I have here a file and report on the Bentley Family of Ellington and Cherry Creek, it's a big one, over 100 pages in report form, it will be posted at the main Chautauqua Co site but if any one is related, be happy to plug your email box with it;
This is Descendants of William to brothers Reuben, Joshua and ELDRED Bentley who came with family to NY
her is a teeny portion ;

all notes removed for this space;

Descendants of John Bentley




Generation No. 1


1. JOHN4 Bentley (GEORGE3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1725 in Rhode Island, and died October 05, 1807 in Stephentown, Rensselear co., New York. He married PATIENCE "PHANIE" SHAW February 08, 1745/46 in Stonington, CT First Congregational Church, daughter of COMFORT SHAW and RUTH LAMPHEARE. She was born Aft. 1730, and died in Stephentown, Rensselear co., New York.


Children of JOHN Bentley and PATIENCE SHAW are:

i. SAMUEL5 Bentley, d. Bef. 1807, Stephentown, NY.

ii. JOHN Bentley, b. Abt. 1750.

2. iii. JOSHUA Bentley, b. 1755; d. 1836, Cherry Creek NY.

3. iv. ELDRED Bentley, b. Abt. 1756, Stephentown, Rensselaer County, NY; d. November 17, 1853, Ellington, Chautauqua Co NY.

4. v. JOSEPH Bentley, b. May 01, 1757; d. October 13, 1832, Cayuga Co NY ?.

vi. CATURY Bentley, b. Abt. 1764.

vii. BETHANY Bentley, b. Abt. 1766; d. Aft. 1807, Mention fathers will.

5. viii. REUBEN Bentley, b. Abt. 1766, Rhode Island; d. 1810, Stephenson Townshipin (Rensselaer) New York.



Generation No. 2


2. JOSHUA5 Bentley (JOHN4, GEORGE3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1755, and died 1836 in Cherry Creek NY. He married (1) JULIA EDSON. She was born Abt. 1798 in CT, and died July 09, 1884 in Ellington Chautauqua Co Ny. He married (2) ABIGAIL WILTSIE Bef. 1786. She was born Abt. 1760, and died Aft. 1806.

More About JOSHUA BENTLEY:

Burial: Highland cemetery Cherry Creek Chautauqua Co NY


Children of JOSHUA Bentley and ABIGAIL WILTSIE are:

i. JOSHUA6 Bentley, b. March 1786; d. June 29, 1851, Cherry Creek Chautauqua Co NY; m. (1) SALLY THOMAS; b. March 1789, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co NY; d. June 24, 1862, Cherry Creek NY; m. (2) SARAH THOMAS; b. March 1789; d. June 24, 1862.

More About JOSHUA BENTLEY:

Burial: Cherry Creek Chautauqua Co NY

More About SALLY THOMAS:

Burial: Highland CEMETERY

More About SARAH THOMAS:

Burial: Cherry Creek Chautauqua Co NY

ii. STEPHEN Bentley, b. Abt. 1788, Stephentown, NY; m. MARIA KENNEDY, 1824.

iii. GARDNER Bentley, b. Abt. 1790, Mass; d. December 25, 1831; m. AMY CRANDALL; d. 1880, Ellington Chautauqua Co NY ae 82.

More About GARDNER BENTLEY:

Burial: Clear Creek Cemetery

More About AMY CRANDALL:

Burial: Clear Creek Cemetery

iv. PATIENCE Bentley, b. Abt. 1790; d. 1838; m. (1) ASA FORBES; d. 1848; m. (2) JOSIAH ROBINSON; d. 1828.

v. BENJAMIN Bentley, b. Abt. 1795; d. March 30, 1866, Cherry Creek Chautauqua Co NY ae 71-1; m. SUSANNAH KING; b. Abt. 1796; d. June 14, 1873, ae 77-2-12 Cherrry Creek.

