Bennett Family History
- Bennett Name Meaning
- English: from the medieval personal name Benedict (Latin Benedictus meaning ‘blessed’). In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. See also Benedict.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 12,704,535 Historical Documents with Bennett on Ancestry
- 3,328,617 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,224,312 Census and Voter Lists
- 346,872 Military Records
- 214,285 Immigration Records
- 6,590,449 Member Trees
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Number of Bennett families
 3,562 - 7,122  1,188 - 3,561 |
 1 - 1,187  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bennett families
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332 - 661 111 - 331 |
1 - 110 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bennett census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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