Ancestry of
Roderick Dhu Field
(1842–1913)
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- 4th Great-grandfather of Roderick Dhu Field — 7th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 66
- Father:
- Francis Bennett
- Mother:
- Alice -----
- Birth Date:
- 17 Feb 1651
- Birth Location:
- Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 19 May 1676
- Death Location:
- Battle of Turner's Falls, Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts
- Burial Date:
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- Spouse Name:
- Mary Broughton
- Marriage Date:
- 18 Feb 1674
- Marriage Location:
- Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
- Child:
Mary Bennett (Ahnentafel No:33 )
- Notes:
James Bennett was one of three boys who burglarized a neighbors house and was caught while trying to run away to the French. Their story is told in the History of Northampton, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 (1898).
James Bennett was killed in the Battle of Turner's Falls in 1676.
James Bennett
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Sources for James Bennett
- 1 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1855, Vol. 9, p. 249, Birth record for James Benit.
- 2 Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Field Genealogy: Being the Record of All the Field Family in America . . ., Vol. 1, Chicago: Hammond Press (1901), 136-137.
- 3 Torry, Clarence, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 63.
- 4 Trumbull, James Russell, History of Northampton, Massachusetts, from Its Settlement in 1654, Vol. 1, Northampton: Press of Gazette Printing Co. (1898), 180-182.
- 5 Wikipedia, "Battle of Turner's Falls", (accessed 12/16/2016).