Rachel BENTLEY

1750 - Bef 1810  (< 60 years)

• Name	Rachel BENTLEY
  Born	1750	Frederick Co. MD   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	BD7EAB91C23A465891ED380F485F1AA53C07
  Died	Bef 1810	Washington Co. VA   [1]
  Notes	It is believed Rachel is also a daughter, due to Richard Whitaker signing as witness to the Bentley land deed. About 1782 Rachel Bentley married Richard Whitaker while her parents were yet living on Bear Creek in the Forks of the Yadkin. Rachael Bentley married Richard Whitaker. No record of this marriage has been found either in North or South Carolina, however the proof of their marriage comes from a statement made by their son, Benjamin Whitaker, taken from "The History of Oregon", where he states his parents were Richard Whitaker and Rachel Bentley. In later years, a great-great granddaughter stated Richard and Rachel were married in North Carolina about 1781. Recent research shows the marriage date is probably much earlier as the older sons would have been born by ca 1774. In this same report, Benjamin Whitaker states he was born in North Carolina. In 1782 Thomas, his wife Hannah, and some of the children moved to the Indian Creek area of eastern Lincoln County, North Carolina. Accompanying Thomas and Hannah were Daniel and Nancy (Lewis) Bentley; Meshack Davis, who had married Thomas and Hannahâ's daughter Lydia about 1774 in Rowan County; Richard Whiteaker, and his wife Rachel Bentley; and Thomas and Hannah's daughter, Margaret, who would later marry William Yonts in Lincoln Co. NC. [1, 2]
  Person ID	I811	Master File
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2010

  
  

  Father	Thomas BENTLEY,   b. Abt 1716, most likely in England ,   d. Aft 4 May 1789, Lincoln Co. NC  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Mother	Hannah
  Married	1746	Maryland   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Richard WHITAKER,   b. Abt 1752, Frederick Co. MD ,   d. 18 Oct 1838, Washington, Co. VA  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Married	Abt 1782	North Carolina   [1]
  Children	1. Giles WHITAKER,   b. Bef 1782, Rowan Co. NC ,   d. ca 1831, Claiborne, Co., TN  (Age > 49 years)   2. John WHITAKER,   b. Abt 1782, Rowan Co. NC ,   d. 17 Mar 1872, Ogle, IL  (Age ~ 90 years)   3. Isaac WHITAKER,   b. 1783, Rowan Co. or Lincoln Co. NC   4. James S. WHITAKER, Sr.,   b. 1790, Lincoln Co. NC ,   d. Feb 1856, Smyth Co. VA  (Age 66 years)   5. Moses X. WHITAKER,   b. 1791, Lincoln Co. NC ,   d. 14 Sep 1875, Washington, Co. VA  (Age 84 years)   6. Aaron WHITAKER,   b. Bef 1793, Lincoln Co. NC ,   d. Aft 1860, Putnam Co. IL  (Age > 68 years)   7. Thomas WHITAKER,   b. Bef 1795, Lincoln Co. NC + 8. Mary (Polly) WHITAKER,   b. ca 1795/1796, Lincoln Co. NC ,   d. Aft 1880  (Age ~ 85 years)   9. Benjamin WHITEAKER,   b. Aug 1796, Lincoln Co. NC ,   d. 2 Jul 1873, Independence, Polk Co., OR  (Age ~ 76 years)   10. Elizabeth WHITAKER,   b. 1797, Lincoln Co. NC   11. Catherine Rachel WHITEAKER,   b. 4 May 1804, Washington, Co. VA ,   d. 26 Aug 1868, Astoria, Clatsop Co., OR  (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F52	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S27] Thomas Bentley of Frederick County Maryland and Old Rowan County, NC. and His Descendants, James W. Miller, Jr., (Self published, web 2006). [S25] Descendants of Richard Whitaker, Jr. and Rachel Bentley, Joye Boardman.