Other Historical Information

Wills and Letters of Administration (Admons)
Probate Calendars – 1858 to 1943 - Wakefield unless otherwise stated
Includes ALL mentions of Bennett local to Sheffield only.

 

 

Supplemental information provided by Heather Granger

3rd March 1815

Joseph Bennett, seedsman and gardener of the Wicker.

Will made on 3/3/1815 and proved in London 9/7/1816. He mentions his dear wife Ann,

his daughter Sarah (wife of William Warburton) and his son Joseph Bennett who was

made executor. Mentions a dwelling house and messuage in the Wicker, with fruit trees.

The witnesses were Adamson Parker, John Brown and John Rainforth.

1st May 1830

Joseph Bennett, gardener and seedsman of Sheffield.

Will made 1/5/1830 and proved in London 22/12/1830. Mentions his wife Elizabeth,

his daughters and his "natural son" Joseph. Mentions also gardens on the east side of

Occupation Rd, Brightside Bierlow at Dixons point(?) and at Tom Cross. Refers to the

will of his father Joseph Bennett. Mentions also his sister Sarah, wife of William Warburton.

George Swift, butcher of Grimesthorpe, and William Burgin of Sheffield were appointed as

executors. Witnesses were James Sorby, Ann Moulson and James Footitt.
 

 

The following information provided by Kevin Bennett

 

4^th July 1858                                                                                        Effects under £100

Mary Bennett, widow, died 12^th December 1857 at Sheffield.

Executor: Ann Hutchinson, widow, of Sheffield and Elizabeth Oldfield, widow, of Sheffield

(daughters of deceased)

 

27^th October ?1859                                                                              Effects under £100

Martha Bennett (wife of Peter), late of Sheffield,

Died 14^th January 1844, at Earl St, Sheffield

Granted to Peter Bennett, filesmith

 

6^th July 1861                                                                                        Effects under £450

Elizabeth Bennett, late of Sheffield, widow,

Died 19^th February 1860, at Sheffield

Granted to Alathea Bennett, of 17 Division St, spinster and daughter of deceased

 

25^th June 1861                                                                                     Effects under £200

Mary Ann Bennett, late of High Green House, Sheffield, spinster

Died 17^th March 1861 in the Parish of St Mary, Cheltenham, Gloucester

 

?date    1861, 1862 or 1863                                                                   Effects under £20

Mary Ann Bennett, wife of John, late of Greasborough in the Parish of Rotherham

Died 1^st February 1858 at Greasborough

Granted to John Bennett of Darfield, blacksmith         

 

1864, 1865, 1866, 1867 – none

 

22^nd May 1868                         Admon                                     Effects under £100

Elizabeth Bennett, late of Sheffield, widow

Died 18^th January 1868 at Sheffield

Granted to Jane Edmanson (wife of Jabez Edmanson, commercial traveller), of Sheffield, daughter and one of next of kin

 

23^rd October 1868                   Admon                                     Effects under £200

Mary Yeaman Bennett (wife of George Edward Bennett), late of Sheffield

Died 13^th March 1864 at Sheffield

Granted to George Edward Bennett (painter)

 

16^th June 1868                         Admon                                     Effects under £1,500

Edward Bennett, late of Sheffield, painter

Died 16^th June 1869 at Sheffield

Granted to Elizabeth Bennett of 50 Fargate, Sheffield, widow

 

24^th September 1869                Admon                                     Effects under £300

William Bennett, late of Sheffield, stone merchant

Died 22^nd July 1869 at Sheffield

Granted to Catharine Bennett, widow

 

16^th February 1870                  Will                                          Effects under £100

Elizabeth Bennett, late of New Mexborough, widow

Died 11^th November 1869, at New Mexborough

Granted to Thomas Bennett of Mexborough, joiner and builder, son, surviving executor

 

28^th February 1870                  Will                                          Effects under £2,000

Henry Bennett, late of Rotherham, furniture broker

Died 31^st August 1869 at Rotherham

Proved by Alice Bennett of Rotherham, widow

 

None 1871

 

3^rd May 1872                           Will                                         Effects under £600

Thomas Bennett, late of Sheffield, general dealer

Died 11^th April 1872 at Sheffield

Proved by Joseph Thomas Bennett of Sheffield, cutlery dealer and son

And Simon Metcalfe of the New Market Hall, Sheffield, confectioner – executors

 

None 1873

 

18^th March 1874                      Will                                           Effects under £300

Samuel Bennett, late of Gloucester Crescent, Gloucester Street, Sheffield, bookkeeper

