Bennett's and Pankey's
I'm at a deadend with one of my Bennetts but I believe with all my heart that he married a PANKEY woman.The children are named ABIJAH, ELLENDER, MASTIN, WILLIAM, RACHEL, CEILY, JOHN and AUZY
The court records clearly states that these children belong to John Bennett and John's father is William Bennett.
The AUZY and the MASTIN are most definitely names that come from the Pankey family.I however can not find the wife to this John Bennett.
The children all have birth years of1806, 1809, 1814, etc etc. I'm guessing here and this is a stretch but John Bennett and wife are probably born somewhere around 1760 - 1770 , even as late as 1780.
The William Auzy Pankey and Mastin D Pankey that these Bennett children were named after were born1793 and 1804. So they were close in age.. leaving me to think that maybe a younger sister of Stephen Pankey is the mother to theseBennett children.
I realize I'm grasping at straws and making a lot of assumptions here BUT I'm at a total deadend.
The court documents state these kids inherited land and slaves from William Bennett, they are too poor to pay each other for the slaves os they want someone to divide the land for them, sell off the slaves and give them the money.
The clue here is that these kids own the same land that Nicholas Clark owns. Nicholas Clark married a Rachel Bennett, daughter to William Bennett.
That says that Rachel should be the sister to this John Bennett and their father is William Bennett.
Trouble is there is no documentation showing that Wm Bennett, father to Rachel, had a son named John.
ARE YOU WITH ME SO FAR ?? I know this is confusing. I can't find documentation of John Bennett belonging to a William so I'm taking the Pankey names and trying to see which Pankey married this John Bennett
HELP !!