THE BENT FAMILY IN AMERICA.
BEING MAINLY A GENEALOGY
OF THE
JDescen~ants of John :f13ent
WHO SETTLED IN
SUDBURY, MASS., IN 1638,
'\IVITII NOTES UPON TUE FAI\HLY IN ENGLAND AND ELSEWHERE.
BY ALLEN H. BENT, .Memb,,. of l!u New En;rland Historic Genealogical Socidy.
We set to-dny n votive stone, That. l'\cmnry 111.iy their BOSTON: PRINTED BY DAVID CLAPP & SON. 1900. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION - ORIGIN OF TUE NA111E, ETC. 7 ENor,1sn ANTEc1m~:NTS 0-"' AMERICAN IlENTS 9 Tim FAMILY IN A.11rnmcA • 11 BENT's Fort·r, COLORADO 127 BrrnT CouNTY, CoLORAl)O • 128 UNCLASSIFIED l\IJmBims OF THE FAMILY 250 BENTS IN A~rnmCA NOT DESCENDED FROM JonN BENT OF SunuuRY, 1638 253 l\fE.IIIORIALS QUAINT AND OLDEN: 1VIJ,L 01'' JOIIN BENT OF ENGLAND, 1588 255 Wu,L 01'' EoITII BENT OF ENGLAND, 1601 255 WrLL OF RonERT BENT OF ENGLAND, 1631 256 WILL OF JonN BENT OF SunBURY, l\IAss., 1672 257 JonN liENT'S INVENTORY, 1672 258 PETITION OF ELIZABETH BENT, 1679 . 260 Gov. CHARLES BENT'S .ArPOINTllIENT AND EPITAPH 261 TnE lhllIILY IN 1VAR : COLONIAL WARS • 262 SOLDIERS 01'' TllE REVOLUTION 263 l\:IU,ITIA OFPICERS SINCE THE REVOLUTION 267 TnE CIVIL WAR 267 T1rn FAIIIILY IN PEACE: COLLEG}; GRADUATES 270 CLERGYJIIEN 270 PHYSICIANS • 271 LA WYERS • 271 POLITICAL STATISTICS 271 NoNOGJINAUIANS 272 MIDDLE NAMES BEFORE 1800 273 PE·nm llEN'r BmGnA111 • 274 TnE NA!l[E IN STORY 277 BENTS IN ENGLAND AND ELSEWHERE 277 CoATs-011-ARllls • 281 ADl>ITIONS AND CORRECTIONS 282 L.\ST Sc1rnE OF ALL-ARousEMENT-nY Miss FRANCES llgN1' l>!LLINGILUI • 286 ILLUSTRATIONS. OLD BENT Ho11rnsTEAD, :MARLBORO', JHAss. . frontispiece. (From a photograph by Mr. W. L. Stevens of Marlboro'.) ,JuVGE GEORGE6 BENT 01!' NEBRASKA page 80 U. L.7 BENT 01• GARDNER, l\:!Ass •• 117 Gov. CIIARu:s7 BENT OF NEW l\'1Ex1co 121 LIEUT. SILAS BENT, u. s. N. . 128 IloN. CIIARLEs7 B1mT 01,· Iu.1No1s 156 l\IAJOR LUTHER 8.7 BENT OF PENNSYLVANIA 192 HORATIO G. 8 BENT OF ILLINOIS 212 WM. H.8 BENT OF TAUNTON, M.Ass. 247 PREFACE. lfAl\ULY histories arc evolved slowly, notably so the Bent gene alogy. The writer first became interested in the subject at the cen tennial of his native town in 1885. In the summer of 1888 the 250th anniversary of the arrival of tho first Bent in America and the centenary of the birth of Hyman Bent, were celebrated by the de scendants of the latter at the ancestral home in Fitzwilliam, N. H. ]for this gathering a brief account of Hyman Bent's ancestry was prep:ired and afterwards printed. This cncsuraged further research, an Bent is to be found in the History of the Arkansas Valley, Color:ulo, published by O. L. Baskin & Co. of Chicago, in 1881, the History of Colorado, by Frank Hall, The Old Santa Fe Trail, by Colonel Henry Inman 1897, the Story of New Mexico, by Horatio 0. Ladd 1891, and an article by William ,Valdo of Texas, publishc,l by the Missouri Historical Society in 1880. Many other publications have contributed smaller but necessary items to the present volume. One noticeable family trait that may be dwelt upon profitably is the pioneer spirit that has pervaded a large part of the family - the spirit that has been willing to brave the unknown quantity of the wilderness to make a home, the spirit