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Thank you very much for your help everyone, I will follow these leads

could be marriages


Marriages Jun 1868 (>99%)
Bennett Lucy Eastbourne 2b 109

Marriages Dec 1871 (>99%)
Bennett Esther Eastbourne 2b 111

and Henry, away in the army?:

British Army Service Records 1760-1915 Transcription
name(s) HENRY BENNETT
Birth year 1840
Birth parish EASTBOURNE
Birth county SUSSEX
Service number 150
Rank CORPORAL
Regiment Royal Artillery
Document Type Discharge
Attestation year 12th February 1858
Attestation age years 18
Attestation age months 3
Discharge Corps ROYAL REG OF ARTILLERY
Discharge service number 150
Series WO97 chelsea pensioners british army service records 1760-1913
Box 1768
Box Record Number 9

This is Jane 1861:

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
2, Oxford Street, Brighton, Sussex, England

Jane Bennett Lodger Unmarried Female 28 1833 Dressmaker Arlington, Sussex,

Lodging with greengrocer, William Day age 31 and his wife Eliza age 40

found a ester in 1871 aged 20 living with grandparents in sussex

Perhaps the younger children entered the workhouse after their parent's death:

Esther??
1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Union Workhouse, Union Road, Hellingly, Hailsham, Sussex, England
Name: E B
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: 1851
Relation: Inmate
Gender: Female
Where born: Westham, Sussex, England
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household schedule number: 121
Piece: 569 Folio: 15 Page Number: 26
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George?
1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Union Workhouse, Union Road, Hellingly, Hailsham, Sussex, England
Name: G B
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: 1848
Relation: Inmate
Gender: Male
Where born: Westham, Sussex, England
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household schedule number: 121
Piece: 569 Folio: 15 Page Number: 26
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This could be Lucy in service living with Parks family:

1861
Name: Lucy Bennett
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: 1846
Relation: Servant (Employee)
Gender: Female
Where born: Sussex, England
Civil Parish: Eastbourne
Ecclesiastical parish: Trinity
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England
Registration district: Eastbourne
Sub-registration district: Eastbourne
ED, institution, or vessel: 3f
Household schedule number: 21
Piece: 567 Folio: 53 Page Number: 5
Name Age
Jane Parks 34
Emma Parks 7
George Parks 5
Edmond Parks 2
James Parks 1
Annie Parks 0
Sarah Parks 80
Lucy Bennett 15

this could be george the son

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George Bennett
England and Wales Census, 1871
Name:
George Bennett
Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
1871
Gender:
Male
Age:
22
Relationship to Head of Household:
Lodger
Birthplace:
Westham, Sussex
Schedule Type:
Household
Registration District:
Eastbourne
Sub-District:
Eastbourne
Parish:
Eastbourne
County:
Sussex
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Charles Vernon Self M 32 Eastbourne, Sussex
Mary Vernon Wife F 43 Westham, Sussex
Alfred Vernon Son M 9 Eastbourne, Sussex
William W Hurst Lodger M 22 Eastbourne, Sussex
George Bennett Lodger M 22 Westham, Sussex

It's possible that Mary and Henry died before the 1861 census, leaving the family split.

Burial

Sussex Burials Transcription
First name(s) HENRY
Last name BENNETT
Birth year 1809
Death year 1856
Age at death 47
Burial date: 3rd February 1856
Dedication St.Mary
Place WESTHAM
County Sussex
Country England
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Death:
Name: Henry Bennett
Registration Year: 1856
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Eastbourne
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 2b
Page: 33
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Possible death for Mary too?

First name(s) MARY
Last name BENNETT
Gender Female
Death quarter 3
Death year 1857
District EASTBOURNE
County Sussex
Volume 2B
Page 30
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007

You don't give an area- for reference, is this the family in 1851?:

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Stones Cross House, Westham, Eastbourne, Sussex, England

Henry Bennett Head Married Male 42 1809 Ag Lab Hellingly, Sussex, England
Mary Bennett Wife Married Female 37 1814 - Arlington, Sussex, England
Jane Bennett Daughter Unmarried Female 18 1833 - Arlington, Sussex, England
Henry Bennett Son - Male 11 1840 Scholar Westham, Sussex, England
Mary Bennett Daughter - Female 9 1842 Scholar Westham, Sussex, England
Harriett Bennett Daughter - Female 8 1843 Scholar Westham, Sussex, England
Lucy Bennett Daughter - Female 5 1846 Scholar Westham, Sussex, England
George Bennett Son - Male 3 1848 - Westham, Sussex, England
Esther Bennett Daughter - Female 0 1851 - Westham, Sussex, England

I have tried everyway I can to try and find the 1861 census sheet for Henry Bennett c1809, His wife Mary c1814 and children Jane1833, Henry 1840, Mary 1842, Harriett 1843, Lucy 1846, George 1848, and Esther 1850. Have tried different spellings with with no avail? :-(