Mary Brewster Bennett

Mary Brewster Bennett

Female 1816 - 1859  (43 years)


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  • Name Mary Brewster Bennett  [1, 2
    Birth 15 Jan 1816 
    Gender Female 
    Birth 15 Jan 1816  NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Birth 15 Jan 1816  Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 24 Jan 1859  [4
    Cause: She was living at the time of the 1850 census, she apparently had died by the 1860 census. 
    Death 24 Jun 1859 
    Death 24 Jun 1859  Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Cedar Hill Cemetery, Port Jefferson, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9594  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2023 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Rebecca Woodhull,   b. 23 May 1790   d. 23 Apr 1868 (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jan 1809  See notes for children Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nehemiah Hand,   b. 19 Jan 1814, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1894, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1838  Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Marietta Hand,   b. 26 Sep 1842, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1922 (Age 79 years)
     2. Sarah Elizabeth Hand, <,   b. 10 Oct 1854, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1856, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     3. Cornelia Jane Hand,   b. 1846, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1932, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     4. George Elbert Hand,   b. 1841, East Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1922, East Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     5. Robert Nelson Hand,   b. 23 Jun 1839, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1882, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
    Family ID F23885  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2025 

    Family 2 Nehemiah Hand, ^,   b. 19 Jan 1814, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1894, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 11 Jan 1838  [2, 4
    Children 
     1. Robert Nelson Hand, <,   b. 23 Jun 1839, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. George Elbert Hand, <,   b. 23 May 1841, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1922, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     3. Mary Ella Hand, <,   b. 23 Sep 1843, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Cornelia Jane Hand, <,   b. 23 Apr 1845, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Sarah Brewster Hand, <,   b. 4 Apr 1850, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1851 (Age 0 years)
     6. Sarah Elizabeth Hand, <,   b. 10 Oct 1854, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1856, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F4440  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2025 

    Family 3 Nehemiah Hand,   b. Abt 1816   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 11 Jan 1838  See notes for children Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4441  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2025 

  • Notes 
    • (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




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      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.

  • 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. 128. Provided middle name., Genealogy.com.

    2. [S35] Munsell's History of Suffolk County, New York, with Illustrations, Portraits, & Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals (W. W. Munsell & Co., New York. 1882.), p. 84.

    3. [S8] Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D., Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: M432_601; Page: 171; Image: 344.

    4. [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. 128, Genealogy.com.