Immigrant - Willem Adriaenszen Bennet

[Leo van de Pas via]

Willem Adriaenszen Bennet was born in Herlsingor, Denmark. He went to North America where he married Marie Badie, widow of Jacob Janszen Verdon.

He was killed at Gowannes, Long Island, by Indians between 9 March 1644 and 9 September 1644

For me he is an intriguing person. He came from Denmark, his surname seems English and his first name Dutch.

His name implies he is the son of Adriaen.

So far I found only two interesting descendants :
Patrick Walter Wintour, political editor of The Guardian
William Addams Reitwiesner

With best wishes
Leo van de Pas
Canberra, Australia

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[jmb...@albion.edu]

I have a couple more descents for Willem Adriaenszen Bennet, but am unsure of their authenticity. I have tried to be careful, but I would welcome anyone able to disprove them for the sake of accuracy:

Bruce Springsteen

1. Willem Adriaenszen Bennet and Marytje Thomasse Baddie
2. Arretje Willems Bennet and Johannes Christoffelse Schaers
3. Marytje Janse Schaers and Wouter Teunisz van Pelt
4. Teunis Wouters Van Pelt and Geertje Bennet (see below)
5. Christopher Teunis Van Pelt and Aaltje Jacobus Bennet (see below)
6. Catherine Van Pelt and John Springsteen
7. Alexander William Springsteen and Sarah Josephs
8. Alexander A. Springsteen and Harriet McGinty Smith
9. Anthony Springsteen and Martha Ann O'Hagan
10. Frederick H. Springsteen and Alice Helena McNicholas
11. Douglas Frederick Springsteen and Adele Ann Zirelli
12. Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (1949)

1. Willem Adriaenszen Bennet and Marytje Thomasse Baddie
2. Willem Willemse Bennet and Gertruyd van Mulhem
3. Jan Willems Bennet and Aeltje Wyants van Eck
4. Geertje Bennet and Teunis Wouters Van Pelt (see above)

1. Willem Adriaenszen Bennet and Marytje Thomasse Baddie
2. Willem Willemse Bennet and Gertruyd van Mulhem
3. Jan Willems Bennet and Aeltje Wyants van Eck
4. Jacobus Jans Bennet and Elizabeth Brouwer
5. Aaltje Jacobus Bennet and Christopher Teunis Van Pelt (see above)


Howard Dean

1. Willem Adriaenszen Bennet and Marytje Thomasse Baddie
2. Adriaen Willemse Bennet and Agnietje Jans van Dyck
3. Jan Adriaense Bennet and Femmetje Rapalje
4. Femmetje Bennet and Daniel Van Voorhees
5. Jerome Van Voorhees and Ann Townsend
6. Abraham Van Voorhis and Abby Scofield
7. Bartow White Van Voorhis and Helen Tappan
8. Helen Abby Van Voorhis and Thomas A. Maitland
9. James William Maitland and Sylvia Wigglesworth
10. Andree Belten Maitland and Howard Brush Dean II (see below)
11. Howard Brush Dean III (1948)

1. Willem Adriaenszen Bennet and Marytje Thomasse Baddie
2. Adriaen Willemse Bennet and Agnietje Jans van Dyck
3. Jan Adriaense Bennet and Femmetje Rapalje
4. Femmetje Bennet and Daniel Van Voorhees
5. John Van Voorhees and Femmetje Bennet (see below)
6. Abraham Van Voorhees and Alida Luyster
7. Maria Van Voorhees and Robert Wetmore Dean
8. Isaac W. Dean and Eliza J. Richards
9. Herbert Hollingshead Dean and Marion Atwater Brush
10. Howard Brush Dean and Marie Fahys Cook
11. Howard Brush Dean II and Andree Belten Maitland (see above)

1. Willem Adriaenszen Bennet and Marytje Thomasse Baddie
2. Adriaen Willemse Bennet and Agnietje Jans van Dyck
3. Jan Adriaense Bennet and Femmetje Rapalje
4. Johannes Bennet and Malte Latten
5. Femmetje Bennet and John Van Voorhees (see above)


Virginia Apgar

1. Willem Adriaenszen Bennet and Marytje Thomasse Baddie
2. Adriaen Willemse Bennet and Agnietje Jans van Dyck
3. Jan Adriaense Bennet and Femmetje Rapalje
4. Maria Adriaense Bennet and Jacob Christiaense Van Doorn
5. Jacobus Van Doren and Maritje Schenck
6. Aaron Van Doren and Geesje Schenck
7. William Aaron Van Doren and Elsie Sutton
8. Serren Van Doren and Mahala Smith
9. Emily Van Doren and George C. Apgar
10. Charles Emery Apgar and Helen Mary Clark
11. Virginia Apgar (1909-1974)

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The Dean/Van Voorhees/Van Voorhis connections are all well documented at www.wargs.com/political/dean.html

William Adriaense Bennet Descendants and Related Families, by Kenneth A. Bennett, (Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1998) includes all descendants in all lines as far as the compiler was able to locate but doesn't get very far with the line shown here perhaps leading to Bruce Springsteen.

Marytje Thomasse Baddie Verdon, m. (3) Paulus Vanderbeek, their descendants include Elizabeth Ann (Bloomer) Warren Ford (Betty Ford, wife of Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, 1974-77). I posted the line on the Rootsweb Dutch Colonies list a few years ago. Sometime last year I sent an RD descent for Mrs. Ford via Agnes (Harris) Spencer Edwards of Connecticut to Chris Child at the NEHGS (a fourth great-grandson, Calvin Halliday, born 1777, Suffield, CT, d. 1852, Battle Creek, Michigan married Esther Fisher, born 1782, New York, died 1852, Battle Creek, a fourth great-granddaughter of Marytje Thomasse Baddie Verdon Vanderbeek. They, in turn, were third great-grandparents of Mrs. Ford).
Mr. Child acknowledged receiving the information and said he'd pass it along to Gary Boyd Roberts. When I get a chance I'll post details here.

Cordially,
Marc

[Ron Bennett]

Hello,
I am descended from William Adriaense Bennet (WAB) as are about 25 other Bennett males in the USA who belong to a Bennett Family group02 on the site FamilyTreeDNA.com. All of us are connected to WAB via a Y-DNA paternity test, some of whom have confirmed historical family records, others such as myself still have gaps in the historical records prior to 1800. The family tree of WAB was extensively documented by the NYB&G society in their journal "The Record" originally by Ledley in 1962 and with important corrections and additions by Morrissey, et.al. in 2017. That tree includes families of all eight of WAB's Bennet grandsons and extends to about 1750, depending on the family. You can view the updated family tree here: http://newnetherlandancestry.blogspot.com/2017/03/additions-and-corrections-to-willem.html. There is also a pretty good biography on Wikitree here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Adriaensz-20. Also documented by Chris Chester here: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/genealogy/p28.htm#i20911
Ron Bennett