Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameThankful BENNETT 
Birth1739, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Baptism8 Jul 1739, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts5585
Death5 Mar 1819, Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire5586
OccupationMother of 10 children
FatherSamuel BENNETT Jr. (1690-1762)
MotherTabitha WHEELER (1695-)
Spouses
Birth22 Jun 1738/1739, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
FatherJosiah HAWKINS (~1715-1751)
MotherAmey OLNEY (~1716-)
Marriage30 Sep 1759, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Obituary notes for Thankful BENNETT
Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876, “New Hampshire Sentinel, 20 March 1819, Vol. XXI, Iss. 1041, page 3,” http://infoweb.newsbank.com, viewed 1 September 2005, through the NEGHS site.
Died
In Winchester, N.H. on the 5th inst, Mrs. Thankful Hawkins, wife of Daniel Hawkins, Esq. aged 81. They had lived together 60 years, had 10 children (all of whom had been maried [sic] and had childen) — 77 grand-children and 44 great-grand-children. This is the first death that has occurred in this dwelling since they were married. She was a prudent, industrious and virtuous wife; tender and affectionate mother and kind neighbor. She died in the full belief of the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. Printers in Boston and Providence are desired to notch the above.
Died
In Winchester, N.H. on the 5th inst, Mrs. Thankful Hawkins, wife of Daniel Hawkins, Esq. aged 81. They had lived together 60 years, had 10 children (all of whom had been maried [sic] and had childen) — 77 grand-children and 44 great-grand-children. This is the first death that has occurred in this dwelling since they were married. She was a prudent, industrious and virtuous wife; tender and affectionate mother and kind neighbor. She died in the full belief of the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. Printers in Boston and Providence are desired to notch the above.