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James Bentley 7th GGF 1660–1700 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1660

Birth Location: Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 3 Oct 1700

Death Location: Scotton, Yorkshire, England

Father: Thomas Jr

Mother: Priscilla Cellers

Spouse(s): Hannah None

Children(s): Thomas Bentley, Priscilla Bentley, George Bentley

The story of James Bentley 7th GGF began in 1660 in Yorkshire, England. James Bentley 7th GGF married Hannah, Isabell Shipton, and had children including George Bentley, Priscilla Bentley, Thomas Squires Bentley. James Bentley 7th GGF passed away in 1700 in Scotton, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of James Bentley 7th GGF began in 1660 in Yorkshire, England.
  • James Bentley 7th GGF married Hannah, Isabell Shipton, and had children including George Bentley, Priscilla Bentley, Thomas Squires Bentley.
  • James Bentley 7th GGF passed away in 1700 in Scotton, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Jr
1662–1751
Birth Location: Kingsley, Cheadle, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
TJ
Priscilla Cellers
1629–1662
Birth Location: Yorkshire, England
PC

Spouses(s)

Hannah None
1642–1683
Birth Location: –
H

Children(s)

Thomas Bentley
1699–1783
Birth Location: Shaffordeville, England
TB
Priscilla Bentley
1696–
Birth Location: Rothwell, Holy Trinity, Yorkshire, England
PB
George Bentley
1680–1765
Birth Location: West Yorkshire, England
GB

James GGF's Ancestors

Self
James GGF
1660–1700
Birth Place: Yorkshire, England
Parents
Thomas Bentley Jr
1662–1751
Kingsley, Cheadle, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Priscilla Cellers
1629–1662
Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Captain (Thomas Bentley) (U)
1600–1704
Bentley-Haye, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England
Alice Knowles
1609–1664
Oulton, West Riding, York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Raphe Bentley
1580–1637
Mary Mercy
1560–1612
Cuthbart Knowles
1580–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Bentley
1530–1571
Marnara Watts
1533–1571
Thomas Mr.
1540–1560
Susannah Mercy
1540–1560

