Immigration to America by John Laughlin, added by Davis Peters clan on 17 Jun 2008
Source: Descendants of John Laughlin from Atlantic to Pacific by Eva Laughlin LeBlanc The Gregath Co. Cullen AL 1985
Our John Laughlin came from Dervock, Co. Antrim, Ireland.
"Most everyone seems to agree that our immigrant ancestor was John Laughlin and that he came to America from Ireland in the mid 1700's, landed at Philadelphia, and then went to Big Spring, Cumberland Co Pennsylvania. Most agree that he married Mary White in PA." (the date is estimated in the 1750's). They had seven children, moved to South Carolina circa 1771 and John died there in 1773/4"
Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is one of the four counties comprising the greater Harrisburg metropolitan area. As of 2004, the population was estimated at 221,397.
Cumberland County was created on January 27, 1750 and named after Cumberland, England. Its county seat is Carlisle[1]. The county also lies within the Cumberland Valley adjoining the Susquehanna River at its eastern border, stretching approximately 42 miles from the borough of Shippensburg on the west to the Susquehanna River in east Cumberland County. The oldest towns in the county are Shippensburg and Carlisle, and although both were settled in the 18th century, they each have their own unique history.
from ancestry.com
28 Aug 1753 - petitioned South Carolina council for 200 acres of land at Bush River
1850 census in Shelby, Kent, Bland is aged 89, living with Elizabeth, 63
LDS lists his father as William Ballard BWW5-QG and Philadelphia Lee BWW5-RM
William b 1686 James City, VA
m Philadelphia Lee abt 1698
d aft 1754 Essex, VA
William's father is listed as John
Ballard and Elizabeth Bland
William's children were Alice, Bland, Delpha, John, Phillip, Philadelphia
and a William Jr
Much confusion here. The years do not match at all.
His father is listed as Colonel Thomas Ballard and Ann Thomas, who had a son Thomas married to Catherine Hubbard. If we was born in 1693, he could not be Colonel's son as the Colonel died 1689.
His father is listed also as Thomas II KVGT-MJ , the son of the Colonel Thomas and Katherine Hubbard 84M5-26.It would appear this has t obe a better choice of parents.
LDS has two wives, Elizabeth Bland m 1684 J9X3-TT and Elizabeth Gibbons m 1727 KVGS-D6, the years are obviously a mess.
Children listed as John b 1720, Thomas b 1727, Robert b 1730, William b 1731, Catherine b 1732, Elizabeth b 1733, Anne b 1734 and Thomas b 1700 d 1781.
Added by tsalaghisam on 17 Mar 2008, Originally submitted by clifton1941 to Stubbs Family Tree on 17 Jan 2008
Location: Sutro Library, San Francisco, CA.
Thomas Ballard, born ca 1630 in England. Clerk of York County, Virginia from 1652 until ca. 1653 then removed to James City County, Virginia. Where by 1668 was living at Middle Plantation, later Williamsburg. July 12, 1666 and October 23, 1667 a Burgess for James City County, Virginia. In 1666 thru 1668 a member of the Governor's Council. 1669 Lieutenant Colonel and in 1680 Colonel of Malitia in James City County, Virginia. In 1676 his wife was one of the women captured by nathaniel Bacon Junior, the rebel, and put before his breastwork (Dictonary: A defensive work of moderate height, usuially thrown hasitly up.) at Jamestown, James city county, Virginia, to warn Governor Berkeley from attack. In January 1677 a member of Courts Martial following the collapse of Bacon's rebellion.
In 1680 thru 1686 a Burges for James City County, Virginia. 1680 thru 1684, Speaker of the House of Burgesses. In 1674 to october 21, 1684 a vestryman of Burton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia where he was buried on March 24 1689.
He married (1) ca 1650 in York County, Virginia to Anne thomas who died September 26, 1689 and was the daughter of William Thomas who died 1644.
from ancestry.com
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LDS lists parents as William Ballard and Elizabeth Lee 3422-SH & M21G-SX
William and Elizabeth were on the James 1635 with children Hester and John,
ages 32, 26, 2, 1
A William was on the Mary & John 1634, no age listed
Many parents listed in LDS for William, Henry and Elizabeth Townsend or Phillip
and Joanna Townsend
Several wives listed for William, Elizabeth Lee m 1635 in Mass, Grace Bernwick
m 1647 Mass
LDS lists additional wife Kathryn Howard 1S7Q-85T
Additional parents as Henry b 1585 England, died 1664 York (Colonel's grandfather?)
Additional wife listed as Alice Thomas FQQO-VP
ancestry lists a second unknown wife and two sons named William.
Jun 26, 1635 - On June 26, 1635, Richard Bennett received a grant of 2000 acres on the east side of the Nansemond River running* to a creek later called "Bennett's Creek", which name it bears today. The point of land at the mouth of Bennett's Creek is known as "Bennett's ...On June 26, 1635, Richard Bennett received a grant of 2000 acres on the east side of the Nansemond River running* to a creek later called "Bennett's Creek", which name it bears today. The point of land at the mouth of Bennett's Creek is known as "Bennett's Point". Robert Bennett, cousin of Richard, received several grants of land on the same creek. Later came Phillip Bennett, brother of Richard, who represented Lower Norfolk in the House of Burgesses in 1644-45.
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The Bennetts were in the New World (American Colonies) almost from the beginning. Edward Bennett, an English merchant and trader and a Puritan, descended from the Bennetts of Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England. He and two of his brothers, Robert and Richard, obtained a patent to establish the Puritan plantation "Bennett's Welcome" in the Virginia Colony. On Feb. 1621/2 the "Sea Flower" arrived with 120 settlers, presumably Puritans, led by Capt. Hamor for Edward Bennett's plantation. The settlers quickly busied themselves, preparing the site of the plantation. On 22 March 1621/2, just a month after their arrival, the Indians attacked. There was a huge massacre and the Bennett plantation at Warrascoyak suffered more than most. 53 of the 347 people killed in the massacre were killed at the Bennett plantation. The Indians were in turn massacred and were quiescent for a time. The settlement eventually prospered although Robert and Richard soon died there. Edward Bennett who remained in England except for a short stint in the Colony then appointed his two nephews to run the plantation. Coincidentally their names were the same as Edward's brothers, that is, Robert and Richard. The nephew Richard eventually became the Governor of Virginia.
The Bennett line which about 80 years later intermarried with the Mangums were not so famous as these trader Bennetts. The first one of the line we are sure about is one Thomas Bennett of Warwick County, Virginia. He represented Mulberry Island in the House of Burgesses in 1632. He married Alice, widow of Thomas Pierce. Thomas Pierce was slain in the Indian massacre of 1621/2 in the presence of his wife and child. They were carried off as captives but eventually freed. Thomas must have married her about 1624. They had one son, Richard Bennett Sr. although it is not absolutely certain that Alice was the mother.
Richard Bennett sold land to John Mangum in 1695. This is the first sure record of John Mangum in the colonies although there are tax records as early as 1693 which might refer to John. John married Frances whose maiden name is the subject of some controversy. Richard Bennett Jr. named a granddaughter Frances Mangum in his will. If this is the wife of John, then Frances' maiden name would be Bennett only if her father was the child of Richard Bennett Jr. If Frances' mother was the Bennett then her maiden name is presently unknown. Some believe, unfortunately without real proof, that John married the daughter of Richard Bennett Jr. who was named Frances. The granddaughter Frances Mangum mentioned in Richard's will would be John & Frances' daughter.
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Virginia Immigrant Richard Bennett Genealogy
Governor Richard Bennett, a Quaker and a merchant, emigrated from his native England to Virginia before March 29, 1628 when he deposed in a James City Court that he was aged 20 years. He left Virginia for Maryland in 1648, returning in 1651. He resided at "Bennett's Plantation," Warascoyak County, Virginia, later Nansemond County, with his wife, Mary Anne (surname unknown) and raised a family. He died in Nansemond County in 1676, leaving a will.
