I do not have information about the Bennetts, but would like to contribute the following on James Morris' captivity: "In an affadavit dated 26 June 1839, Matthias Hulse of Monmouth Co. states that he and James Morris were both taken prisoner on 13 Feb 1777, and that they "together with others were taken to New York, and confined in the prison ship and the sugar house, until the 12th day of May 1778, when this Deponent and the said James Morris together with three others, who are now dead, were exchanged and released by the enemy, and they all five returned home together; that the said James Morris was out on parole for a short time, during said confinement". In another affadvit William Bennett Sr. recollects seeing James Morris when he first returned home: "He had been very sick with the small-pox, and looked very miserable, his hair was nearly all out of his head..." (GMNJ 45:57-58, American Prisoners Taken at the Battle of Navesink, 1777, by Edward J. Raser). The reference for the affadavits is USRP:W-864. USRP:W stands for U.S. Revolutionary Pensions: Widow. Susan Amicucci -----Original Message----- From: Joe <jpatter@epix.net> To: NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com <NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 12:18 AM Subject: [NJMONMOU] Monmouth Bennetts >Several of us are looking for the parents of John Bennett b. ~1775, who married Sarah >Wolcott [1779-1852]. > >Found this and wonder if anyone has something on the Bennetts mentioned. > >James Morris was a private in the Monmouth Militia when captured in the >skirmish at Atlantic Highlands in 1777. He remained a prisoner for >fifteen months. He was married on February 2, 1781, to Lydia Patterson in >the house of her father, John, at Middletown. Her sister Deborah was >married at the same time to William BENNET, Sr. Jacob Davis, a Baptist >minister, performed the dual ceremony. James Morris died in 1820, the >son of Samuel and Hester (Patterson) Morris (SHGM 4:54). > > >-- > >joe > > >==== NJMONMOU Mailing List ==== >FAM_TREE.LST not found. Create new genealogist? (Y/N) >