William Bentley
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William Bentley (abt. 1751 - bef. 1792)

William "Will 1791" Bentley
Born about in Richmond County, Virginiamap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of and
Husband of — married 8 Oct 1774 in Onslow County, North Carolinamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , and
Died before before about age 41 in Wilkes County, Georgia, United Statesmap
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Biography

William Bentley was born circa 1753, the son of John Bentley & Christian Hammock. William died in 1792.

My brother Bruce thru Sam b1719 just took the Y-DNA test and Matches Mark E Bentley thru Isaac B/o Charotte C/o James B bc1749 of Wilkes Co GA and matches AB’s grandson bc1930 S/o Horace all descendant’s of Lewis B named in his father William’s 1791 will. It is now fairly apparent that this William is the PROVED S/o John and Christian Hammock Bentley as opposed to John’s PROVED brother William b1721. George F. Bentley

Timeline

1770 North Carolina Residence:[1] Onslow County
Tax List for Onslow 1770 --- [26_July_2023]
  • Bently John -- Sons Willm. & James _____ |3|0|0|3|
1774 North Carolina Marriage:[2] Onslow County
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979," database with images, FamilySearch: [22_Dec_2016] Onslow > Marriage bonds, 1800s, vol A-R > image 266 of 3147; North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History.
  • Wm Bentley & Miss Jane Hammond were married on or after 8th October 1774.
1784 Georgia Headrights:[3][4] Wilkes County
"Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909", database with images, FamilySearch [LYT2 7_May_2020] William Bentley, 1784.
  • Survey Warrant: 25 April 1784, Wilkes County, 200 Acres
  • on the Waters of Little River, in lieu of an old Warrant & Survey of Wm Bentley Senr
    • See image: William nephew of Wm Bentley Snr
"Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909", database with images, FamilySearch: [LBW2 7_May_2020] William Bentley, 1784.
  • Survey Warrant: 10 August 1784, Wilkes County, 200 Acres
  • on Camp Creek, including his improvement on the Head Right of Christian Bentley
    • See image: William son of Christian Bentley
1785 Georgia Residence:[5] Wilkes County
Tax Digest of Wilkes County, Captain Wilson's District:
  1. Catchings, Benjamin 3 polls, 4 slaves, 600 acres Wilkes County, 1075 acres in Washington County
  2. Hammock, Robert 1 poll 200 acres Wilkes County
  3. Combs, Phillip 1 poll 950 acres Wilkes County
  4. Anderson, Gideon 2 1/2 polls, 3 slaves, 400 acres Wilkes County
  5. Hammock, William, Sr. 4 polls, 6 slaves, 400 acres Wilkes County
  6. Hammock, William, Jr. 1 poll, 200 acres, Wilkes County
  7. Bentley, William 1 poll, 400 acres, Wilkes County
  8. Ballard, Benjamin 2 1/2 polls, 3 slaves
  9. Grisham, John 3 polls, 4 slaves
1791 Georgia Will:[6] Wilkes County
  • Proves seven children born to William and Jane Bentley.
REGISTERS OFFICE, pp. 15-17
WILL BOOK A
1791 WILL OF WILLIAM BENTLEY, WILKES COUNTY
Beneficiaries:
  • Wife -- Jane appears prominently in her husband's will
  • Youngest Sons -- Balaam and Joshua
  • Other Children -- John, Lewis, Susannah, James and Catherine
Executors: Jane Bentley, Benjamin Ballad, Peter Smith
Witnesses: Peter Smith, John Chandler, William Hammock Sen. and Sarah Thornton

Georgia Land Grants

"Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909", database with images, FamilySearch: [23_June_2020] William Bentley, 1784.
  • Grant: 28 July 1784, Wilkes County, 200 Acres
  • On all sides by Land Vacant
"Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909", database with images, FamilySearch: [23_June_2020] William Bentley, 1785.
  • Grant: 16 September 1785, Wilkes County, 200 Acres


Research Notes

FamilySearch: North Carolina Taxation

Tax records have been kept consistently in North Carolina from colonial times. Generally, two types of taxes were used: taxes on people, known as poll or capitation tax, and taxes on property. Tax lists from the mid-eighteenth century to the 1900s exist for many counties and have been microfilmed. Copies are at the North Carolina State Archives and at the Family History Library. They include poll tax records, railroad tax books, taxable land lists, personal property tax lists, and records of delinquent taxes.
Until 1777 the poll tax was used almost exclusively, and it was used consistently until 1970. Over the years laws have changed the definition of who would be counted in the taxing. For example, the age at which men no longer had to pay taxes varied in different time periods, and during some periods new residents of the state were exempt from being taxed. In 1715 North Carolina began collecting taxes from the head of the household for all free males aged 16 or over and all slaves aged 12 or over. In 1835 the ages were changed to 21 to 45 for free males and 12 to 50 for slaves. Some early lists name each taxable person, so you may find a listing for both a father and his sons. Later lists generally give only the name of the head of a household and the number of additional taxable persons in the home.

From Allan L. Bentley

"North Carolina Taxpayers" 1701-1786, comp, Clarence E. Ratcliff, p.16
BENTLEY, James -- NewH 1763
BENTLEY, Jesse -- NewH 1763
BENTLEY, William -- NewH 1763
BENTLEY, John -- Onslow 1769
BENTLEY, James son of John -- Onslow 1769
BENTLEY, William son of John -- Onslow 1769
BENTLEY, William -- Onslow 1769 [ likely the brother of John -- JRJ ]
BENTLEY, John -- Onslow 1770
BENTLEY, James son of John -- Onslow 1770
BENTLEY William son of John -- Onslow 1770
BENTLEY, James -- Bertie 1769
BENTLEY, William -- Bertie 1757
BENTLEY, John -- Terr 1755
BENTLEY, John -- Chow 1717
Land Grant for 200 acres NW by John Kelley, W by Goldwin's, SE & E by Martin Hammons, other sides vacant. Land Grant book HHH, p. 488, 20 Sept. 1785
1790 Substitute Census for Wilkes County, Georgia
  • Prepared from abstracts of the 1790 Tax Returns, compiled by Frank Parker Hudson.
    • Abridged / Annotated
Page 20 -- BENTLEY - also Brantly, Bently
Name . . . , . District . . . . NOTE | page #
  • Jeremiah . . , , . B-64 . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
  • William , , . . . . B-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
  • Balaam , , , , . , G . . . . . . . . A
  • John . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . A
  • William . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . A
  • Jesse . . . . . . . . GG-29 . . . . . . . . . . 104
  • William . . . H . . . . . . . . C
Page 40 -- HAMMOND - also Hammonds, Hammon, Hammons, Hamman
Name . . . . District . . . NOTE | page #
  • Joab . . . . . AAA-29 . . . . . . . . . . . 117
  • Isaac . . . . . . E-26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
  • Abraham . . . . H . . . . . . . . A
  • Jacob . . . . . . . H . . . . . . . . A
  • John Sr , , , , , , H . . . . . . . . A
  • John Jr . . . . . . H . . . . . . . . A
Page 40 -- HAMMOCK - also see Hammack, etc.
Name . . . . . District/# NOTE | page #
  • John, Sr. . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . A
  • William, Sr.* . . . . G . . . . . . . A
  • William, Jr . . . . . . G . . . . . . . A
  • John, Jr. . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . F
  • Joshua . . . . . . . HH . . . . . . . F
  • Lewis, Sr. . . . . . HH-96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
  • Robert, Jr. . . . . . HH-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
  • Robert, Sr . . . . . HH-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
  • Benedict . . . . . . . I . . . . . . . D (estate)
  • John, Sr. . . . . . . . I . . . . . . . D
  • Robert . . . . . . . . I . . . . . . . D
  • Robert, Jr. . . . . . . II . . . . . . . D
  • Lewis . . . . . . . . . . II . . . . . . . F
  • Thomas . . . . . . . M . . . . . . . F

* Signatory of William Bentley's 1791 will in Wilkes County, Georgia.

Page 60 -- PARKINSON - also Parkason, Parkes
Name . . . . District . . . NOTE
  • Levin . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . A
Page 74 -- TRAWICK -- also Trawicke, Traywick, Traiwick
Name . . . . . . . District . . . NOTE
  • Francis . . . . . GG
Page 74 -- TUCKER
Name . . . . . . District NOTE
  • Daniel . . . . . . G . . . . . . . A
  • Thomas . . . . . G . . . . . . . A
District G -- This area included: The town of Leatherville, Lloyds Creek, Dozier Creek, Gray's Creek in the southwest corner of what is now Lincoln County.
District GG -- This area is now in the eastern part of Greene County, near the border with what remains as Wilkes County.
District H -- This area included Upton's Creek and Kemp's Creek in what is now the southeast corner of Wilkes County. "The tax returns for this district for 1790 have not been found . . . " except for seven defaulters." Except for these few defaulters, all persons included in this census are noted as being residents of this district in 1787 or 1791 or both."
District I -- This area is just west of District H in southern Wilkes County between Rocky Creek and Upton's Creek.
Note A - The tax returns for the district in which this taxpayer probably resided in 1790 are missing, so there is no tax record to show that he actually was a resident. However, the taxpayer is recorded for both the indicated district, or the 1787 district from which the indicated district was made, and for the indicated district in 1791 or a district made therefrom. Accordingly, it is almost certain the taxpayer did reside in the indicated district in 1790.
Note C - The tax returns for the district in which this taxpayer probably resided in 1790 are missing, so there is no tax record to show that he actually was there. However, this taxpayer is recorded for 1791 in the indicated district or a district made therefrom. Consequently, it is highly probable the taxpayer did reside in the indicated district in 1790.
  • See note C above for William BENTLEY Jr. His land was located between Upton's Creek and Kemp's Creek and remains today part of southeastern Wilkes County.

NOTE from George F Bentley

Benedict Hammock cited above has a proved connection to the William Bentley who in 1791 writes his will and then dies in Wilkes County. Benedict's proven sister Christian married John Bentley b.c.1715 Richmond County, Virginia, the older brother of William b.1721. John and Christian have a proved son named William bc1750 in Virginia.


There is a possibility that this William Bentley is the husband of Jane Hammond m Bentley — married 8 Oct 1774 in Onslow NC. THERE IS NO PROOF.

I have corrected his age to bc1751 based on his apparent older brother James's age which I have also corrected to bc1749

This William is noted in Onslow NC 1769 and 1770. Based on his age he cannot be the William in New Hanover 1763. [ Age corrections based on the 1767 Spicer will naming his proved brother James - combined with his brother's1783 pleading referring to his own age!]

This is the William below S/o John Onslow NC 1769 and 1770

Sources

  1. ↑ North Carolina Digital Collections: Tax Lists and Records, Tax List, Onslow, 1770
  2. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch: [4_Nov_2017] Wm Bentley and Jane Hammond, 8 Oct 1774; citing Onslow, North Carolina, United States; North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History, FHL microfilm 276,241
  3. ↑ "Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909", database with images, FamilySearch: [7_May_2020] William Bentley, 1784
  4. ↑ "Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909", database with images, FamilySearch: [7_May_2020] William Bentley, 1784
  5. ↑ "Early Records of Georgia, Vol. 2, Wilkes County," comp. Grace Gillam Davidson, p. 37
  6. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/wilkes/wills/bentley791wl.txt



See also:
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed November 12, 2020), "Record of William Bentley", Ancestor # A205214.
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed November 12, 2020), "Record of William Bentley", Ancestor # A009460.
  • Captain William /Bentley/ II


Acknowledgement

  • WikiTree profile Bentley-548 created through the import of Ronny _ Marilyn_s Family Histo.ged on Mar 26, 2012 by Ronald Johnston.
  • PROVED BY DNA through will 1791 William's son Lewis, the Onslow NC Bentleys below are his family (including Jesse).

"North Carolina Taxpayers, 1701-1786", compiled by Clarence E. Ratcliff page 16 RE-ARRANGED BY George F. Bentley - Edits in [ ] Tightened 4/2021

[1763 James Jesse William ] All born pre c1747 (@16+)

[1769 James bc1749 William bc1751 father John bc1715 ] ------------- Proves John had another son - William All born pre c1753 (@16+)

[1769 William ] --------Proves another William AND another under 16 MALE

[1770 James bc1749 William bc1751 father John bc1715] ------- OTHER William MISSING ________________________________________________________________________________ TEXT:

BENTLEY, James NewH 1763 BENTLEY, Jesse NewH 1763 BENTLEY, William NewH 1763


BENTLEY, John Onslow 1769 BENTLEY, Jame[s] s. of John Onslow1769 BENTLEY, William s. of John Onslow1769

BENTLEY, William Onslow1769 [ 4 Bentleys - 2 are Williams! ]


BENTLEY, John Onslow 1770 BENTLEY, Jame[s] s. of John Onslow 1770 BENTLEY, William s. of John Onslow 1770

BENTLEY,John Chow1717 BENTLEY,John Terr1755 BENTLEY,William Bertie1757 BENTLEY,James Bertie1769 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Onslow County, NC - List of Taxables - 1769 Tax List for 1769