Borrowed from Mey Anne Bennett Family site
Thomas Bennett
Thomas Bennett was the son of Robert Bennett and Elizabeth Edney. He was christened on 2 Apr 1570 in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England - Marr: 11 Aug 1599 - Milverton, Somersetshire, England Died -). Thomas Bennett married Anstie Tomson (aka) Spicer, about 1600 in Milverton, England. She was born in 1579 in Wivelescombe, England.
1. Robert Bennett Christened: 1 Feb 1601/1602 - Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England Died: 1648 - , , Virginia
2. Thomas Bennett Christened: 5 Nov 1603 - Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England Marr: 1623 - Agnes Beard Died: -
3. Elizabeth Bennett christened: 4 Aug 1605 - Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England Died: -
4. William Bennett Christened: 21 Mar 1606/1607 - Wiveliscombe, Somerset, Eng Married: 1641 - Dorothy Scott Died: -
5. Philip Bennett christened: 22 May 1611 - Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England Died: - , , Virginia
6. Johane Bennett Christened: 7 Jul 1614 - Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England Died: -
7. Governor Richard Bennett Christened: 6 Aug 1609 - Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England Married: 1638 - Mary Ann Utie Died: 12 Apr 1675 - , Nansemond, Virginia
NOTE - RICHARD BENNETT - was elected Governor of the VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLEY 30 March 1652 and was re-elected three successive terms. He was then sent as Commissioner to England by the House of Burgesses. Returning to Virginia in 1658 he was re-elected to the Counsel each year until his death. From 1662 he was Major General of the Virginia Forces. His descendents include General ROBERT E. LEE. source - Willey, Core, Bennett and Other Ancestors by Leroy Ellis Willie & Ted D. Jones
In England, King Charles-I and his Army was defeated at Marston Moor in 1644. The population of the Virginia Colony in 1648 was estimated to be about 15,000 English and 300 Negroes. The trial and beheading of King Charles-I was in 1649, and Virginia remained loyal to the crown. Articles of surrender in 1652 to the Commonwealth of England was agreed to by the House of Burgesses. The same year, Richard Bennett was elected Governor by the General Assembly replacing William Berkeley. Oliver Cromwell ignored Virginia and self-government went serenely on in '53, and Westmoreland County was created out of Northumberland County.
In 1652, William Clayborne and Richard Bennett (a Puritan from Nansemond County, Virginia) were appointed Parliamentary Commissioners over both Virginia and Maryland by the new Commonwealth of England Following the execution of Charles I in 1649, Maryland, not surprisingly, remained steadfastly Royalist, but for once she and Virginia were on the same side of the fence, as Virginia, too, continued to favor the monarchy (a considerable number of Royalists having removed to that Colony during the Civil War). Clayborne moved swiftly, and on the 5th of April 1652, a petition was signed by residents of the Isle of Kent 5th April 1652: promising to be true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England, without King or House of Lords. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/md/state/isleofkent.html
From the Library of Congress
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Colonial Governor of Virginia 1652-1655, Added by klrrrr on 14 Nov 2008
Richard Bennett (August 6, 1609 - April 12, 1675) was a British Colonial Governor of Virginia.
Born in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, Bennett served as governor from April 30, 1652, until March 2, 1655.[1][2] His uncle, Edward Bennett, was a wealthy merchant from London and also a member of the Virginia Company. Bennett traveled to the colony as a representative of his uncle's business interests, and quickly rose to prominence, serving in the House of Burgesses in 1629 and 1631.[3] On November 30, 1657, Bennett signed the treaty with Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, which recognized the latter's claim to Maryland.[2] While little is known about his time as governor, it is believed that he was popular with the colonists.[3]
Bennett was an ancestor of Henry Lee III, Robert E. Lee and John Randolph of Roanoke.[4]
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From Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County,...
First Elected Governor of Virginia: Gov. Richard BENNETT, added by vb2268 on 19 Mar 2007
Here are some resources to help you get started reading about Richard BENNETT and his BENNETT heritage.
Be sure to also see the works of Bennett Brodie. particularly THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ISLE OF WIGHT. vb
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BENNETT, Governor Richard (1608-c.1675) MD and VA
Andrews, Matthew P. History of Maryland: Province and State.Hatboro, PA: Tradition Press, 1965.
