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Brandon Lee

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William Bentley

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Brandon Lee — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 104 
  • Father:
  • William Bentley 
  • Mother:
  • Abigail Milleman   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Apr 1765 
  • Birth Location:
  • Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 May 1850 
  • Death Location:
  • Antwerp, Jefferson, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Bentley Family Cemetery, Champion, Jefferson, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Anna Matthews
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Jan 1785 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  William Gorton Bentley (Ahnentafel No:52 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

• Additional marriages for William Bentley

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  • Spouse:
  • Diana Beardsley
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 18 Jun 1835

• Sources for William Bentley

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A009456.
  • ² Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 7, p. 939.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/25/2022).
  • ⁴ Memorials of Deceased Companions of the Commandery of the State of Illinois Military Order of the Loyal . . . Vol. 3, Chicago, Illinois: n. p. (1923), FHL No 7957344, Image 667, 641.
  • ⁵ Austin, Carol R., The Descendants of Aaron Milleman of Kingston, Rhode Island, Yorba Linda, California: Shumway Family History Services (1994), 8.
  • ⁶ Bowman, Fred Q., 10,000 Vital Records of Central New York, 1813-1850, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1986), 20.