Amos BENNETT, Scottish Immigrant to American Patriot

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# ID: I23266
# Name: Amos BENNETT
# Given Name: Amos
# Surname: Bennett
# Sex: M

# Change Date: 25 Dec 2006
# Birth: 26 MAR 1739 in Grange, Fifeshire, Scotland 1
# Death: Abt 1832 in Locke, Montgomery Co., NY (now Cayuga Co.) 1
# Burial: 1832 Moravia, , NY (Dry Creek Cemetery)
# Note:

    Before the close of the Revolutionary war, Amos moved from Albany County to Scotchbush, Montgomery County, New York, where he resided when an Indian raid was made by Sir John Johnson, son of Sir William Johnson on the Mohawk Valley settlers October 25, 1788, burned their houses, destroyed their crops and captured many of the people and took them to Canada as prisoners. After the war Amos moved into the town of Locke, Cayuga County, where he died about 1830. The Moravia cemetery where he was buried was in part washed away July 31, 1833 and all trace of his death was destroyed. His daughter Sarah Bennett Einne was buried in that Moravia Cemetery that was saved and marked by a tombstone.

# Residence: 1812 Locke, Montgomery Co., NY (now Cayuga Co.) 1
# Event: Military Revolutionary War
# Note:

Old Sennett Cemetery

( Town of Sennett NY)
BENNETT Amos 1739 - 1838 
Mary K. d. Dec. 20, 1851 ae 70y 7da relict of AMOS


    Amos served as a private in Capt John Abbott's company, Col Knickerbocker's Regt, 14th Albany Co Militia (DAR, Vol 54, p 386; Vol 92, p 47; and Vol 103,  p 148). He was burned out by the Tories and Indians. One of the most thrilling incidents of his military career was his capture of John Parker, the famous Tory spy. He removed to Herkimer County in 1797 and later to Cayuga County. An Amos Bennet is found in the Twn of Mohawk, Montgomery Co in the 1790 Census.

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Father: Ebenezer BENNETT b: 3 OCT 1700 in Grange, Fifeshire, Scotland
Mother: Elizabeth SMEALLIE b: 14 JUN 1706 in Edinburg, Midlothian, Scotland
Marriage 1
Jane SHAW
    * Married:  6 SEP 1760 in Scotland

Children
   1. Jeremiah BENNETT b: 10 JUN 1761 in Scotland
   2. Nathan BENNETT b: 3 APR 1762
   3. Jedediah BENNETT b: 6 MAR 1763
   4. Joseph BENNETT b: 16 FEB 1764
   5. Ira BENNETT b: 1764
   6. Elizabeth BENNETT b: 1765
   7. Joshua BENNETT b: 1766
   8. Jonathan BENNETT b: 1767
   9. Daniel BENNETT b: 1769
  10. Amos BENNETT b: 26 MAR 1739
  11. John BENNETT b: 1771

Marriage 2
Mary KEYES b: 4 FEB 1762 in Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., MA
    * Married:  1783   in Locke, Montgomery Co., NY (now Cayuga Co.)

Mary's tombstone

Children
   1. Ebenezer BENNETT b: 1784
   2. Charles BENNETT
   3. Sarah BENNETT b: 1786
   4. Mary BENNETT b: 1788
   5. Olive BENNETT b: 1790
   6. George Loniel BENNETT b: 1792
   7. George Washington BENNETT b: 16 APR 1792 in Mohawk Flats, Cayuga Co., NY
   8. Jeremiah BENNETT b: 20 MAR 1794 in Cayuga Co., NY

Sources:
   1. Abbrev: Genealogical and family history of western New York
      Title: William Richard Cutter, compiler, Genealogical and family history of western New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation (New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co, 1912) Reprinted by Broderbund as Family History: Early New Your Families, 1600s-1900s (CD #157)rd of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nationf western New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co, 1912.
      Page: pp. 558+
   2. Abbrev: The BLAKELEY - MARRA Family Archive
      Title:      The BLAKELEY - MARRA Family Archive, wmrblakeley online
    
