Uriah Bentley, from Rensselaer county, came to Chautauqua county in May, 1810, and settled on lot 9, township 2, range 12, now in the north part of the town of Busti. ... In the ensuing fall he returned for his family, and moved to his new home with a horse team, by way of Mayville, where he arrived the last day of November, 1810. ... Uriah Bentley was a son of Caleb Bentley, and was born in Berlin, Rensselaer Co., June 21, 1779, and was married, December 28, 1800 to Nancy Sweet, who was born May 7, 1779.
They [children] were:
1. Nancy, who married, first, Nicholas Frank, who died in the South, while on a lumbering tour, soon after marriage; second, Dan Highley. They have several children, and reside in Iowa.
2. Polly, wife of Charles W. Sammis, who died in 1849. She resides in Polo, Ill., and has 8 children.
3. Uriah S., who married Almira Daniel, and is deceased. She married, second, Clark Sweet, and resides in Harmony.
4. Sibyl E., wife of Isaac Noble; she had a daughter, Minerva, and is deceased. Mr. N. has a second wife, and lives at Fluvanna.
5. Hiram, who died at about 60, unmarried.
6. Simeon G., who married Alice, daughter of Gideon Gifford, and has no children.
7. Alexander, who married Lavantia Norton, resides at Fluvanna, and has 4 sons: Sardius; Gustavus A., who married Sarah Williams; Charles M., and Uriah.
8. Gustavus A., who married Cornelia, daughter of John Steward, Sr., and had two daughters: Marian, who died at 17, and Frances C., wife of John S. Briggs, of Russelburg, Pa., and a son, Fred A.
9. Ulrica C., wife of Theron E. Palmeter, Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo Co., Ia.; has three children.
10. Minerva, who married Alfred W. Steward, and is deceased; he resides in Clymer.
