Recollections of Otis Bentley ... a man of eighty-four years ...
His father, John Bentley, came to this place in 1778 or '79, and settled on the present family homestead. ... The children of John Bentley by his first wife were Sarah, who became Mrs. Snyder, of Milton; Catharine, Mrs. Green, of Clifton Park; Elizabeth, Mrs. Tillinghast Bentley, of Milton; Charity, Mrs. Southwick of Greenfield; Patience, Mrs. John P. Bentley of Troy. John settled in Greenfield, and Abel in Oswego county. By his second wife the children were Otis, ... and seven other sons, all of whom removed to Oswego county, David, Pardon, Stephen Adam, Elias, Gregory and Reuben.