 1596 - 1672 (75 years)
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| Name |
John Bent |
| Born |
Nov 1596 |
Penton-Grafton, Eng.  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
27 Sep 1672 |
Sudbury, Ma [1, 2] |
| Person ID |
I3976 |
Paul's Tree |
| Last Modified |
2 Jul 2018 |
| Father |
Robert Bent, b. Abt 1566, Penton-Grafton, Weyhill, Hampshire, Eng. , d. Jul 1631, Penton-Grafton, Weyhill, Hampshire, Eng. (Age 65 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Agnes Gosling, d. 1639, Boston Harbor on ship Jonathan |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Married |
13 Oct 1589 |
Penton-Grafton, Weyhill, Hampshire, Eng. [1] |
| Family ID |
F2019 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Martha, d. 15 May 1679, Sudbury, Ma |
| Married |
Abt 1624 |
Eng. [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Robert Bent, b. Abt 1624, Penton-Grafton, Eng. , d. 30 Jan 1648, Newbury, MA (Age 24 years) [natural] |
| | 2. William Bent, b. Abt 1626, Penton-Grafton, Eng. [natural] |
| | 3. Peter Bent, b. Apr 1629, Penton-Grafton, Eng. , d. Apr 1678, Eng. (Age 49 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Agnes Bent, b. Abt 1631, Penton-Grafton, Eng. , d. 4 Jun 1713, Marlborough, MA (Age 82 years) [natural] |
| | 5. John Bent, b. Jan 1636, Penton-Grafton, Eng. , d. Sep 1717, Framingham, MA (Age 81 years) [natural] |
| | 6. Joseph Bent, b. 16 May 1641, Sudbury, Ma , d. 1675 (Age 33 years) [natural] |
| | 7. Martha Bent, b. Abt 1643, Sudbury, Ma , d. 29 Aug 1680 (Age 37 years) [natural] |
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| Last Modified |
2 Jul 2018 |
| Family ID |
F2018 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- From "The Bent Family in America" Allen Bent 1900:
"John Bent, first of the name in America, was b. in Penton-Grafton Eng. in Nov., 1596, came to America in his 42nd year and settled in Sudbury, MA, where he remained until his death, Sept. 27, 1672 at nearly 76. He married in England about 1624, Martha ___, who died in Sudbury, May 15, 1679, well along in years.
The family -- John, his wife and five small children --- sailed from Southhampton in the latter part of April 1638, in the ship 'Confidence' of London, John Jobson, master, the whole number of passengers, 'greate and little' being 110 souls. ... John Bent continued to till the soil in America as he had done in England. His farm was in the part of Sudbury now the town of Wayland, about 16 miles directly west of Boston. He was one of the original settlers of the town... John Bent was made a freeman in 1640; that is because he had become a member of the church of the Puritans, he was allowed to take part in town affairs. ... in 1656 we was one of the petitioners for the town of Marlboro', but it is unlikely that he ever lived there. It was to find a home for his son the prompted him to join the petitioners ..."
From "The English Ancestors of John Bent, of Sudbury" Felton NEHGR V49 1895:
"The difficulty which exists in establishing the English homes of many of the early emigrants to New England does not confront us in the case of John Bent. His name occurs on the list of passengers sailing in the ship Confidence from Southampton, 24 April, 1638, now on file in the PRO in London. The record is as follows:
35 John Bent of Penton in the County of South Husbandman. Martha his wife; Robert, William, Peter, John and Ann their children; all under ye age of xij yeares."
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| Sources |
- [S36] "The Bent Family in America" Allen Bent 1900.
- [S44] "The English Ancestors of John Bent, of Sudbury" Felton NEHGR V49 1895.
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