Woodruff-Stone History - Person Sheet
Woodruff-Stone History - Person Sheet
NameWilliam BENTLEY 
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1BirthMassachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston
Death1720, Rhode island, Washington County, Kingston
OccupationCurrier
FatherWilliam BENTLEY (ca1588-1691)
MotherMary (-?)
Notes for William BENTLEY
Ancestor of the Rhode Island and Connecticut families.84
Note by HNS notes for William BENTLEY
William was a currier, living in Kings Town, rhode Island. April of 1705, he had liberty granted to him to set up a house, convenient for carrying on his currying trade. One 29-Jul-1679, along with his father and forty others of Narragansett, Rhode Island, sent a petition to the King praying that, “he would put an end to these differences about the government, thereof, which hath been so fatal to the prosperty of the place; animosities still arising in people’s minds, as they stand affected to this or their government.”
He was made a Freeman in 1712. Married to Sarah Eldridge, wido of Samuel Eldridge. She had a son, John from her first marriage. William Bentley’s will was executed and proven in 1720 in Kings Town, Rhode Island. Sarah died a little later.
Sources: Ship records; Bill Bentley, Chanute, Kansas; Records--Rhode Island
He was made a Freeman in 1712. Married to Sarah Eldridge, wido of Samuel Eldridge. She had a son, John from her first marriage. William Bentley’s will was executed and proven in 1720 in Kings Town, Rhode Island. Sarah died a little later.
Sources: Ship records; Bill Bentley, Chanute, Kansas; Records--Rhode Island
HNS Narrative notes for William BENTLEY
WILLIAM, was a currier, living in Kings Town, Rhode Island, April of 1705, he had liberty granted to him to set up a house, convenient for carrying on his currying trade. On 29-July-1679, along with his father and forty others of Narragansett, Rhode Island, sent a petition to the King praying that,
"he would put an end to these differences about the government, thereof, which hath been so fatal to the prosperity of the place; animosities still arising people's minds, as they stand affected to this or their government."
He was made a Freeman in 1712 Married to SARAH ELDRIDGE, widow of Samuel Eldridge. She had a son, John from her first marriage. WILLIAM BENTLEY'S Will was executed and proven in 1720 in Kings Town, Rhode Island. SARAH died a little later.
"he would put an end to these differences about the government, thereof, which hath been so fatal to the prosperity of the place; animosities still arising people's minds, as they stand affected to this or their government."
He was made a Freeman in 1712 Married to SARAH ELDRIDGE, widow of Samuel Eldridge. She had a son, John from her first marriage. WILLIAM BENTLEY'S Will was executed and proven in 1720 in Kings Town, Rhode Island. SARAH died a little later.