James GGF's Descendants

1.
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James (Bentley 7th) GGF (1660–3 Oct 1700) m. Hannah (1642–1662–Jul 1683)
  1. 1. Thomas (Squires) Bentley 1699–1783 m. Susanna (Hannah) Townsend 1706–1748 m. Sarah Scott 1681–1789
    1. 1. Dorothy Bentley 1738–1807
    2. 2. Nathaniel Bentley 1741–1743
    3. 3. Thomas (Bentley) Jr 1728–1789 m. Mary (Hannah) Beasley 1714–1795
      1. 1. Daniel (David Bentley) Sr 1752–1839 m. Nancy Lewis 1759–1845
        1. 1. Benjamin (Aaron Bentley) III 1785–1860 m. Elizabeth (BETSY CRASE or CRESS) Bentley 1792–1866
        2. 2. Daniel Bentley 1783–1860
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Mahala) Bentley 1782–1852 m. Peter (AKA Pieter Coleman) Jr. 1772–1852
        4. 4. SOLMON BENTLEY 1796–1881 m. Mary ("Polly") Yonts 1800–1880 m. Mary (Polly) Yonts 1800–1880
        5. 5. Benjamin Bentley 1788–1857 m. Elizabeth Crase 1792–1866
        6. 6. John (Quillen) Bentley 1788–1858 m. Margaret. (Peggy) Hamilton 1800–1841
        7. 7. Lewis (P Bentley 4th) GGF 1783–1872 m. Nancy (Hammon or) Hammonds 1783–1872
        8. 8. Joseph Bentley 1800–1849 m. Martha (Ellen) Hamilton 1805–1864
    4. 4. Joshua Bentley 1726–1819
    5. 5. Dorothy Bentley 1738–1807
    6. 6. Ruth Bentley 1746–
    7. 7. James Bentley 1725–1726
    8. 8. Susannah Bentley 1730–1813
    9. 9. Mary Bentley 1736–1804 m. Jonathan Hayden 1740–
      1. 1. Mary (Hayden) Whiting 1765–1857 m. Samuel Whiting 1758–1849
        1. 1. Lydia (Caroline) Whiting 1805–1871 m. Thomas Hender 1800–
      2. 2. Susanna Hayden 1767–
      3. 3. Jerusha Hayden 1767–
    10. 10. Alice Bentley 1732–1738
    11. 11. Caleb Bentley 1734–1754
    12. 12. Alice Bentley 1744–1772
    13. 13. Benjamin Bentley 1734–1839
    14. 14. Nathaniel Bentley 1741–1744
    15. 15. Margaret Bentley 1744–1760
    16. 16. Thomas (Bentley) Jr. 1725–1789 m. Mary (Hannah) Beasley 1714–1795
      1. 1. John (Benjamin) Bentley 1749–1775 m. Catherine Jessop 1750–
        1. 1. Benoni (Benjamin) Bentley 1775–1822
      2. 2. PATIENCE BENTLEY 1774–1842
      3. 3. Rachel Bentley 1752–1810
      4. 4. Margaret (S) Bentley 1756–1797
      5. 5. Patience Barrett 1762–1842
      6. 6. Margaret Bentley 1775–1829 m. William Younce\Yonts 1771–1836
        1. 1. Solomon (Bentley "Younce") YONTS 1806–1876 m. Susannah (Susan) Elliott* 1801–1850
        2. 2. William (Yonts) Jr 1808–1880 m. Nancy (Levisa) Ray 1813–1878
        3. 3. Sarah Yonts 1796–1828
        4. 4. Mary (Polly) Yonts 1800–1882
        5. 5. Solomon Yonts 1806–1876
        6. 6. Nancy Yonts 1828–1860
        7. 7. David Yonts 1829–
        8. 8. John (B Tator Toe) Yonts 1834–1917 m. Mahala (R.) Blankenship 1840–1926
        9. 9. Charles Yonts 1832–1898
      7. 7. Lydia Bentley 1755–1847 m. Meshack Davis 1749–1852 m. Meshack (Bednay) Davis 1749–1852
        1. 1. Isaac Davis 1797–1870
        2. 2. Sally Davis 1790–
        3. 3. William (W) Davis 1799–1869
        4. 4. Aaron Davis 1800–1870
        5. 5. Benjamin ("Theory") Davis 1787– m. Mary (Polly) Davis 1797–
        6. 6. Elijah Davis 1794–
        7. 7. Elizabeth Davis 1796–
        8. 8. James Davis 1802–1853
        9. 9. John Davis 1804–
        10. 10. Rutha Davis 1806–
        11. 11. Sally Davis 1790–
        12. 12. Benjamin Davis 1792–
        13. 13. Elijah Davis 1794–
        14. 14. Elizabeth Davis 1796–
        15. 15. Isaac Davis 1797–1870
        16. 16. William (W) Davis 1800–1869
        17. 17. Aaron Davis 1800–1870
        18. 18. James Davis 1802–
        19. 19. John (David) Davis 1804–
        20. 20. Rutha Davis 1806–
      8. 8. Nancy Bentley –1808
      9. 9. Patience Bentley 1762–1842 m. Peter (Lewis) Jr 1760–1814
        1. 1. Hannah Lewis 1790–
        2. 2. Margaret Lewis 1785–1860
        3. 3. Daniel Lewis 1789–1816
      10. 10. Rachel Bentley 1756–1810 m. Richard Whitaker 1752–1838
        1. 1. James (S.) Whitaker 1790–1872
        2. 2. Mary (Polly) Whitaker 1789–1896
        3. 3. Thomas (Hargis) Whitaker 1788–1869
        4. 4. Giles (T) Whitaker 1782–1831
        5. 5. Aaron Whitaker 1783–1865
        6. 6. John Whitaker 1782–1872
        7. 7. Benjamin Whitaker 1796–1873
        8. 8. Moses Whitaker 1799–1875
        9. 9. Catherine (Rachel) Whitaker 1804–1868
        10. 10. Elizabeth Whitaker 1791–1897
        11. 11. Col. (John) Whitaker 1747–1816 m. Christian Benton 1755–1841
      11. 11. Margaret Bentley 1764–1825 m. Samuel Stidham 1747–1835
        1. 1. Judith ("Juda" Stidham) (Gilliam) 1775–1845 m. Richard (C ggfx5GL Gilliam) VA 1770–1862
        2. 2. William (Calvin) Stidham 1802–1863
        3. 3. Adam (John) Stidham 1790–1883
        4. 4. John Stidham 1776–1860
        5. 5. Samuel (Stidham) Jr 1784–1859
        6. 6. David (M) Stidham 1785–1875
        7. 7. Rebecca Stidham-Moon 1786–1865
        8. 8. Allen (Bartlett) Steadham 1790–1859
        9. 9. Margaret (Peggy) Stedham-Elder-Lee 1787–1865
        10. 10. Hannah Stidham-Hart-Caldwell 1797–1876
        11. 11. Jeremiah Stidham 1778–1868
      12. 12. Mary Bentley 1748–1833 m. Aaron ((John) Freeman) Chowanoke 1758–1825
        1. 1. John Freeman 1793–1870
        2. 2. Martha Freeman 1784–
        3. 3. James Freeman 1785–1860
        4. 4. Jesse Freeman 1772–1845
        5. 5. Joshua Freeman 1770–1855
        6. 6. Aaron (Posey) Freeman 1782–1861
        7. 7. Isaac Freeman 1780–1813
        8. 8. Thomas Freeman 1777–1864
        9. 9. Moses Freeman 1774–1859
      13. 13. Benjamin (Thomas Bentley) Sr. 1746–1839 m. Jane Holman 1750–1839
        1. 1. Moses Bentley 1766–1827
        2. 2. Drucilla Bentley 1772–1865
        3. 3. Catherine Bentley 1782–1850 m. Joseph (Alexander Lafayette) Campbell 1780–1860
        4. 4. Benjamin (A. Bentley\) Sr. 1788–1857 m. Mary Keeney 1776–1815
        5. 5. Mary (Drucilla) Bentley 1778–1855
        6. 6. Lydia Bentley 1776–
        7. 7. Patience (B) Bentley 1775–
        8. 8. James Bentley 1775–1837
        9. 9. Benjamin (Bentley) Jr 1771–1837
        10. 10. Mary Bentley 1780–1855
        11. 11. Esquire ("Squire") Bentley 1770–1851
        12. 12. Catherine Bentley 1773–1850
    17. 17. Mary Bentley 1736–1769
  2. 2. Priscilla Bentley 1696–
  3. 3. George Bentley 1680–1765

James GGF's Timeline

3 Records

1660
1660
Birth of James Bentley 7th GGF in Yorkshire, England
Yorkshire, England
1700
3 Oct 1700
Age 40
Death of James Bentley 7th GGF in Knaresbrough, York, England
Knaresbrough, York, England
1700
3 Oct 1700
Age 40
Burial of James Bentley 7th GGF in Scotton, Yorkshire, England
Scotton, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1660
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Oct 1700
    Event Place: Knaresbrough, York, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 1091
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 3 Oct 1700
    Event Place: Scotton, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 1091
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