Bentley Ancestry in Colonial America

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: British Colonial America
Surnames/tags: COLONIAL_AMERICA BENTLEY GENEALOGY

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_______________BENTLEY ANCESTRY IN COLONIAL AMERICA_______________

An Abridged Hypothetical Generational Genealogy

• Lists those BENTLEY descendants bearing the surname
  • Including several uncertain connections
• Branch patriarchs presumably conveyed identifiable DNA characteristics

Contents 1 Virginia Family: @1 1.1 First Branch: #1 1.2 Second Branch: #2 1.3 Third Branch: #3 1.4 Fourth Branch: #4 2 Carolina Migrants: @2 2.1 First Branch: #1 3 New England Colonists: @3 3.1 First Branch: #1 3.2 Second Branch: #2 4 Pennsylvania Settlers: @4 4.1 First Branch: #1 5 Piedmont Pioneers: @5 5.1 First Branch: #1 5.2 Second Branch: #2

Virginia Family: @1

First Branch: #1

Patriarch: @1#1

Daniel Bentley Sr aka Bentley-778 m. Elizabeth __?__

I Children: @1#1

A. Daniel Jr aka Bentley-766 m. Elizabeth __??__

B. James Bentley-5140

II Grandchildren: @1#1

A1. Alice Bentley b.1724

A2. Daniel Bentley b.1726

B_. No known issue

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Second Branch: #2

Patriarch: @1#2

Daniel Bentley-5797 aka Bentley-5049 m. Ann __?__

I Children: @1#2

A. John aka Bentley-5050 m. Christian Hammock

B. Ann aka Bentley-5051 m. John Norcomb

C. Samuel Sr aka Bentley-2404 m1. Mary __?__ m2. Elizabeth __?__

D. Wm aka William Bentley-5052 m. Elizabeth __?__

II Grandchildren: @1#2

A1. James aka Bentley-5113 m. Eliza Jane Elliot

A2. William aka "Will 1791" Bentley-5189 m. Jane Hammond

A3. Jesse aka Bentley-5139 m. Mary Scott Townsend

B_. No known issue

C1. Ann aka Bentley-5044

C2. Mary aka Bentley-5046 m. Edward Allgood

C3. Samuel Jr aka Bentley-2468

C4. Ales aka Bentley-5043 m. __?__ Vaughan

C5. Daniel aka Bentley-761 m. Mildred Hammock

C6. Jeremiah aka Bentley-745 m1. Nancy __?__ m2. Hannah __?__

C7. Sarah aka Bentley-2390 never married

D1. Clowey aka Chloe Bentley-549 m. John Josiah Holmes Jr

D2. John aka Bentley-5112 m. Pressila Manning

D3. Balaam aka Bentley-5190 m. Nancy Tankersly

III Great-grandchildren: @1#2

A1a. Isaac aka Bentley-1506 m. Elizabeth Williams

A1b. Charlotte aka Bentley-5577

A2a. John aka Bentley-1517

A2b. Lewis aka Bentley-1518

A2c. Susannah aka Bentley-1516

A2d. James aka Bentley-1507

A2e. Catherine aka Bentley-1519

A2f. Balaam aka Bentley-1522

A2g. Joshua aka Bentley-1524

A3a. John Townsend aka Bentley-1168 m1. Mary Polley Maxey m2. Nancy Carroll

A3b. Josiah aka Bentley-5580

A3c. Elizabeth J aka Bentley-5586

A3d. James J aka Bentley-5581

A3e. William aka Bentley-5582

A3f. Hannah T aka Bentley-5583

B__. No known issue

C1_. No known issue

C2_. No known issue

C3_. No known issue

C4_. No known issue

C5a. John aka Bentley-5028

C5b. Robert H. aka Bentley-2664 m. Catherine Haynes

C5c. Anna aka Bentley-1644 m. George Washington Amos

C6a. John aka Bentley-752

C6b. Mary Ann aka Bentley-755 m. John Smith Bailey

C6c. Richard aka Bentley-753

C6d. Daniel aka Bentley-726 m. Matilda A Lindsey

C6e. Sarah aka Bentley-751 m1. Jacob Johann Benninghoff m2. William Hammond

C6f. Ales aka Bentley-754 m. Lewis Hiram Martin

C6g. Lucretia aka Bentley-5027 m. William Allen Luker

C7*. Illegitimate issue

C7a. Joel Bentley-2389 m. __?__

C7b. William Bentley-1668 m. Mary Whitlock

C7c. Freeman Bentley-2463 m. Mary Wilson

D1*. Abridged: Disparate surnames

D2a. James aka Bentley-2351 m. Rachel Parkinson

D3a. John aka Dr. Bentley-5863

D3b. Benjamin aka Bentley-5864

IV Great-great-grandchildren: @1#2 Abridged

A1a1. James

D2a1. Elizabeth

D2a2. WIlliam J.

