Dean Scribner of Las Vegas raises an interesting question about the Bennett brothers – Isaac, John and Nathaniel – who were among the first settlers of Guilford.

Because there are so many descendants of these Bennetts, who were born in Gloucester, Mass., to Isaac and Dorcas (Wharff) Bennett, we’ll share the question and answer in Family Ties.

“There seems to be some controversy as to whether David Bennett who married Lucy Clark is the David born Sept. 15, 1797, to Capt. John Bennett, or the David born Sept. 3, 1794, to John’s brother, Isaac,” Scribner wrote.

According to a Bible record given to me by my grandmother, Ione Bennett Moore, the David who married Lucy was born in 1794, making him the son of Isaac and Margaret (Noble) Bennett. This record has been published only rarely, so I’ll print it here:

David Bennett, born in New Gloucester, Sept. 3, 1794.

Lucy Clark, born in Livermore, July 23, 1796. Children:

David Harrison Bennett, born in Guilford, Jan. 16, 1821.

Sumner Robinson Bennett, born in Guilford, Oct. 11, 1822.

John Webber Bennett, born in Abbot, Oct. 25, 1824.

Charlotte Louise Bennett, born in Abbot, Dec. 6, 1826.

George Henry Pierpont Bennett, born in Abbot, April 16, 1829.

Lucie Annie Bennett, born April 6, 1831.

Samuel Wilson Bennett, born in Abbot, April 3, 1833.

Lydia Robinson Bennett, born in Abbot, March 27, 1835.

Martha Clark Bennett, born in Parkman, Aug. 17, 1837.

William Green Bennett, born in Parkman, Jan. 19, 1840.

Marriages: David Bennett and Lucy Clark, married in Sumner, March 11, 1820, by Rev. Joseph Palmer.

D.H. Bennett and Augusta B. Seabury, married in Parkman, April 26, 1846, by Isaiah Vickery.

Sumner R. Bennett and Roxanna Briggs, married in Parkman, Jan. 1851, by Samuel P. Shaw, Esq.

John W. Bennett and Mary A. Elsworth, married in Vermillion, Sept. 16, 1855, by Rev. Zenas Hall.

Arvida Briggs and Louisa Bennett, married May 1850, by Samuel P. Shaw, Esq.

George H.P. Bennett and Lois Weld, married in Parkman, Dec. 8, 1852, by Rev. Ivory Hondon.

Cutting Clark and Lucie Bennett, married in Parkman, Nov. 1856, by Rev. Rufus Jones.

Gayland Moore and Ione Bennett, Abbot, Me., married Sept. 2, 1923, by Rev. John E. Cummings.

Martha C. Bennett, married a Waldo in California.

Deaths: Samuel Wilson Bennett, died Aug. 16, 1834, age 16 months.

Lydia Robinson Bennett, died Oct. 11, 1848, age 7 years.

William Green Bennett, died Oct. 20, 1843, age 13 years.

Augusta B., wife of D.H. Bennett, died Sept. 17, 1850, age 23.

Lois J., wife of George H. Bennett, died March, age 24 years.

“Anna Augusta,” aged 11 months, died Dec. 1850.

Charles Henry Bennett died Sept. 24, age 7 weeks.

Clara M. Briggs died Dec. 6, age 4 years.

Mary E., wife of John W. Bennett, died April 13, 1862.

Ione Alvara Bennett, born March 17, 1903; died as Ione A. Moore, Sept. 25, 1978, Dover-Foxcroft.

Alvarus Frank Bennett, born Feb. 19, 1905; died July 20, 1937.

Sumner R. Bennett died Sept. 15, 1903, age 80 years 11 mo. 4 d.

George H. Bennett died Oct. 12, 1903, age 74 years 6 mo. 4 d.

Additional information: The Bennett brothers are buried in the Guilford Center cemetery.

Ione and Alvarus Bennett were the children of Walter and Rena (Bennett) Bennett.

Walter was the son of Sumner, and the grandson of David. Rena was the daughter of Prosper Alvarus Bennett, and the granddaughter of Prosper Bennett – a brother of the aforementioned David Bennett. Walter and Rena were second cousins because their grandparents were siblings.

3122. JELLISON. Are these two Elizabeth Jellisons the same? Seeking info for compilation of Jellison families of Maine, in the works. Elizabeth Jellison b. June 287, 1834, Miramichi, New Brunswick, d. Dec. 13, 1924, Baileyville. Md. 1) John M. Wentworth, July 17, 1858, Mt. Desert; child: John Thomas Wentworth, b. 1862, Calais. Elizabeth md. 2) Edward Dean; children: William H. Dean, b. 1878, d. 1954, Calais; Walter Merrill Dean, b. 1879, d. 1952; Freddie T. Dean, b. 1881, d. 1896, at which time mother Elizabeth was a dressmaker living in Baileyville. The second Elizabeth A. Jellison d. Dec. 13, 1924, Baileyville, a dressmaker, listed as b. June 28, 1837, Northumberland, Miramichi. The 1870 census of Calais listed James Jellison, son of Sylvanus; household included John Wentworth, age 45, and his wife, Elizabeth Wentworth, age 26. Connee H. Jellison, P.O. Box 58, Salisbury Cove, ME 04672.

3123. PACKARD-KETCHUM. Seeking ancestry and burial place for David Packard, b. May 6, 1809, near Monmouth area, d. by 1880, supposedly in Bridgewater. He md. Mary F. Ketchum, b. Aug. 27, 1823, Saint John, New Brunswick, d. May 9, 1910, Bridgewater. She was daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Foy) Ketchum. Sandra B. Leighton, P.O. Box 703, Mars Hill, ME 04758; or e-mail leightos@hotmail.com.

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