Thomas Bentley
and Margaret Crase

Thomas Bentley b 1785 d 1860 (1850 Letcher Co KY Census and 1860 Letcher Co KY Census), s/o Daniel Bentley and Nancy Jane Lewis. Thomas Bentley m. 17 Aug 1812 to Mary (Margaret) Cress Crase b about 1785 d/o George Cress Crase and Charity Morgan. Children of Thomas Bentley and Mary Crase;

 Jemima Jenny "Jane" Bentley b 1814 m. Barnett Blankenship b about 1811; s/o William 'Buck' Blankenship and Anna Osborne. Barnett Blankenship m. 2 Oct 1867 to Sarah Huff Helton b about 1841 VA

Charity Bentley b 1819 KY d WV m. 27 Aug 1840 Pike Co KY to Matthew "Mac" Ramey b 1822 KY, s/o Moses "Mosie" Ramey and Tabitha "Martha" Fuller.

Moses Bentley b 1820 Floyd Co KY d May 1850 Floyd Co KY m. 23 Feb 1837 Pike Co KY m. 23 Feb 1837 Pike Co KY to Martha "Patsy" Blankenship b about 1820, d/o William "Buck" Blankenship and Anna Osborne.

Matilda Bentley b about 1821 Perry Co KY d after 1895 Lawrence Co KY, m. 31 Dec 1836 in Perry Co KY to John Hughes, b 1815 Russell Co VA d 1887 Lawrence Co KY, s/o Daniel Hughes and Sarah Tyree.

 Thomas Bentley b 1822.

 Sarah Bentley b 1824.

 Mary Bentley b 1828 KY.

 Esther Bentley b 1830 m. Robert Jefferson "Big Jeff" Fleming b 1 Sept 1825 Floyd Co KY d 18 Aug 1893 Mill Creek Pound Wise Co VA s/o Robert Fleming and Elizabeth "Betty" Stambaugh (Stumbo). .
 Priscilla Bentley b 1831.

Rhoda "Roady" Bentley b 1834 d 1909 buried W R Hall Cemetery, Jack's Creek, Floyd Co KY, m. 3 Dec 1853 Letcher Co KY to Lewis Hall b 1835 Perry Co, KY d 8 Feb 1912 Shelby Gap, Pike Co KY from gunshot wounds while being arrested for bootlegging, s/o William Riley Hall and Nancy Higgins. Lewis Hall m. (2) to Mary Mullins. Lewis Hall m. (3) to Polly Anderson.

Solomon Davis Bentley b 1836 KY d 1909, m. 20 Sep 1877 to Mary Jane Bentley, b 9 Jul 1857 in Iredell, Co NC d 9 Feb 1925 Letcher Co KY, d/o James Martin Bentley and Tabitha Baker Johnson

William May Bentley b 1838 Letcher Co KY d 1865 at age 27 buried Delaney Cemetery, Left Fork of Marshall's Branch, Pike Co KY m. about 1861 to Mary Elizabeth Vanover, b 8 Mar 1842 Pike Co KY d 19 Jul 1916 Pike Co KY age 74, buried Delaney Cemetery, Left Fork of Marshall's Branch Pike Co KY, d/o John H Vanover and Nancy Johnson. Mary Elizabeth Vanover m. 16 Feb 1871 Letcher Co KY to 2nd Samuel Wright, b 1850 KY, s/o Samuel W Wright and Elizabeth "Betsy" Adams.

 Mary Bentley b 1844.

 James "Jimmy" Bentley b 1849 m. 23 Mar 1876 to  Mary Elizabeth Taylor b 1856 Scott Co VA d/o Marshall Benton "Red Fox" Taylor and Nancy Ann Booth.