Family
Richard Bennett is thought to be a son of Thomas Bennett (1570–1616) and Antsie Tomson of Wiveliscombe. In 1666, Secretary Thomas Ludwell wrote to Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington that Richard Bennett seemed to be of the same family, sharing the same coat of arms (also shared by the Bennetts of North Bavant, Wiltshire). By 1642, Richard Bennett married Mary Ann Longworth (widow of John Utie, Jr.); their children were:
- Richard Bennett Jr., married Henrietta Maria Neale, daughter of James Neale of Maryland; drowned at sea 1676
- Anna Bennett (died November 1687) first married Theodorick Bland of Westover and had three sons: the original surveyor of both Alexandria and Williamsburg Theodorick Bland, Richard Bland (who had many notable descendants), and John Bland, who was the great-grandfather of Chancellor Theodorick Bland of Maryland. Her second marriage was to Col. St. Leger Codd, and they had one son, also named St. Leger Codd.
- Elizabeth Bennett, married Col. Charles Scarborough of Accomac County, the son of Edmund Scarborough
Bennett's descendants include Richard Bland II, John Randolph of Roanoke Henry Lee III,Robert E. Lee, and Roger Atkinson Pryor.
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