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Sir Robert Herbert Bennett 1533 – 1603 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Jul 1533

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

Death Date: 19 Sep 1603

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

Father: Sir Bennett

Mother: Frances Woodcote

Spouse(s): Lady Edney

Children(s): Agnes Bennett

Sir Robert Herbert Bennett , Earl of Tankerville, 1st Baron Bennett was born in 1533 in Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England, the child of Sir John Pytt Cheshire Bennett and Frances Woodcote. Sir Robert Herbert Bennett , Earl of Tankerville, 1st Baron Bennett married Lady Elizabeth Edney, and had children including Agnes Mary Bennett. Sir Robert Herbert Bennett , Earl of Tankerville, 1st Baron Bennett passed away in 1603 in Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert Herbert Bennett , Earl of Tankerville, 1st Baron Bennett was born in 1533 in Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England, the child of Sir John Pytt Cheshire Bennett and Frances Woodcote.
  • Sir Robert Herbert Bennett , Earl of Tankerville, 1st Baron Bennett married Lady Elizabeth Edney, and had children including Agnes Mary Bennett.
  • Sir Robert Herbert Bennett , Earl of Tankerville, 1st Baron Bennett passed away in 1603 in Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England.

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Sir Bennett's Ancestors

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Sir Bennett
1533 – 1603
Birth Place: Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
Parents
Sir John Pytt Cheshire Bennett
1480 – 1559
Saughall Massey, Cheshire, England
Frances Woodcote
1487 – 1559
Saughall Massey, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Pytt) Bennett
1480 – 1565
Pythouse, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England
Mary (FRYTH) (Ashlock)
1485 – 1542
Hindon, Wiltshire, England or Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England
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Sir Bennett's Descendants

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Sir (Robert Herbert) Bennett (10 Jul 1533 – 19 Sep 1603) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Edney (28 Jun 1537 – 28 Jun 1597)
  1. 1. Agnes (Mary) Bennett (01 Aug 1563 – 02 Aug 1598) m. John Yeoman (12 Aug 1565 – 1598)
    1. 1. Agnes (Anne) Yeoman (1595 – 15 Aug 1662) m. Col. (John Bovel) Wheeler (1590 – 29 August 1670)
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Lettyce) Wheeler (1621 – 1689) m. Thomas (II, 'The Immigrant',) Dustin (August 1598 – 1662) m. Aquila Chase (1618 – 29 Dec 1670) m. Matthias ('The Dutchman') Button (11 Oct 1603 – 13 Aug 1674) m. Capt. (Matthias) Button (11 Oct 1607 – 13 August 1672)
        1. 1. Private (John James) Chase (abt 1656 – 22 Nov 1740) m. Lydia Challis (1660 – 1736) m. Rebecca Follansbee (1660 – 27 December 1711)

Sir Bennett's Timeline

4 Records

1533
10 Jul 1533
Birth of Sir Robert Herbert Bennett , Earl of Tankerville, 1st Baron Bennett in Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
1558
10 Jul 1558
Age 25
Sir Robert Herbert Bennett , Earl of Tankerville, 1st Baron Bennett was married in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
1603
19 Sep 1603
Age 70
Death of Sir Robert Herbert Bennett , Earl of Tankerville, 1st Baron Bennett in Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
1603
19 Sep 1603
Age 70
Burial of Sir Robert Herbert Bennett , Earl of Tankerville, 1st Baron Bennett in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Jul 1533
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 10 Jul 1558
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Wyvelscombe, Somerset, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 102

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Sep 1603
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 19 Sep 1603
    Event Place: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
    Record Source: Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812, Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\wiv/2/1/1

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