      Page: Database: (griesbach) :1487883
   3. Abbrev: MacCALLUM - BENNETT Families and Collateral Lines Database
      Title: MacCALLUM - BENNETT Families and Collateral Lines Database (Rootsweb)

DAR RECORD
BENNETT, AMOS                         Ancestor #: A009170
Service: NEW YORK    Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 26 Mar 1739    FIFESHIRE SCOTLAND
Death: 1 Nov 1828    LOCKE CAYUGA CO NEW YORK
Service Source: ROBERTS, NY IN THE REV, P 125
Service Description: 1) CAPT JOHN ABBOTT; COL JOHN KNICKERBACKER, 14TH REGT ALBANY CO MIL

 Amos Bennett Story
Reba McMillan added this on 23 Oct 2008

It appears that Jane Shaw died, and that Amos remarried to a Mary Keyes, havin g more children. This information was given by Mrs. David Powers of Cortland New York, a daughter of Amos' child Sarah. This information was given by Lewis J . Bennett, great-grandson of Amos, in 1917 when he was 84 years old, and sent to Mrs. Estelle Dexter Wright to help her trace her lineage to an American Revolutionary for the purpose of becoming a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Amos Bennett of Locke, Cayuga County, New York was a soldier and served as a private in the 14th Albany County New York State Militia, Col. Knickerbockers Regiment in Captain Abbott's Company, as stated in the "History of New Yor k in the Revolution as Colony and State." Amos Bennett received his final pay f or Revolutionary war services at Hassick New York, January 17, 1786.

Below is an extract from J. R. Simons history, "The Frontiersman of New York", Vol 2, pages 586, 587, and 588, relating the arrest of John Parker, a celebrated Tory spy , in 1782 by Capt. Amos Bennett, 3rd Regiment Tryon Co. Militia. Before the close of the Revolutionary war, Amos moved from Albany County to Scotchbush, Montgomery County, New York, where he resided when an Indian raid was made by Sir John Johnson, son of Sir William Johnson on the Mohawk Valley settlers October 25, 1788, burned their houses, destroyed their crops and captured many of the people and took them to Canada as prisoners. After the war Amos moved into the town of Locke, Cayuga County, where he died about 1830. The Moravia cemetery where he was buried was in part washed away July 31, 1833 and all trace of his deat h was destroyed. His daughter Sarah Bennett Einne was buried in that Moravia Cemetery that was saved and marked by a tombstone.

Extract form J. R. Simms history, "The Frontiersman of New York", vol.2, pages 586-588, relating to the arrest of John Parker, a celebrated Tory spy, in 1682 by Capt. Amos Bennett, 3rd Regiment Tryon County Militia. "The Arrest and Execution of John Parker, the Johnstown Spy--One of the mos t interesting events which transpired in the vicinity of Johnstown in the Revolution, was the capture of John Parker. He was brought up in Philadelphia Bush, and went to Canada at an Early period of the war. In 1851, Frost Howland lived on the old Parker place. John Parker, had from the beginning of the war, been on e of the most daring and most active partizans, who had followed the Johnson fam ily to Canada. Often had he been on the frontiers of New York, sometime in the character of a spy, and at others in that of an open foe -- his energies all bent on the injury or destruction of his former n neighbors and friends. He had a constitution fitted to endure all manner of hardships, and an exposure to all kinds of weather: which enabled him to traverse the wilderness at seasons the most unpropritious, and steal into the settlements when a foe was unexpected - - to find a resting place at the dwelling of some Tory friend, where he might recruit and gain desired information: but he came one time too many."

Amos is buried in Dry Creek Cemetery, Moravia, NY
Military Records: New York in the Revolution & War of 1812
NY in the Revolution as Colony & State, Vol. II, The Civil Service: The Executive, Page 182
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