Rachel BENTLEY

Female 1750 - Bef 1810  (< 60 years)


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  • Name Rachel BENTLEY 
    Born 1750  Frederick Co. MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    _UID BD7EAB91C23A465891ED380F485F1AA53C07 
    Died Bef 1810  Washington Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 4 May 1789, Lincoln Co. NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Mother Hannah 
    Married 1746  Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Family ID F295  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

  • Sources 
    1. [S27] Thomas Bentley of Frederick County Maryland and Old Rowan County, NC. and His Descendants, James W. Miller, Jr., (Self published, web 2006).

    2. [S25] Descendants of Richard Whitaker, Jr. and Rachel Bentley, Joye Boardman.