Bennett (Y-DNA)

Status summary

Completed as of March 30, 2021:

• Recruiting direct male-line descendants of Peter Bennett for NGS/WGS testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact Raymond T. Wing (email: wing.genealogist AT gmail DOT com)

Biography

First Generation

(Capt.) Peter Bennett was baptized Beverly 30 May 1675, son of John Bennett & Deborah Grover. He died Middleborough 22 Oct 1749. Peter married Bridgewater 20 Oct 1700 Priscilla, daughter of Isaac Howland and they had eleven children (born Middleborough): Elizabeth (1701?), Isaac (1703?), Joseph (1704), Susanna (1707), Peter (1709?), Priscilla (1711), Anna (1713-1714/5), Jedediah (1715-1745 unm), Jael (1717), Nathan (1720) and Deborah (1722/3).

Second Generation

Isaac Bennett was born Middleborough

Joseph Bennett was born Middleborough

Peter Bennett (II) was born Middleborough

Nathan Bennett was born 1720

DNA results R1b-FT105891

Current results

The Bennett surname DNA Project currently does not name the Most Distant Known Paternal Ancestor (MDKPA) of testers. However, the Ipswich Bennett Y-DNA descendant chart lists the FTDNA numbers for the descendants of Henry Bennett (grandfather of Isaac). Coordinating between these two websites, the Y-DNA Haplogroup for this family is: R-L23>Z2103>M12149>Z2106>Z2109>CTS7822>CTS7556>FGC29330>FT31210>BY3299>Y89340>Y82698>Y111218>FT105891

NGS/WGS testing

Y-DNA descendant(s) of Peter Bennett need to publicly disclose their Y-DNA results in order to place their family.

External links & References

• Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 23 (Howland) Part 1 (First 4 generations of some children), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2006
• The Bennett Family of Middleborough