Bentone History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Bentone family

The surname Bentone was first found in Warwickshire at Binton, a parish, in the union of Stratford-Upon-Avon, Stratford division of the hundred of Barlichway. "This place is written Benintone in Domesday Book, and a family of the same name were lords of the manor during several reigns." 1

Alternatively the family could have originated at Little Benton, Longbenton in Northumberland, where the place name literally meant ‘dweller at the farm where bent grass or beans grow’, from the Old English word beonet/ bean + tun. 2 3 4

A scan of early rolls revealed that William de Benton held lands in Suffolk according to the Feet of Fines for 1234. Later, Simon de Beneton was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Worcestershire in 1275 and Richard Benton was listed in the Assize Rolls for London in 1450. 2

Early History of the Bentone family

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Bentone Spelling Variations

During the era when a person's name, tribe and posterity was one of his most important possessions, many different spellings were found in the archives examined. Bentone occurred in many references, and spelling variations of the name found included Benton, Bentoun, Bentown, Benintone and others.

Early Notables of the Bentone family

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Migration of the Bentone family

Gradually becoming disenchanted with life in Ireland many of these uprooted families sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. These overcrowded ships often arrived with only 60 to 70% of their original passenger list, many dying of illness and the elements, were buried at sea. In North America, early immigrants bearing the family name Bentone, or a spelling variation of the surname include: Abigail Benton who settled in Virginia in 1642; George Benton settled in Barbados in 1669; Isabel Benton in Virginia in 1642; Robert in Virginia in 1635.

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.