Andrews, Matthew P. Tercentenary History of Maryland. Baltimore:S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1925.
Bozman, John Leeds. History of Maryland, Vol II. Baltimore: LucasDeaver, 1837.
Brugger, Robert J. Maryland, A Middle Temperament. Baltimore:Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988.
Dozer, Donald M. Portrait of the Free State. Cambridge, MD:Tidewater Publishers, 1976.
Earle, Swepson. The Chesapeake Bay Country. Baltimore:Remington-Putnam, 1938.
Emory, Frederick. Queen Anne's County, Its Early History and Development. Queenstown, MD: Queen Anne Press, 1981.
Jester, Annie Lash. Compiled and edited by Annie Lash Jester in collaboration with Martha Woodroof Hiden. Adventurers of Purse
and Person, Virginia, 1607-1625. Richmond?: Published by The Order of the First Families of Virginia, 1964.
(1st edition 1956). Return to index
Randall, Daniel R. A Puritan Colony in Maryland. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1886.
Ross, D. Reid. The Bennett Family in Early 17th Century Virginia and Maryland. Monograph, 1993.
(Maryland Historical Society. Baltimore, MD)
Stanard, William G. and Mary N. The Colonial Virginia Register.
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. (Reprint)
Source: from Ancestor Bibliography at http://www.ancestorbibliography.org/page_bat.htm#BENNETTRICHARD
For other surnames go to the Index at link below"
Return to index. http://www.ancestorbibliography.org/page_index.html#Index
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Note that these BENNETT were related to a number of famous families through marriage, such as the BLANDS.
THOMAS TOWNSEND was born in Warwick, England and died at Lynn, Massachusetts 22 December 1677.
Son of Henry and Margaret Forthe Townsend Born (baptized) on Jan 8, 1594/5 in Bracon-Ash (County Norfolk) England
After the sale of the Norfolk estates, he resided in Gedding (County Suffolk) and then moved to the London area about 1615.
In 1636 Thomas Townsend, assisted by "Gov. John Winthrop" went from London, England to settle in Lynn, Essex, Mass. Bay Colony in North America. He came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony about 1637-1638.
He was granted sixty acres of land in 1638 by the town of Lynn, and later bought other lands near the Saugus Iron works and in Rumney Marsh. Several references have been made to 'Goodman Townsend's" farm adjoining Hutchinson's farm amongst the furnaces. Thomas's town house and lot of seven acres was on the south side of Mill Street near the Common.
He was made freeman at Lynn in 1639. He is thought to be the father of the three Townsend brothers, John, Richard and Henry, who were early settlers on Long Island (Savage).
That they were brothers is certain: Elizabeth, widow of John, says in her will that she is acting with the advice of her husbands two brothers Henry and Richard Townsend. but the Memorial makes no mention of Thomas.
Because of the large difference in ages between John and his younger siblings it seems logical to suppose Thomas had two wives.
Died Dec 22, 1677 in Lynn (buried in King's Chapel Burying Ground in Boston)
Early Massachusetts records of Thomas Townsend show only that he married Mary Newgate, and that his family consisted of Thomas, Samuel, John, Andrew and Elizabeth. His Will, however, had a statement that Mary was his "now" wife which indicates his having had a previous wife. The Will also said he and Mary, his now wife, were the natural father and mother of John and Andrew. It is now generally accepted that Thomas' family is the following:
from ancestry.com
According to Rev John J Watts journals, courtesy of rootsweb.com, John was born in Boon Co., MO April 14th 1818, came to Pulaski Co., MO and settled where his Jon died below Kerr's mill and married Miss Catherine Ballard July 15th 1850 and she was born in Huntington Co., Indiana, April 30th 1831 (a sister of Bland N. Ballard and Mrs. Bran. Vaughan). and she died near Kerr's Mill, Jan'y 21st 1875 aged 56 ys. 8 ms. & 7 days. Their children all born on the home farm. His records do not include the daughter Catherine.