of imlependence that is the foundation of the Republic. John Bent, who came from England in 1638, went immediately to one of the frontier towns; his sons fol lowed the advancing frontier, and deeper and deeper still their chil dren and childt·en's children penetrated the outlying portions of New England. Until 1760, however, all of the family, so far as known to the writer, remained in Massachusetts. In that year the procla mation of Gov. Lawrence of Nova Scotia, opening the lan Green Mts., in 1786. In after years three of his brothers follo,ved, Thaddeus to Rutland about 1800, Phineas to Underhill, well to the north, in 1803, and Samuel B. to Middlebury in 1818. Another brother, Darius, went to Montreal about 1808. In 1810 Samuel Bent Jr. left his early New Hampshire home and settled in Stock bridge, Vt. In 1796 Wm.6 Bent of Mi IN the arrangement of the foJlowing records the plan adopted by the New-England Historical and Genealogical Society has been fol lowed in the main. The reader, after looking in the index for a certain name, say J osiah8 Bent of Milton, finds the page to be, in the example chosen, 105. The italicized names in parenthesis, fol lowing his name, show his line of descent from the original Ameri can ancestor, John', the little index figures denoting the generation. The numbers in full-faced type against the names of his sons indi cate that more is to be found about them under those numbers in the succeeding pages. Thus, ,Josiah (Jr.) is c:irricd fom:ml in regular order, appearing on page 203. lly reversing the method the line can be traced back. When not specified, the State is Massachusetts, unless .it is plainly otherwise. Many words not absolutely necessary in a sentence are omitted entirely. Abbreviations : b. for born, m. for married, unm. for unmarried, and d. for died. INTRODUCTION. "BENT, a plain or common, :t field, a moor, so called from those places being frequently covered with bent-grass, the term is very common in early English poetry." Thus says .M. A. Lower in his · "English Surnames." So the name seems to be a local surname, and the first to take it lived presumably on a plain or moor. It is not inappropriate that a family which has furnished so many sturdy yeomen aml pioneers should draw its name from the soil. Surnames in England, it may be said in passing, did not become hereditary or permanent until the 11th or 12th centuries. They were derived in various ways, from baptismal names, e.g. Allen, Richardson, Adams; from localities, e.g. llcnt, Dridgc, vVood; from oHicial titles, e.g. Lord, King; from occupations, e.g. Smith, '\Vriglit; :uu.l from nicknames, e.g. Long, Young, Drown. llcnt-grass is a stiff, wiry growth, little known in America, though one of the early nineteenth-century poets, Joseph Rodman Drake, made goo IN the western part of the county of Hants, or Hampshire, in the south of Englanu, 22 or 23 miles north of " storieu Southamp ton," and about seventy miles southwest from London, between Salisbury Plain an • Tho writer mmle "pilgrima,rc to this homo of his fathers, ,Jnly 4, 1801, tnking tho train from Wntcrloo St.:ttion in T,omlou to Andover (GG miles), whcro acha.nge was m:l i. EDITH, baptized Sept. l(l, 