Died 30^th December 1873 at Sheffield

Proved by Elizabeth Ann Bennett of Gloucester Crescent, widow

 

5^th June 1875                           Will                                         Effects under £1,500

Henry Bennett, late of Sheffield, painter

Died 22^nd March 1875 at Sheffield

Proved by Robert Renton, steel manufacturer, and Michael Beal, jeweller, both of Sheffield

 

5^th January 1876                       Will                                         Effects under £2,000

Ann Bennett, late of Rotherham

Died 5^th June 1875 at Rotherham

Proved by Elizabeth Bennett and Mary Ann Bennett, both of Clifton Crescent, Rotherham, daughters

 

21^st July 1876                           Admon                                     Effects under £100

Elizabeth Bennett, late of Southey, Ecclesfield, widow

Died 14^th May 1876 at Southey

Granted to Henry Bennett, of Southey, file manufacturer and son, and one of next of kin

 

7^th December 1876                  Admon                                     Effects under £60

Grace Bennett, late of Shude Hill, Sheffield, widow

Died 3^rd November 1876 at Shude Hill

Granted to Charles Howson of Shude Hill, white metal smith and son, and one of next of kin

 

7^th July 1876                            Admon                                     Effects under £200

Isabella Bennett, late of Sheffield, spinster

Died 12^th May 1818 at Sheffield

Granted to William Sterndale Scarr of 4 Woodland Terrace, East Greenwich, Kent, merchantile clerk. The administrator of the effects of Robert Bennett, the father and next of kin

 

8^th June 1876                           Admon                                     Effects under £1,500

Robert Bennett, late of Sheffield, organist (NB father of Sir Wm Sterndale Bennett)

Died 3^rd November 1819 at Sheffield

Granted to William Sterndale Scarr, merchantile clerk. The administrator of the effects of Marianne Ellen Scar (wife of Joseph Scarr), daughter and one of next of kin

 

20^th July 1877                          Will                                         Effects under £200

John Harrison Bennett, late of High Street, Rotherham, publican

Died 29^th July 1877 at Rotherham

Proved by Sarah Bennett of High Street, widow

 

None 1878

 

22^nd October 1879                   Admon                                     Effects under £200

Edward Bennett, late of 50 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, public accountant, widower

Died 12^th May 1879 at 105a Hanover Street, Sheffield

Granted to Thomas Wheeldon Cripps, of 50 Norfolk Street, public accountant and creditor

 

9^th January 1880                       Will                                         Effects under £200

Samuel Bennett, late of Burngreave Cemetery Office, Sheffield, Superintendent of the Cemetery

Died 21^st December 1879 at the Cemetery Office, Sheffield

Proved by Jane Bennett, widow and sole executrix

 

1^st September 1880                  Will                                          Effects under £100

Samuel Bennett, late of Heeley, Sheffield

Died 2^nd May 1880, at Heeley

Proved by Marion Collinson Bennett, spinster and daughter, and Wm Bennett, manager of stationery business, brother, both of Sheffield, executors

 

None 1881, 1882

                                   

5^th July 1883                            Will                              Personal estate £206/ 6 shillings

George Bennett, formerly of Sheffield, afterwards of Wickersley, but late of 57 Radford Place, Sheffield, steel warehouseman

Died 27^th May 1883, at 57 Radford Place, Sheffield

Proved by Jane Bennett, of 57 Radford Place, widow and sole executrix

 

11^th August 1884                      Will                              Personal estate £88/ 6/ 3d

John Bennett, late of 121 St Philip’s Road, Sheffield, coal dealer

Died 31^st May 1884, at Sheffield

Proved by Eliza Bennett, widow, and Charles Hett, foreman at Sheffield Smelting Company’s Works.  Both of Sheffield and executors

 

6^th March 1884                        Will                              Personal estate £236/ 17/ 11d

William Bennett, formerly of Clarence Street, but late of 102 Alexandra Road, Heeley, both in Sheffield, edge tool hardener

Died 21^st January 1884 at 102 Alexandra Road, Heeley

Proved by William Bennett, of Netherfield Terrace,  Nether Green, Ranmoor, Sheffield, stationer, son and sole executor

 

26^th August 1884                      Will                              Personal estate £49 / 4/ 6d

Mary Bennett, late of 25 Cambridge Street, Sheffield, widow

Died 31^st July 1884 at 25 Cambridge Street

Proved by Sarah Bennett of 25 Cambridge Street, spinster, daughter and sole executor

 

11^th October                            Admon                         Personal estate £1,900/ 11/ 4d

