Ancestry of
Michael Bennet

U.S. Senator from Colorado

Abel Penfield

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Michael Bennet — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 182 
  • Father:
  • Jonathan Penfield 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Shepard   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Feb 1758 
  • Birth Location:
  • Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 Mar 1852 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Paine
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Dec 1784 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Harriet Penfield (Ahnentafel No:91 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

• Sources for Abel Penfield

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Chatham, p. 61, Birth record for daughter Harriet Penfield.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Chatham, p. 60, Marriage record for Abel Penfield and Elizabeth Payne.
  • ³ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Chatham, p. 60, Birth record for Abel Penfield.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1955, Vol. 109, p. 36.

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