1564. ii. lloBERT, " Sept. 29, 1566. iii. DA vm, " Oct. 13, 1568 ; his mother's executor. iv. 1tlARIA, " ,Jan. 13, 1572; a. in Jan. 1591. v. JO.AN, " Nov. 12, 157:!; m. ·william Noyes, perhaps the Rev. "William of 1Viltshire, father of Rev. ,fames :rnd .Nicholas Noyes, who were :unoug tho Jirst settlerll of Newbury, Mass. vi. R1cn.A1w, baptized Feb. 5, 1577. vii. ALICE, " ,Tuue 7, 1579. viii. AGNES, " Feb. 27, 1582; m. a Street. Robert Bent ( son of John Bent preceding), was born in Sep tember, 1566, in Penton-Grafton, where he died in July, 1631, ro. 64 years and 10 mos. He married, Oct. 13, 1589, Agnes Gos ling, who followed her son to America :mil died in 1\fay or ,Tnne, 1639, on board the i:;liip "Jonathan" just 011t8i i. l\IAlWETtY, hap. l\farch 28, 1590. ii. RICIIAUD, " l\Iay 7, 15():.l. iii. J01m, " Nov. 20, 15!Hl; the original emigrant to Ameriea. iv. MARIA, " Sept 2-1, 1598; buriecl Feb. 2, 15()9. v. DENNIS, " Dec. 10, 1599; m. Jlfay 8, 1626, William Ila- ker, and lived iu New Sarum, Wiltshire, Eng. vi. AGNES, baptized July 16, 1602; m. iu Penton-Grafton, April 11, 1630, Richard Barnes, who died a few years afte1·, leaviug two children, Barnes: Richard,* bap. l?eb. 20, 16Hl, aud Elizalwth. Agnes m. again, in England, Thomas Blanchard, aml Apl'il 12, 163!J, saile • Richard Barnes was probably brought up by his uncle J olm Dent. Ile was one of the first settlers ofl'Jfarlhoro', l\fuss., where he cl. June 22, 1708, ru. 77. He m. Deborah Dix and hnd six children: S,md1, Deborah, Uic!rn.rcl, John, EclwtLrd nnd Abigail, tbu young est of whom m. Peter llcnt. THE FAMILY IN AMERICA.· 1 ,JoIIN 1 B1rnl', first of the name in America, was born in Penton Urafton, England, in November, 1596 (while Elizabeth was still (J1we11), callle to America in his forty-second year, an '"East Sndbury was incorpor:ited as a scp:i.rate town in 1780; no.me clrnn~cd to Wayland in 1830; both are still essentially farming towns; the population of Sudlmry is 1,137 (in 1895) and of Wayland 2,026. During the Hcvolution, SuJlmry W:l.S the most populous town in .Midtllesex County. DENT FAl\IILY. 13 lay out a highway from Watertown ( the part now ·w eston) to the Dunster Farm, in the e 2 PETEn. 2 BENT (Jolin') was born in Penton-Grafton,·England, in April, 1629, and die • Mass • .Archives, vol. 68, page 40. BENT F A:r.IILY. 15 married, about 1646, Deacon E 4 ,TOIIN~ Br.rn·r (,Tolm') was born in Penton-Grafton, England, in ,Tnn., lGill.i, aud • This ohl Inclinn tr:iil wo.s for ycnrs the only wny the enstcrn settlers had to reach the towns on tho Connecticut River. It went nloug the north bank of Clmrlcs River, thence to northern end of Cochituato Pond, :mcl s;w. through South Framingham, etc. 16 BENT FAJ";IILY. men of authority not only on Sunday but throughout the week, and doubtless he performed the delicate duties with dignity and discre tion. In his will, dated Feb. l9, 1714-15, "in the first year of our sovereign lord George of England, King," etc., he says that he is "very sick and weake in Body." His property is to be divided equally between his two sons, his daughter having already received her portion. He married, first, July 1, 1658, Hannah, born June 6, 1640, daughter of John and Anne Stone of Cambridge, and, second, Martha, born Angnst 17, 1657, daughter of Matthew Rice, who was a brother of Edward Rice that married John Bent's sister Agnes. John had no children by his second wife, who survived him. Children of John and Hannah, i. born in Sudbury, ii. and iii. in what is now Framingham : i. HANNAII, b. May 6, 1661 ; m. Feb. 26, 1681, John Adams, b. May 1, 1655, son of John aml Aim Adams of Cambridge. 