This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: bennett, dodson, hodnett, lewis, collie, barker, lyon, bass, clements, mcdaniel, hall, haynes, sutherlin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BRD.2ACEB/6202.1 Message Board Post: Interesting. A whole book was published on my Bennetts and the oldest one is a John Bennett. His oldest child was born in 1682. The family also started a relationship with the Dodson family that has lasted to this day. The earliest location we have for him is North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA. That is near the Chesapeake Bay and other early settlements. His son (John II) moved to what is now Fauquier Co., VA a little further north. John II was awarded a land grant for 424 acres of land on Sept. 1st, 1780 in what is now Pittsylvania County, VA (near the NC line and the modern day city of Danville) Twelve generations still own land in that area. Many descendents moved on from Pittsylvania County to GA and TX. Reference: "The Bennett Family of Southern Pittsylvania County, Virginia" Compiled and Written by Betty Cox Collie LCCN 2001012345