Bennet, I

Disputed Origins, Parents, Spouse and Children

According to The Great Migration Edward Bennett has no wife or children and was not father to John Bennett. John Bennett origins and parents are unknown. (see citation below).

There was a John Bennett who arrived in Connecticut in 1639 according to court records. It has not been proven he is identical to this man. But this man certainly arrived by 1648 and 1649. Robert Charles Anderson suggests these sources:

1. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776, 15 volumes (Hartford 1850-1890) 1 :29; 1: 164, 167, 171, 190, 191, 201
2. Windsor Hist: Stiles, Henry Reed The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut (Hartford, Connecticut, Case, Lockwood & Brainard company, 1891-2) 2:71 I agree, tJohn Bennett is NOT the correct information for my family.This is, but the site will not let me correct it. :

xxix. Pratt of Baldock xxx. The following two people are listed as father of Thomas Pratt of BaldocK: xxxi. xxxii. 1. Simon Pratt xxxiii. 2. William Pratt; b. 1468, Letton, Hereford. For ancestry see [a] or [b] xxxiv. xxxv. 1. Thomas Pratt of Baldock; b. 1500/09, Baldock, Hertfordshire; d. 5 Feb 1539, Baldock. See below. xxxvi. 2. Simon Pratt of Sandon, Herts. See below. xxxvii. xxxviii. 2. Simon Pratt of Sandon, Herts; will dated June 1534; landowner in Hertfordshire & Essex. xxxix. = Joan xl. xli. 2.1 John Pratt xlii. = Audrey Hede; dau of George Hede xliii. xliv. 2.2 Thomas Pratt xlv. xlvi. 1. Thomas Pratt; b. 1500/09, Baldock, Hertfordshire; d. 5 Feb 1539, Baldock. xlvii. =(1531, Baldock) Joan; b. 1513, Baldcock; d. ca. 1540, Baldock. xlviii. xlix. 1.1 Thomas Pratt; b. 1531, Baldock; d. 8 Oct 1561. See below. l. 1.2 James Pratt; b. ca, 1533, Baldock; d. 1604, Baldock. See below. li. 1.3 Agnes Pratt; b. ca. 1536, Baldock. lii. 1.4 Andrew Pratt; b. 5 Feb 1539, Baldock; d. 28 Nov 1599, Baldock. See below. liii. liv. 1.1 Thomas Pratt; b. 1531, Baldock; d. 8 Oct 1561. lv. = Ellen Cooke / Coke lvi. lvii. 1.1.1 John Pratt lviii. 1.1.2 William Pratt lix. 1.1.3 James Pratt lx. 1.1.4 Elizabeth Pratt lxi. 1.1.5 Alice Pratt lxii. 1.1.6 Ellen Pratt lxiii. 1.1.7 Grace Pratt lxiv. lxv. 1.2 James Pratt; b. ca. 1533, Baldock; d. 1604, Baldock; a yeoman; will dated 21 Dec 1602, proven 3 Oct 1604. lxvi. = Dorothy _; b. 1525/32, Hertfordshire. lxvii. lxviii. 1.2.1 James Pratt lxix. 1.2.2 John Pratt; b. 1565; d. 30 July 1619, Malden. See below. lxx. 1.2.3 Edward Pratt lxxi. lxxii. 1.2.4 Jane Pratt; b. 1561, Baldock. lxxiii. = John Richton / Rishton lxxiv. lxxv. 1.2.5 Henry Pratt; b. 1570. lxxvi. lxxvii. 1.2.2 John Pratt; b. 1565, Baldock, Herts, or Malden, Essex; d. 30 July 1619, Malden. lxxviii. =(1590, Malden) Elizabeth Webb; b. 1567, Malden; d. 1615, Malden, Essex; dau of Thomas Webb (b. 1563). lxxix. lxxx. 1.2.2.1 Richard Pratt, the immigrant; bapt. 29 June 1615, Malden, Essex, England; d. 9 May 1691, Suffolk Co, MA. See below (Third American Branch). He may either be an son of Rev. William Pratt of Stevenage (qv). lxxxi. lxxxii. 1.4 Andrew Pratt; b. 5 Feb 1534/9, Baldock; d. 28 Nov 1599, Baldock. lxxxiii. =(1558/61, Baldcock) Ellen Marsh; b. 1543, Baldcock. lxxxiv. lxxxv. 1.4.1 Ellen Pratt; b. 25 Apr 1559, Baldock; d. 1620. lxxxvi. 1.4.2 Rev. William Pratt; b. 1562, Baldock; d. 1629, Stevenage. See below. lxxxvii. 