THE BENTLEY FAMILY FROM ENGLAND
VIA VIRGINIA TO NORTH CAROLINA

    The Bentley family has a colorful beginninge for which detail seems a bit lacking and judgments may be made. But the times of very early Colonial life as they were and such matters as they also were, such ought to be somewhat expected though not always so spoken about. While not exactly the Wild Wild West, neither was it a time of heighth of social society either. I'll first begin with the opening family pedigree with some comment and also links to where some seemingly well searched out fact are to be found concerngint the Bentley family we seemly do have a descentantcy from.

Somewhat of a misnomer, Elizabeth City was not a 'city'. Rather it was one of eight original 'shires' prescribed by King James in 1634, which one he named for his daughter Elizabeth as also the Elizabeth River. It later became a county of Virginia, which today is no longer.

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                              William Bentley I      =     Elizabeth
                              of Elizabeth C. VA.
                              b 1589
                                England
                              m
                                England
                              d aft1663


      William Bentley II    =                           Richard Bentley
      of Charlestown VA
      b 1620                                            b 1636

                                                        m

                                                        = Jane
                                                        m(2nd) 3 Jul 1677
                                                               
                                                        = Lydia Mann
      William Bentley III      Elizabeth Bentley        d December 1687
                                                          Perquimans NC

                               m                       

                               = Cornealious Leary


source: Descendants of William Bentley I 
@http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/e/n/Allan-L-Bentley/GENE6-0001.html
@http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/e/n/Allan-L-Bentley/GENE6-0002.html
@http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/e/n/Allan-L-Bentley/GENE6-0003.html

Family of Richard Bentley and Jane of VA & NC


                                           Richard Bentley     =    Jane
                                           b 1636

                                           m

                                           d December 1687
                                             Perquimans NC


     Jean Bentley           Mary Bentley         Sarah Bentley     John Bentley       Richard Bentley    William Bentley
     b                      b 29 Aug 1662        b 1664            b 22 Dec 1665      b 2 Feb 1667/8     b 15 Aug 1671
                              Eliza Cty VA                           NC                 Perquimans NC      Perquimans NC
     m                      m 28 Aug 1679                          m 6 Nov 1694
                              Berk. Alb. NC                          Perquimans NC
     = Jenkin Williams      = Cornelius Leary                      = Ann Barrow
                            d aft1719                              d 1699             d 1697
                                                                     Perquimans NC      Perquimans NC

sources:  @http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/e/n/Allan-L-Bentley/GENE6-0003.html
          @http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/e/n/Allan-L-Bentley/GENE6-0004.html

Family of Cornelius Leary and Mary Bentley


                                      Cornelius Leary/Lery   =    Mary Bentley
                                      b 1650                      b 29 Aug 1662
                                        Ireland                     Eliza. Cty VA
                                      m 28 Aug 1679
                                        Berk Alb NC
                                      d bef1704                   d aft1719
                                        Chowan NC


      Richard Leary       Cornelius Leary Jr.     William Leary     Elizabeth Leary
      b 8 Dec 1680        b 20 Jul 1682           b 1687            b 22 Jun 1689
        Berk Alb NC         Berk Alb NC