Catherine Frances Bennett

1909 - 1996  (87 years)

• Name	Catherine Frances Bennett  [1]
  Alternate birth	24 May 1908  [2]
  Birth	6 Jan 1909	New York   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	18 Nov 1996  [5]
  Burial	Memorial Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Nassau, Long Island, New York   [5]
  Person ID	I44132	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Charles Pulaski Bennett,   b. 31 Mar 1882, Amagansett, Suffolk, Long Island, New York d. 24 Oct 1948, East Hampton, Suffolk, Long Island, New York (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Margaret Theresa Donovan,   b. 12 Feb 1880, Scull, Cork, Ireland d. 27 Nov 1943 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	23 Oct 1904	New York, New York, New York   [6]
  Family ID	F25826	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Ruggles Pynchon,   b. 9 Mar 1907, Oyster Bay, Naussau, Long Island, New York d. 21 Jul 1995, Glen Cove, Nassau, Long Island, New York (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1934  [1]
  Children	> 1. Thomas Ruggles Pynchon,   b. 8 May 1937, Glen Cove, Nassau, Long Island, New York (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F25775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S5932] Robert Charles Anderson, "The Literary Pedigree of the Author Thomas Pynchon." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 146:165, 2015. [S6866] East Hampton History: Including Genealogies of Early Families by Jeannette Edwards Rattray. Garden City, New York: Country Life Press, 1953., possibly her date of baptism?. [S8774] Find a Grave page for Catherine Frances Bennett Pynchon., date only. [S4021] 1910 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com., year and state only. [S8774] Find a Grave page for Catherine Frances Bennett Pynchon. [S8799] New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938, on familysearch.org.