Bennett, Mary Return to INDEX


Born:
July 12 1768
Died: aft Apr 20 1831
Father
Mother

Biographical Sketch:


She married Charles Bright; they had 10 children.  One daughter was Frances Bright.

Other children:


Arthur (Nov. 4, 1788 – Dec. 31, 1829) + Martha Pate (June 17, 1790 – March 30, 1860)  = Anna Eliza Bright + Jackson Stubbs; et al.   See 1820
Purrington Hall
(ca 1794 - May 21 1866) + Charlotte Easterling.  Married Feb 1 1816.  See 1820 1830a1830b
Mary
(1798 - af 1830) + Jonathan Adams.  Married Mar 4 1816.
Basset Caleb
(1802 - 1870) + Obedience Adams.  Married Mar 26 1818.  See 1830a 1830b
Godfrey
(1803 - 1869)
Elizabeth
(Apr 3 1801 - 22 Dec 1883) + Smith W. Dozier.  Married 22 Nov. 1820
Lodowick B.
(1810 - af 1850).  See 1840, 1850.
Catherine (1793 - 1823) + John Smith (1786 - ca 1832)  = 2 children.  See 1810a and 1810b


Census Data:

 
NC 1784-87 State Census   -- Charles Bright not found, but several other Brights are noted.
1790 Currituck County NC Census -- see p 477
1790 -- Currituck County, NC.  https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1803959https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1803959 Charles Bright is not found in Anson, Richmond or Robeson Counties, NC.
1800 -- Marlboro County, SC
1810 -- Bedford County, VA.  Not found in either Marlboro County, SC or Currituck County, NC census.
1820 -- Marlboro County, SC .  Household residents  
1830a1830b -- note that "Charles Bright" still appears, although he died by the time this census was taken.

 
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Notes:

 
Her father might have been John Bennett, who was a Loyalist during the Revolution.  Bennett's property was confiscated due to his British collaboration.

All marriage dates are from Marlboro Probate Records.