Descendants of John Bentlif

Descendants of John Bentlif

This tree was added to the site in 2016. It was reviewed by Guy Dixon in 2020 and a further generation added at the top, as well as considerable extra detail Jersey doctor Graeme Bentlif's grandfather's brush factory at 7 Winchester Street, Salisbury in 1897 Surgeon Lt-Col Philip Barnett Bentlif moved to Jersey in 1891, the year after his marriage, and was appointed surgeon in the Jersey Artillery by Lieut-Governor General Sir Charles Ewart. His son Philip Graeme Bentlif, who followed him into the medical profession, was born in Jersey in 1902. He was medical officer at Jersey's prison when the last execution took place in 1959 There is no family page for this surname at present Record Search If you want to search for records for any name in this family tree, or for any other family name, just click below on the first letter of the family name you are interested in. This will open a new tab in your browser giving you a list of family names beginning with that letter, for which there are baptism records in our database of half a million church and public registry records. You can also select marriages or burials. Select the name you want and when the list of records is displayed you can easily refine the search, choosing a single parish, given name(s) and/or start and end dates. The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the yellow Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found. A--B--C--D--E--F--G--H--I--J--K--L--M--N--O--P--Q--R--S--T--U--V--W--X--Y--Z More information on our 2018/2019 review of family trees A blue link anywhere in the text will lead you to another page with more information on this family If you spot any errors in this tree or are able to provide additional information, either click on the Discussion tab at the top of the page and leave details there (you need to be a registered user) or send an email to editorial@jerripedia.org. Registered users can also edit this tree, and are welcome to add additional information. However, if you think there are errors, please contact us first so that your proposed adjustments can be discussed with the original submitter of the tree

• 1 George Bentlif (1750?-1825) ^[1] m (1775, Maidstone, Kent) Elizabeth Meason
  • 2 Margaret Bentlif (10/1775- ) m (1799, Maidstone) John Byram
  • 2 George Bentlif (1778?-1824) ^[2] m (1805, London) Sara Amatt
    • 3 George Amatt Bentlif (1806- ) ^[3] unmarried (1861)
    • 3 Caroline Bentlif (1815?- ) living 1851
    • 3 Mary Ann Bentlif (1817- ) unmarried
    • 3 Samuel Bentlif (1818- ) ^[4] unmarried (1861)
    • 3 Emily Bentlif (1820?
  • 2 David Bentlif (1782- ) m ( -- )
    • 3 Sara Bentlif ^[5]
  • 2 John Bentlif (1784- ) ^[6] m (1814, Rochester, Kent) Jane Laker
    • 3 John Bentlif (1814- )
    • 3 Jane Bentlif (1816- ) m (1844, Maidstone) Philip James Woolley ^[7]
    • 3 Mary Bentlif (1819- )
    • 3 Sara Ann Bentlif (1823- ) m (1850, Maidstone) William Simons
    • 3 Philip Bentlif (1827-1905) (Maidstone, Kent) ^[8] m (1856, Wilton, Wiltshire) Mary Ann Dredge (1839- ) d of Robert, Farmer
      • 4 Florence Bessie Bentlif (1857- ) m (1881, Salisbury) Henry Arnold ^[9]
      • 4 Philip Barnett Bentlif (1859-1933) FRCS, LSA ^[10] m (1890, Richmond, Sy) Agnes Houston Thomson (1870-1921) d of George and Jane Boreland, née Bell ^[11]
        • 5 Phyllis Bentlif m Lionel Henry Frederick Whiston ^[12]
        • 5 Beryl Barnett Bentlif (1896-1983) m (1925, St H) Graeme Ogilvie Fairlie ^[13]
          • 6 Jean Evelyn Fairlie (1926- ) m Felix Edward Neville-Towle, DSC ^[14]
          • 6 Ray Philippe Fairlie (1928- )
          • 6 Alastair Graeme Fairlie
        • 5 Philip Graeme Bentlif (1902-1986) ^[15] m Cynthia Joy King-Farlow (1904-2000) ^[16] d of Sir Sidney Charles King-Farlow (later King Farlow Nettleton), Chief Justice of Gibraltar ^[17]
          • 6 Philip Sidney Bentlif (1932- ) (USA) ^[18] m Wendy Ann Williams
          • 6 Alys Virginia Bentlif (1940- )
      • 4 Charles Augustus Bentlif (1865-1912) m (1899, Salisbury) Gertrude Constance Brown
      • 4 Catherine Maud Bentlif (1868- ) m (1899, Wiltshire) Charles Frederick South (1850-1916) ^[19]
  • 2 Sara Bentlif (1786- ) m James Stanger ^[20]
  • 2 Harriet Bentlif (1788-by 1789)
  • 2 Harriet Bentlif (1889- ) unmarried
  • 2 Fanny Bentlif (1791- ) unmarried
  • 2 James Bentlif ^[21]

Notes and References

1. ↑ Cordwainer (Shoemaker), High Street, Maidstone, as "George Bentlif and Son": Holden`s Directory (1811)
2. ↑ George Bentlif the younger of Maidstone, Shoemaker, was appointed one of three executors of his father`s Will, dated 7 July 1818. He was described in a codicil, dated 27 April 1824 as my "late son George Bentlif." His own PCC Will, dated 30 September1818 and proved in 1824, mentions his beloved wife Sarah, his trade in co-partnership with his father and brother, John Bentlif, and shares in two cotton mills, one in Derbyshire and one in Nottinghamshire. His father, who had then retired, was described as George Bentlif of Maidstone, Gentleman. He and the testator`s widow were executors
3. ↑ Currier and Leatherseller at 89, High Street, Maidstone: Census (1861)
4. ↑ Boot and Shoe Maker, sharing the above address, employing 30 men: ibid. In 1890, Samuel Bentlif, a deeply religious Baptist, as were most of his family, who had been a keen art collector, erected and paid for the Bentlif Art Gallery at Maidstone, in memory of his late brother George. It is now housed with and called The Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery
5. ↑ Living in 1824, mentioned in the codicil dated 24 April 1824, of her grandfather George`s PCC Will
6. ↑ Currier, of Bank Street, Maidstone: Census (1841)
7. ↑ Of Maidstone, Dyer
8. ↑ Surveyor in 1856, then builder`s clerk, 1861-71, and finally brushmaker in Salisbury
9. ↑ Of Walcot, Bath, Brewer
10. ↑ A medical student in Bloomsbury in 1881, P.B. Bentlif became a doctor in Jersey and was granted in 1891, the rank of Captain RJMA. A major in 1904, he volunteered for service in the Great War, becoming a Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Army Medical Corps, for which he was awarded the OBE. Dr Bentlif was a mild man, who was both well-liked and respected
11. ↑ Baker and Flour Dealer, of 24, English Street, Dumfries
12. ↑ Captain, 3rd Hussars (1933 Will of Philip Barnett Bentlif)
13. ↑ Accountant
14. ↑ Commander, R.N., son of Edward Henry Neville-Towle and Augusta Violet Briard (1894-1950)
15. ↑ MA, MD, MRCP. OV, of Les Jardins, St Lawrence
16. ↑ Marriage dissolved. She married secondly, (1954, Oxford) George D. Smith
17. ↑ This mid-19th and early-20th century family of lawyers, which became eminent, descended from William Farlow (1757- ) of 6, Mitre Court, Chancery Lane, Citizen and Stationer of London and Law Bookseller. He had married in 1780 Ann King. Their second son, John King Farlow (1783-1858), Solicitor, was the first lawyer. Two grandsons, John and Charles King Farlow, founded in 1842 the renowned Farlows of Pall Mall, makers and retailers of fishing rods, sporting equipment and clothing
18. ↑ Physician, settled in the United States of America in 1958
19. ↑ Organist at Salisbury Cathedral (1901), living at 6 The Close, Salisbury, with their son Charles J. B. South, aged 11 months and Catherine`s father, Philip Bentlif, aged 73
20. ↑ Of Maidstone, Kent, Ironmonger; one of his father-in-law`s executors in 1825
21. ↑ Of Maidstone, Cordwainer (1824), one of the executors of his father`s PCC will, proved in 1825