The Stennetts of England - Chapter I

Edward and Mary Quelch Stennet[t] Family

She died on Feb. 27, 1705, at the age of 77.

He died on Nov. 21, 1705, at the age of 77001 which means he must have been born in 1627 or 1628.

Their children are mentioned in the biography of son Joseph (d. 1713):

Mr. Edward Stennett had several sons and one daughter, besides those who died young. His eldest son, Jehudah, afterwards an eminent physician at Henley upon Thames ... Another of his sons, Benjamin, proved a valuable and useful minister; but died young. His daughter, chiefly by the instructions of her brother Joseph, acquired such skill in the Greek and Hebrew languages, as to consult the Scriptures in their originals with ease and pleasure. She was an excellent woman, and married to a worthy gentleman, Mr. William Morton, of Knaphill, in the county of Bucks.002

Their children as far as is known:

There was the birth of a son Edward to Edward and Mary Stennet according to a record 27 Dec. 1656 of St. Helen's Church, Abingdon.003 Since nothing more is known of him, he appears to have died in childhood or young adulthood.

Jehudah, their "eldest son" became "an eminent physician at Henley upon Thames."004 He is in the first group of members at the "Reunion" (reviving) of the Pinner's Hall Seventh Day [Particular] Baptist Church, 1686, was selected about 1687 as one of three members to preach occasionally, and soon was reported to have "removed into the country to dwell."005 He is not mentioned further in the record book. There is a marriage record Aug. 22, 1704, at Allhallows London Wall Parish of the marriage of "Jehuda Stennett and Susanna Thurofeild." There is a will of 1709 in the Berkshire Record Office (Reading, Berks) for "Elizabeth Stennett wife of Jehudah Stennett of Wallingford ... concerning her estate and her Seymour children.. There is an inventory of 1709. In the Gentleman's maqazine, June 1752: Death: May 30, "At Rockford, near Ringwood, Hants, Dr Stennet, aged 83, very rich ..."--must be a different man. I do not know of any children of Jehudah.

Joseph, born 1663, and died 1713. See separate biography of him. (Coming Soon) He, his wife, and son Joseph, Jr., are the last Stennetts in the Pinner's Hall membership lists.

Benjamin. He is in the first group of members at the "Reunion', (reviving) of the Pinnet's Hall Seventh Day [Particular] Baptist Church, London, 1686.006 Just after that on 1 Aug. 1687 it was decided according to a Whites Alley [General] Baptist record book:

Agree ... warn m Benjamin Stennett, to appear at the next church meeting, and y^t if he will not appear the church resolves to set him at a distance.007

This would appear to be Edward Stennet's son, but it is a bit surprising that he would have joined a General Baptist church. Benj. "Stennitt" and his wife Martha lived in St. Benet, Gracechurch Parish, London, in 1695.008 He died "Y^e 26^th day of the 9^th moneth [Nov.]. 1695.009 I have a conjecture that they had a son Edward: In the Pinners' Hall record book, in the first membership list is "Martha Batt: X Stennett X Fowle."010 This means she first married a Stennett and then married a Fowle. Also in the record book is "an accounte of the estate of Mary Hall deceased October 27 1714." On March 27, 1715, there was paid to Mr Batt for Edward Stennetts youse Ł 5 0 0. to Martha Fowle ..."011 It would seem that Mr. Batt was Martha's father who was given money for a Stennett child, and next a payment to Martha, now married to a Mr. Fowle. Maria Hall's will (Guildhall Library, London) does not name any of those people so these distributions were from money to be used at the discretion of the executors. There is a Wooburn, Buckinghamshire, parish register record of "Edw. Stennett, of Gt. Marlow, & Sarah Woods, of Beconsfield, [marriage] lic. 24 May 1720" --this could be the Edward in the Mary Hall estate distribution, a likely son of Benjamin Stennett (d. 1695).

There is a daughter "an excellent woman, and married to a worthy gentleman, Mr. William Morton, of Knaphill ... Bucks." Her given name is not supplied in any known contemporary source; that it is "Mary" is from a very unreliable, often confused source.012 Joseph died at Mr. Morton's home at Knaphill 11 July 1713.013

In the Pinner's Hall Seventh Day [Particular] Baptist church book the church received as a member Hannah Stennett having been baptized by Mr Edward Stennett; this is probably in 1687. She died "the 30^th day of y^e 11^th mort. 1696" [Jan. 30, 1697].014 She was presumably a daughter of Edward and Mary.

[The above mentioned unreliable source says there was also a son George who was "an eloquent, sound and able preacher of the gospel." That writer seems to have read of George, obviously a son of Joseph & Susannah, who died as a youth--see the description of him under Joseph Stennett. That unreliable source often imagines or exaggerates description.]

Oscar Burdick, Nov. 20, 1999

Chapter I - Edward Stennett
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