More About BENJAMIN BENTLEY:

Burial: Highland Cemetery Cherry Creek NY

More About SUSANNAH KING:

Burial: Highland Cemetery Cherry Creek NY

vi. IRENE Bentley, b. 1797; d. 1829; m. OLIVER BUGBEE, 1818, Ellington NY; b. 1792; d. April 15, 1868, 66y 6m 7d Clear Creek Ellington.

vii. RENSSELAER Bentley, b. Abt. 1800, NY no further info found; d. BENTLEY, Rensselaer Esq. of Berlin, age ca. 50 yrs, in February 1851 at New York City.

viii. LYDIA ANN Bentley, b. Abt. 1806.

ix. DELILAH Bentley, b. April 02, 1804, Lived town of Ellicott; d. May 05, 1880, Fluvanna, Town of Ellicott, Chautauqua Co NY; m. WILLIAM LEE; b. 1794; d. May 11, 1867, Fluvanna, Town of Ellicott, Chautauqua Co NY.

More About DELILAH BENTLEY:

Burial: Fluvanna Cemetery

More About WILLIAM LEE:

Burial: Fluvanna Cemetery

x. ARNOLD Bentley, b. Abt. 1804; d. Aft. 1860, Ellington; m. LYDIA; b. 1810; d. Aft. 1860, Ellington.



3. ELDRED5 Bentley (JOHN4, GEORGE3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1756 in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, NY, and died November 17, 1853 in Ellington, Chautauqua Co NY. He married (1) BETSY ABIGAIL ALLEN. She was born Abt. 1760 in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, NY, and died July 12, 1816 in NY. He married (2) CATHERINE COX. She was born 1789.


Children of ELDRED Bentley and BETSY ALLEN are:

i. ELDRED6 Bentley, b. Bet. 1788 - 1793, Rensselaer county; d. 1843, Ellington Chautauqua Co NY; m. LYDIA NILES; b. 1790; d. 1855.

ii. PATIENCE Bentley, b. Abt. 1790; d. February 13, 1856, ae 66 Clear Creek Ellington; m. (1) JOHN FISHER, 1823; d. 1825; m. (2) OLIVER BUGBEE, 1829, Ellington NY; b. 1792; d. April 15, 1868, 66y 6m 7d Clear Creek Ellington.

iii. PHEBE Bentley, b. Abt. 1793; d. 1881; m. (1) LUTHER EMERY; b. 1794; d. 1865; m. (2) ABIAL THOMAS, 1814.

iv. PERRY Bentley, b. March 30, 1796, Renssaelaer county,New York; d. March 19, 1873; m. DRUSCILLA NORTHRUP; b. 1804, NY Father Mother b England; d. May 30, 1881, Chautauqua Co NY.

v. SARAH OR SALLY Bentley, b. Abt. 1798, RI; d. 1884, Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York; m. SYLVESTER SWEET, Abt. 1814; b. 1789; d. February 07, 1865, Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York.

vi. LUCY Bentley, b. Abt. 1803; d. 1880; m. HORACE BEMUS; b. October 21, 1804, Littleton, NH; d. 1858.

vii. BETHANY Bentley, b. 1805, Ellington Chautauqua Co NY; d. April 27, 1888, Town of Ellicott, Chautauqua Co NY; m. GEORGE BEMUS; d. February 11, 1892, Town of Ellicott, Chautauqua Co NY age 82.

More About BETHANY BENTLEY:

Burial: Y

More About GEORGE BEMUS:

Burial: Waterboro Hill Cemetery; Ellicott, Chautauqua Co., NY

viii. SUSAN Bentley, b. 1807; d. 1891; m. THOMAS KING, 1830, Chautauqua Co Ny.

ix. GEORGE WASHINGTON Bentley, b. 1809; d. December 28, 1868, Poland Chautauqua Co NY ae 59-2-0; m. (1) PATIENCE MARIA KING; b. 1814; d. 1844, Ellington; m. (2) HULDAH JANE SELFRIDGE, 1845; b. Abt. 1824; d. 1899, Ellington.


Child of ELDRED Bentley and CATHERINE COX is:

x. ANDREW6 Bentley, b. 1835, Ellington Chautauqua Co NY; d. February 13, 1914; m. (1) LUCY KING, Chautauqua Co Ny; b. Abt. 1839, Ellington, Chautauqua, New York; d. 1921; m. (2) MARINDA; b. Abt. 1838.

More About ANDREW BENTLEY:

Burial: Highland Cemetery Cherry Creek NY

More About LUCY KING:

Burial: Highland Cemetery Cherry Creek NY



4. JOSEPH5