Bennett, Cotton (1786-1859)

Name:

Bennett, Cotton (1786-1859)

Title:

Captain, Beverly Light Infantry, 1818-
Member, House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836
Member, School Committee, Town of Beverly, 1837
Director, Essex River Bridge Corporation, 1847, 1848, 1849
Director, Essex Health Insurance Company, 1847, 1848
Director, Beverly Bank, 1851, 1852

Born:

09/30/1786

Birthplace:

Newmarket, NH

Died:

02/15/1859

Death Location:

Beverly, MA

Residence:

Newmarket, NH 1786-
Salem, MA
Beverly, MA 1817-1859

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Cabinetmaker

Father:

Bennett, Josiah (1754-1832)

Mother:

Goodwin, Katherine (1759-1815)

Spouse:

Mary Ann Allen (1802-1849), July 20, 1820, Beverly

Children:

Robert Goodwin, born 1821; died 1893
Thomas Stephens, born 1839; died 1846
Franklin, born 1846; died 1846
Henrietta Stephens, born 1848; died 1849

Notes:

Henry W. Belknap, Artists and Craftsmen of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1927), 29.

Dean A. Fales, Essex County Furniture: Documented Treasures from Local Collections, 1660-1860. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1965),

James H. Fitts, History of Newfields, New Hampshire, 1638-1911. (Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1912), 138, 535-537.

"Beverly Light Infantry," Essex Register, Salem, MA, June 20, 1818, 3.

Marriage Notice, Newburyport Herald, Newburyport, MA, July 28, 1820, 3.

"Mahogany For Sale" Advertisement, Essex Register, Salem, MA, February 9. 1824, 3.

"Beverly. Capt. Cotton Bennett Died Very Suddenly," Salem Register, Salem, MA, February 17, 1859, 2.

Central Cemetery, Beverly, MA