William Bennett, late of 76 Walkley Street, Walkley, Sheffield, joiner

Died 20^th January 1884

Granted to Harriett Bennett, of 76 Walkley Street, widow

 

3^rd June 1885                           Will                              Personal estate £1,437/ 12/ 8d

Joseph Bennett, formerly of Church Street, but late of 78 West Street and 269 St Philip’s Road, all in Sheffield, grocer

Died 17^th March 1885, at 269 St Philip’s Road, Sheffield

Proved by William Rowbotham Bennett, of Tenter Street, Sheffield, grocer, son and George Thomas Cockayne, of Sheffield Common, brewer, 2 of the executors

 

None 1886

 

27^th May 1887                         Will                              Personal estate £501/ 17/ 6d

James Bennett, late of Rotherham

Died 20^th March 1887, at Rotherham

Proved by Benjamin Jeffrey Moss, nail maker, and John James Goodwin, banker’s clerk, both of Rotherham and executors

 

12^th December 1887                Will                              Personal estate £1,059/ 1/7d

Emily Bennett, formerly of Louth, Lincs, but late of Sheffield, widow

Died 4^th December 1887, at Sheffield

Proved by Cartwright Hairby Walseby, of 31 Sharrow Street, Sheffield, tea merchant, son and sole executor

 

21^st June                               Admon                         Personal estate £39/ 9s

Robert Bennett, late of Mexborough, warehouseman

Died 7^th March 1888, at Mexborough

Granted to Mary Bennett, of 49 Broomspring Lane, Sheffield, widow

 

19^th October 1889                   Admon                         Personal estate £5,571/ 14s

George Edward Bennett, late of Sheffield, painter and decorator

Died 18^th September 1889, at Sheffield

Granted to Elizabeth Bennett, of 75 Broomspring Lane, Sheffield, widow

 

3^rd May 1889                           Will                              Personal estate £47/ 14/ 6d

Jane Bennett, formerly of 19 Church Street, Greasborough, near Rotherham, late of 69 Cavendish Street, Sheffield, widow.

Died 18^th April 1889, at 69 Cavendish Street, Sheffield

Proved by Mary Kay (wife of James Kay), of 69 Cavendish Street, niece, and Elizabeth Carr, of 20 Church Street, widow, executrixes

 

None 1890

 

16^th January 1891                     Will                              Personal estate £194/ 19/ 11d

Matilda Bennett, late of Rupert Street, Sheffield, spinster

Died 4^th January 1891, at Sheffield

Proved by Jane Edmanson (wife of Jabes Edmanson), sister, and Elizabeth Lucy Judd, spinster and niece, both of Rupert Street and executrixes

 

28^th August 1891                      Will                              Personal estate £89/ 14s

Thomas Bennett, late of Hope Street, Mexborough, builder

Died 23^rd July 1891, at the Infirmary, Leeds

Proved by Thomas Bennett, carpenter and son, and James Clayton Fletcher, rate collector. Both of Mexborough, the executors

 

None 1892, 1893

 

4^th March 1895                        Admon                         Effects £133/ 7s

George Bennett, of Wadsley, Ecclesfield, formerly spring knife cutler

Died 30^th January 1895

Probate (Wakefield) to Susan Bennett, widow, and George Baxter, accountant

 

25^th April 1895                         Admon                         Effects £301/ 7 /8d

Samuel Bennett, of 156 Saville Street East, Sheffield, medical botanist

Died 18^th March 1895

Administration (Wakefield) to Charlotte Bennett, widow

 

None 1894

 

11^th April 1896                         Will                                          Effects £332/ 11/ 8d

Augustus Hadfield Bennett, of Rotherham, retailer of ale, beer and porter

Died 3^rd February 1896

Probate (Wakefield) to Mary Elizabeth Bennett, widow

 

12^th August 1896                      Will                                          Effects £1,341/ 2/ 9d

Elizabeth Bennett, of 31 Westbourne Road, Sheffield, widow

Died 18^th June 1896

Probate (Wakefield) to George Walker Osborne, banker’s clerk

 

7^th January 1896                       Will                                          Effects £153

Jonathan Bennett, of Ecclesfield Common, Ecclesfield, formerly engine tenter

Died 23^rd December 1895

Probate (Wakefield) to Emma Bennett, widow

 

None 1897, 1898

 

27^th May 1899                         Will                                          Effects £136

Charlotte Bennett, of  the “High Greave” inn, Ecclesfield, widow

Died 27^th December 1898

Probate (Wakefield) to John Machen Bennett, farmer and publican

 