9, ii. JorrN, b. Nov. 2!), 168!). 10, iii. DAVID, b. about 16!)1. 6 2 1 JosEPH BENT (Jolin ) was born in Sudbury, Mass., ]\fay 16, 1641, and was killed accidentally in the summer of 1675 (rn. only 34) by a pistol shot from his brother Peter. Ile rnarric1l, at l\fol'i;lt fiehl, ,Tune 30, 1G6G, Elizabeth, born in Hi41i, tlaughtcr of' ,I olm and Alice (Ilesbidgc) Bourne,* and probably moved to Mar:shfichl soon after, for, April 28, 1667, "Joseph Bent of 1\far:shfichl in ye Colony of New Plimouth" sold to Joseph Gleasing thirteen acres of upland in Sudbury, adjoining the common, with houses, barns, etc., also two lots of meadow land. He was a constable in Marsh field in 1669, but moved back to Sudbury before his death, for the inventory of his estate speaks of him as of Sudbury, where his house, barns and lands were valued at £95. The first inventory of his property was taken Aug. 10, 1675,. and as he acknowledged a deed June 14, 1675, his death must come between those two dates. Joseph's widow probably returned to her old home in Marshfield, and died soon after. The children were brought up by their maternal grandparents, John Bourne, who died in lli84, and his wife, who died in 1686. At the settlement of the Bourne estate, the "Court doth order that concerning the five orphan children of the Eldest Daughter Elizabeth deceased, It shall be estimated what it is worth • John Bonrne's sister Martha married ,John Bradford, son of the Governor, nnd an other sister l\fargnret mnrrie 6 1 1 MAnTHA IlENT IJolm ) was ·born in Sudbury, Mass., about 1643, and died Aug. 29, 1680; married, ,Tune 5, 1663, Samuel How, carpenter, born Oct. 20, 1642, son of John How, one or"the first settlers of Sudbury. John afterwanl moved to Marlboro' where he opened the first public house in the place, but Samuei remained in Sudbury, where he died, April J3, 1713. He mar ried ngain, Sept. 18, 1G85, Mrs. Sara~1 (Leavitt) Clapp, widow of Nehemiah Clapp of Hingham. David, the youngest son by the first marriage, was the first proprietor of the Red Horse Tavern, the "1V ayside Inn" made famous by Longfellow. The old hostelry is in the southwest corner of the town, near the boundaries of both :Marlboro' and Framinghmn, and w:ts probably built about 1702 thou(l'h some think at an earlier date. The Hows were a race of i;ave~n-keepers. ,Tohn's grandson, Capt. Daniel Howe (1681- 1768), was one of the fin,t settlers of Shrewsbury, where he soon opened a tavern: In ~evolutio~ary _clays_, when Capt. Cyprian Howe an (b. May 15, 1763; d. Dec. 10, 1840), and he in tum J.,y his son "Squire" Lyman Howe (b. Nov. 6, 1801 ), a bachelor, at whose death, in April, 1861, it passed out of the Howe name. In 1897 it was again re-opened as a place of public entertainment. vii. HANNAH, b. April 6, 1677; m. John Barnes. 