1.4.3 Richard Pratt; b. 27 June 1567, Baldcock lxxxviii. lxxxix. 1.4.2 Rev. William Pratt; b. 1 June 1562, Baldock; d. 1629, Stevenage; educ. Emmanuel Coll., Cambs.; Mayor of Leicester 1587; Rector of St. Nicholas, Stevenage 1598-1629; will dated Nov 1629. xc. = (1604) Elizabeth Prime; b. 1575. xci. xcii. 1.4.2.1 Sarah Pratt; bapt. 6 Feb 1605, Stevenage. xciii. = William Denshire; b. 1601, Baldcock xciv. xcv. 1.4.2.2 John Pratt, the immigant; b. 29 Nov 1607; d. 15 July 1655, Hartford, CT. See below (First American Branch). xcvi. 1.4.2.3 Lt. William Pratt, the immigrant; b. 6 June 1609, Stevenage; d. 19 Oct 1678, Essex, CT. See below (Second American Branch) xcvii. 1.4.2.4 Mary Pratt; b. 1611, Stevenage xcviii. 1.4.2.5 Elizabeth Pratt; bapt. 2 Apr 1613, Stevenage xcix. c. 1.4.2.6 Isabella Pratt; b. 1615, Stevenage ci. =(8 Oct 1632, Stevenage) John Clarke Jr cii. ciii. 1.4.2.7 Richard Pratt; b. 16 Feb 1618 (1611), Stevenage; poss. to be identified with the Richard Pratt, the immigrant. civ. cv. 1.4.2.5 ? Mary Pratt; b. 1617, Malden, Essex, England; d. 1691, Malden, MA. cvi. =? Richard Pratt, the immigrant; bapt. 29 June 1615, Malden, Essex, England; d. 9 May 1691, Suffolk Co, MA. (qv) cvii. First American Branch (John) cviii. 1.4.2.2 John Pratt, the immigant; b. 29 Nov 1607; d. 8/15 July 1655, Hartford, CT. cix. =(ca. 1633) Elizabeth Young cx. cxi. 1. Daniel Pratt; b. 1639, Hartford; d. 24 Apr 1691, Hartford. cxii. = Hannah Warner; b. 1632; d. 3 Sept 1682; dau of Andrew Warner & Mary _. cxiii. cxiv. 2. Hannah Pratt; b. 25 Nov 1648, Hartford cxv. cxvi. 3. John Pratt. cxvii. a= Hannah Boosey; b. 10 Feb 1641/2, Wethersfield, CT; d. 1671/6; dau of Hon. James Boosey Sr & Alice _. cxviii. b= Hepsibah Wyatt cxix. cxx. Second American Branch (William) cxxi. 1.4.2.3 Lt. William Pratt, the immigrant; b. 6 June 1609, Stevenage; d. 19 Oct 1678, Essex, CT; 1633 he and his brother John were followers of the Rev. Thomas Hooker and joined him in the settling of Newtowne (now Cambridge), MA; William and John went on to become among the founders of Hartford, CT in 1636 and later of Saybrook; Lieut. in the Train Band (militia) 1661, having served in the Pequot War; freeman 1651; town commissioner 1666-70; rep. of Saybrook in General Assembly 1666-78; 1678 settled in Essex. cxxii. =(June 1636) Elizabeth Clarke; m. 2nd (1683) William Parker Sr (d. Dec 1686, Saybrook; m. 1st Margery Pritchard); dau of John Clark Sr of Hartford and Milford, who also came across with the Rev. Thomas Hooker cxxiii. cxxiv. 1. Elizabeth Pratt; b. 1 Feb 1642, hartford, CT; d. 29 Dec 1728. Left issue cxxv. =(11 May 1660) William Backus Jr; b. 1640; m. 1st Sarah Charles (b. Oct 1637, New Haven). cxxvi. cxxvii. 2. John Pratt; b. 20 Feb 1645, Hartford; d. 26 Feb 1726. cxxviii. =(8 June 1669) Sarah Jones. cxxix. cxxx. 3. Joseph Pratt; b. 1 Aug 1648, Saybrook; d. 12 Aug 1703. cxxxi. a=(Sept 1671) Margaret Parker; b. ca. 1650; d. 1680, Saybrook; dau of William Parker Sr (see above). cxxxii. b=(5 Sept 1686) Sarah Chapman; b. 25 Sept 1657; dau of Robert Chapman & Ann Bliss (dau of Thomas Bliss). cxxxiii. cxxxiv. 4. Sarah Pratt; b. 1 Apr 1651, Saybrook; d. 8 Dec 1725. cxxxv. a=(2 Apr 1671) Isaac Watrous; b. ca. 1650, Lyme, CT; d. 7 Oct 1713. cxxxvi. b= David Knight cxxxvii. cxxxviii. 