John Bent (1703 - aft. 1763)

Born 15 Oct 1703 in Milton, Norfolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Badcock) Bent — married 6 Feb 1727 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Mary Billington — married 2 Feb 1743 in South Kingstown, RI, Rhode Island

Descendants

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Biography

This John Bent probably did not come to Jamaica. However, DNA testing done by Jamaican Bent descendants show a connection to the Massachusetts Bents.

Event: Confirmation (LDS). 22 MAR 1932. Endowment (LDS). 15 MAR 1945.

BURIAL Milton Cemetery Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

• Bent, Allan H. 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. David Clapp and Son, Boston, 1900.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX8-L8Y : accessed 30 August 2015), John Bent, 15 Oct 1703; citing MILTON,NORFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873761 IT 4.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4C-WJB : accessed 30 August 2015), John Bent and Elizabeth Badcock, 06 Feb 1727; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0982354 IT 1.

• Author: Ancestry.com Title: American Marriages Before 1699 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data - Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.

• Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

• Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Title: Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Robert Cherry for creating WikiTree profile Bent-495 through the import of CherryOttosen_2013-03-19.ged on Mar 19, 2013.

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• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221067457/john-bent : accessed 30 May 2022), memorial page for John Bent (1703–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 221067457, citing Milton Cemetery, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by G (contributor 49058107) .