Robert BETTS (BETTES)
of Bearsted, Cnty. Kent, Yeoman
Int. 27 Mar 1572 Bearsted
(2)m Agnes TERZE
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Alexander BETTS
of W. Peckham, Kent, Yeoman
Int. W. Peckham, 25 Nov 1594
Langley, Co. Kent
m. 9 Feb 1574/1575
Joan LARKYN
Int. 7 Nov 1596
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John BETTS
of W. Peckham, Yeoman. Bap. at Bearsted 23 Sept 1576
Int. W. Peckham 8 Aug 1620
m. ca. 1600
Mary BIGGE
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Thomas BETTS
Bap. W. Peckham 3 Dec 1615
To Roxbury, MA 1634, Westfield, CT 1636, Milford in 1639, Guilford later
d. Norwalk, CT, 24 Dec 1688
m. ca. 1642 Guilford, CT
Mary ______
d. Norwalk, CT, supposedly over 100 years old
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James BETTS
b. 1663 Norwalk, CT
d. 6 Jul 1753 Wilton, CT
m. ca 1705 Norwalk, CT
Hannah BOUTON
b. 1675 Norwalk, CT
d. 23 Aug 1748 Wilton, CT
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Benjamin BETTS
d. Wilton, CT 1780/1781
m. 2 Jan 1729
Rebecca TAYLOR
b. Feb 1705
d. Jan 1805
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Elijah BETTS
b. 9 (5?) June 1745
fought in Revolutionary War Reuben TAYLOR
d. Aug 1800 |
m. Adah TAYLOR----------------------
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Ira BETTS
b. 1 June 1779
d. Wilton, CT 19 Feb 1864
Capt. War of 1812
m. 26 June 18__
Hannah BENEDICT
b. 31 Aug 1779
d. 21 Mar 1867
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Abel Benedict BETTS (see below for remaining siblings)
b. CT 2 Feb 1813
d. MS
m. 20 July 1847 MS
Susan M. MARSHALL
b. 1826 VA
d. 1883 MS
Both int. Charleston, MS
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Mary Foree BETTS
b. 1851 Charleston, MS
d. Charleston, MS
m. Charleston, MS
Asa Lafayette CROW
b. Morgan co., AL
d. Charleston, MS
Both int. Charleston, MS
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Asa Lee CROW
b. 8 Oct 1884 Charleston, MS
d. 13 Nov 1967 Galveston
m. 25 Apr 1911 Galveston
Margaret Jeannetta STAFFORD
b. 26 Oct 1889 Galveston
d. 30 Apr 1973 Galveston
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Mary Kate CROW
b. 22 Jan 1915 Galveston d. 10 June 2001 Houston
m. 6 Feb 1937 Galveston
William Stanley SINCLAIR, Jr.
b. 4 Feb 1913 Ft. Lawton, WA
d. 10 May 1997 Houston
Remaining siblings of Abel Benedict BETTS (see above):
Sophia Benajah Taylor Ira Anna Aaron William Susan Hubbele Rev. John Herbert BETTS* Emily Webber Eli Sherman
b. 26 Sept 1801 b. 25 Nov 1803 b. 15 Feb 1806 b. 24 Jan 1808 b. 11 Nov 1810 b. 4 Mar 1815 b. 5 May 1817 b. 12 June 1820 b. 12 Nov 1822 b. 8 Feb 1826
d. 12 Nov 1888
m. 14 Oct 1850
Mary BOTTSFORD, dtr. of Wm. BOTTSFORD
b. Oct. 1823
d. Dec 1880
A letter, dated September 16, 1889, Charleston, MISS, from Abel B. BETTS to Abel CROW, his eldest grandson.
