. Thomas BENNETT ^{1, 2, 3, 4} (John , Thomas "of Clapcot" , John , Thomas , Thomas ) was born in Jun 1580 in London, Berkshire, England. He died about 1641 in James City, Isle of Wight County, Virginia.

Notes for THOMAS BENNETT:
Thomas Bennett was a Member of the House of Burgesses as he represented Mulberry Island in 1632 (Burgess Journals 1619-59, p. xiii). Mulberry Island is in Warwick County, and as Warwick's records were destroyed in the Civil War, nothing more can be found out about Thomas Bennett. However, a clue to his family is found in the will of Anthony Barham, the former Burgess of Mulberry Island who died in England in 1641.

Source:
Boddie, 17th Century Isle of Wight Co., Vol 1 pp 290-291 as made available thru Michael D. Bennett's website.

 

Thomas arrived in 1618 on the ship "NEPTUNE" and settled near Edward's Plantation.
- Source New World Immigrants "The Muster of Thomas Bennett'
Passengers and Immigrants Lists Index. Edited by P. William Filby with Mary K. Meyer.

No birth record is known. He was most probably born in England. He is believe to have immigrated to Virginia in 1718.
There are two Thomas Bennett's along the James River in 1624, the headrights of Thomas were claimed by Richard Bennett, the nephew of Edward Bennett a member of the original London Company that founded the Virginia settlement. The 1624 muster roll identifies two Thomas Bennett's one with wife Mary and the other with wife Margery.
Thomas Bennett resided near Lawne's Creek on the South side of theJames River in 1624. He was a plantation owner. Member of the House of Burgesses representing Mulberry island in 1632.
He is believed to had had only one son, Richard Bennett.
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Thomas Bennett was most probably born in England and may have been a relation of the Edward Bennett family and Henry Bennett, Lord Arlington.
Edward Bennett was a member of the original London Company that founded the Virginia colony. He was a wealthy shipper engaged in the Virginia trade and elsewhere. He is reputed to have been captured by a Dutch pirate on one voyage and negotiated a pardon for the pirate from the King of England in return for which the pirate gave him 64 ships. He also held contracts for shipping supplies for the British Army.
Richard and Robert Bennett were nephews of Edward Bennett who came to Virginia and established two large plantations on his behalf in Isleof Wight County. There were also two early Thomas Bennett's who were associated in early records with Richard in Isle of Wight County, in1624, the headrights of both were claimed by Richard Bennett. However, their relationship to Edward, Richard or Robert is unknown. Richard Bennett later became governor of Virginia during the Cromwellian period.
Later in this period, Henry Bennett, Lord Arlington, was a close advisor to Charles I King of England. He was a member of the same Bennett family possibly owed its economic advantage to kinship with them.
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Bibliography

Seventeenth Century, Isle of Wight County, Virginia; by John BennettBoddie, Chicago Law Printing Company, Chicago;

Southside Virginia Families, Volume I, by John Bennet Boddie, PacificCoast Publishers, Redwood City, California, 1955.

Wills and Administrations of Surry County, Virginia, 1671-1750; by ElizaTimberlake Davis, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland,1980.

Selected portions of Bennett Family information were contributed by
Patrick J. Anderson and Frankie Krausse

Bennett Sources include:

Bennetts on the Bias. written by Muriel Minimum
Seventeeth Century, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. written by John Bennett Boddie.
Southside Virginia Families. Volume I. written by John Bennett Boddie.
Broderbund Family Archive #110. Volume 2.

Thomas married Alice PIERCE about 1624 in James City, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Alice was born about 1600 in England. She died about 1647 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.

Alice's maiden name is unknown. She married Thomas Pierce before Thomas Bennett. She was a young widow when she married Thomas Bennett