Edith Dawson (Needles) Bentley (1817 - 1894)

Born 30 Sep 1817 in Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Thomas Bentley — married 22 Jun 1842 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1894 at age 76 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

"Edith D Needles daughter of John and Eliza Matthews Needles was married to Richard T Bently son of Caleb and Henrietta Bentley of Sandy Springs The said marriage took place in Friends meeting house on Lombard Street Baltimore 6 mo 22d 1842, Children:^[1]

• Eliza Needles Bentley Born 8 mo 25 1843
• Mary Henrietta 12 mo 13 1845
• Sarah Brooke 2 mo 26 1848
• Anna Maria 2 mo 26 1850
• John Caleb 3 mo 31 1852
• Edward Needles 9 mo 16 1854
• Edith Helen 8 mo 26 1856
• Richard Louis 10 mo 26 1859

On December 18, 1857 Richard and his wife Edith, "were assembled at the breakfast-table of John Needles" and listed with the children of John and his wife Mary Needles.^[2]

The 1860 census of 5th District, Montgomery, Maryland, United States again lists John Bentley living with Richard T and Edith Bently.^[3]

• Richard T Bently M 40 Md
• Edith Bently F 42 Md
• Eliza Bently F 17 Md
• Mary Bently F 14 Md
• Sarah Bently F 12 Md
• Anna Bently F 10 Md
• John Bently M 8 Md
• Edward Bently M 6 Md
• Helen Bently F 3 Md
• Richard Bently M 0 Md
• Mariah Boen F 40 Md

The 1870 census of Maryland lists and 18 year old John Bentley living in the household of Richard T. and Edith Bentley^[4].

• Richard T Bentley M 50 Maryland
• Edith Bentley F 52 Maryland
• Anna Bentley F 20 Maryland
• John Bentley M 18 Maryland
• Edward Bentley M 15 Maryland
• Helen Bentley F 13 Maryland
• Richard Bentley M 10 Maryland
• Hezekiah Mitchell M 65 Maryland
• Rachel Johnson F 15 Maryland

Sources

1. ↑ Record of the Man, Needles (Nedels) and Hambleton Families...1495-1876, By Samuel Hambleton Needlesm, 1878, page 118. available online here
2. ↑ Record of the Man, Needles (Nedels) and Hambleton Families...1495-1876, By Samuel Hambleton Needlesm, 1878, page 117. available online here(page attached as a photo to this profile as a jpeg)
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M69H-SBX : 30 December 2015), John Bently in entry for Richard T Bently, 1860.
4. ↑ (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN3K-2ZQ : 17 October 2014), John Bentley in household of Richard T Bentley, Maryland, United States; citing p. 118, family 777, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,090.

See also:

• Obituary: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62997170/