Thomas
Bentley
Born in Yorkshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of James Bentley
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Susannah (Townsend) Bentley
— married
5 Feb 1724 in Boston, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Died
at age 84
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Dec 2011
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Biography
Was in boat building business for 60 years.[1]
Thomas Bently & Susanah Townsend Married By Mr. John Webb Presn. on 5 February 1724 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.[2]
Thomas Bentley died at age 84 on 22 November 1783, in Boston, Massachusetts.[3] His probate case 15515 was dated 2 December 1783 [4]
Sources
- ↑ Inhabitants of Boston: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) - Page 2920 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB530/rd/14226/2920/260083146
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Marriage:
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"
Citing FHL microfilm: 818093; Record number: 769;
FamilySearch (accessed 24 February 2022)
Thomas Bently marriage to Susanah Townsend in 5 Feb 1724 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. - ↑ 'Death - Boston, MA: Deaths, 1700-1799. (Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Dunkle, Robert J. and Lainhart, Ann S. Boston Deaths, 1700-1799, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1999.) - BOSTON ATHENAEUM: Index of Obituaries in Boston Newspapers, 1704-1800 (G. K. Hall, [Boston,, 1968], 3 volumes). Page 2964 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB34/rd/6052004
- ↑ Probate: - Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) - Suffolk Cases 14000-15999; Case 15515, dated 1783; 7 pages. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/rd/48699/15515-co1/1416888395
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Michael Thomas 
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~0.39%
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1. Michael is the son of Edith Marie Rose [confident] 2. Edith is the daughter of Susan Anna (Bentley) Rose [unknown confidence] 3. Susan is the daughter of John Quiller Bentley [confident] 4. John is the son of Benjamin Bentley [unknown confidence] 5. Benjamin is the son of John Quillen Bentley [unknown confidence] 6. John is the son of Daniel Bentley [unknown confidence] 7. Daniel is the son of Thomas Bentley [confident] 8. Thomas is the son of Thomas Bentley [unknown confidence] This makes Thomas the sixth great grandfather of Michael.