Elizabeth (Unknown) Bent (abt. 1630 - aft. 1704)

Descendants

Died after 1704 after about age 74 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Note: The family name of Elizabeth, who was probably born about 1630 and married about 1651 Peter Bent, has not yet been discovered. Peter was born in England and came to America with his father, John, in 1638, when 9 years of age. He made more than one trip to England afterwards and died there. Elizabeth was probably born in England. She survived her husband many years. Was living at Sudbury as late as 1704, and presumably, died there in old age.^[1]

1679 Petition of Elizabeth Bent

Dated 29 May 1679, Marlboro, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.^[2]

Embellished with many scrolls:

To the Honoble Gov. and Council Sitting in Boston the 29th May, 1679.

The Petition of Elizabeth Bent, relict, widow of Peter Bent, of Marlborrough, decead.

Humbly sheweth that your Petitionrs Habitation and almost all that shee had was consumed by the Indians in the Last war and her husband went for England and there dyed and Lost all that he carried with him and Left your petitionr a very poore Widdow with Seven Children and in the Time of the Late Warr Shee billeted severale Souldiers so Long as that her bill did Amount to six pounds and Capt. Hull gave her a Note to the Constable for the payment of the Same, who will pay her onely Thre pounds in mony So that shee is an Extrordinary Looser thereby: Also she had Two Horses Imprest (viz.) one from watertowne and another from Charlestowne wh were out may months and at Last dyed never being returned home to her againe and being a poore Ignorant widow, She never Looked after any Tickett or pay for them to this day.

Yor Poore petitionr therefore humbly Intreats the favor of yor honos to Impute this Neglect of Duty onely to her Ignorance and that the Law which doth exclude all persons from making further claime to debts due from the Country after the time therein Limited may nott debar your Petitior from that wh is justly due, so Shall your Petitior and her poore fatherless ones Ever pray for Yor honole ct.

Children

Children of Peter and Elizabeth. 1 - 4 born in Sudbury, the others in Marlboro: ^[3]

1. Peter, born August 8, 1652; died October 6, 1652.^[4]
2. Peter, born on October 15, 1653; died March 13, 1717; married Abigail Barnes, daughter of Richard, his second cousin. ^[5]
3. Martha, mentioned in her father's will and probably the Martha living unmarried in Boston in 1690.
4. Elizabeth, born on December 2, 1658; dies in Sudbury on February 21, 1683.
5. Agnes, born on August 19, 1661; died June 4, 1729, age 68; married July 9, 1684, Caleb Johnson, of Sudbury, born probably in 1646, died on December 1, 1715, son of Solomon Johnson.
6. John, born on January 8, 1663; died April 20, 1676, in Cambridge, whither the family had taken refuge after Marlboro had been burned by the Indians.
7. Zacheus, born about 1667; died in Sudbury, March 20, 1690; referred to in his father's will as weak in body.
8. Patience, born on August 28, 1670.
9. Hopestill, born on January 17, 1672; died August 18, 1725; married Elizabeth Brown on November 27, 1701. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Gilbert O. Bent, Who Begot Thee?, p. 12
2. ↑ Allen H. Bent, Bent Family in America, David Clapp & Son, Boston MA, 1900, p. 260, citing Massachusetts Archives (vol. 69, p. 229)
3. ↑ Allen H. Bent, Bent Family in America, David Clapp & Son, Boston MA, 1900, p. 9-16.
4. ↑ West, Randy A., "Sudbury, Massachusetts, Vital Records for the Year 1652 from Middlesex County Court Records," NEHGR Vol. 173(2019):207. Link by $ubscription
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Bent, Allen H. "The Bent Family," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 48, 1894, p. 288.

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LT69-P5Z