Perry Miller Bentley (1819 - 1898)

Born 10 Aug 1819 in Richmond Mills (now Richmond Center), Ontario Co., NY

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Reed) Bentley — married 23 May 1844 in Royalton Center, Niagara County, New York

Descendants

Died 1898 at about age 78 in near Ray Center, Macomb Co., MI?

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Biography

Descendants of Perry Miller Bentley

Perry Miller Bentley b: August 10, 1819 in Richmond Mills (now Richmond Center), Ontario Co., NY d: 1898 in near Ray Center, Macomb Co., MI? .. +Mary Reed b: 1821 in near Allens Hill, Ontario Co., NY? m: May 23, 1844 in Royalton Center, Niagara Co., NY

1. ........ 2 Mary Augusta Bentley b: March 25, 1846 in Richmond Mills (now Richmond Center), Ontario Co., NY d: August 30, 1881 in Shelby Township, Macomb Co., MI killed in a cyclone in Kansas Cause of death: killed in a cyclone in KS ............ +Levi F. Giddings b: October 08, 1838 in near Mount Clemens, Macomb Co., MI? m: August 13, 1863 in Macomb, Macomb Co., MI d: Abt. 1881 in killed in a cyclone in Kansas Cause of death: killed in a cyclone in KS
2. ........ 2 Preston M. 'Pet' Bentley b: September 01, 1851 in Richmond Mills (now Richmond Center), Ontario Co., NY ............ +Mary Longstaff b: 1843 in near Macomb, Macomb Co., MI? possible daughter of Richard m: 1858 in near Macomb, Macomb Co., MI? error, too early
3. ........ 2 Frank Reed Bentley b: September 04, 1853 in Macomb, Macomb Co., MI
4. ........ 2 Ada M. Bentley b: January 17, 1855 in Macomb, Macomb Co., MI
5. ........ 2 Mary Bentley b: August 10, 1860 in Richmond Mills (now Richmond Center), Ontario Co., NY d: Bet. September 17 - 24, 1860 in age 6 weeks
6. ........ 2 Carrie Bentley b: May 11, 1861 in Richmond Mills (now Richmond Center), Ontario Co., NY

Residence 1840 "He went to Mt. Clemens on a farm 1840"

Occupation 1854 Supervisor of Macomb, Macomb Co., MI

Political Party Republican

Religion Bef. 1882 Methodist Episcopalian Church, Macomb Co., MI

Journal of Carrie Ann Lucas.

from Carole Bartlett MacKay, Sep 1999:

I found a couple of Bentleys in the 1860 census. Did not copy carefully, because I wasn't sure they were related. So I'll probably go back and have another go at it. Sophia Bentley  65 WF Domestic $14,890. N.Y.

Different household. Perry? or Preston? A. Bentley 40 WM Farmer $2500 $1116 N.Y. Mary  38  WF Domestic Preston 8 WM son Frank R. 6 WM  son Ada W. or M. 5 WF I wonder is Preston could be son of Miller.

Carole

[reply by Steve] Carole, you missed it! 

He *is*  Miller.  Perry Miller Bentley!   :)

Once again, fantastic find on your part!

I did suggest it sooner, with the census you had found, where the ages matched Miller and his wife Mary Howard.  But you were saying the middle initial was A, not M, so that threw us off.

You had two of the children in that census, Ada and Preston.  But the ages were a decade or so off.

>I know I am getting off on the Bentleys before >finishing the Lucases, but I found something impt. I >was sure that Perry M. was a member of the preston >Bentley family. The names of all his kids were the >same and he lived near his mother, Sophia in the 1860 >census. Anyway, he is not listed in Fenita's list of >Preston's children nor is he on the list at the Lds >website. However, he has the very same birthdate and >birthplace and parents as Miller Bentley. He is >apparently a twin brother of Miller. I found his as a >separate entry on the LDS website. Perry M Bentley, >born 8/10/1819 Richond Twp. Ontario, Ny. Parents: >Preston D. Bentley and Sophia James. Isn't this >strange? Carole

from Carole, Oct 1999:

I found a Perry Bentley marriage with Docia Merrill Sept 18, 1856. Genessee, MI. It could be our Perry or someone else.

Here is s scan of the Perry Miller Bentley family. Note the DAvises nearby. Jonathan Davis died on TB a couple of years later. It is a question as to who Sylvia Benetly married. Jonathan is a J.E. Davis, but there is also another J.E. Davis in Macomb county. Will check wtih my next visit to the library in Indy. The Lds database said that Sophia married a J.E. Davis, but Fenita did not know his first name. This Je Davis is married to a margaret and is way too young. The Calvin Davis here is the son of the original calvin Davis, an impt. early resident of Macomb. Carole

from Carole Bartlett MacKay, Oct 1999:

You should look at the Macomb County website. It has lots of the names under the various townships of families the Bentleys married into...If you click on the various townships on the map, you will get the history of each township. Examples are: Lester Giddings (probably the father of Levi), Chauncey Church, John Longstaff (related to Mary Longstaff?). On page two, it says, M. Bentley, shoemaker. do you suppose that was Perry Miller?http://www.libcoop.net/mountclemens/1875map.htm At the end of hte hsitory of Ray township, it talks of Brooklyn, also known as Davis. It was half a mile from the vorner of the four townships of shelby, Macomb, Washington, and Ray. Then, in the deaths of early Macomb settlers, it has Mrs. Mercy Giddings,, Dr. J.E. Davis, E.R. Bentley,, Lester Giddings, and Mrs. Levi Giddings, Daughter of P.M. Bentley (Augusta) Carole

Fenita does not have a death date for P. Miller Bentley.

Macomb Township (excerpted from Leeson's History of Macomb County, Michigan, pp.767ff.) http://www.libcoop.net/mountclemens/mactownship.htm

This town was settled in 1831.

The business community is made up as follows: M. Bentley, shoemaker; George Bode, blacksmith; Arthur E. Collins, general store; Samuel Foster, blacksmith; Francis Fourteen, Justice of the Peace; Reassume S. Wolves, blacksmiths.

from Ancestral File, Nov 1999:

Individual Record FamilySearch® Ancestral File™ v4.19

Miller BENTLEY (AFN: 1J7D-B2M) Sex:  M

Submitter(s): RUPERT W. SESSIONS Microfilm:  157 KIMBERLY DRIVE Submission:  AF95-112716 ORMOND BEACH FL USA 32174

from Carole Bartlett MacKay, Dec 1999:

George,

Thanks so much for the family group records. They shed some light on several things I have had questions about.

I did not have death dates for Mary or Perry M. I had Sylvia Davis as the spouse     of Martin V.B. Do you know the father of Sylvia or Sylva? I also did not have the spouse of Perry Miller as Mary Reed. All this is helpful. When I get all my stuff corrected, I will send it to you and see what you think. I also know a little about the children of Miller...and, of, course, quite a bit about the Allen Peter Bentley family which I will send you when it is ready. Thanks, carole

Sources

• Carrie Ann Partridge, (abt 1885 - abt 1950), note: has name Miller Bentley.

Carole Elizabeth Bartlett MacKay, 1999, note: found name as Perry M. Bentley.

Fenita "Domma's" White's notebook, abt 1930, note: has name Miller Bentley, husband of Mary Dunham in error.

1870 Census, Ray, Macomb Co., MI, note: has name Perry M. Bentley.

Ancestral File, v.4.19, "Electronic," note: has name Miller Bentley AFN: 1J7D-B2M.

George Holland.

History of Macomb County, Michigan, 1882, (M. A. Leeson & Co., Chicago, 1882), note: has name Perry M. Bentley, pg 771.