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Family of Bennett GILLETTE and Mary Elizabeth SEARS
Bennett GILLETTE b. 1826~840 at CT960. d. 1875 Mar 6840 at prob Prospect, CT840. bd. Prospect Town Cem, Prospect, CT840.
Mary Elizabeth SEARS b. 1835 Jan851 at Connecticut848. d. 1913840. bd. Lakeview Cem, East Hampton, CT840.
Married851 1868 19 May956.
Bennet is probably the son of Garry[sic] and Polly Gillette, with whom "Bennett" was living in 1850. Garry was born abt 1788, and Polly was born abt 1797. Bennet Gillette is living with or in the next dwelling to Garry and Polly in 1850, 1860 and 1870.
Bennett married first Betsey Sutfille, dau of Thomas & Eunice Hurd Sutliffe. Bennett and Betsey Gillette, along with a young son Wllie (age 5), resided in Prospect, CT, in 1860. Betsey died in 1866. As Bennett and Betsey married in 1857, if Willie's age is correct, it may imply that Bennet had a previous marriage.
Bennett married second Mary Elizabeth Sears. Their marriage date is implied by src 956, though it lists only her date of marriage, not her husband's name. For that, src 957 lists DAR member 67935 as Mary E Sears Gillette (Mrs Bennett), of East Hampton. In addition, src 958 states Mary married Bennett Gillette.
In 1850, Mary is living in Chatham with her mother, father, and her siblings, Clark, Cushman and Caroline. In 1860, Mary is living in East Hampton in the household of Amial and Marietta (her aunt) Aable. It's likely she was just visiting as her parents and sister Carrie are also listed in East Hampton.
Mary's middle name is given in src 958 as a child of Stephen Griffeth Sears.
In 1870, Mary Gillette resides with Bennett Gillette, and two children: Eunice? age 14, and Willie age 5. If Bennett and Mary married in 1868, it's unlikely that either child is hers. It may be that Willie shown with Bennett and Betsey in 1860 died young, Bennett and Betsey had another child shortly before Betsey's death, and that (second) Willie is their child.
In 1880 and 1900, Mary Gillette, a widow, resides in Chatham, CT, with her sister Carrie. In 1900, Mary is listed as the mother of none, none living.