William
Stennett was transported from England to Maryland in 1661. He was probably
from Lincolnshire, England. Later on he acquired land in Calvert Co.,
Maryland, called "Stennett's Ramble". About
1750, Benjamin and James Stennett, brothers who were grandsons or
great-grand-sons of William Stennett, acquired land patents in Amherst
County, Virginia. This area was then being settled by people from the coastal
areas of Virginia and Maryland. Benjamin was a carpenter. James had a son, John, born ca. 1735-40 John
Stennett served briefly with the County Militia during the Revolutionary War.
He and his family moved to Mercer County, Kentucky about 1794. By 1810, he
and son Charles were living in Washington Co., KY. Charles
(Born ca. 1775) married Nancy Short about 1797. Nancy Short was born in
Virginia but may have lived later in Tennessee before coming to Kentucky.
Charles was a Constable in Washington County and served in the Kentucky
Militia as a Lieutenant during the War of 1812. He bought a land grant in
1817 in Shelby Precinct, Edwards County, IL; Moved there in 1824, lived in
Wayne County, IL by 1840 and presumably died between 1840 and 1850. All
Stennetts that lived or now live in Edwards County, IL are his descendants. His
children were as follows: James, John, Richard, Daniel, Charles, Jr.,
Jackson, Jacob, Rhoda (married Robert Dorothy), Nancy (married Leonard Bond),
Mary (married a Mounts), and Elizabeth (married a Mounts). Of
Charles' various children, Richard moved to Iowa and later to Oregon, Daniel
moved to Iowa, Elizabeth moved to Iowa, Rhoda moved to western Illinois,
while John presumably died in Wayne County, IL in the 1850's. Jacob died
while in the Civil War, and Jackson disappeared after 1850. Present-day
Stennetts in Edwards County are descended from Charles Stennett Jr. (Born 1812). John
Stennett married (ca. 1828) Mary Fowler (born ca. 1811). She was the daughter
of Thomas and Dorcas (?)Fowler who were in Gibson Co., IN then Thomas
presumably died before 1818. Mary had two brothers, Reuben (born 1813) and
Ethan (6orn 1815) and two half-brothers, Thomas and Uriel Emmerson. Dorcas
Fowler married Uriel Emmerson in 1818 in Gibson Co., IN then moved to Edwards
Co., IL. Later, Dorcas married a Nash and finally John Abby in the early
1860s. Dorcas (born ca. 1795 in New Jersey) was still alive in 1880 in
Edwards Co., IL. John Stennett's children were Isaac,
William, Nancy (married Joseph Crackel), Elizabeth (married first a Wilson,
second James Bell), Julia (married a Gassaway), George, and Robert. By 1880,
all of John's known descendants were either in Logan or Macon County,
Illinois. Robert
Stennett (great-grandfather of the writer, Joan Stennett Madden, of Lincoln,
IL) married Isalean Allison in Logan Co., IL. Isalean was born in Edwards
Co., IL in 1844 and was the daughter of Harrison Allison (born 1811) and
Sarah Huston. Harrison in turn was a son of Isaac Allison and Jane Hunt. Sarah Huston (born ca. 1815)
was the daughter of James Huston and Mary Batson. The former was a brother of
Henry Huston, while the latter was a sister to William Batson. Both William
Batson and the Huston brothers were in Edwards Co., IL by 1818. Harrison Allison
married, secondly, Sarah Umbenhower in 1849, and Clarissa Huston Shores in
1863 in Macon County, IL. Clarissa was the daughter of Benjamin Skinner of
Edwards County. Harrison Allison moved to Logan County by 1850 while most of
his siblings moved to Jasper County in the 1830s. In 1865, Harrison in turn
removed to Oregon, near McMinnville. Among the Stennetts who moved to Red Oak,
Iowa, Wayne, a son of Daniel, developed a flourishing business in the 1850's
and a village "Stennett" was named after him. There are still
Stennetts in the Red Oak area. George
Stennett, a brother to Robert and a son of John, was in Logan County by 1860
and married Elizabeth Huston, a granddaughter of the aforementioned James
Huston. George and family moved to Holdridge, Nebraska in the 1880s and died
in 1923 at the age of 83. “History of Edwards County, Illinois” Pg. 481 & 482 (Sometimes called History of Edwards County, Vol. 2) Submitted by Patrick & Joan Stennett
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