White Negro Negro Masters & Mistresses Names Men Male Fem. Tota Bentley, William Cupid?***** 1 1 0 2 [WILLIAM and _________?] John? Bentley, John & Two Sons 3 0 0 3 [ JOHN, JAMES and WILLIAM]

Hammock, William 1 0 0 1 Hammock, Benedict Silvia 1 0 1 2

Ballard, John and two Sons 3 0 0 3 Ballard, Joseph 1 0 0 1 Ballard, Jesse 1 0 0 1

Tucker, Tho's, Son Dan'l 1 0 ??? 0 2 Trawick, Rob't & Son Argo 2 1 0 3

Hammond, Edw'd 1 0 0 1 Hammond, Martin 1 0 0 1

NC **Commonwealth of Onslow; a history ROSTER OF SETTLERS WHO TOOK UP LAND BY GRANT IN ONSLOW COUNTY 1706-1800





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Bentley-5189 and Bentley-548 appear to represent the same person because: Obvious duplication.
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Two possibilities come to mind:

(a) Chloe is the sister of "Will" Bentley, d.1792, and they are both children of John & Christian. (b) Chloe is the daughter of John's youngest brother William, which makes Chloe and "Will" first cousins.

I am leaning toward the latter if for no other reason than it is consistent with the belief that Chloe's father was Captain William Bentley.

Lieutenant John Bentley, Georgia Militia, was killed in a 1779 skirmish with Indian allies of the British Army. This presumably explains how Christian acquired a Georgia Land Headright. According to this version of the facts, if (a) is true then Chloe's father was Lieutenant John Bentley just prior to his death in 1779.

Russell

posted by Russell Johnson
edited by Russell Johnson
George F. Bentley Jr.
My interest in this is trying to prove (or disprove) the Bentley relationship between Chloe Bentley m Holmes and the William Bentley who leaves the 1791 will in Wilkes Co GA - who is DNA proved to be of the SE VA Bentley family.

Regards, George

posted by George F. Bentley Jr.
George F. Bentley Jr.
There is a possibility that this William Bentley is the husband of Jane Hammond m Bentley — married 8 Oct 1774 in Onslow NC. THERE IS NO PROOF.
posted on Bentley-5189 (merged) by George F. Bentley Jr.
George F. Bentley Jr.
All, Please note that there are 3 different identified adult "William" Bentleys proved in circa 1780 Wilkes Co GA. At lease 2 served in the Rev War and could have been all 3! The father of Chloe Bentley is PROVED "Capt. Bentley" - NOT: "Capt. William Bentley" - DAR: "first name thought to be William".

Through an Oklahoma descendant of his son Lewis, the William Bentley of Wilkes Co GA who left the 1791 will is DNA Proved a descendant of the Daniel Bentley who died about 1723 in Richmond County Virginia and was married to Ann Last Name Unknown.

Therefore he CANNOT be a decendant of the Bertie NC Bentley different DNA family.

posted by George F. Bentley Jr.
edited by George F. Bentley Jr.
George F. Bentley Jr.
PROVED BY DNA through will 1791 William's son Lewis, the Onslow NC Bentleys below are his ancestry (including Jesse).

"North Carolina Taxpayers, 1701-1786", compiled by Clarence E. Ratcliff page 16 RE-ARRANGED BY George F. Bentley - Edits in [ ]

[1763 James William Jesse ] All born pre c1743

[1769 James William father John ] ------------- Proves John had another son - William All born pre c1749

[1769 William ] --------Proves another William

[1770 James William father John ] -------- OTHER William is MISSING NOTE THIS DATE!!!

_____________________________________________________________

TEXT: BENTLEY, James NewH 1763 BENTLEY, Jesse NewH 1763 BENTLEY, William NewH 1763

BENTLEY, John Onslow 1769 BENTLEY, Jame[s] s. of John Onslow1769 BENTLEY, William s. of John Onslow1769

BENTLEY, William Onslow1769 [ 4 Bentleys - 2 are Williams! ]

BENTLEY, John Onslow 1770 BENTLEY, Jame[s] s. of John Onslow 1770 BENTLEY, William s. of John Onslow 1770

BENTLEY,John Chow1717 BENTLEY,John Terr1755 BENTLEY,William Bertie1757 BENTLEY,James Bertie1769

posted by George F. Bentley Jr.
edited by George F. Bentley Jr.

Rejected matches › William Bentley (1743-1817) › William Bentley (1721-aft.1790)

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