Son of Arien Willemsen Bennet and Agnietje Jans Van Dyck. John Reynolds Totten, "Verdon Family Notes", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record 64:105-132 (April 1933): p.118.
Baptized on 28 March 1680 at New Utrecht, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, sponsors Tileman Jacobsz vander Mijen, Geertruid van Mullem.
parents: Adriaan Willemsz Bennet, Agnietje Jansz Van Dijck.
Married Jannetje Folkers, daughter of Volkert Hansen and Sara Albertse, on 25 December 1702.
On 2 January 1708 Abraham Adriaense Bennet resided at Gowanus, Kings Co., New York; when he and his wife Jannetje sold land there to his brother Jacob of New Utrecht for £600.
Ibid., 94:40-41. #15 in the genealogy.
Witnessed the baptism of Folkert Van Nostrand, son of Johannes Folkerts and Angenietje Adriaense Bennet, on 30 May 1708 at Old First Dutch Reformed Church, Breuckelen (Brooklyn), Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (witnesses: Abram Bennet, Jannetje his wife).
A. P. G. Jos van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), page 153. Folkert; parents: Johannes Folkerts, Angenietje.
Abraham Adriaense Bennet was Deacon at Six-Mile Run Reformed Dutch Church, (Franklin Twp.), Somerset Co., New Jersey, on 15 November 1710.
Unknown author, Proceedings of the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Reformed Dutch Church of Six-Mile Run, Rev. Henry Du Bois Mulford, Pastor (Trenton, N. J.: MacCrellish & Quigley, 1885), page 13.
He moved to the vicinity of New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. Abraham served in the 5th Company, Col. Thomas Farmer's Regt., New Jersey Militia in 1715.
Witnessed the baptism of Abraham Bennet, son of Abraham Bennet and Jannetje Suydam, on 30 September 1732 at Reformed Dutch Church, Bensalem, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, (witnesses Abraham Bennet, Jannetie Bennet).
Children by Jannetje:
1. Adriaen Bennet b. 7 Oct 1703
2. Folkert Bennet b. 7 Aug 1705, d. before Aug 1720
3. Abraham Bennet b. 17 Aug 1707
4. a child Bennet b. 2 Apr 1710
5. Sarah Bennet b. 23 Oct 1711
6. Jacob Bennet b. ca. 1713
7. Johannes Bennet b. 25 Mar 1718
8. Volkert Bennet b. 7 Aug 1720
9. Petrus Bennet b. 13 Dec 1724
10. Benjamin Bennet b. 4 Feb 1728
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
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Son of Arien Willemsen Bennet and Agnietje Jans Van Dyck. John Reynolds Totten, "Verdon Family Notes", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record 64:105-132 (April 1933): p.118.
Baptized on 28 March 1680 at New Utrecht, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, sponsors Tileman Jacobsz vander Mijen, Geertruid van Mullem.
parents: Adriaan Willemsz Bennet, Agnietje Jansz Van Dijck.
Married Jannetje Folkers, daughter of Volkert Hansen and Sara Albertse, on 25 December 1702.
On 2 January 1708 Abraham Adriaense Bennet resided at Gowanus, Kings Co., New York; when he and his wife Jannetje sold land there to his brother Jacob of New Utrecht for £600.
Ibid., 94:40-41. #15 in the genealogy.
Witnessed the baptism of Folkert Van Nostrand, son of Johannes Folkerts and Angenietje Adriaense Bennet, on 30 May 1708 at Old First Dutch Reformed Church, Breuckelen (Brooklyn), Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (witnesses: Abram Bennet, Jannetje his wife).
A. P. G. Jos van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), page 153. Folkert; parents: Johannes Folkerts, Angenietje.
Abraham Adriaense Bennet was Deacon at Six-Mile Run Reformed Dutch Church, (Franklin Twp.), Somerset Co., New Jersey, on 15 November 1710.
Unknown author, Proceedings of the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Reformed Dutch Church of Six-Mile Run, Rev. Henry Du Bois Mulford, Pastor (Trenton, N. J.: MacCrellish & Quigley, 1885), page 13.
He moved to the vicinity of New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. Abraham served in the 5th Company, Col. Thomas Farmer's Regt., New Jersey Militia in 1715.
Witnessed the baptism of Abraham Bennet, son of Abraham Bennet and Jannetje Suydam, on 30 September 1732 at Reformed Dutch Church, Bensalem, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, (witnesses Abraham Bennet, Jannetie Bennet).
Children by Jannetje:
1. Adriaen Bennet b. 7 Oct 1703
2. Folkert Bennet b. 7 Aug 1705, d. before Aug 1720
3. Abraham Bennet b. 17 Aug 1707
4. a child Bennet b. 2 Apr 1710
5. Sarah Bennet b. 23 Oct 1711
6. Jacob Bennet b. ca. 1713
7. Johannes Bennet b. 25 Mar 1718
8. Volkert Bennet b. 7 Aug 1720
9. Petrus Bennet b. 13 Dec 1724
10. Benjamin Bennet b. 4 Feb 1728
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
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Gravesite Details
There may be exfoliated, sunken, buried, field stones, as grave markers, for these early Dutch/English congregation of colonists.
Family Members
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Tryntje Adriaense Bennet Van Brunt
1664–1748
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Jan Adriaensen Bennet
1668–1722
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Adriaen Adriaense Bennet
1670–1743
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Maritje Adriaense Bennet Van Doorn
1672–1736
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Jacob Adriaense Bennet
1675 – unknown
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Isaac Adriaense Bennet
1678 – unknown
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Angenietje Adriaense Bennet Folkerts, Van Norstrand
1682–1753
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Engeltje Adriaense Bennet Sutphen
1685 – unknown
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Antje Adriaense Bennet Sutphen
1687–1735
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