Ancestry of
Eli Bentley

(1752–1822)

Eli Bentley

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Bentley 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Thatcher   
  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Feb 1752 
  • Birth Location:
  • West Marlborough Township, Chester, Pennsylvania 
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Aug 1822 
  • Death Location:
  • Taneytown, Frederick, Maryland 
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  • Eli and his brother Caleb Bentley were clockmakers. In 1814, President James Madison stayed in Caleb's home the night the British burned Washington, D.C.

    An Eli Bentley tall-case clock, otherwise known as a grandfather clock, is located in the Taneytown History Museum in Taneytown, Maryland.

• Marriages for Eli Bentley

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Hunter
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Nov 1772
  • Marriage Location:
  • Pennsylvania

• Sources for Eli Bentley

  • ¹ Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825, Will for father Joseph Bentley.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A009429.
  • ³ Pennsylvania, Compiled Marriage Records, 1700-1821, Marriage record for Eli Bentley and Mary Hunter.
  • ⁴ Davis, Eleanor M., Early Residents of Uwchlan Twp., Chester County, Pa., 1715-1800.
  • ⁵ Delaney Antique Clocks, "Eli Bentley West Chester, Pennslyvannia and Taney Town, Maryland", (accessed 03/23/2017).
  • ⁶ Gibbs, James W., Dixie Clockmakers, Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company (1979), 21-22.
  • ⁷ Harris, Joseph Smith, The Collateral Ancestry of Stephen Harris, Born September 4, 1798 and of Marianne Smith, Born April 2, 1805, Philadelphia: George F. Lasher, Printer (1908), 133.