Ancestry of
Stephen Crane

Author of The Red Badge of Courage

Thomas Bennet

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Stephen Crane — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 30 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Bennett 
  • Mother:
  • Jemima Harrington   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Feb 1719/1720 
  • Birth Location:
  • Preston, New London, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Aug 1796 
  • Death Location:
  • Wyoming, Luzerne, Pennsylvania 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Martha Jackson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Jan 1760 
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  • Child:

  Martha Bennet (Ahnentafel No:15 )

• Sources for Thomas Bennet

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Preston, p.22, Birth record for Thomas Bennet.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A009263.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/28/2014).
  • ⁴ Stephen Crane Studies, Blacksburg, Virginia: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1995, Vol. 4, No. 1, p. 32.