Hopestill Bent (1672 - 1725)

Born 17 Jan 1672 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Brown — married 27 Nov 1700 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA

Descendants

Died 18 Aug 1725 at age 53 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

• His birth, marriage, death and children are found on pp. 18-19 (p.22-23 of PDF) in: Bent, Allen (1900). The Bent Family in America. Boston: David Clapp & Son.

Event

Event:

Type: Lived at

Date: ABT 1700

Place: Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA

Note: These records show that a variety and abundance of territory was at the disposal of the town as late as towards the last of the seventeenth century; but years after the town had ceased to apportion undivided lands to the inhabitants, and the original grantees were all or nearly all dead, there existed a portion of territory owned and controlled by parties who were called in their record book "ye Proprietors of ye Common and undivided land in Sudbury." These proprietors based their claim to this property on the transferred ownership and right of the original grantees. These proprietors met at times far along into the eighteenth century. They kept a record of their meeitngs, transacted business in an orderly way, and determined matters by majority vote. By their records we learn that they sold and gave away lands, discontinued and laid out highways, and allowed territory to the town for public purposes. About the beginning of the eighteenth century the persons making up this proprietary, as given in their records, are as follows:

Hopestill Bent^[1]

Event:

Type: Biography

Note: 'Hopestill Bent (Peter, John) was born in Marlboro, Mass., Jan. 17, 1672, but spent all except his early boyhood in Sudbury,where he died, Aug.18, 1725, age 53, on the original Bent farm in what is now Wayland. In 1710, he kept the Bent Tavern. His real estate transactions were numerous. He saw service in the disastrous Canadian campaign of 1690, when Sir William Phipps and 2000 Massachusetts men tried to take Quebec. This was in King William;s War, the first of the French and Indian Wars. In 1767, Peter Bent, in the right of Hopestill Bent, was one of the 'Petitioners whose ancestors were in the Expedition to Canada in the year 1690.' They asked for a grant of land on account of the 'great suffering and Service in the said Expedition.' The original petition bore the date of 1737, and in June, 1768, the General Court granted them what is now the town of Bethel, Me. Hopestill's tombstone, still to be seen in Wayland, records that he was an ensign. That he was kind and just in his dealings with the original owners of our soil is proved by the following extract from the Middlesex deeds: Isaac Nehemiah, Indian, of Natick *** in consideration of the love, good will and affection for my kind and loving friend Mr. Hopestill Bent of Sudbury *** for his Great Care of me and kindness to me in time of my Sickness, when I was at his house by he Space of about Seven years during which time I was Tenderly Nursed and Instructed in the things that Concern my Soul *** deed to Hopestill Bent *** my lands in Natick and Magunckob, April 7, 1714. 'Hopestill married, Nov. 27, 1700, Elizabeth, born March 17, 1678, daughter of Major Thomas Brown of Sudbury by his wife Patience, daughter of Hopestill Foster of Dorchester.'^[2]

Event:

Type: Children

Note: Children, all born in Sudbury (Wayland):

1. Martha, b. Sept. 15, 1701; d. Dec. 22, 1722

2. Peter, b. May 17, 1703.

3. Thomas, b. July 29, 1706.

4. Hopestill, b. Nov. 4, 1708.

5. Sarah, b. April 22, 1711; m. July 10, 1729, Jeremiah Wesson of Sudbury.

6. Elijah, b. Aug. 15, 1713.

7. Micah, b. April 29, 1716.

8. Elizabeth, b. June 14, 1720.^[3]

Event:

Type: Biography

Note: Son of Peter. Born at Marlborough Jan. 17, 1672. Married Nov. 27, 1700, Elizabeth, daughter of Major Thomas Brown. Died at Sudbury Aug. 18, 1725.

He served as ensign in the Colonial Army in the campaign of 1690 against the French and Indians.

Hopestill Bent, though Elijah, was the progenitor of the Missouri branch of this family.^[4]

Hopestill was born in 1672. He passed away about 1728.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S163 Page: p.117
2. ↑ Source: #S160 Page: pp. 18 - 19
3. ↑ Source: #S160 Page: pp. 19
4. ↑ Source: #S552 Page: p. 8 9

• Source: S160 Title: Bent Family in America Abbreviation: Bent Family in America Author: Bent, Allen H. Publication: David Clapp & Son, Boston MA, 1900
• Source: S163 Title: History of Sudbury, Massachusetts. 1638-1889, The Abbreviation: History of Sudbury 1889 Author: Hudson, Alfred Sereno Publication: R.H. Blodgett, Boston, 1889 Repository: #R18
• Repository: R18 Name: Allen County Public Library Address: City: Ft Wayne State: IN
• Source: S552 Title: Who Begot Thee? Abbreviation: Who Begot Thee? Author: Gilbert O. Bent
• Source: S500026 WikiTree Publication: MyHeritage <a href='http://www.wikitree.com' target='wikitree'>www.wikitree.com</a> Collection Media: 10109 https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10109-20305772/hopestill-bent-in-wikitree Certainty: 4 Hopestill BentGender: MaleBirth: Jan 17 1672 - Marlboro, Middlesex Co., MAMarriage: Nov 27 1700 - Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MADeath: After 1728 - Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MAFather: Peter BentMother: Elizabeth UnknownWife: Elizabeth BrownChildren: Peter BentMicah BentSibling: Peter Bent Event: Record Role: 10109:20305772: