The Bennett Family

David Bennett was born in August 1864 in Quantico, Somerset County, Maryland. In 1880, he was an apprentice living in Wetipquin in the Tyaskin District of Wicomico County, Maryland, at 16 years old. He married Ida Mae Lankford on July 1, 1891, in Wetipquin, Maryland. She was born in May 1863 in Wetipquin, Somerset County, Maryland. Ida Mae was a midwife. She delivered babies for some of the families in the community. Her parents were Arnold Freeborn Lankford and Mary Ann Wright Lankford of Wetipquin. The Bennett family moved to Beverly, New Jersey, except for one daughter, Syrena, who made her home in White Haven, Maryland.

Children:

  1. William Thomas Bennett

  2. Percy R. Bennett

  3. Joseph Bennett

  4. Joyce Bennett

  5. Syrena Bennett

  6. Samuel Bennett

  7. Elizabeth Bennett

  8. Basila Bennett

  9. Loretta Bennett

  10. Eugene Bennett

William Bennett was born circa 1894 in Wetipquin, Wicomico County, Maryland. He married Edith May Parsons on April 24, 1917.

Syrena Bennett was born circa 1896 in Wetipquin, Maryland. She married James S. Conway on June 17, 1914, in Wetipquin. He was born circa 1890 in White Haven, Wicomico County, Maryland. He died in February 1974 in Burlington, New Jersey, and was buried in John Wesley Cemetery in White Haven, Maryland. His parents were James Conway and Laura Horsey Conway of White Haven. Syrena lives in Beverly, New Jersey, with one of her daughters. Her sister, Elizabeth Bennett, lives in East Orange, New Jersey.

Children of Syrena Bennett and James S. Conway:

  1. Laura Mae Conway

  2. Priscilla Conway

  3. Granville Conway

  4. Howard Conway

  5. Clinton Conway

  6. Edward Conway

  7. Fulton Conway

  8. Leroy Conway

  9. Lawrence Conway

  10. Julia Conway

Joseph Bennett was born circa 1897 in Wetipquin.

Percy R. Bennett was born circa 1899 in Wetipquin.

Eugene Bennett was born circa 1901 in Wetipquin.

Joyce Bennett was born circa 1905 in Wetipquin.