1. Robert Bennett, m. a dau. of Richarde Edneye, of Wivelscombe, Som., Vintner.
1.1. Thomas Bennett.
1.1.1. Richard Bennett. PROB 11/351/440. Description: Will of Richard Bennett of Nansemond River, Virginia. 3 August 1676.
1.1.1.1. Anne Bennett, b. 1641, married, 1st, Theodorick Bland of Westover, 2nd, Colonel St. Leger Codd of Northumberland county, Virginia, and afterward of Maryland.
1.1.1.1.1. Theodorick Bland (born 1663); m. Margaret Mann* When his father died in 1671, Bland inherited Westover Plantation and joined with his brother, Richard, in its ownership. The brothers eventually conveyed 1,200 acres of the property to William Byrd Sr. in 1688 for 300L and 10,000 pounds of tobacco and cask. Byrd’s grandson built a Georgian mansion there in the 1750s.
1.1.1.1.1.1. John Bland (born December 8, 1698); m. Ann West.
1.1.1.1.1.2. Richard Bland (born August 11, 1665); m. 2. Elizabeth Randolph, the dau. of William Randolph 1.1.1.2. Elizabeth Bennett, b. 1645, m. Col. Charles Scarborough of Accomac county, son of Edmond Scarborough, whose dau., Matilda, m. Lt. Col. John West, circa 1660, in Accomack Co, VA. John was born 7 Apr 1638 in England, the son of Anthony West and Anne … He died 27 May 1703, in Nandua, Acc. Co, aged 65. He was a carpenter and shipbuilder.

‘A number of appointees of the King were suspected of being papists, and 2 new members of the VA Council were alleged to have been selected because of their Catholicism. This led Colonel Charles Scarburgh, of Accomac, a man as bold and fearless as his father before him and an aspirant to the office of Councillor, to exclaim in great anger in the presence of the Governor, Lord Howard, ‘that his Majesty King James would wear out the Church of England, for that when there were any vacant offices, he supplied them with men of a different persuasion.’ The indiscreet Scarburgh was at once arrested for such treasonable utterances, but not until he had voiced the sentiments of the colonists in general. He at once became the hero of the people’ (Ye kingdome of Accawmache).

1.1.1.2.1. ‘Bennett Scarborough, Gent., of Accomack, one of the sons of Col. Charles Scarburgh, decd., by Elizabeth his wife, now lately also deceased, who was the dau. of Major Richard Bennett of ‘Nanziman’ River in Virginia, also dec’d, and Temperance his wife, and Henry Scarburgh of Accomack, Gent., another of the sons of the said Charles and Elizabeth, and Winnifred his wife; and Mary Leatherbury of the said county of Accomack, widow, one of the daus., and John Bagwell and Tabitha his wife, another of the daus., and William Black (Blake) of said county, Clark, and Sarah his wife, another of the daus. of the said Charles and Elizabeth; and Scarburgh Drummond, son and heir of Elizabeth, who was the wife of Captain Richard Drummond, now both lately deceased, another of the daus.; and George Parker, Jnr., son and heir of Ann, lately decd., who was the wife of Major George Parker, another of the daus. of the said Charles and Elizabeth, and Elizabeth his wife, to George Dashiell of Somerset County, Gent., conveying all rights to ‘Bennett’s Adventure’ (Somerset Co., MD, B. 1, p 192, 2 Oct. 1721; cited in ‘Adventurers’, p. 546).
1.2. Elianor Bennett. m. Richard Harris, Oct. 6, 1594, at Wivelscombe; son of William Harris and Dorothy West, m. Aug. 31, 1562, at Wivelscombe.
1.2.1. Thomas Harris, m. Judith Blake, November 20, 1623, at Wivelscombe. *Cousin of Governor Bennett.
1.2.1.1. ? Second-cousin of 1. Anne Bennett, mother of Theodorick Bland, who m. Margaret Mann; 2. Elizabeth Bennett, sister-in-law of Matilda Scarborough, who m. Lt. Col. John West.
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*She was probably related to Nicholas Mann, one of 26 persons transported to the colonies by Justinian Cooper. Justinian Cooper patented 2,400 acres in Isle of Wight on 16 March 1642. (See B. 1, pt. II, p. 874, and C&P, Vol. 1, p. 142-143).

She was probably the dau. of Thomas Mann, who, with his wife Eliz., sold 150 acres on Blackwater River to Theophilus Joyner in exchange for 2,050 pounds of tobacco. The 150 acres was part of the above mentioned 300 acre grant to Thomas Mann dated 22 September 1682. The site was adjoining property owned by Wm. Mayo and Bridgeman Joyner. Wit: Wm. Mayo and Richard Booth. (Boddie, p. 594).

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