Does anyone connect to this CANTEY family from Old Sumter District SC to Montgomery
County AL.
Looking for the burial place of William Russell Cantey in SC
he was the son of Josiah Cantey and Rebecca Richbourgh
William Russell's wife and children migrated to AL after his death.
==Descendants of William Russell Cantey and Elizabeth Cheason Benbow==
Generation One
1. WILLIAM RUSSELL7 CANTEY (JOSIAH6, WILLIAM5, JOSIAH4, WILLIAM3, GEORGE2, TEIGE1) was
born Abt. 1792 in ST. MARKS PARRISH, SOUTH CAROLINA, and died ca 1831. He married
ELIZABETH CHEASON BENBOW Abt. October 1821, daughter of GERSHON BENBOW and SARAH
.....?....
She was born Abt. 1795 in SC and died 1870 in MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA.
Children of WILLIAM CANTEY and ELIZABETH BENBOW are:
i. GERSHON BENBOW8 CANTEY, b. October 01, 1823; d. June 17, 1876.
ii. WILLIAM RUSSELL CANTEY, b. February 16, 1826, SOUTH CAROLINA; d. October 08, 1861,
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA1.
iii. EMMA T. CANTEY, b. Abt. 1826.
iv. SUSAN A. CANTEY, b. Abt. 1828.
v. MARIAH A. CANTEY, b. SOUTH CAROLINA; m. BRINSON BRIGGS, April 08, 1841, MONTGOMERY
COUNTY, ALABAMA2.
3. vi. ELIZABETH ANN CANTEY, b. February 05, 1830, SUMTER DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA.
Generation Two
2. GERSHON BENBOW8 CANTEY (WILLIAM RUSSELL7, JOSIAH6, WILLIAM5, JOSIAH4, WILLIAM3,
GEORGE2, TEIGE1) was born October 01, 1823 in SC, and died June 17, 1876 in AL.
He married (1) REBECCA ALLEN November 12, 1846 in MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA2, daughter of
ANDREW ALLEN and MARGARET MEANELY. She was born November 20, 1825, and died March 23,
1860. He married (2) MARCILLA A. PEARCE/PIERCE November 15, 1860 in LOWNDES COUNTY,
ALABAMA2.
Children of GERSHON CANTEY and REBECCA ALLEN are:
i. ANDREW A.9 CANTEY, b. November 25, 1845.
ii. WILLIAM SUMPTER CANTEY, b. September 17, 1847; d. September 12, 1881; m. CAROLYN
DOWNING.
iii. ELIZABETH FRANCES CANTEY, b. April 20, 1852; d. 1926, TALLASSEE, ELMORE COUNTY,
ALABAMA; m. JOHN WESLEY PIERCE, December 24, 1871; b. February 22, 1840; d. June 11, 1909,
TALLASSEE, ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA.
iv. SUSAN REBECCA CANTEY, b. February 26, 1854; d. July 04, 1912; m. ENOCH DOWNING; b.
December 15, 1847; d. January 05, 1911.
v. MARGARET ELIZABETH CANTEY, b. July 18, 1856; d. August 28, 1906; m. JAMES LEGRAND DEES,
October 07, 1877; b. September 03, 1849; d. August 28, 1906.
vi. THOMAS RUSSELL CANTEY, b. August 16, 1857; m. ELLA HELEN BRASINGTON, Unknown; b. March
22, 1870, MARION COUNTY, ALABAMA; d. April 11, 1935, LANETTE, CHAMBERS COUNTY, ALABAMA.
vii. JOHN W. CANTEY, b. May 04, 1858; d. November 17, 1881.
3. ELIZABETH ANN8 CANTEY (WILLIAM RUSSELL7, JOSIAH6, WILLIAM5, JOSIAH4, WILLIAM3, GEORGE2,
TEIGE1) was born February 05, 1830 in SOUTH CAROLINA. She married CHARLES BINGLEY LLOYD.
He was born Abt. 1815.
Children of ELIZABETH CANTEY and CHARLES LLOYD are:
i. EDWIN9 LLOYD.
ii. JOHN CANTY LLOYD.
iii. WILLIMA RUSSELL LLOYD.