7 3 1 PETER BENT (Pete1·,• Jolm ) was born in Su 9 3 1 Jo1IN BENT (Jolm,' Jolm ) was Lorn Nov. 29, 1G8lJ, in Fram inglrnm, where he die ii. DAVID, b. March 22, 1717 ; d. 1726. iii. MARY, b. Aug. 5, 1718; m. Sept. 24, 1741, David Goodenow of Sutlbury, and moved to Rntlaml, 1\fa.ss. iv. LYDIA, b. April G, 1721; m. in 17tl~, William Beal of Natick. v. SARA.II, b. Jan. 12, 1727; m. 1'.Iurch rn, 1751, Ilezaleel Uice (1721-1806 ). 23. vi. DAVID, b. March 30, 1730 (posthumous). 11 3 1 ExPERIENCE BENT ( Jo8eplt, • Jolm ) was born probably in Marshfield, Mass., about 166D, an 12 3 1 J OSEPII BENT ( Joseph,' Jolin ) was born in Sudbury, Mass., .l\farch 5, 1675, an John Davenport (1695-1778) of Ponkipog, now a part of Canton, then a part of Dorchester. 25. ii. JosErrr, b. Sept. 26, 1701. 26, iii. JorIN, b. Oct. 15, 1703. iv. RAGIIEL, b. Aug. 21, 1705; m. Feb. 8, 1722, Nathaniel Vose, Jr., of Milton, b. l\farch 31, 1699, d. Dec. 18, 1751. v. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 13, 1708; m. Dec. 1, 1725, David Cope• laml (1704-1750); eight children, born in l\Iilton. vi. SARAH, b. April 13, 1710; d. April 5, 1802, t~. 92; m. Feb. 12, 1730, Elijah Vose (1708-1766) of Milton. Of their four sons, the eltlest, Joseph Vose (l7il8-181 G), was a Revolutiouary colonel and :iJtcrwar FOURTH GENERATION. 13 PETER4 BENT ( Peter, 3 Pete1·, 2 Jolin') was horn 1\farclt 20, 1707, in Marlboro' (Mass.), where the whole of hi,1 long and honorable life was spent. He died March 11, 1798, re. 91, and his widow Mary (maiden name not ascertained) died June 3, 1803, re. 93. They were buried in the old burial ground near the present Fitch burg R. R. station. His tombstone, an unnsually large one, recites that he was "a man jnstly estccmc Sept. 14, 1771, d. Sept. 29, 1852, came into possession of the Bent estate when the malo line of Bcuts became extiud, re presented the town iu the General Court Jive years (1828- 1831, 1833) and was a jnstice of the peace for twenty years. He m. in 1797, Eunice E. Robinson of Concord, who d. l◄'cb. 20, 1844, re. 69, and by her lmd three children : 1. Isaac 1'emple Stevens, b. Jan. 3, 1798. 2. Ann Bent Stevens, h. Sept. 16, 1799; m. Sept. 10, 1820, Issachar Dickerman. 3. Eu11ice 0. Stevens, b. June 24, 1801; tl. unm. l\fay 26, 183(i. faaac Temple Stevens m. Oct. 17, 1817, Catherine-l<'eltou, and took tlie Bent farm. Upon his death, April lG, 187G, it passed into the hands of one of his thirteen chilclrcn, "\Villiam lfobillson Stevens (b. April 10, 1838), who still lives there (18!J9) with an unmarried sister, Susanna. Another brother, Levi Lincoln Stevens, lives in :Marlboro', and still :lllother, Rev. Daniel Waldo Stevens, b. Jan. 17, 1820, d. Oct. 1, 1891, grad uated from Harvard in 1846 and became a Unitarian clergy man. The descendants of Daniel Stevens (1771-1852) have held an annual re-union, usually at the old Ilent place, since about 1883. 28, vm. PETER, b. Jan. 6, 1747. 