Re: Bentley's : William Bentley/Mary Goodwin to present...
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Re: Bentley's : William Bentley/Mary Goodwin to present...
Aimee Mitchell 8/04/05
Aimee, Sorry to be a killjoy, but I'm posting here what I said elsewhere on this forum.
I've seen the parentage posted at AncestralFile for John Bentley, born in 1674. It may be correct, but I've seen no documentation for it. Bedfordshire records are printed and available, but no such birth of a Bentley is shown in Ampthill records. I asked both the person who posted the AF entry and the author of the source she cited, but neither could give any evidence of such a birth. There may have been a John Bentley born then in Ampthill; the parents and grandparents are indeed attested in the Ampthill record, but he isn't. I'd appreciate it if you come across any evidence for the Bentley ancestry.
My great-grandmother Helen (Bentley) Lea was born in Sandy Spring, MD, and the Sandy Spring Museum is located on Bentley Road. All of us Bentley descendants have a stake in getting this settled.
Charles Hollander
Jersey City, NJ
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