Woodruff-Stone History - Person Sheet
Woodruff-Stone History - Person Sheet
NameJohn BENTLEY 
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1Birthca 1674, New Jersey
Deathca 1748
BurialPennsylvania, Chester County, East Fallowfield
ReligionBaptist
ResidencePennsylvannia, Chester County, Newlin
FatherJohn BENTLEY (1618-1690)
MotherSarah ELDRIDGE (-?)
Spouses
Marriageca 1701, New Jersey, Monmouth County, Shrewsbury
Note by HNS notes for John BENTLEY
HNS compiled this on 4-Mar-1982 from Wills # 1150 and 1844, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, the LDS Bentley lineage, and Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania.
John Bentley will written 31 May 1738; Proven 8 Jun 1748.
John Bentley will written 31 May 1738; Proven 8 Jun 1748.
HNS Narrative notes for John BENTLEY
BENTLEY, JOHN, born about 1674. Married MARY JEFFERIES MILES, who was born in Shrewsbury, New Jersey. From a Manuscript sent to Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in 1981 by the Family of RICHARD L. BENTLEY (handwritten and very hard to decipher) states that
" 100 Acres of land was granted to JOHN BENTLEY on August 14, 1704 in Pennsylvania. The material Indicated the information had been taken from a Family Bible, and that the Family had indeed originated in BENTLEY HALL in Staffordshire, England."
JOHN BENTLEY will was dated 31-May-1748 and written in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Sons, JEFFERY and JOHN to be Administrators with a bond of 800 pounds Lawful money. The first Inventory was presented to the court from East Fallowfield Township on 8-June-1748. An appraisment of Real Property was made on 6-Oct-1748. 125 Acres in possession of JOHN BENTLEY and 130 Acres in possession of ROBERT CHALFANT. Final settlement made 19-June-1762.
" 100 Acres of land was granted to JOHN BENTLEY on August 14, 1704 in Pennsylvania. The material Indicated the information had been taken from a Family Bible, and that the Family had indeed originated in BENTLEY HALL in Staffordshire, England."
JOHN BENTLEY will was dated 31-May-1748 and written in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Sons, JEFFERY and JOHN to be Administrators with a bond of 800 pounds Lawful money. The first Inventory was presented to the court from East Fallowfield Township on 8-June-1748. An appraisment of Real Property was made on 6-Oct-1748. 125 Acres in possession of JOHN BENTLEY and 130 Acres in possession of ROBERT CHALFANT. Final settlement made 19-June-1762.