D2a3. Willis W. L.

D2a4. Unknown

D2a5. Mary Ann

D2a6. Martha J.

Third Branch: #3

Patriarch: @1#3

Samuel Bentley Sr aka Bentley-757 m. Mary Efford Weldon

I Children: @1#3

A. Samuel Jr aka Bentley-5084

B. Rebecca aka Bentley-465 m. __?__ Winston

C. Elizabeth aka Bentley-2465 m. __?__ Anderson

D. Mary aka Bentley-768 m. Edward Booker IV

E. John aka Bentley-467 m. Judith Cobbs

F. Rachel aka Bentley-767 m. John Hyde Saunders

G. William Weldon aka Bentley-771 m. Judith Archer

H. Efford aka Bentley-552 m1. Elizabeth (-PP-) Gay m2. Martha Markham

I . Peter Efford aka Bentley-769

II Grandchildren: @1#3

G1. Henry Moss aka Bentley-5599

H1. Alexander Willis aka Bentley-551 m. Julia Peters

H2. Efford Bolling aka Bentley-553 m. Lucy W Chamberlayne

H3. Eliza Gay aka Bentley-554 m. Daniel Harris

H4. Fannie Trent aka Bentley-555 m. William Houston

H5. John Gay aka Bentley-556 m. Judith Thompson

H6. Maria Buchanan aka Bentley-558 m. Daniel B Friend

H7. William Field aka Bentley-559 m. Sarah Dupree

H8. Lavinia Woodson aka Bentley-557 m. Wm Merritt Roper

III No issue !?

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Fourth Branch: #4

Patriarch: @1#4

John Bentley aka Bentley-5085 m. Mary Ellis

I Children: @1#4

A. Samuel Sr aka Bentley-756 m. Elizabeth Younger

II Grandchildren: @1#4

A1. Samuel Jr aka Bentley-758

A2. James aka Bentley-765

A0. Jesse aka Bentley-760

A3. William Weldon aka Bentley-763

A4. John Ellis aka Bentley-759

A5. Elizabeth aka Bentley-762

A6. Sarah aka Bentley-764

III Great-grandchildren: @1#4

A1a. John Edward aka Bentley-5152 m. Adeline Arnold

IV Great-great-grandchildren: @1#4

A1a1. Martha aka Bentley-5148 m. John Thomas Wall

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Carolina Migrants: @2

• William Bentley, England 1589 to VA
  • John Bentley, North Carolina 1679

First Branch: #1

Patriarch: @2#1

Richard Bentley Sr aka Bentley-1588 m1. Jane __?__ m2. Lydia Mann

I Children:

A. Mary aka Bentley-1559 m1. Cornelius Leary m2. Robert Francis Beasley

B. Sarah aka Bently-12

C. John the Elder aka Bently-17 m. Ann Barrow

D. Richard Jr aka Bently-18

E. William aka Bently-19

F. John the Younger aka Bentley-2140 m. Sara Farlee

*

New England Colonists: @3

• John Bentlye, Cambridgeshire, England 1535
  • William Bentley IV, Massachusetts 1679

First Branch: #1

Patriarch: @3#1

William Bentley aka Bentley-117 m. Sarah

I Children:

A. Jane aka Bentley-317 m. John Wightman

B. William aka Bentley-311 m1. Elizabeth Gardiner m2. Bathsheba Noyes Greene

C. James aka Bentley-314 m1. Dorothy Albro m2. Hannah __?__

D. Robert aka Bentley-312

E. Thomas aka Bentley-319 m1. Elizabeth Chamberlain m2. Mary Reynolds

F. Benjamin aka Bentley-315 m1. Patience Rathbone m2. Barbara Peirce

Second Branch: #2

Patriarch: @3#2

William Bentley aka Bentlye-6 m. Mary Houghton

*

Pennsylvania Settlers: @4

• William Bentley, Bedfordshire, England 1573
  • John Bentley, Cambridgeshire, England 1654 to PA

First Branch: #1

Patriarch: @4#1

John Bentley Sr aka Bentley-994 m. Mary Jeffries Miles

I Children:

A. Jeffery aka Bentley-1310 m1. Elianer Banner m2. Ruth __?__

B. John Jr aka Bentley-5188 m. __?__

*

Piedmont Pioneers: @5

• Thomas Bentley-489 father of Thomas Bentley-3357

First Branch: #1

Patriarch: @5#1

Thomas Bentley aka Bentley-3357 m. Hannah Beasley

I Children:

A. Daniel aka Bentley-1474 m1. Nancy Jane Lewis

*

Second Branch: #2

Patriarch: @5#2

Thomas Bentley aka Bentley-571

*

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