Pvt.
Alexander
Trent
IV
Born in Chesterfield, Virginia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Lumina Mira (Trent) Finch, Frances (Trent) Gay [half], Elijah Trent, Henry Trent, Elizabeth (Trent) Wilson, Obediah H Trent, Francis Trent, John Fielding Trent [half], Stephen Woodson Trent, John Archer Trent [half], William David Trent Sr., Zachariah Trent, Joseph Trent, Josiah Trent, William H Trent and Alexander Trent [half]
Husband of
Nancy Ann (Anderson) Trent
— married
10 Dec 1782 in Chesterfield County, Virginia
Husband of
Virginia Jane (Burton) Trent
— married
1792 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Charles Trent and George Trent
Died
at age 82
in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jul 2017
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Contents |
Biography
Private Alexander Trent IV served with 1st Virginia Regiment (1779), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Alexander Trent IV is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A116453.
Son, William Trent, (born 1787) married Wealtha Beaman
Daughters of the American Revolution Records
- TRENT, ALEXANDER
- Ancestor #: A116453
- Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PRIVATE
- Birth: 3-29-1759 CHESTERFIELD CO VIRGINIA
- Death: 5-17-1841 HAWKINS CO TENNESSEE
- Pension Number: *SR10695
- Service Source: *SR10695
- Service Description: 1) CAPTS TERRELL,THOMAS MCCANNEL (MCCONNEL),THOMAS READ 2) COL WILLIAM DAVIS
- COMMENTS: 1) ALEXANDER'S PENSION STATES HE MARRIED JANE BURTON IN 1792. THEREFORE, JANE IS NOT THE MOTHER OF WILLIAM, BORN 1787.
- RESIDENCE: 1) County: BEDFORD CO - State: VIRGINIA
- SPOUSE: 1) X X 2) JANE BURTON
Marriages
- Alexander married Nancy Ann Anderson in 1782, at age 24. Nancy was born circa 1760. They had 6 children.
- Alexander married Jane Burton in 1792. Jane was born circa 1770. They had 2 children.
- All Known Children
- Elizabeth Betsy Trent
- Alexander William Trent V
- Ann Trent
- John V. Trent
- Mariane F. Trent
- Edward Trent
- Henry Trent
- William Henry Trent
Sources
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 21 May 2022), "Record of Alexander Trent", Ancestor # A116453.
- https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/trent/4835/
- https://www.ancestry.com/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=624&p=localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.henrico
- https://www.myheritage.com/names/alexander_trent
- https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/alexander-william-trent_18778114
- Summary Letter from Pension Application of Alexander Trent, shared by Fold3.com
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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 Alexander:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alexander:
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~1.56%
Roger Shepherd
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TD3096175 [compare], Ancestry member Model_Math
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~1.56%
Elaine Lawson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
S Carothers :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Sharon Hallett :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A109200 [compare], Ancestry member skanne_1
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~0.78%
Marilyn (Worshek) Behr :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Richard Lackaff :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ND8522830 [compare]
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~0.78%
Bill Rice :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Ruby (Antrican) Daniels :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A824600 [compare], Ancestry member rubiecoupons9340
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~0.78%
Todd Obradovich :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tobradovich
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~0.78%
James Quinn :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MC9553953 [compare]
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~0.78%
Stirling Trent :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GV7187517 [compare], Ancestry member stirlingtrent
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Dreema (Trent) Ortiz :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T848247 [compare], FTDNA kit #867108
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~0.39%
Gary Williams :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T698835 [compare], FTDNA kit #851747
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~0.39%
Rod Williams :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A974650 [compare], Ancestry member kdwilly59
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~0.39%
Kathleen Williams :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A013376 [compare], Ancestry member kdwilly
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~0.39%
Kathy (Thomas) Sexton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KX2026510 [compare], yourDNAportal KATcbd2d47d, Ancestry member kathysexton70
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~0.39%
Jeff Thomas :
AncestryDNA
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In the section, "All Known Children." there are names given for eight offspring of Alexander Trent. But the profile is only linked to two child profiles in the header section: William Charles Trent, and George Trent, neither of which is in the list of known children.
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