Rebecca Woodhull

Rebecca Woodhull

Female 1790 - 1868  (77 years)


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  • Name Rebecca Woodhull  [1
    Birth 23 May 1790  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 23 Apr 1868  [1
    Person ID I11387  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2023 

    Father Nathaniel Woodhull,   b. 15 May 1761, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1811, Brookhaven, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Brewster,   b. 9 Aug 1762, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1831, Brookhaven, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 1784  [2
    Family ID F7239  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph Bennett,   b. 1788, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 1841, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jan 1809  See notes for children Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Woodhull Bennett,   b. 11 Sep 1811   d. 28 Sep 1811 (Age 0 years)
     2. Brewster Bennett,   b. 12 Jun 1812   d. 6 Aug 1813 (Age 1 year)
     3. Antoinette Bennett,   b. 31 Jan 1814   d. 8 May 1884 (Age 70 years)
     4. Mary Brewster Bennett,   b. 15 Jan 1816   d. 24 Jan 1859 (Age 43 years)
     5. Ann Eliza Bennett,   b. 17 Mar 1818   d. 24 Aug 1841 (Age 23 years)
     6. John Brewster Bennett,   b. 11 Nov 1822   d. 18 Feb 1860 (Age 37 years)
     7. Sarah Jane Bennett,   b. 24 May 1829   d. 6 Apr 1830 (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F5116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Children (Seven):
      (1.) Woodhull Bennett, born September 11, 1811, and died
      September 28, 1811.
      (2.) Brewster Bennett, born June 12, 1812, and died August
      6, 1813.
      (3.) Antoinette Woodhull Bennett, born January 31, 1814;
      married December 29, 1833, Henry Ellison Tyler, son
      of Henry Tyler and Nancy Ellison, of Setauket, Long
      Island. She died May 8, 1884. He died November 2,
      1888. They had three children:
      Henry Hobart Tyler, born March 14, 1835, and died
      unmarried, March 6, 1859.
      Martha Ann Tyler, born January 27, 1837; married, February
      13, 1854, John Egbert Smith, son of Sylvester
      Smith and Mary Jones. She died October 19, 1858.
      They had two children:
      Mary Antoinette Smith, born December 31, 1854; married,
      January 26, 1876, John Wickham Hawkins, son of
      John Hawkins. They had four children:
      Martha Tyler Hawkins, born August 18, 1877, and died
      October 12, 1878.
      Harry Hawkins, born September 18, 1879.
      Jennie Hawkins, born September 13, 1882; married, September
      29, 1897, Fenton Henry Garrison. They had
      two children:
      George Washington Garrison, born December 18, 1898.
      Kenneth Fenton Garrison, born June 14, 1900.
      Frederick Marvin Hawkins, born August 17, 1893, and
      died September 21, 1898.
      Rebecca Jane Tyler, born September 1, 1850; married,
      December 31, 1866, Walter Jones, son of Walter Jones
      and Charity Smith, of Setauket, Long Island. He died
      December 21, 1903. They had four children:

      Adriena Jones, born October 16, 1868; married, June 1,
      1893, Charles J. Williamson, son of Jediah Williamson
      and Sarah M. Sleight, of New York City. They had no
      children.
      Walter R. Jones, born November 22, 1870, and died
      November 6, 1871.
      Henry Tyler Jones, born June 29, 1873; married, October
      5, 1896, Lizzie May, daughter of Captain Frank Wells
      and Mary Cornelia Smith, of Stony Brook, Long Island.
      They had two children:
      Gladys Mary Jones, born December 13, 1897.
      Henry Francis Jones, born November 18, 1898.
      Walter D. Jones, born December 25, 1876; married, January
      11, 1899, Bertha Moore, daughter of Oliver Rowland
      and Anna Eliza L'Hommedieu, of Setauket, Long
      Island. They had one child:
      Ada Rowland Jones, born October 25, 1900.
      (4.) Mary Brewster Bennett, born January 15, 1816; married,
      January 11, 1838, Nehemiah Hand. She died June 24,
      1859. They had six children:
      Robert Nelson Hand, born June 23, 1839; married in
      January, 1862, Sarah Frances, daughter of Alfred
      Bayles and Irene Wheeler, of Setauket, Long Island.
      They had four children:
      Mary Louise Hand, born August 30, 1864, and died June
      10, 1865.
      Frank M. Hand, born October 4, 1866; married, October
      31, 1894, Bertha Augusta, daughter of John Smith and
      Edwina Fowler, of Brooklyn, New York. They had one
      child: Frank Howard Hand.
      Irene Hand, born January 1, 1868; married, October 17,
      1893, Clarence Jesse Aldrich, son of Jesse Aldrich and
      Hannah Jayne Bennett. They had two children:
      Marjorie Aldrich. Carol Aldrich.
      Florence M. Hand, born September 16, 1869; married in
      September, 1900, Jesse Kellum Platt, son of William
      Platt and Esther Velsor.
      George Elbert Hand, born May 23, 1841; married, May
      23, 1866, Amelia, daughter of Henry Wells and Clarissa
      Ann Hawkins, of Setauket, Long Island. They had two
      children:
      George Everett Hand, born May 9, 1867; married, May 23,
      1893, Jennie L., daughter of Thomas R. Smith and
      Lydia Darling, of Smithtown, Long Island. They had
      one child:
      Harry Stanley Hand, born June 3, 1896.
      Frederick Wells Hand, born May 19, 1868.
      Marietta Hand, born September 26, 1842; married, March
      26, 1862, John Henry Smith, son of John W. Smith and
      Maria B. Bogert. They had four children:
      John W. Smith, born December 27, 1863.
      Ida Mary Smith, born September 8, 1865, and died
      September 29, 1877.
      William R. Smith, born October 26, 1871; married, June
      14, 1893, Saidie Blanche, daughter of Thomas H. Lyon
      and Jennette A. Ruland. They had four children:
      Blanche A. Smith, born May 12, 1894.
      Walter Lyon Smith, born July 30, 1895.
      Everett Leigh Smith, born November 16, 1896.
      Marietta Smith, born February 19, 1899.
      Everett Henry Smith, fourth child of Marietta Hand and
      John Henry Smith, was born December 22, 1874, and
      died March 8, 1877.
      Cornelia Jane Hand, born April 23, 1845; married, November
      18, 1867, John Raynor Bayles, son of Charles
      Lloyd Bayles, of Echo, Long Island. They had two
      children:
      Ira D. Bayles, born July 28, 1871; married, January 8,
      1895, Pearl L., daughter of Vernor R. Gregg and Nancy
      A. White, of Staten Island, New York. They had three
      children:
      Olive B. Bayles, born December 14, 1895.
      Irma V. Bayles, born February 14, 1898.
      Cornelia E. Bayles, born July 10, 1900.
      Marietta A. Bayles, born November 15, 1874; married,
      November 20, 1901, Charles E. Hulse, son of John
      Hulse and Anna De Wick, of Port Jefferson, Long
      Island.
      (Other children of Mary Brewster Bennett and Nehemiah
      Hand):
      Sarah Brewster Hand, born April 4, 1850, and died February
      17, 1851.
      Sarah Elizabeth Hand, born October 10, 1854, and died
      January 11, 1856.
      (5.) Ann Eliza Bennett, born March 17, 1818, and died August
      24, 1841.
      (6.) John Brewster Bennett, born November 11, 1822; married
      in January, 1846, Sarah Margaret, daughter of
      Elias Storey and Sarah M. Herrick, of Rhinebeck, New
      York. He died February 18, 1860. They had two
      children:
      Albert Henry Bennett, born in April, 1847.
      Sarah Rebecca Bennett, born February 12, 1849; married
      in January, 1870, William T. Blair, son of William
      Blair, of New York City. He died February 14, 1898.
      They had one child:
      Sarah Catharine Blair, born January 22, 1872.
      (7.) Sarah Jane Bennett, born May 24, 1829, and died April
      6, 1830.

  • Sources 
    1. [S17] Mary Gould Woodhull and Francis Bowes Stevens, compiler, Woodhull Genealogy: The Woodhull Family in England and America (Phildelphia, PA: Henry T. Coates and Company, 1904). Available Google Books and Ancestry.com, p. 127, Genealogy.com.

    2. [S985] , wallace.FTW (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
      Date of Import: Aug 7, 2002