26^th July 1899                          Will                                          Effects £461/ 16/ 1d

Ernest Bennett, of the “High Greave” inn, Ecclesfield, engraver

Died 9^th August 1897

Administration (Wakefield) to John Machen Bennett, farmer and publican

 

5^th October 1899                     Will                                          Effects £484/ 8/ 6d

James Bennett, of Old Denaby, near Rotherham, farmer

Died 19^th April 1899

Probate (London) to Henry Bennett and Walter John Robinson, farmers

 

26^th April 1899                         Admon                                     Effects £3

William Bennett, of Intake, Handsworth, coal miner

Died 1^st May 1897

Administration, with Will (Wakefield) to Hannah Shirt (wife of John Shirt)

 

29^th July 1899                          Admon                                     Effects £395/ 16/ 8d

William Bennett, of  the “High Greave” inn, Ecclesfield, engineer

Died 18^th July 1890

Administration (Wakefield) to John Machen Bennett, farmer and publican

 

5^th May 1900                           Admon                                     Effects £84/ 12s

Florence Bennett, of 796 Grimesthorpe Road, Sheffield, spinster

Died 9^th April 1900

Administration (Wakefield) to Thomas Bennett, grocer

 

29^th May 1901                         Admon                                     Effects £104/ 6s

Amy Bennett, of James Street, Masborough, Rotherham (wife of John Bennett)

Died 3^rd April 1901

Administration (Wakefield) to the said John Bennett, engine driver

 

2^nd March 1901                        Will                                          Effects £4,298/ 8/ 1d

George Bennett, of Doncaster Road, Rotherham, gentleman

Died 27^th January 1901

Probate (Wakefield) to Richard Hattersley, solicitor’s managing clerk, and Francis Charles Collinson, surgeon

 

25^th September 1901                Will                                          Effects £2,439/ 16/ 6d

John Bennett, of Joseph Street, Masborough, Rotherham

Died 8^th September 1901

Probate (Wakefield) to Thomas Bennett, railway company/s agent, Joseph Howitt, accountant, and George Wombwell Hawson, butcher

 

8^th November 1901                  Will                                          Effects £73/ 4s

John Bennett, of 26 Mill Lane, Treeton, Rotherham

Died 20^th October 1901

Probate (Wakefield) to Zilpha Bennett, widow, and Bertha Sheldon (wife of Robert Sheldon)

 

None 1902

 

19^th May 1903                         Admon                                     Effects £72/ 13/ 5d

Alathea Bennett, of 9ct West Street, Sheffield, spinster

Died 15^th November 1902

Administration (Wakefield) to Mary Briggs, widow

 

16^th January 1903                     Will                                          Effects £231/ 1/ 5d

Betsy Bennett, of 33 Helena Street, Mexborough, widow

Probate (Wakefield) to George Cutts Bennett, plasterer, and Thomas Bennett, innkeeper

 

12^th May 1904                         Will                                          Effects £2,240/ 12s

William Rowbotham Bennett, of “Belmont”, Upperthorpe, Sheffield, gentleman

Die 23^rd September 1903

Probate (Wakefield) to Jane Bennett, widow

 

6^th January 1905                       Will                                          Effects £780/ 0/ 6d

Charles Bennett, of 30 Salmon Street, Sheffield, engineer

Died 14^th September 1904      

Probate (Wakefield) to James Frederick Bennett, engineer, and John Archer, accountant

 

18^th March 1905                      Will                                          Effects £626/ 10s

Emma Bennett, of Ecclesfield Common, Ecclesfield, widow

Died 28^th January 1905

Probate (Wakefield) to Harry Salt, and Frank Salt, iron moulders

 

16^th March 1906                      Will                                          Effects £258/ 17/ 9d

William Henry Bennett, of Low Shiregreen, Sheffield

Died 2^nd March 1906

Probate (Wakefield) to James Panton, retired cooper

 

21^st August 1907                      Will                                          Effects £115

Hannah Elizabeth Bennett, of Low Shiregreen, Yorks, widow

Died 29^th July 1907, at 26 Cromwell Grove, Levenshulme, Lancs

Probate (London) to James Panton, and John Charles Wain, cutlery manufacturer

 

15^th June 1908                         Will                                          Effects £289/ 9/ 3d

Jane Bennett, of 49 Montgomery Terrace Road, Sheffield

Died 14^th March 1908

Probate (Wakefield) to William Frederick Cockayne Bennett, physician and surgeon

 

12^th May 1909                         Admon                                     Effects £145/ 5s

