Samuel Bentley

• Name	Samuel Bentley  [1, 2]
  Birth	of South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	1710	Rhode Island   [4]
  Person ID	I23772	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	James Bentley,   b. 26 May 1679, Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F7382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Baker,   b. 1716
  Marriage	23 Apr 1730	St. Paul's, Narragansett, Washington, Rhode Island   [3, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Amelia Bentley,   b. 14 Jun 1734   d. Bef Oct 1804, Nova Scotia (Age < 70 years)
  Family ID	F14267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2021

  
  

• Notes

  With his wife Sarah and his 16-year-old son William, he removed from Rhode Island to Nova Scotia in May 1760 on the sloop Sally. According to this page at Rootsweb, the DNA of at least one descendant of this Samuel Bentley shows a probable descent from William and Mary Bentley of Ampthill, Bedfordshire.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3185] G. Andrews Moriarty, "Notes: Historical Intelligence." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 104:72, Jan 1950. [S3208] President John Sanford of Boston, Massachusetts and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 1605-1965, and His Descendants, with Many Allied Families by Jack Minard Sanford. East Aurora, New York, 1965. [S6071] A History of the Episcopal Church in Narragansett, Rhode Island, Including a History of Other Episcopal Churches in the State by Wilkins Updike. Volume 2. 2nd edition, ed. Daniel Goodwin. Boston: D. B. Upsike, The Merrymount Press, 1907. [S41] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, on ancestry.com. [S41] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, on ancestry.com., year only.