Bennett Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Bennett

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Where did the Scottish Bennett family come from? What is the Scottish coat of arms/family crest? When did the Bennett family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

The Strathclyde clans of the Scottish/English Borderlands were the first people to use the name Bennett. It is derived from the ancient Latin given name Benedictus, which means blessed.

It is only in the last few hundred years that rules have developed and the process of spelling according to sound has been abandoned. Scottish names from before that time tend to appear under many different spelling variations. Bennett has been spelled Bennett, Bennet, Benett, Benet and others.

First found in Lancashire, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Unwelcome in their beloved homeland, many Scots sailed for the colonies of North America. There, they found land and freedom, and even the opportunity to make a new nation in the American War of Independence. These Scottish settlers played essential roles in the founding of the United States, and the shaping of contemporary North America. Among them: Sam UEL Bennett who settled in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1635; Richard Bennett in Salem, Mass, 1636; David Bennett of Rowley, Massachusetts a Physician, and many more. In Newfoundland, William Bennet settled in St. John's in 1675.

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Some noteworthy people of the name Bennett

James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872), American (Scottish-born) journalist and newspaper editor, who founded The New York Herald in 1835 and was its editor until 1867
Robert Frederick Bennett (1927-2000), American Republican politician and governor of Kansas from 1975-1979
Bruce Bennett (1906-2007), American actor originally named "Herman Brix"
William Tapley Bennett (1917-1994), American Diplomat, Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
Brooke Bennett, American swimmer
Floyd Bennett (1890-1928), American aviator
Michael Bennett (1943-1987), American dancer
Corporal Edward A Bennett, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1945
Clay Bennett (b. 1958), American editorial cartoonist awarded the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Charles Bennett (1743-1822), English Cricket player, 4th Earl of Tankerville
Vere Gordon Bennett (1892-1957), Australian archaeologist
Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett (1870-1947), Canadian prime minister (1930-1935)
Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867-1931), English author
William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875), English composer
Alan Bennett (b. 1934), English dramatist
John Hughes Bennett (1812-1875), English physician
Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936), English composer
George Gordon Bennett (1858-1947), English historian

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Bennett family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the Bennett coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the Bennett genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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The Bennett Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Bennett Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.