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Note: roe County. Winthrope was the father of 12 (or 13) children. After Laura's death, he married Sarah McQuatters Hursh, a widow with four children. When Winthrop married Sarah, the Bennett children appear to have been scattered about the county, many of them living with reletives. Winthrop Bennett is a shadowy figure even though we've known his name for decades. He has been found in census and land records. Census records show him as a peddler and farmer. Land records show he was involved in real estate transactions. But there is really nothing about the personality and character of the man.
!DEEDS: January 13 1838: Winthrop and Laura Bennett of Ticonderoga sell 1/2 acre "being the northwest corner of the Zebulon Bennett farm" for $600.
CENSUS: United States, 1840, Monroe county NY, Brighton "Winthrop Bennett 210001 120001" farmer (1 male age 30 to 40 [Winthrop age 36]; 1 female age 30 to 40 [Laura age 32]; 2 girls aged 5 to 10 [Eliza age 9 and Helen age 8]; 1 boy age 5 to 10 [Platiah age 6]; 2 goys under 5 years [Samuel age 4 and Francis age 3]; 1 girl under 5 years [Fannie, an infant])
CENSUS: United States, 1850, Monroe county NY Rochester 7th ward 126/143 "Winthrop Bennett age 46, pedlar, b. NY"; "Sarah age 27, personal estate $500, b. NY"; "George Hursh age 15, in school, b. NY"; "Henry Hursh age 11, in school, b. NY"; "Martha Hursh age 6, in school, b. NY"; "Elizabeth Hursh age 4, b. NY"; "Sarah L. Bennett age 1, b. NY"
!DEEDS: 1851: Winthrop and Sarah borrow money from John Gormly of Clarkson.
!DEEDS: 1853: Winthrop Bennett of Clarkson buys 60 acres in Sweden (Lot 2, section 6) from Staius and Harriet Buntingame for $2100. He assumes the mortgage made 7 Feb 1853 between Buntingame and Jeremiah Dimick and Chauncy Y. White.
!DEEDS: 1854: McQuarters Estate Settlement
!DEEDS: 1854: Sarah takes out mortgage from Albert Curtis.
!DEEDS: 1854: Sarah of Sweden, buys Lot #17 and part of Lot #17 in Section A of the Manhattan Meadows Tract in Rochester from Albert Curtis for $975.
!DEEDS: 31 August 1854: Winthrop and Sarah sell land to Major A. Marshall, neighbor, for $1.00.
CENSUS: New York State, 1855, Monroe county NY Sweden 199/209 "Winthrop Bennett age 51, md, res 4 yrs, farmer, b. Washington Co, NY"; "Sarah Bennett age 40, wife, res 4 yrs, b. Ireland"; also Samuel Y age 19; Charles age 13, Laura age 10, Winthrop age 4; Rebecca age 2. Winthrop owned 50 acres of improved ground and 10 unimproved. He had 14 acres plowed, 6 fallow, 8 acres plowed the year previous, and 5 acres of meadow. He had harvested 10 tons of hap and 2 bushels of grass seed. 15 acres of winter wheat had yielded 50 bushel. 6 acres of oats gave him 40 bushels. 3 acres of barley had given 70 bushels. He had 20 sheep; had sold $10 worth of eggs. His 4 acres of corn yielded 130 bushels. 1 acre of potatoes had given 50 bushels. He had harvested 200 bushels of apples. He owned cattle, 1 under 1 year and 2 over. He had 2 milk cows and had produced 250 pounds of butter. He had 1 horse and 3 pigs.
!DEEDS: 13 June 1955 Winthrop and Sarah sell 60 acres of land in Sweden (north part of lot 2, section 6 of township 3 of the Triangular tract) to Edwin Taylor of Rochester for $1000.00
CENSUS: United States, 1860, Monroe county NY Ogden 818/840 "Winthrop Bennett age 56, farmer, re:20000, pe:400, b. NY"; "Sarah Bennett age 46, b. Ireland"; also: Sarah age 12, Winthrop age 9, Francis age 7, Henry Hursh age 18, Elizabeth Hursh age 13
Note: Winthrop Bennett and Laura Young were married in Ticonderoga, New York and later moved to Mon
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