Was Tamar ESSEX Rufus BENTLEY's dau?
Hi, fellow searchers. . .
My gggggf, Rufus BENTLEY, of Otsego Co., NY, left $100 to Tamar ESSEX (wife of Moses ESSEX of Cattaraugus Co., NY) in his will (proved 1852).
Tamar is listed as eldest dau of Rufus BENTLEY and his wife Esther DICKINSON BENTLEY (of Town of Westford, Otsego Co.) in a genealogical compilation prepared by Rufus's nephew Russell BENTLEY ca. 1891.However, another early compilation does not list Tamar.
In his will, Rufus does not specifically name Tamar as a daughter.
Tamar named her only son Cyrenius Bentley ESSEX; Rufus BENTLEY had a son named Cyrenius BENTLEY.
Was Tamar a dau of Rufus and Esther?If not, who are her parents?Any clues are welcome!