5. Capt. William Pratt; b. 15 May 1653, Saybrook; d. 14 Mar 1718. cxxxix. =(20 Feb 1678, Essex, CT) Hannah Kirtland; b. ca. 1660; dau of Nathaniel Kirtland of Lynn. cxl. cxli. 6. Samuel Pratt; b. 6 Oct 1654, Saybrook; d. 1705. cxlii. a=(26 Mar 1681) Ruth Huntington cxliii. b=(8 Dec 1688) Elizabeth Peck cxliv. cxlv. 7. Lydia Pratt; b. 1 Jan 1659, Saybrook; d. 13 Sept 1730. cxlvi. =(18 Nov 1679) John Kirtland; a blacksmith; son of Nathaniel Kirtland of Lynn. cxlvii. cxlviii. 8. Lt. Dea. Nathaniel Pratt; b. 1662, Saybrook; d. bef. 10 Sept 1744; cooper. cxlix. a=(2 May 1688) Sarah Beaumont cl. b= Sarah Clark Willard cli. c= Rebecca _ clii. Third American Branch (Richard) cliii. 1.2.2.1 Richard Pratt, the immigrant; bapt. 29 June 1615, Malden, Essex, England; d. 9 May 1691, Suffolk Co, MA. Some sources identify him with the Richard Pratt, son of Rev. William Pratt of Stevenage (qv). It is not clear what the sources of this genealogy is. I currently question the identification with the son of the Rev. William as it seems the Malden branch is a seperate one from William's line. cliv. =(1642, Charlestown, MA) Mary (Pratt); b. 1617; d. 1691, Malden, MA. Some sources make her the dau of Rev. William Pratt of Stevenage, but it is not clear if this is true or what it is based on. clv. clvi. 1. Thomas Pratt; b. 5 May 1646, Charlestown, MA. See below clvii. clviii. 2. Mary Pratt; b. 9/30 Sept 1643; d. 26 Mar 1704, Colchester, CT. clix. =a Thomas Skinner; m. 2nd ? Mary Gould; b. 25 July 1645, Chichester, England; d. ca. 1732; one of the founders of Colchester, CT. clx. clxi. 3. Elizabeth Pratt; b. 1659, Charlestown. clxii. 4. Martha Pratt; b. 1663, Charlestown. clxiii. 5. Hannah Pratt; b. 1665, Charlestown. clxiv. clxv. 1. Thomas Pratt; b. 5 Mar 1645/6, Charlestown, Suffolk Co, MA. clxvi. a=(5 Jan 1680/1) Lydia _ clxvii. b= Alice _ clxviii. clxix. 1.1 b Thomas Pratt; b. 1700, Malden; d. 20 Aug 1776, Malden. clxx. =(24 June 1725, Malden) Lydia Lynde; b. 25 Mar 1700, Malden; d. 3 Dec 1775; dau of Dea. Joseph Lynde (1652-1735/6; son of Thomas Lynde & Elizabeth _) & Elizabeth Tufts (1673-1733; dau of Peter Tufts & Mary Pierce). For ancestry see [d] clxxi. clxxii. 1.1.1 Thomas Pratt; b. 17 Apr 1729, Malden, MA; d. 2 Apr 1815, Malden. clxxiii. =(29 Apr 1751) Sarah Simms; b. 11 Mar 1728, Malden; d. 23 Feb 1811, Malden; dau of John Simms & Elizabeth Winslow. clxxiv. clxxv. 1.1.1.1 Thomas Pratt; b. 29 May 1752. clxxvi. 1.1.1.2 John Pratt; b. 26 Dec 1755. clxxvii. 1.1.1.3 Sarah Pratt; b. 21 Jan 1758. clxxviii. 1.1.1.4 Lydia Pratt; b. 6 Nov 1759 clxxix. 1.1.1.5 Isaac Pratt; b. 10 Aug 1762 clxxx. 1.1.1.6 Jacob Pratt; b. 1764. See below. clxxxi. 1.1.1.7 Mary Pratt; b. 10 Nov 1767 clxxxii. clxxxiii. 1.1.1.6 Jacob Pratt; b. 1754, Malden; d. 1844; served in the Revolutionary War. clxxxiv. =(Sept/Oct 1776) Phebe Jenkins; b. 1757; d. 1826; dau of Nathaniel Jenkins & Abigail Baldwin. For ancestry see [c]. clxxxv. clxxxvi. 1.1.1.6.1 Phebe Pratt; b. 30 Apr 1777. clxxxvii. 1.1.1.6.2 Abigail Pratt; b. 16 Aug 1778. clxxxviii. 1.1.1.6.3 Thomas Pratt; b. 23 Jan 1780. clxxxix. 1.1.1.6.4 Jacob Pratt; b. 14 May 1781. cxc. 1.1.1.6.5 Obed Pratt; b. 5 June 1782. cxci. 1.1.1.6.6 William Pratt; b. 12 Sept 1783. cxcii. 1.1.1.6.7 Nathaniel Pratt; b. 29 Jan 1785. cxciii. 