Born in Fort Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jesse Bent
and Dorothy Freeman
Sister of
William Freeman Bent [half], Ann Bell (Bent) Smith, Susan Sumner (Bent) Etter, Jane Roach Bent, Torey Bent and Jesse Bent
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary (Smith) Moffatt
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Matilda was born in 1804 in Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia. She was the daughter of Jesse Bent and Dorothy Freeman.[1]
Matilda married John William Smith of Amherst, Nova Scotia, a native of England.
In the 1871 census Matilda (age 67) was married in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.[2]
| Name | Age |
| John Smith | 76 |
| Matilda Smith | 67 |
| Harriet Smith | 32 |
| Charles Smith | 35 |
In the 1881 census Matilda (age 77) was widowed in Nova Scotia.[3]
| Name | Age |
| Matilda Smith | 77 |
| Harriet Smith | 52 |
Sources
- ↑ Bent Family:Bent, Allen Herbert; The Bent family in America. Being mainly a genealogy of the descendants of John Bent who settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1638, with notes upon the family in England and elsewhere; Pub: 1900, Boston MA' Page 182 https://archive.org/details/bentfamilyinamer00bent/page/182/mode/2up?view=theater
- ↑
1871 Census:
"1871 Census of Canada"
Year: 1871; Census Place: Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia; Roll: C-10555; Page: 19
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1578 #1352290 (accessed 4 February 2022)
Matilda Smith (67), married in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia. Born in Nova Scotia. - ↑
1881 Census:
"1881 Census of Canada"
Year: 1881; Census Place: Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia; Roll: C_13176; Page: 61; Family No: 300
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1577 #2108055 (accessed 4 February 2022)
Matilda Smith (77), widowed in Nova Scotia. Born in Nova Scotia.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Matilda:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Matilda:
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~2.34%
~3.91%
Alice (Crawford) Nicolson 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A808201 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B10923
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Living DNA
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~2.34%
~7.81%
Crif Crawford :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T365794 [compare], FTDNA kit #296699
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~1.56%
Jean (Weathered) McFarland :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Susan (Ayer) Barylo :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Alex Christie :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Rick King :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A116989 [compare]
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