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John Bennett and Mary Cooke © Both John and Mary are assumed to have been born around 1735 and possibly in or around Hampshire or east Dorset, but to-date no probable baptisms have been located. The only documentation held on John Bennett and his wife Mary (nee Cooke) is their marriage record. This record tells us John and Mary married by Banns, in Milford, Hampshire, on the 17th November, 17661. They were both from the Parish and it is assumed both were single. John made his mark, but Mary signed her name. The Vicar was Bolton Simpson and the witnesses were Jas Tringing and Geo Ferrey. Milford, more commonly known as Milford-on-sea, began as a Saxon settlement and the name simply means ‘mill ford’. At the time of the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Melleford, and it comprised of two separate estates, one held by Aelfric Small, and the other some unpopulated land held by Wulfgar. Up until this century Milford was essentially an agricultural settlement centred on the village green and the High Street and surrounded by large tracts of common land. Today the Village Green is all that remains of the common land, however the manor, vicarage and mill buildings still exist although none retain their original functions. The oldest building in Milford is the All Saints Parish Church which is 12th Century in date. The first church was probably built of timber around 1080 and replaced by a stone building, remnants of which can be seen today2 & 3. Searches of parish records have, to-date, uncovered just two children of John & Mary: Margaret c1773, she married William Answorth 1800; and William c1778. No record of John or Margaret’s death or burial have yet been located.
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