When Sophia Bensley Sainty was born about 1815, in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Chapman Sainty, was 24 and her mother, Sophia Bensley, was 25. She married William Beverly on 19 November 1833, in Burnham Sutton, Norfolk, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Great Grimsby St Mary and St James, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. She died on 8 November 1896, in Docking, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 82.
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English: possibly from Middle English seintuari(e) ‘sanctuary’ (Old French saintuaire), if the later forms are radical reductions of the name seen in the first two records.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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