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Robert Bennet 1540–1603 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: About 1540

Birth Location: Scotland

Death Date: 19 Sep 1603

Death Location: Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England

Father: Sir Bennett

Mother: Lady {Robert})

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Edney

Children(s): Margaret Bennet-Tyre, Robert Bennet, Agnes Bennett, Thomas Sr

Robert Bennet was born in 1540 in Scotland, the child of Sir John Pytt Bennett Ko Earl Of Tankerville 1St Baron Bennett And Lady Margaryt Margerye Margery Fellow Lamberd Bennett Countess Of Tankerille Ggm Mmmpmppp Robert. Robert Bennet married Elizabeth Edney, and had children including Agnes Mary Tylghmann Bennett, Margaret Bennet Tyre, Robert Bennet, Thomas Bennett Sr. Robert Bennet passed away in 1603 in Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • Robert Bennet was born in 1540 in Scotland, the child of Sir John Pytt Bennett Ko Earl Of Tankerville 1St Baron Bennett And Lady Margaryt Margerye Margery Fellow Lamberd Bennett Countess Of Tankerille Ggm Mmmpmppp Robert.
  • Robert Bennet married Elizabeth Edney, and had children including Agnes Mary Tylghmann Bennett, Margaret Bennet Tyre, Robert Bennet, Thomas Bennett Sr.
  • Robert Bennet passed away in 1603 in Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Bennett
1512–1559
Birth Location: Wiveliscombe, shire, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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Lady {Robert})
1505–1564
Birth Location: Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Edney
1537–1597
Birth Location: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
EE

Children(s)

Margaret Bennet-Tyre
1525–1607
Birth Location: Monifieth, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
MB
Robert Bennet
1540–1623
Birth Location: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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Agnes Bennett
1563–1598
Birth Location: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
AB
Thomas Sr
1570–1616
Birth Location: Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
TS

Robert Bennet's Ancestors

Self
Robert Bennet
1540–1603
Birth Place: Scotland
Parents
Sir John Pytt Bennett, KO; Earl of Tankerville; 1st Baron Bennett
1512–1559
Wiveliscombe, shire, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaryt \ Margerye \ Margery Fellow Lamberd - Bennett; Countess of Tankerille (GGM-MMMPMPPP) {Robert})
1505–1564
Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas Benett
1503–1547
Wallingford, Berkshire, England
Lady (Agnes Ann) Molyns
1505–1553
Mackney, Berkshire, England
Richard Lamberd
1490–1553
England
Mary Bache
1485–1546
Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Moleyns
1479–1512
Lady Culpeper
1483–1591
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Bennet's Descendants

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Robert Bennet (About 1540–19 Sep 1603) m. Elizabeth Edney (28 June 1537–28 June 1597)
  1. 1. Margaret Bennet-Tyre 1525–1607 m. Robert (T.) Terrye 1515–1607
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Tenye) Terrye 1545–1607 m. Raphe (or Ralphe Cowper) Cooper 1545–1581
      1. 1. Emmott Cowper 1562–1615 m. William Salt 1560–1616
        1. 1. Agnes (Deacon) Salt 1590– m. Richard (Rogers) Gale 1577–1666
      2. 2. Joanna Cowper 1503–1555 m. Richard (Lyncoln \ Lincoln (Presidential) Line) 1506–1552
        1. 1. Sir (Robert Lincoln II, (Presidential) Line) 1525–1556 m. Lady (Margaret Abell \) Alberye 1529–1558
  2. 2. Robert Bennet 1540–1623
  3. 3. Agnes (Mary Tylghmann) Bennett 1563–1598 m. John Yeomans 1565–1598
    1. 1. Ann Yeoman 1595–1662 m. John Wheeler 1591–1670
      1. 1. David Wheeler 1625–1669 m. Sarah Wise 1625–1707
        1. 1. Sarah (DAR) Wheeler 1652–1732 m. Caleb Hopkinson 1648–1721 m. John Spofford 1648–1697
  4. 4. Thomas (Bennett) Sr 1570–1616

Robert Bennet's Timeline

13 Records

1520
About 1520 ?
Birth of Robert Bennet in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1533
10 Jul 1533
Birth of Robert Bennet in Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
1540
About 1540
Birth of Robert Bennet in Scotland
Scotland
1550
10 JUL 1550
Age 10
Robert Bennet was married in Wallingford, Berkshire, , England
Wallingford, Berkshire, , England
1550
10 JUL 1550
Age 10
Robert Bennet was married in Wiveliscombe, Sommerset, ENG
Wiveliscombe, Sommerset, ENG
1554
1554
Age 14
Robert Bennet was married in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
1554
Aft. 1554
Age 14
Robert Bennet was married in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
1558
10 July 1558
Age 18
Robert Bennet was married in Wiveliscombe Parish Church,,Somerset,England
Wiveliscombe Parish Church,,Somerset,England
1571
1571
Age 31
Robert Bennet was married
None
1581
Abt. 1581
Age 41
Robert Bennet was married in England
England
1586
29 May 1586
Age 46
Robert Bennet was married in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
1603
19 September 1603
Age 63
Death of Robert Bennet in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1603
19 Sep 1603
Age 63
Death of Robert Bennet in Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Jul 1533
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: About 1520 ?
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: About 1540
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 10 JUL 1550
    Event Place: Wallingford, Berkshire, , England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 10 JUL 1550
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Sommerset, ENG

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1554
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Aft. 1554
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 10 July 1558
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe Parish Church,,Somerset,England

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1571

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Abt. 1581
    Event Place: England

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 29 May 1586
    Event Place: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 September 1603
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Sep 1603
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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