Some of the following items from the Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish inV A may belong to an older Benjamin Bennet:
Page 65.--14th November, 1761. James Bailey (Baley, Bailly) to Benj.Be nnett, blacksmith, £40, 175 acres in Fork of James River, joiningSamue l McDowell's tract.
Page 450.--27th July, 1762. Benjamin Bennett to John McNutt, £43, 175a cres in Fork of James, joining Samuel McDowel. Teste: Patrick ( )McCol lam, Patrick McCorkle. Delivered: James Trimble, 12th November,1772.
6/24/1763 VA Benjamin served as juror for the court.
Page 436.--22d October, 1765. John ( ) Taylor and Mary ( ) to Benj.Ben net, £45, 330 acres in Forks of James; corner Michael Finney'sold surv ey. Teste: John Leo.
Page 252.--15th May, 1767. Benjamin Bennet and Catherine to IsaacWard, t aylor, £48, 320 acres in Forks of James River; corner WilliamFoster's l and.
5/19/1767 Commission for private examination of Catherine, wife ofBenj . Bennett.
Bennett vs. McNabb.--Chancery. Writ, 3d December, 1771.
Benjamin Bennett (orator), eldest son and heir of Richard Bennett.Rich ard died intestate, 1743, leaving orator an infant. Shortlybefore his d eath he bought 300 acres in Beverley's Manor, but diedbefore getting a d eed. Richard's widow, Martha, married WilliamMcNabb. William McNabb pu t two of his sons, James and Samuel, inpossession of the land. Bill fo r title and accounting of personalestate. Richard had other children b esides Benjamin.
William Thompson, aged 62 (deposes 16th May, 1773), was brother-in-lawo f Martha Bennett McNabb.
18th March, 1783. Benjamin Bennett, of Rockbridge, son and heir-at-lawo f Richard Bennett, deceased, to Rev. Archibald Scott, 245 acresgained b y Benjamin from Beverley by a suit in chancery in 1780 inAugusta Count y Court, being the plantation where Wm. McKnab and JacobGabert formerl y lived.
