Family History - Ezra S. Bennett

1. Ezra S. Bennett,¹ born May 1854 in Connecticut (parents not determined);^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} died 1932.^{1, 8} Ezra married, first, Waity E. _____³ (born ca. 1850 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, parents not determined;^{3, 9} Waity died 10 April 1881 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut⁹). Ezra married, second, ca. 1888, Ellen O. Boyens^{4, 5} (born December 1839 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, the daughter of Daniel Boyens and Mary Ann Frissell;^{1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13} Ellen died 15 January 1936 in New London, New London County, Connecticut^{1, 10, 14}). Ezra is buried in Carey Cemetery, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut.⁸ Ellen is buried in Carey Cemetery, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut.^{1, 10}

1. Windham County, Connecticut, Cemetery Records, Volume 1. Available at Ancestry.com.
2. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Connecticut, Windham County, Canterbury, Page 24, family of Elias V. Bennett (59, Conn., farmer); Francis A. Bennett (59, Conn.); Otto Bennett (8, Conn.); Ezra Bennett (6, Conn.); Susan L. Bennett (22, Conn.).
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Connecticut, Windham County, Canterbury, Enumeration District 135, Sheet No. 22b, family of Ezra S. Bennett (35, Connecticut, works in saw mill); wife Waity E. Bennett (29, Connecticut).
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Connecticut, New London County, Norwich, Enumeration District 474, Sheet 28A, Ezra S. and Ellen O. Bennett. Their ages and birth years conflict with several other records and are probably inaccurate here.
5. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Connecticut, New London County, Norwich, Enumeration District 541, Sheet 5A, Ezra S. and Ellen O. Bennett. Their ages conflict with several other records and are probably inaccurate here.
6. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Connecticut, New London County, Norwich, Enumeration District 289, Sheet 5B, Ezra S. and Ellen O. Bennett. Their ages conflict with several other records and are probably inaccurate here.
7. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Connecticut, New London County, Norwich, Enumeration District 6-53, Sheet 12B, Ezra S. and Ellen O. Bennett. Their ages conflict with several other records and are probably inaccurate here. This census shows that Ellen was 16 at first marriage.
8. Headstone, Carey Cemetery, Canterbury, Connecticut, Ezra S. Bennett 1854-1932
9. Connecticut Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1696-1907, Registration of Deaths Occurring in the Town of Canterbury, page 482, 10 April 1881, Waity Bennett; age 30, born in Canterbury; married; died in childbirth [no indication of fate of child].
10. Headstone, Carey Cemetery, Canterbury, Connecticut, Ellen O. Boyens His Wife 1839-1936
11. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Connecticut, Windham County, Killingly, family of Daniel Boyns, 35, Spencer, Mass., soap manufacturer; Mary Ann Boyns, 35, Woodstock, Ct.; Ellen O. Boyns, 10, Grafton, Mass.; Hannah E. Boyns, 7, Webster, Mass.; Alvira A. Boyns, 5, Oxford, Mass.; Charles H. Boyns, 3, Thompson, Ct.
12. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Connecticut, Windham County, Canterbury, Pages No. 39 and 40, John H. Tift, 26, Connecticut, farmer; Ellen Tift, 28, Massachusetts; Lizzie A. Chapman, 8, Conn.; John E. Tift [sic, this is Elmer James], 4, Conn.; Anna D. Tift, 2, Conn.
13. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Connecticut, Windham County, Town of Scotland, Enumeration District 146, Page 5. John H. Tefft, 36, Connecticut, farmer, parents born in Connecticut; wife Ellen O. Tefft, 40, Connecticut [sic]; son Elmer J. Tefft, 14, Connecticut; daughter Annie D. Tefft, 12, Connecticut; son Orion L. Tefft, 9, Connecticut; daughter Luella M. Tefft, 7, Connecticut; daughter Nellie M. Tefft, 11/12, June, Connecticut; step daughter Lizzie O. Chapman, 18, New Jersey.
14. Connecticut Vital Records - Index of Deaths, 1897-1969; available at https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/death-records/. Ellen Bennett, died: 15 January 1936 in New London, Connecticut.