Edward Bennett (1577 – bef. 1651), was an English merchant based in London, and a free member of the Virginia Company. A Puritan who had lived in Amsterdam for a period, he established the first large plantation in the colony of Virginia in North America, in what became known as Warrosquyoake Shire (later as Isle of Wight County).
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1577 Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
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1651 (aged 73) Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
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