Richard Bennett (governor)

Richard Bennett
Esquire
Richard Bennett Esquire
Governor of the Virginia Colony
	In office; 30 April 1652 – 31 March 1655

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↑ Fausz, J. Frederick (1998). "Richard Bennett (1609-1679)". Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Encyclopedia Virginia/Dictionary of Virginia Biography . Retrieved 23 July 2023.
1 2 3 4 Papenfuse, Edward C.; Day, Alan F.; Jordan, David W.; Stiverson, Gregory A., eds. (1979). A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789. Vol. 1. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 129.
↑ Boddie, 52. Quoted from Virginia Magazine (Vol 30, page 360).
↑ Lossing, Benson John (1901). Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1902. Harper & Brothers. p. 544.
↑ EV
1 2 Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 47.
↑ Warfield, p. 6
↑ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) p. 8
↑ Warfield, Joshua Dorsey (1905). The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland: A Genealogical and Biographical Review from wills, deeds and church records. Kohn & Pollock. pp. 41.
↑ Warfield, pp. 7-8
↑ Boddie, 17th Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia p. 54
↑ Warfield, p. 8
1 2 Boddie, pp. 62-73
↑ Boddie, p. 75
↑ Boddie, p. 76, 80
↑ Parish Records, 1558-1635, Somerset Archives reference D/P/WIV 2/1/1. Note that his mother isn't named nor is that the case for any of Thomas's children. She had long been misidentified as Anstice Thomson Alias Spicer (a legitimate surname at the time) but that women married another Thomas Bennett in nearby Milverton. Her children there are well-documented.
↑ Boddie, p.266-267.
↑ Boddie, Colonial Surrey, p. 41.
↑ Michael Cooley, A Case Study in Ancestor Abuse: Mary Ann Utie Bennett, available at http://bogusgenealogy.com/viewer.pl?2019-10-22-maryann.html
↑ Gundersen, Joan; Dictionary of Virginia Biography. "Anna Bennett Bland (d. 1687)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
1 2 Hunter, Joseph (1895). "Bland". In Clay, John W. (ed.). Familiae Minorum Gentium. Vol. II. London: The Harleian Society. pp. 421–427.
↑ Wise, Jennings Cropper (1911). Ye Kingdome of Accawmacke, or The Eastern Shore of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century, p. 126. Richmond: The Bell Book and Stationery Co.
↑ Paul B. Touart (May 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bennett's Adventure" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
1 2 Sons of the American Revolution (1894). "Roll of Members". Yearbook. The Republic Press. p. 198.
1 2 3 Boddie, John Bennett (1973). Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Genealogical Publishing Company. pp. 79–80. ISBN 0-8063-0559-2.

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[EV-1] Fausz, J. Frederick (1998). "Richard Bennett (1609-1679)". Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Encyclopedia Virginia/Dictionary of Virginia Biography . Retrieved 23 July 2023.

[Papenfuse-2] 1 2 3 4 Papenfuse, Edward C.; Day, Alan F.; Jordan, David W.; Stiverson, Gregory A., eds. (1979). A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789. Vol. 1. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 129.

[3] Boddie, 52. Quoted from Virginia Magazine (Vol 30, page 360).

[4] Lossing, Benson John (1901). Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1902. Harper & Brothers. p. 544.

[5] EV

[tyler-6] 1 2 Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 47.

[7] Warfield, p. 6

[8] Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) p. 8

[Warfield-9] Warfield, Joshua Dorsey (1905). The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland: A Genealogical and Biographical Review from wills, deeds and church records. Kohn & Pollock. pp. 41.

[10] Warfield, pp. 7-8

[11] Boddie, 17th Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia p. 54

[12] Warfield, p. 8

[Boddie,_pp._62-73-13] 1 2 Boddie, pp. 62-73

[14] Boddie, p. 75

[15] Boddie, p. 76, 80

[16] Parish Records, 1558-1635, Somerset Archives reference D/P/WIV 2/1/1. Note that his mother isn't named nor is that the case for any of Thomas's children. She had long been misidentified as Anstice Thomson Alias Spicer (a legitimate surname at the time) but that women married another Thomas Bennett in nearby Milverton. Her children there are well-documented.

[17] Boddie, p.266-267.

[18] Boddie, Colonial Surrey, p. 41.

[19] Michael Cooley, A Case Study in Ancestor Abuse: Mary Ann Utie Bennett, available at http://bogusgenealogy.com/viewer.pl?2019-10-22-maryann.html

[20] Gundersen, Joan; Dictionary of Virginia Biography. "Anna Bennett Bland (d. 1687)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

[Hunter-21] 1 2 Hunter, Joseph (1895). "Bland". In Clay, John W. (ed.). Familiae Minorum Gentium. Vol. II. London: The Harleian Society. pp. 421–427.

[22] Wise, Jennings Cropper (1911). Ye Kingdome of Accawmacke, or The Eastern Shore of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century, p. 126. Richmond: The Bell Book and Stationery Co.

[mht_ihp-23] Paul B. Touart (May 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bennett's Adventure" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

[SAR-24] 1 2 Sons of the American Revolution (1894). "Roll of Members". Yearbook. The Republic Press. p. 198.

[Boddie-25] 1 2 3 Boddie, John Bennett (1973). Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Genealogical Publishing Company. pp. 79–80. ISBN 0-8063-0559-2.

Richard Bennett Esquire

Governor of the Virginia Colony
In office 30 April 1652 – 31 March 1655