1.1.1.6.8 Abigail Pratt; b. 16 June 1786. cxciv. 1.1.1.6.9 Adoniram Pratt; b. 22 Jan 1788. cxcv. cxcvi. 1.1.1.6.10 Sarah Pratt; b. 29 July 1789. cxcvii. =(5 May 1814) Rev. Phineas Richardson; a Baptist minister at Metheun; evangelist in New Hampshire; an original member of the New Hampshire Baptist Convention; Pastor of Gilmanton and of Hollis, NH; Preacher in Meredith & New Hampton and minister in other placess; b. 2 Feb 1787, Methuen; d. 25 Jan 1860. For family see [fl. cxcviii. cxcix. 1.1.1.6.11 Mary Pratt; b. 21 Oct 1790. cc. 1.1.1.6.12 Abigail Pratt; b. 10 Mar 1792. cci. 1.1.1.6.13 Asa Pratt; b. 1 Mar 1794; d. 1878. See below. ccii. 1.1.1.6.14 Jesse Pratt; b. 6 Jan 1798; d. 25 Jan 1798. cciii. 1.1.1.6.15 Elijah Pratt; b. 5 Mar 1800. cciv. 1.1.1.6.16 Lydia Pratt; b. 22 July 1802. ccv. ccvi. 1.1.1.6.13 Asa Pratt; b. 1 Mar 1794, Malden, MA; d. 1878, Watertown, MA; occ: carpenter; had 11 children. ccvii. =(19 Aug 1819, Boston) Elizabeth Stone; d. 1795; dau of William Stone (b. 6 Oct 1750, Watertown; d. 8 May 1808; son of Moses Stone & Hannah Taintor) & Hannah Barnard (b. 1754; d. 3 Nov 1834; dau of Jonathan Barnard & Hannah Stowell). ccviii. ccix. 1.1.1.6.13.1 Henry A. Pratt ccx. 1.1.1.6.13.2 Charles Morris Pratt, the Standard Oil industrialist; b. 2 Oct 1830, Watertown. See below. ccxi. Standard Oil dynasty ccxii. 1.1.6.13.2 Charles Morris Pratt, the oil industrial pioneer; b. 2 Oct 1830, Watertown; whale oil and paint dealer in Boston before moving to New York where he established Astral Oil Works of Brooklyn and Charles Pratt & Co; these became part of Standard Oil in which he was a memb. of the Board of Directors; founded the Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, 1887; owned 1100 acres in Glen Cove, NY where he and his children built mansions; one of the richest men of his time; builder of the first steamship tanker. W ccxiii. a=(1854) Lydia Ann Richardson; b. 1835; d. 1861, NYC; from Belmont, MA; not as yet found her parents but suspect they might be connected to the family of Rev. Phineas Richardson (see above). ccxiv. b=(Sept 1863) Mary Helen Richardson; sister of Lydia Ann Richardson ccxv. ccxvi. 1. a Charles Millard Pratt, oil industrialist; b. 2 Nov 1855; d. 1913/35. See below. ccxvii. ccxviii. 2. a Lydia Richarson Pratt; b. 1857; d. 1904 ccxix. = Frank Lusk Babbott, millionaire jute merchant, art collector & philanthrophist; b. 14 Aug 1854; d. 1933 QV ccxx. ccxxi. 3. b Frederic Bayley Pratt, of Poplar Hill, Glen Cove; b. 1865; d. 1945. See below. ccxxii. ccxxiii. 4. b Helen Folsom Pratt; b. 1867; d. 1949. ccxxiv. =(8 Oct 1903, Glen Cove) Ernest Blaney Dane of Brookline, MA; is he the same as Ernest B. Dane, Pres. Brookline Savings & Trust and Brookline Trust Co (b. 17 Oct 1868, Brookline, MA; d. 5 Apr 1942; grad. Harvard). ccxxv. ccxxvi. 5. b George Dupont Pratt, of Killenworth, Glen Cove; b. 1869; d. 1935. See below. ccxxvii. 6. b Herbert Lee Pratt, of The Braes, Glen Cove; b. 21 Nov 1871; d. 3 Feb 1945. See below. ccxxviii. 7. b John Teele Pratt, of The Manor House, Glen Cove; b. 25 Dec 1873; d. 17 June 1927. See below. ccxxix. 8. b Harold Irving Pratt, of Welwyn, Glen Cove; b. 1877; d. 1939. See below.

Sources

• Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (NEHGS, 1999-2011), 1:253-54. link