Bennings was one of the six thousand Human descendants from the Skagaran abductees of 1864.

In 2153, when the Enterprise NX-01 visited the failed Skagaran colony, Bennings held the position of deputy sheriff, and often spent his time with his two compatriots, Nash and Franklin. The deeply-bigoted Bennings hated the Skagarans and frequently used his position to humiliate or even murder them. He also disliked Captain Archer, who he saw as a Skagaran sympathizer, and attempted to kill him when he learned of his true origin, but the attempt failed. (ENT: "North Star")