Sarah
ELDRED
wager545
1650
- 1720
Father: William ELDRED
Mother: Anne LUMPKIN
Family 1 : William BENTLEY
2. James BENTLEY
3. Thomas BENTLEY
4. Jane BENTLEY
5. Benjamin BENTLEY
6. Robert BENTLEY
___William ELDRED____
| (1627 - 1679) m 1645/6
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- Sarah ELDRED
| (1650 - after 1720) m
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_____William LUMPKIN____
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(ca1604 - 1670/1) m ca1620
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|___Anne LUMPKIN____|
(ca1624 - 1676) m 1645/6 |
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|_____Tamesin
?????______
(ca1604 - 1681/2) m ca1620
TIMELINE
1650
1651
1652
1653
1654
1655
1656
1657
1658
1659
1660
1661
1662
1663
1664
1665
1666
1667
1668
1669
1670
1671
1672
1673
1674
1675
1676 - William is born
1677 - James is born
1678
1679 - Thomas is born
1680
1681 - Jane is born
1682
1683 - Benjamin is born
1684
1685 - Robert is born
1686
1687
1688
1689
1690
1691
1692
1693
1694
1695
1696
1697
1698
1699
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1720
INDEX
wager545
"Regarding the identity of Sarah Bentley's parents - those
who propose 'Leithfield' or 'Litchfield' as her maiden name seem to use the
book Persecutions of the Baptists by the Boston Church as their
reference. What this book might contain to support their contention is unknown
to us. However, the dates they give and the insistence on the three Williams as
Grandfather, Father and Son theory, which is unsupportable, lead us to believe
there is nothing in this book to prove Sarah's parentage.
"Those who believe she was an Eldred point to the
testimony given by Sarah in 1718 concerning Samuel Eldred dwelling on the land
where his son John then lived fifty years ago (i.e., about 1668). She even
mentioned that the old road ran on the east side of the house (a fact supported
by the testimony of Henry Knowles). It would appear that she was living in
Rhode Island in or before 1668. Since there is no known evidence to connect her
to the family of Samuel Eldred (and apparently her testimony did not contain
any language indicating a family connection with Samuel and John) some
searchers have decided she is the daughter of William and Anne (Lumpkin) Eldred
of Yarmouth, Massachusetts. She is said to be their 3rd (or 4th) child, born
about 1650. At least one family researcher, Miss Eva Boone, had received from
another family historian, a reference number for a marriage between Sarah and
William Bentley. However, they had no marriage date and our inquiries to
Yarmouth regarding this reference number produced no record. In addition, no
connection between William Eldred of Yarmouth
and Samuel Eldred of Kingstown has ever been proven - at least not as far as we
are aware.
"We can reasonably assume that Sarah was in Rhode
Island as early as 1668 but what her family connections
were remain a mystery." --Julia Adler (see link below).
LINKS: http://www.gencircles.com/users/juliaadler/1/data/22650