Two of John’s sons, Samuel and Joseph, became known as the progenitors of the Coventry, Rhode Island Bennetts. Samuel, Thomas, Joseph, Isaac and Nathan all took Harrington women as their brides. Elizabeth married Josiah Harrington.
John Bennett’s will was dated December 7, 1745. He died on December 20, 1745 at Preston, and his will was proved January 10, 1746
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Johnson, Harrington and Allied Familes, compiled by Mrs. Clarke H. Johnson, The American Historical Society, New York, 1933, p 124:
The first of this name in Stonington, Connecticut, came there from New London. He married, October 22, 1691, but his wife's name is not of record.
