Re: Will of Samuel Bentley, d. 1795 Amelia Co VA
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Re: Will of Samuel Bentley, d. 1795 Amelia Co VA
Allan Bentley 12/18/01
Please note that "Lucy Gaines Turpin" had been married to and was the widow of Benjamin Harris,Her name, when she married Colonel William Weldon Bentley, was "Lucy Gaines Turpin Harris."(Those who have Lucy Turpin as being her name when she married Colonel William Weldon Bentley may want to correct their records accordingly.)
Reference: "The Ligon Family and Connections", by William D. Ligon, Jr., Copyright 1947 by William D. Ligon, Jr.
p. 612-613
"302. General William Ligon, son of John and Sally (Saunders) Ligon; born about 1785, Powhatan Co., Va.; died 1864, and was buried in Powhatan.He married in Powhatan County, Martha E. Harris, called Evelyn, born 1774, the daughter of Benjamin Harris and his wife, Lucy Turpin.Her father, Thomas Turpin, (born 1736), son of Thomas Turpin and his wife, Mary Jefferson, aunt of Thomas Jefferson, of Monticello, married Martha Gaines, widow of Daniel Gaines.Order to the clerk of Powhatan, dated February 14, 1803, by which Lucy Gaines (Turpin) Harris, widow, authorized Col. William Weldon Bentley, widower, to obtain the license to marry her.Colonel Bentley was the son of Samuel Bentley of Amelia Co., Va., who died 1784, and brother of Rachel (Bentley) Saunders, whose son, Horatio Saunders, married Sallie Ligon, sister of General William Ligon."
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