s/o Richard Bennett II / Henrietta Maria Neale
married at Bennetts Point, Queen Anne's Co., MD
Elizabeth Roushy - no issue
Richard Bennett III signs his Will 25th day of September One thousand Seven hundred and forty nine His Will ordered 250 Pounds Sterling to be "expended in a decent house to be built over the graveyard and burying place where my dear wife lays interr'd. The Will [1698] of Frances Morgan Sayer ordered "A Chappel built of Lime and Breek" [20X30 feet] over the grave of her husband, Col. Peter Sayer, at this site. Archaelogical evidence indicates that the Sayer Chapel was most probably incorporated in the Bennett Chapel also buried here: Dorothy Blake Carroll [Mother of Charles, the Barrister]; Thomas Green [d.1674] - Quenne Anne's County Historical Society Maryland Historical Society
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Here lieth the body of Richard Bennett Esq., who was born the 16th of September 1667, and died ye 11th of October 1749. His Father Died Young His Grandfather, who was also named Richard Bennett, was Governor of Virginia. No man was more Esteemed in Life In all Ranks of People than
He, And this Esteen proceeded from his Benevolent & Charitable Disposition, Added to a Vast Depth of Understanding. To His Memory this Tombstone is dedicated by his Nephew, The Honourable Edward Lloyd Esq.
Here Lyes Interr'd the Body of Elizabeth, Wife of Richard Bennett Edq. She was the Daughter of John Rousby Esq. by Barbara his Wife and Dyed the third day of April Anno Domini 1740 in the 58th Year of her Age very much lamented. Requiescat in pace.
Archaelogical Record referred to as "BENNETT'S POINT 18QU28"
s/o Richard Bennett II / Henrietta Maria Neale
married at Bennetts Point, Queen Anne's Co., MD
Elizabeth Roushy - no issue
Richard Bennett III signs his Will 25th day of September One thousand Seven hundred and forty nine His Will ordered 250 Pounds Sterling to be "expended in a decent house to be built over the graveyard and burying place where my dear wife lays interr'd. The Will [1698] of Frances Morgan Sayer ordered "A Chappel built of Lime and Breek" [20X30 feet] over the grave of her husband, Col. Peter Sayer, at this site. Archaelogical evidence indicates that the Sayer Chapel was most probably incorporated in the Bennett Chapel also buried here: Dorothy Blake Carroll [Mother of Charles, the Barrister]; Thomas Green [d.1674] - Quenne Anne's County Historical Society Maryland Historical Society
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Here lieth the body of Richard Bennett Esq., who was born the 16th of September 1667, and died ye 11th of October 1749. His Father Died Young His Grandfather, who was also named Richard Bennett, was Governor of Virginia. No man was more Esteemed in Life In all Ranks of People than
He, And this Esteen proceeded from his Benevolent & Charitable Disposition, Added to a Vast Depth of Understanding. To His Memory this Tombstone is dedicated by his Nephew, The Honourable Edward Lloyd Esq.
Here Lyes Interr'd the Body of Elizabeth, Wife of Richard Bennett Edq. She was the Daughter of John Rousby Esq. by Barbara his Wife and Dyed the third day of April Anno Domini 1740 in the 58th Year of her Age very much lamented. Requiescat in pace.
Archaelogical Record referred to as "BENNETT'S POINT 18QU28"
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