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.
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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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