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Benjamin Bennet (other)
Benjamin Bennet may refer to: * Benjamin Bennet (politician) (1764–1840), American politician * Benjamin Bennet (minister) Benjamin Bennet (ca. 1674 – 1 September 1726) was an English Presbyterian minister. Life Bennet was born in Wellsborough, in Sibson, Leicestershire. He received his elementary education in his parish school. He went next to Sheriff Hales ... (c. 1674–1726), English Presbyterian minister See also * Benjamin Bennett (other) {{hndis, Bennet, Benjamin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Bennet (politician)
Benjamin Bennet (October 31, 1764 – October 8, 1840) was a slave owner and U.S. Representative from New Jersey. Born in Bucks County in the Province of Pennsylvania, Bennet attended the common schools. He studied theology, was ordained as a minister in Middletown Township, New Jersey in 1793, and served as pastor of a Baptist church in that city. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits. Bennet was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819). After his time in office, he resumed agricultural pursuits. He died on his farm near Middletown Township on October 8, 1840, and was interred in the Baptist Cemetery, Holmdel Township, New Jersey Holmdel Township (usually shortened to Holmdel) is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The township is centrally located in the Raritan Valley region, being within the regional and cultural influence of the Raritan Baysh .... References { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Bennet (minister)
Benjamin Bennet (ca. 1674 – 1 September 1726) was an English Presbyterian minister. Life Bennet was born in Wellsborough, in Sibson, Leicestershire. He received his elementary education in his parish school. He went next to Sheriff Hales in Shropshire, under John Woodhouse who ran a dissenting academy. Bennet began his public ministry as a preacher-evangelist at Temple Hall, a village near his native place. He immediately succeeded John Sheffield on his move to Southwark in 1697. He was not formally ordained until 30 May 1699. This was done in Oldbury chapel in Shropshire by some of the surviving ejected ministers, along with three others, one of whom was John Reynolds of Shrewsbury. He became noted for his eloquence in the pulpit. In 1703 he accepted an invitation to go to Newcastle-on-Tyne as colleague to Richard Gilpin. The congregation had been weakened by a temporary secession under one of Gilpin's assistants, Thomas Bradbury. Ben Bennet used to spend sixty ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |