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Brandon Lee

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William Bentley

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Brandon Lee — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 208 
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  • Birth Date:
  • 29 May 1735 
  • Birth Location:
  • Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • 20 Sep 1800 
  • Death Location:
  • Troy, Rensselaer, New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Milleman
  • Marriage Date:
  • 21 Apr 1754 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island 
  • Child:

  William Bentley (Ahnentafel No:104 )

  • Notes: 

  • William Bentley, age 70, was a former priest who murdered his wife Phebe Paine. He was brought to the jail in Troy, New York, where he died the following month.

    William Bentley was executed for the murder of his second wife Phebe Paine after hitting her on the head with an axe several times.

• Additional marriages for William Bentley

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  • Spouse:
  • Phebe Paine
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1784

• Sources for William Bentley

  • ¹ Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 7, pp. 937-939.
  • ² Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 3, p. 725.
  • ³ Austin, Carol R., The Descendants of Aaron Milleman of Kingston, Rhode Island, Yorba Linda, California: Shumway Family History Services (1994), 6-8.
  • ⁴ Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 6, 3rd ed., Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2001), 167.