Esquire Squire Bentley
and Sarah Sally Hines
Esquire Squire Bentley b about 1770 d about 1851 Alexander Co NC; s/o Benjamin Bentley and Jane Fuller. Esquire Squire Bentley m. about 1798 to Sarah Sally Hines b about 1775 d before 1856; d/o Henry Hines and Elizabeth Williams. Children of Esquire Squire Bentley and Sarah Sally Hines;
1. Hannah Bentley b 8 Dec 1800 NC d 9 Mar 1892; m. 15 Jan 1820 Wilkes Co NC to Thomas Bentley b 17 Feb 1805 NC d 25 Apr 1888; s/o Benjamin Bentley.
2. Elizabeth Bentley b about 1805; m. 21 Apr 1820 Wilkes Co NC to Bentley Harrison b 1798 Black Oak Ridge, Iredell Co NC. Children of Bentley Harrison and Elizabeth Bentley;
i. Margaret Harrison b about 1830
ii. Franklin Harrison b about 1832
iii. John William Harrison b 1833 Wilkes Co NC
iv. Alfred Harrison b about 1837
3. Margaret Bentley b about 1806; m. 6 May 1828 Wilkes Co NC to Joel Kerley b about 1802. Children of Joel Kerley and Margaret Bentley;
i. Sally Kerley b 1834
ii. William Riley Kerley b 1836
iii. James Nelson Kerley b 1839 Alexander Co NC
iv. Squire Pinkney King Kerley b 1842 NC
v. Rachel kerley b 1845
vi. Dovey Kerley b 1847 NC
vii. Joel Kerley b 1849
viii. Mary Kerley b 1852
4. Rachel Bentley b 11 Jun 1811 d 1 Oct 1900 Alexander Co NC; m. Ambrose C Bentley b May 1815 Rowan Co NC d 20 Jun 1901 (gravestone marker gives 1902 as dod); buried Old Bethel Cemetery, Black Oak Ridge Road near Vashti, Alexander Co NC; military service, appointed 2nd Lt NC Militia by Governor Charles Manly 15 Oct 1849; s/o James Martin Bentley and Elizabeth Laws.
5. Jane Bentley b about 1812
6. Benjamin H Bentley b 1814 NC d 1864 NC; m. Mary Polly Davis
b about 1815 NC d 25 Jul 1916 Alexander Co NC buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Alexander Co NC; d/o Jerry Davis and Nancy Madcap (Metcalf?).
7. William Bentley b 1814 NC m. Mary Polly Campbell b about 1816 NC. Children of William Bentley and Mary Polly Campbell;
i. Sena Bentley b about 1845 NC
ii. Serena Bentley b 1846 NC
iii. Caroline Bentley b about 1847 NC; m. Male St Clair. Children of Male St Clair and Caroline Bentley;
I. Franklin St Clair b about 1868
II. William St Clair b about 1871
III. Arthur St Clair b about 1875
iv. Squire Bentley b about 1849 NC
v. Martha Bentley b about 1856 NC
8. Martin Bentley b 1815 NC d about 1850 NC; m. 27 Mar 1834 Wilkes Co NC to Nancy Freeman b 1816 NC; d/o Male Freeman and Mary Unknown. Children of Martin Bentley and Nancy Freeman;
i. Mary Bentley b about 1836
ii. Henry Bentley b about 1842
9. Mary Polly Bentley b 1818 d 1897; m. William Billy Sifford b about 1823
10. Squire Bentley b 1821 NC d about 1865; m. Frances Fanny Davis b 28 May 1822 NC d 25 Jul 1916 Alexander Co NC age 94 years, 1 month, 28 days; buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Alexander Co NC; d/o Jerry Davis and Catherine Eads.
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