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James Bennett (b. 1618, d. April 1659)

James Bennett (son of Nicholas Bennett and Jane Brown) was born 1618 in Cranfield, Bedford, England, and died April 1659 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony.He married Hannah Wheeler on 1639, daughter of Lt. Thomas Wheeler and Ann Halsey.
Notes for James Bennett:
HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILIES OF OLD FAIRFIELD, Donald Lines Jacobus,
Fairfield, Connecticut, 1930:
Bennett, James.
Freeman at Concord, Mass/. 1639; rem. to Fairfield 1644, where he d. in 1659.
Married Hannah Wheeler, dau. of Thomas.She m. (2) Joseph Middlebrook.
Inv. Aug. 1659.Widow Hannah; children, Thomas, James, John, Sarah, Hannah.
Will of Thomas Wheeler of Fairfield, 1654, mentioned son-in-law James
Bennett, and Mary, James , Thomas, and John Bennett, children of dau. Hannah.
Will of Ann Wheeler, 1659, named dau. Hannah and grandchildren Sarah and
Hannah Bennett.
More About James Bennett:
Ancestral File Number: 8TX0-HG.⁴⁵⁶
Date born 2: 1618, Cromfield, England.
Burial: Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.⁴⁵⁶
Christening: Of Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.⁴⁵⁶
Died 2: April 1659, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
More About James Bennett and Hannah Wheeler:
Marriage 1: 1639
Marriage 2: 1639, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Sealed to spouse (LDS): June 28, 1945⁴⁵⁶
Children of James Bennett and Hannah Wheeler are:

+Lt. James Bennett, b., Fairfield, Connecticut⁴⁵⁶, d. October 1736, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut⁴⁵⁶.