Mary Bennett, of 946 City Road, Sheffield, widow

Died 13^th March 1909

Letters of Administration (Wakefield) to Francis Robert Bennett, carter

 

29^th December 1910                Will                                          Effects £2,194/ 7/ 2d

William Bennett, of Wath Road, Elsecar, Yorks, cashier

Probate (Wakefield) to Mary Elizabeth Bennett, widow, Joseph Bennett, and Thomas William Bennett, bank clerks

 

21^st March 1911                       Will                                          Effects £830/ 1/ 3d

Edward Bennett, of Oxford Street, Rotherham, tailor and draper

Died 14^th January 1911

Probate (Wakefield) to William Henry Bennett, tailor, and Samuel Allen, draughtsman

 

4^th December 1912                  Will                                          Effects £468/ 17/ 2d

James Bennet, of 15 Witney Street, Sheffield

Died 20^th October 1912

Probate (Wakefield) to Henry Percival Bennet, surveyor of taxes

 

6^th February 1912                    Will                                          Effects £87/-

Anne Elizabeth, otherwise Elizabeth Anne Bennett, of 446 Staniforth Rd, Attercliffe, Sheffield, wife of James Bennett

Died 16^th December 1911

Probate (Wakefield) to said James Bennett, carting contractor

 

18^th September 1912                Admon                                     Effects £-/ 17/ 6d

George Bennett, of Thorpe Hesley, Yorks

Died 19^th April 1904

Letters of Administration (London) granted to John Bennett, miner

 

1^st February 1912                     Will                                          Effects £4,544/ 6/ 6d

William Frederick Cockayne Bennett, of Montgomery Terrace Road, Sheffield, physician and surgeon

Died 13^th December 1911

Probate (Wakefield) to Ethel Mary Bennett, widow, and James Lomax Cockayne, brewer

 

20^th October 1913                   Will                                          Effects £10/ 10/ 6d

Eliza Bennett, of 29 Burns Road, Shefield

Died 26^th May 1913

Probate (Wakefield) to George Bennett, warehouseman

 

3^rd September 1913                  Will                                          Effects £925/ 10/ 2d

Harriet Bennett, of 76 Walkley Street, Sheffield, widow

Died 26^th May 1913

Probate (Wakefield) to Robert Butterworth, estate agent, and John Hawcroft, steel hardener

 

6^th June 1913                           Will                                          Effects £700/ 0/ 2d

Sarah Bennett, of 237 Hanover Street, Sheffield, spinster

Died 23^rd May 1913

Probate (London) to the rev James Gilmore, clerk, and Margaret Harrison, spinster

 

9^th September 1913                  Admon                                     Effects £400

William Bennett, of 76 Walkley Street, Walkley, Sheffield, joiner

Died 20^th January 1884 (formerly granted October 1884)

Letters of Administration (Wakefield)granted to Harriet Goodwin (wife of Samuel Hubert Goodwin)

 

4^th February 1914                    Will                                          Effects £705/ 1/11d

Maria Elizabeth Bennett, of 28 Lydgate Lane, Crookes, Sheffield, spinster

Died 7^th January 1914

Probate (London) to Edward Bennett, chartered accountant, and Caroline Bennett Osborne, spinster

 

15^th October 1914                   Will                                          Effects £2,783/ 10/ 6d

William Henry Bennett, of 15 Tyzack Road, Sheffield

Died 30^th August 1914

Probate (London) to Harriet Bennett, widow, William Bennett, bank clerk, and Ethel Bennett, spinster

 

6^th August 1915                        Will                                          Effects £199/ 11/ 4d

Albert Michael Lewis Bennett, of 14 Sheffield Road, Tinsley, Sheffield

Died 29^th June 1915, at Mappleborough Green, Studley, Warwicks

Probate (Wakefield) to John William Bennett, forgeman, and Anne Elizabeth Kelsley (wife of William Kelsey)

 

5^th September 1916                  Will                                          Effects £4,099/ 17s

Edward Bennett, of the Grey Horse Inn, High Street, Sheffield

Died 5^th May 1916, at 78 Clarkhouse Road, Sheffield

Probate (Wakefield) to George Bennett, licensed victualer

 

21^st February 1916                   Admon (with Will)                        Effects £429/ 7s

Leonard Spencer Bennett, of 30 Marlborough Street, Sheffield, a private in the 15^th battalion of His Majesty’s Imperial Australian forces

Died 10^th May 1915, in Gallipoli, on active military service

Probate (Wakefield) to Ann Amelia Bennett (wife of John Charles Bennett)