Citation · C0411 · compiled
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 096 : 1912
Weight of this evidence
- Tier
- compiled
- Confidence
- ●●○○ normal
- Review
- AI-checked
- Held at
- Ancestry.com
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Transcription and reasoning
Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): supports, confidence 3/4, tier compiled.
The image is readable, and entry 95050 gives "Elias Bentley (1806-60) m. 1827 Sarah Seymour (1808-86)". That matches the claimed name and the 1806–1860 years. It is a compiled lineage book rather than an original record, so it supports the name and dates but not their underlying proof.
Matches: Page 19 of the DAR Lineage Book, entry 95050 (Mrs. Helen B. Beadle Barnett), lists "Elias Bentley (1806-60) m. 1827 Sarah Seymour (1808-86)" as generation 2.; The name Elias Bentley and the dates 1806–1860 match the claim exactly.; The line runs Mary Frances Bentley (1838-95), then Elias Bentley, then John Bentley (1755-1833), which fits Elias as a son of John.
Limits: This is a compiled lineage society publication, not an original vital record, so the dates are secondhand and the page does not say where they came from.; The page gives only years for Elias, with no birth or death place or exact dates.; The page does not name Elias's father outright. The relationship is implied by the lineage sequence, and the John Bentley who married second in 1794 is shown as the next generation up.; The page does not state that Mary Frances is Elias's daughter, though the lineage chain implies it.
What it supports
- Person — Elias Bentley