1738 Jacob Bender, Elias Nickel Bender, and Jacob Nicklas Bender [1] immigrated to Philadelphia, from Rotterdam by way of Plymouth, on 19 September 1738 on ship "Thistle" with commander John Wilson.
1755 On 19 February, Elias Bender, perhaps this one, patented 165 acres in Northampton County, Pennsylvania that had been patented by Ulrich Neisley on 12 March 1743 and on 13 September 1748. [2]
[1] John B. Linn and William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17. (Oath of Allegiance 1727-1775) (1890), 163, lower left, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[2] Pennsylvania Land Patent, A20-23, [PAPatentBookLinks].