Data from U.S. Censuses: 1880 Tallahatchie county, MS (20, 117, 5, 35) father's mother's age birthplace birthplace birthplace Betts, A. B. 68 CT CT CT Betts, S. M. 54 (sick) VA VA VA Betts, CK 9 MS CT CT Stewart, L. C. 40 KY VA VA sister-in-law 1870 Charleston, Tallahatchie county, MS, Township 25, Range 2E, page 546 Abel B. BETTS white 57 Merchant CT Susan M white 44 VA Mary F white 20 MS Lucy S white 12 MS Jane BETTS black 16 domestic servant MS 1860 Wilton, Fairfield, CT Ira BETTS 81 Farmer CT Hannah BETTS 81 CT Eli S. BETTS 34 Farmer CT Eliza I(?) BETTS 25 CT Charles T. BETTS 5 CT Harriet A. BETTS 2 CT William BETTS 4/12 CT Alonzo Patrick 11 CT 1860 Tallahatchie county, MS age occupation birthplace Abel B. Betts 47 Merchant CT Susan M. Betts 34 VA Mary F. Betts 9 MS Lucy S. Betts 2 MS 1860 Tallahatchie county, MS, page 34 Judith S. MARSHALL 55 farmer VA Charles C. 23 Attorney KY Lizzie C. 20 KY Roberta M. 18 KY 1850 Charleston, Tallahatchie, MS Atherall BALL 38 Physician VA Florida C. BALL 18 SC Abel B. BETTS 37 Merchant CT Susan M. BETTS 24 KY Marshall BETTS 1 MS Joseph DOGAN 19 Merchant Clerk AL 1850 Wilton, Fairfield, CT Ira BETTS 71 Farmer CT Hannah BETTS 70 CT Eli S. BETTS 23 Teacher CT Emily BETTS 26 CT 1850 Wilton, Fairfield, CT Ira BETTS Jr. 45 Farmer CT Emily BETTS 50 CT Elizabeth H. BETTS 16 CT David J. BETTS 11 CT Addison A. BETTS 9 CT 1850 Wilton, Fairfield, CT Zadock BETTS 70 Farmer CT Lucretia BETTS 62 CT Betsy A. BETTS 31 CT Caroline BETTS 27 CT Katherine BETTS 22 CT
*I have started transcription to the web of one of the journals of Rev. John Herbert BETTS, Episcopal minister and brother of Abel Benedict BETTS. The three original journals were donated to the Library of Congress for maximum protection and access by all.
References:
Personal journals of Rev. J. H. BETTS
Thomas Betts, of Guilford and Norwalk and His Descendants, compiled by C. Wyllys Betts and completed by Frederic H. Betts, 1888
The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 24, No. 2, Sept 1991, "Wilton Congregational Church Vital Records Indexed by Surname, 1726-1805," page 206-7
J. Dean Bacon, Bacon and Allied Families, the Betts Line, Section Seventy-Two, page 363. Culver City, CA: Murray & Gee Inc., 1953.
From "Burkes Landed Gentry," 1939 edition, page 2559: Robert BETT or BETTES, of Bearsted, Co. Kent, Yeoman, was buried at Bearsted, 27 Mar 1572. By his second wife Agnes TERZE (who m. 2ndly 14 Jan 1572/3 John Puale) he had a son:
Alexander BETTS, of W. Peckham, Kent Yeoman, buried there 25 Nov 1594 (will 21 Nov, proved 9 Dec 1594 at Rochester) having by Joan LARKYN, his wife (buried 7 Nov 1596) two sons and two daughters:
1. John
2. Alexander m July 1614 Jane Godden, who was buried 20 Mar 1639/40
3. Mary m 24 Oct 1598 John Baker
4. JoanThe elder son John BETTS, of W. Peckham, Yeoman, buried at W. Peckham 8 Aug 1620 (will 24 Jan, proved 20 Aug 1620) leaving surviving issue by Mary (?BIGGE?) his wife (who m. 2ndly 24 Jul 1621, John BRIDGER of W. Peckham, Yeoman), three sons and a daughter:
1. John, presumably d. s.p.
2. Robert of Leeds, Kent, m. 21 May 1638, Margaret TOPLEY, of Harrietsham
3. Thomas 4. MaryThomas BETTS, who went to New England in 1639, bp. at W. Peckham 3 Dec 1615, m ca 1642 in Guilford, CT Mary (who d. Wilton, CT at the age it is said of over 100), and d. at Norwalk, CT, 24 Dec 1688.