Bentley (Q492513)
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LBS-PLA-EST-01371
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Bentley
In 1654 Robert Hooper sold to his friend Martin Bentley ½ of a 200 acre plantation in St. Philip. The plantation had been bought previously by Hooper from Hugh Powell. There were 35 white servants and 66 enslaved. In 1660, Robert Hooper sold to Martin Bentley for £500, ½ of 300 acre plantation owned jointly by Hooper & Bentley. Bentley given a choice of land and took the eastern half. By 1680 Mart
in (late Sir Martin) Bentley owned 245 acres in Christ Church, 72 in St. Philip. In 1721 ownership passed to John Bentley, son and heir of Sir Martin Bentley. In 1738 Nathaniel Haggatt, a Master-in-Chancery in the Chancery Suit Hon Henry Peers v Mary Haselton sold to William Duke for £11,000 the plantation formerly the property of John Bentley deceased: 280 acres in St. Philip, Christ Church and S
t.George; and 92 enslaved. William Duke at once sold the estate to Hon. Henry Peers for the same sum. In 1742 the Hon. Henry Peers of St. George deceased by a codicil to his will (1737) bequeathed his property equally and jointly to 1) His daughter, Elizabeth Lyte, wife of Hon. John Lyte, 2) His daughter, Arabella Frere, wife of Tobias Frere, 3) His grandson, Peers Alleyne, son of his daughter Mar
y Alleyne, wife of Thomas Alleyne. The Hon Henry Peers bequeathed 5 plantations: (1) Martins Castle, (2) Buttalls, (3) Providence, (4) Hunt's, (5) Bentley Hall. Thesetates lay in St. Peter, St. George and Christ Church.1747: Peers Alleyne of St. Peter mortgages to John Sober & Walter Coddell as executors of Lawrence Trent deceased £3,322, 3 plantations: (1) Rock Hall, St. Peter, (2) Four Hills, St
. Peter, (3) Bentley. 280 acres and 124 enslaved. Peers Alleyne died childless & bequeathed his properties to his brother, Thomas Alleyne. By 1758 ownership had passed to Francis Ford.
13°7'17.483"N, 59°30'45.972"W
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