William Bennett

The following information about William Bennett of Boston was obtained from a feature article by James Blachowicz in the Association for Gravestone Studies Quarterly Bulletin Vol 26 No 4 Fall 2002.

William Bennett probably was born in 1780 and died in 1835. Most of his gravestones are dated 1790 - 1815. Bennett probably worked in the John Homer shop in Boston along with William Homer and Samuel White Jr. There are indications he took over the Homer business after John Homer died in 1803. The Homer shop produced some gravestones in the Geyer carver style.

Following are some of the gravestones attributed to carver William Bennett by Blachowicz.

Abigail Rich (1796) - Truro Old North Cem.
infant Cobb (1797) - Brewster Old Burying Ground
Elizabeth Smith (1797) - Truro Old North Cem.
Rider infants (1798) - Wellfleet Duck Creek Cem.
Thomas Newcomb (1800) - Wellfleet Duck Creek Cem.
Philander Shaw (1800) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.
Jonathan Snow (1801) - Truro Old North Cem.
Ebenezer Broadbrooks (1802) - Harwich Congregational Church Cem.
Lydia Broadbrooks (1802) - Harwich Congregational Church Cem.
Elisha Cobb (1802) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.
John Pike (1802) - Truro Old North Cem.
Silvenus Crowell Jr (1803) - West Yarmouth Woodside Cem.
Clarissa Freeman (1803) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.
Ruth Brown (1804) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.
Corren Doane (1804) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.
Samuel Doane (1804) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.
Abigail Howes (1804) - Provincetown Cemetery #1
Abigail Knowles (1804) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.
Betsy Knowles (1805) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.
Polly Smith (1805) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.
Elizabeth Knowles (1806) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.
Betsey Mayo (1806) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.
Mehitable Cobb (1808) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.
Bial Freeman (1809) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.
John Smith (1811) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.


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