Benet - Bennet - Bennett Research File
Bennet, Marke -- 1587 Colonist roster
Bennet, Bennett - Colonist Surname
Demography and History
In
order to better understand the colonists surnames and the geographies where they
were found pre-industrial revolution, I used this National Trust surname tool at
http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/Surnames.aspx.
This site has info regarding the distribution of the population by
surname for the 1881 and 1998 British census'.
The statistical information, where available, is a hard ranking by
surname. Surname information, when
available, is the genesis or origin of the surname
This
is the first information where the coloration in the maps is blue, green and
yellow. These maps are shaded from
lesser to greater proportionally, but this could be deceptive because a
"few" for Smith and Jones could numerically be more than the highest
level for a rare surname.
The second grouping along with the detailed surname information is from Ancestry.com and is taken from the 1891 census. Coloration is in yellows. These numbers are actual ranges, not comparatively less to more. http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx
Note
that Ancestry has immigration and ports of departure, so while we may not be
able to readily find families here who have tracked their lines back to England,
we may be able to determine where a family who left England from a desired area
went and track them in their destination location to current.
The
third grouping is from Ireland, appropriately displayed in shades of green,
taken from the 1848-1864 Primary Property Valuation records at http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/.
Instead
of alphabetizing the colonists, I have left them in Hakluyt order, just in case
there was some unknown order to the list. This
single name extraction is a portion of that list.
Surnames
bolded with italics are those indicated by McMillan in 1888 as each having an
oral history of being descended from the Lost Colonists.
Mark
Bennet - of Celtic or
Scottish origin, in 1881 1084th most frequent surname, in 1998 4745th
Ancestry
English
variant of Bennett.
UK
Scotland
Ireland
Bennett
- English - in 1881 62nd most frequent surname in 1998, 51st
Ancestry
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.
UK
Scotland
Ireland
Analysis
by Andy Powell 1-18-2010:
A
name with possible monastic origins. This leads to a widespread and disjunct
origin. Possibly one of the hardest to isolate a focus for research
