Birth: 1589, Gateshead District, Durham County, England
Death:
After 1663, Jamestown, Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA (1)
William BENTLEY I's date of birth is unsure.
Alternate birth information: 1583, Ilmington, England (2)
Christening Records located for a William BENTLEY:
30 NOV 1589 Ilmington, Gloucester, England
Father:Thomas BENTLEY
About his possible Birth Place:
Gateshead, Durham County, United Kingdom: History and News from 1597:
The plague has once again ravaged the north Newcastle,
Darlington, Aycliffe,and Chester le Street have all been badly hit. By October 17, 340 people had died of plague at Darlington.
In Durham City the death toll reached 844 on October 27th. The figures for each Durham City parish were as follows; Elvet
400 dead, St Nicholas (Market Place) 100, St Margaret's 200, St Giles (Gilesgate) 60, St Mary's, North Bailey 60 and 24 died
in the jail. The Bishop of Durham Tobias Matthew has retired to his castle at Stockton as a place of refuge. (4)
Spouse:
Elizabeth (1600 -
)
Marriage: 18 Nov 1618
Ancestry of: Elizabeth
The ancestors of Elizabeth, spouse of William
Bentley (1st gen) and father of Richard Bentley (2nd gen) are unknown. The maiden name of Elizabeth is also unknown,
attempts to locate marriage records and/or documents containing her maiden name were unsuccessful.
Children:
 William Jr (1635-1691)
Immigration
Records
:
William BENTLEY
Year:
1624
Place: Virginia
Source Publication Code: 6220
Primary Immigrant: BENTLEY,
William (5)
( Annotation: Record of 20,000 very early immigrants.
Taken from Patent Books 1
through 5. Title page states, "In 5 volumes," but up to 1979 only three had appeared. See nos. 6221 and 6223 for
second and third volumes, published in 1977
Muster Records/Census 7
Feb 1624
Jamestown, Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA
FLINTON, Farrar Age 36 Born in England,
arrived 1612
BENTLEY, William Resident, Age 36 Born
in England, arrived 1624 (5)
Land
Grant/Deed Records
William BENTLEY I of Keccoughton, in the corporation of Elizabeth City, Virginia, a new planter who came over into this country at his own charges on
the Jacob, this present year, 1624,for his first dividend 50 acres between Newport News and Blunt Point.
Granted by Wyatt (governor of Virginia) December 1, 1624. (5)
Member of the
House of Burgess, 16 Nov 1629
Nutmegg Quarter, Jamestown, Virginia, USA. (5)
Brief History of Colonial Government and the House
of Burgess. (6)
To increase incentive the company (Virginia Company),
beginning in 1618, offered 50 acres of land to those settlers who could pay their transportation to Virginia and
a promise of 50 acres after seven years of service to those who could not pay their passage. Concurrently, the new governor
of Virginia, Sir George Yeardley, issued a call for the election of representatives to a House of Burgesses, which was
to convene in Jamestown in July 1619. In its original form, the House of Burgesses was little more than an agency
of the governing board of the Virginia Company, but it would later expand its powers and prerogatives and become an important
force for colonial self-government. "
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Potential Parents located for William:
Father: Captain James BENTLEY
Parents: George & Marnara WATTS
Birth:
1578 High Bentley, England
Mother: Mary
Death: 1613 England
Biographical Reference
WILLIAM BENTLEY of ELIZABETH CITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA was born 1588/9 and died probably
after 1663. He seems to have been the ancestor of the North Carolina Bentley's, though the Elizabeth City County records have
been mostly destroyed.
Hotten's Emigrants shows William BENTLEY, aged 36, who came over in the Jacob in 1624, living in
the Muster of January 25, 1624/5 in the family of Farrar (Pharaoh) FLINTON, aged 36, and his wife Joane, aged 38. who came
over in the Elizabeth in 1612. Bentley is probably a relative of the Flinton's, as he is not shown among the five servants
in the Muster, but along with the husband and wife. (5)
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1. International Genealogical Index, British Isles <