Sheshbazzar Bentley and Hannah Cleaver

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Husband Sheshbazzar Bentley ^{1 2 3 4}

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            AKA: Sache Bentley,5 Shelbazzer Bentley,6 Sheshbazzor Bentley 7
           Born:  - Washington Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1866 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Sheshbazzar Bentley (Abt 1749-1800) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Hannah Baldwin (      -      ) 4

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Moore (      -      ) 3 8 9

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Wife Hannah Cleaver ^{3 7}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1874 3
         Buried: 

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   Other Spouse: [Unk] Kenworthy (      -      ) 7

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Children

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1 F Susan Bentley ³

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Robert West (      -      ) 3

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2 F Lavinia Bentley ³

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           Born: 28 Aug 1825 - Bentleyville, Washington Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rev. Fleming Jones (      -      ) 3

         Spouse: R. L. Jones (      -      ) 3

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3 F Martha Jane Bentley ^{7 11}

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            AKA: Margaret J. Bentley 10
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1895 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John W. Stephens (1823-Aft 1893) 7 12 13
           Marr: 7 Jan 1851 10

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4 F Amanda Bentley ³

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1910
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Newkirk (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Sheshbazzar Bentley

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He was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, on the old Bentley homestead in Somerset township, and for many years operated the old mill there. He laid out the village of Bentleyville, March 4, 1816.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 933.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1145.

3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1097.

4 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 64.

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 810.

6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 602.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 18.

8 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 799.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 85.

10 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 950.

11 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 601, 1097.

12 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 949.

13 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 601.