his personal estate "not Sufficient for the payment of his just debts" and sold his land at public vendue to Seth Samson, "the highest Bidder" (recorded 18 Dec 1746); she married Samson in 1758. That she is the Lucia Bennett born in 1725 rests on the compiled marriage (Bosworth database, citing Genealogies of Mayflower Families 1:665), on Weston's catalogue ("Lucia Ellis, wid. of Matthias, m. 1743, o. Bennet, mo. 273," no. 273 being Thankful Bennet), and on the Bennett land she and Matthias sold in 1758 and 1763 with Elizabeth Morton and John Bennett the second, who fit her sister Elizabeth (b. 1731) and brother John (b. 1733/4).

Her dower in her husband's insolvent estate was set off in April 1791. Weston's catalogue also ties her to her son George: "Phebe Thomas, w. Azel ... o. Ellis, dau. of Geo., gr. mo. 623," 623 being Lucy.

Through her father the family descends from John Howland, Elizabeth Tilley, and John and Joan (Hurst) Tilley of the Mayflower.

Open questions

  • See the marriage entry itself (MD 30:8).
  • Where she died in 1804.
  1. ---
  2. name: Lucy Bennett
  3. aka: [Lucia Bennet, Lucia Ellis, Lucy Ellis]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of Matthias Ellis of Middleborough, married in 1743, and mother of George Ellis. Born at
  8. Middleborough in 1725 to Joseph Bennett Jr. and his wife Thankful, she was 16 when her father
  9. died insolvent, and in 1791 her dower was set off from her husband's insolvent estate. Through
  10. her father the family probably descends from John Howland, Elizabeth Tilley, and John and Joan
  11. (Hurst) Tilley of the Mayflower.
  12. born:
  13. date: 2 Oct 1725
  14. place: Middleborough, Massachusetts
  15. basis: documented
  16. confidence: proven
  17. sources: [vital-records-middleborough]
  18. note: "\"Lucia Bennet the Daughter of Joseph Bennet Junr & of Thankfull his wife was born October 2 1725\" (MD 6:228)."
  19. died:
  20. date: 3 Oct 1804
  21. basis: compiled
  22. confidence: probable
  23. sources: [book-weston-1906-history-of-middleboro]
  24. note: "\"d. Oc. 3, 1804, ae. 79\" (Weston's catalogue of the members of the First Church of Middleborough). It gives no place."
  25. father:
  26. id: joseph-bennett-1704
  27. basis: documented
  28. confidence: proven
  29. sources: [vital-records-middleborough]
  30. research: research/freeman-ellis/Freeman_Ellis_Line_Research.md
  31. alternatives:
  32. - name: Samuel Bennett
  33. claimed_by: an earlier hypothesis in the research (from the 1758 and 1763 deeds)
  34. confidence: disproven
  35. note: Her birth record names Joseph Bennett Jr.
  36. mother:
  37. id: thankful-bennett-fl1724
  38. basis: documented
  39. confidence: proven
  40. sources: [vital-records-middleborough]
  41. ---
  43. Wife of Matthias Ellis of Middleborough. Her father died on 3 Jan 1741/2, when she was 16, intestate
  44. and insolvent. Her mother Thankful, as administratrix, reported his personal estate "not Sufficient
  45. for the payment of his just debts" and sold his land at public vendue to Seth Samson, "the highest
  46. Bidder" (recorded 18 Dec 1746); she married Samson in 1758. That she is the Lucia Bennett born in
  47. 1725 rests on the compiled marriage (Bosworth database, citing *Genealogies of Mayflower Families*
  48. 1:665), on Weston's catalogue ("Lucia Ellis, wid. of Matthias, m. 1743, o. Bennet, mo. 273," no. 273
  49. being Thankful Bennet), and on the Bennett land she and Matthias sold in 1758 and 1763 with
  50. Elizabeth Morton and John Bennett the second, who fit her sister Elizabeth (b. 1731) and brother
  51. John (b. 1733/4).
  53. Her dower in her husband's insolvent estate was set off in April 1791. Weston's catalogue also ties
  54. her to her son George: "Phebe Thomas, w. Azel ... o. Ellis, dau. of Geo., gr. mo. 623," 623 being
  55. Lucy.
  57. Through her father the family descends from John Howland, Elizabeth Tilley, and John and Joan
  58. (Hurst) Tilley of the *Mayflower*.
  60. ## Open questions
  62. - See the marriage entry itself (MD 30:8).
  63. - Where she died in 1804.
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