Thomas Bennett
Events
Date of Baptism: 6 March 1600/1
Place of Baptism: Llandinam, Montgomeryshire.
The baptism is recorded in the parish register.
Date of Burial: 31 July 1672.
Place of Burial: Llandinam.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: Edward Bennett.
Mother: Anne Wilson.
Edward is named in Thomas’s baptism record. John Wilson names his daughter Anne [miscopied “and” in the register copy of the will], wife of Edward Bennett, in his 1610 will.
Spouse: Elizabeth Ashton(?).
Elizabeth is named in her daughter Anne’s baptism record, although her surname seems to read “Assin”.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Richard Bennett (baptized 24 May 1636 in Llandinam) married Elizabeth Lewes.
Anne Bennett (baptized 8 April 1638 in Llandinam - buried 21 November 1674 in Trefeglwys) married Christopher Hall 10 December 1662 in Trefeglwys.
Thomas Bennett.
Margaret Bennett married [named smudged in register] 12 June 1670 in Llandinam.
A child (possibly Thomas or Margaret) was baptized in January 1647 in Llandinam.
Evidence
from the Llandinam parish register:
...Thomas filius Edvardi Benett et… baptizati fuerunt octavo die Martij Anno predco [1600]
...Anna filia Thomas Benet et Elizabetha Assin[?] eius uxor baptiz: fuit viij die Aprillis 1638
Thome Bennett sepultus fuit ultimo die Julii [1672]
The will of Thomas’s sister Anne Parton:
B1661-129 W
[The will has a vertical tear, resulting in the loss of some words.Letters in italics in brackets are my conjecture for missing letters. Letters in brackets but not in italics are my expansion of ligatures or reading of difficult handwriting.]
The Nuncupative Will and [testament] of Ann Parton of the p[ar]ish of LLan[dinam] [in] the County of Mountgom[er]y and diocese of [Ba]ngor widowe declared and pub[lished] before Thomas Bennet Elizabeth his wife a[nd] Dorothy Evans on the 10th day of March in [the] year of our Lord 1659/
Anne Parton being adged sicke and weake of [body but] of p[er]fect mind and memory did on the tenth day of March in [the] yeare of our Lord 1659 att the dwelling house of her brother Thom[as] Bennet of Lloydiarte in the p[ar]ish of Llandyna[m] and Count of Mountgom[er]y aforesaid call for her said Brother Thomas Bennet and Elizabeth his wife to come unto her and they comeing to her she [to]ld them shee had a full intent & purpose to declare and make [her] last will and testament And said unto her said brother Tho[mas] wherto hee had baine kind unto her and had long mantan[ed] her and her [...] sonne John Parton with meate drink [...ing] and other necessaries att his only Costes & chardges[...] and shee did not doubte but hee would continue kind unto her [w]hile shee lived And therefore shee would give and bequeath [her] esate unto his children as hereby menconed that is to say I [g]ive and bequeath unto my nephew Thomas Bennet my said brothers [y]oungest sonne our Cowe that is in the custody of John Griffith of P[..] y drow After I doe give and bequeath all my houshold stuffe and implements of houshold brasse pewter bedding [w]ooden vessells and all other trumpery whatsoever to my Neeces A[nn] Bennet and Margaret Bennet daughters of the said Thoma[s Be]nnet and shee said she was sorry itt was noe better for them a[nd] wished them to take the same imiediatly into their possession And moreover desired her said brother to bee att the chardge of her fun[er]all In wittnes whereof wee have hereunto putt to our hands
Elizabeth Bennett
Dorothie Evans
[...] Hanley
[Proved 9 January 1661 by the principal legatees, Ann Bennett and Margaret Bennett.]
B 1661-129 I
A true and p[er]fect Inventory of all and singular the goods Cattells and [...] of Ann Parton lately diseased veiwed valued and prissed by Edward Richard James names John Kinsey Roger Furnew
Imprimis two kine --- 5-5-0
Item three fetherbeds ---1-14-0
Item fuir bedhillings ---1-0-0
Item four blanketts --- 0-4-0
Item fuir bolsters --- 0-7-0
Item some other quissions --- 0-3-0
Item Brasse and pewter --- 1-12-0
Item Linen Cloths --- 1-10-0
Item wodn vessells --- 0-5-0
Item foure Coffers --- 0-10-0
Item one bed --- 0-4-0
Item alle Iron Implmts ---0-6-0
Item one Cubart ---0-12-0
Item wearinge ap[ar]ell ---1-0-0
Tot: ---14-12-0
References
Llandinam parish register. Digital copy at Findmypast.co.uk accessed 7 December 2019.
Montgomeryshire Baptisms. A transcription by the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society. Digital copy on Findmypast.co.uk, accessed on 24 December 2017.
Montgomeryshire Burials. A transcription by the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society. Digital copy on Findmypast.co.uk, accessed on 24 December 2017.
Will of Anne Parton, 1661. Diocese of Bangor. Digital copy on the National Library of Wales website.