29, ix. JABEZ, b. Jan. 29, 1749. x. D1mo1urr, b. 1751; d. 1755. xi. .AmGAIL, b. Jan. 2!), 1754; m. Sept. 12, 1771, Benajah Brigham, b. 1\1:arch 15, 1746, d. Dec. 7, 1822, brother of Beuj,tmiu Brig l1am, Jr. (1742-17!J!J), the first mini8ter of Fitzwilliam, N. H. 14 3 1 JoIIN' BENT (Peter, Peter,2 Jolm ) was born in Marlboro', Mass., Sept. 24, 1708. No record of his marriage or death has been found, but his name appears on land transactions as late as 1784. He was a farmer and lived in Southboro', a town set off from Marlboro' in 17 27. He was a sergeant in Capt. Timothy Brigham's company of militia in 17 57. Probably his sisters, all of whom were unman-ied, lived with him. 15 3 1 PETER' BENT (IIopestill, Peter,2 Jokn ) was born May 17, 1703, in Sudbury, where he was still living in 1757. No record of his death found; it is possible that he went to Nova Scotia in 1760 or thereabouts and died soon after. A peculiar interest attaches to him because of the fact that he married, April 18, 1727, l\Iary, daughter of Rev. Samuel Parris, in whose family the Salem witch craft delusion began in 1692. The Rev. Samuel, after being in vited to leave Salem village in 1697, lived in Newton, Concord, Stow and Dunstable, and finally located in Sudbury, where he died Feb. 27, 1720, re. 67. Hill son Samuel was long a deacon in DENT FAMILY, 25 Smlbnry. Mary was a. 30, ii. TnOMAs, b. July 4, 1738. iii. Lois, b. Dec. :3, 1740; d. in Fmminglrn.m, 1783; m. Feb. 3, 1762, James Glover (1734-IS0G); eight children; he married again in 1784. iv. MARY, b. June 21, 1743; d. Framingham, Feb. 1824; m. Capt. Benj:imin Eu.wards, Jr. (1732-1803), of Boston, ·woburn and Framingham. 31, v. JASON, b. May 9, 1750; m. Anne Glover, sister of ,James. vi. MARTITA, b. l\farch 21, 1752; m. Dec. 5, 1782, James Inglis. 32, vii. SA:IIUEL, b. Jan. 1, 1755. 33, viii. JONATHAN, b. April 22, 1758. ix. EuNICJ~, b. Feb. 14, 1763; m. Aug. 8, 1782, Thomas Glover, Jr. (1757-1845), of Sharon, 1\fass., where shed. Jan. 1, 180G, re. 43 ; seven children ; he married again. 17 4 3 1 HoPESTILL BENT (IIopestill, Peter,' John ), farmer, was born in Sudbury, Mass., Nov. 4, 1708. He lived a short time in Waltham, near by, but moved back to Sudbury, where he died, late in 1772, re. 64. He married first, Oct. 22, 1733, Beulah, born Dec. 11, 1716, daughter of Jonathan Rice; married second, April 26, 1763, Mrs. Anna Fiske of "\Valtham, who died in the fatter place, Jan. 7, 1793, ro. 80. Children, all born in Sudbury: i. JONATIIAN,6 h. April 24, 1735; was in the Crown Point expe dition in 17 55, and d. Dec. 25 of that year. ii. LYDIA, b. June 15, 1738; living 11nm. in 177 4. iii. PET1m, b. ,July 8, 1741; d. in 1778 probably; m. Lucy, 11:tu. of Samuel Stoue of Framingham, where she d. Jan. 27, 178;3, oo. 40 ; no chiltlren. iv, ELIZABETH, b. l\Iarch 25, 1744; m. Feb. 11, 1762, Micah Rice. v. TIMOTHY, b. l\Iarch 24-, 17 47 ; eul;ste ;J,l, m. SrLAS, b. April 14, 17 44. iv. SusANNAII, b. l\Iay 21, 1748; m. --- Wilbert. 3;j, v. JoEr,, b. Feb. 22, 17/i0. 36, vi. Sn:PIIEN, b. ,July 15, 1752. 37, vii. RuFus, b. Feb. 13, 1755. viii. AmGAIL, b. Sept. 3, 1757; m. May 1, 17i7, David Curtis (b. 1753), son of Joseph and a descendant of Henry Curtis of Sudbury, the original American ancestor of George William Curtis. 38, ix. NATllAN, b. l\:larch 12, 17G0. 19 3 2 1 l\'frcAn' BENT ( Ilopestill, Pete1·, John ), blacksmith, was born April 29, 1716, in Sudbury, where he •Lieut.John was brother of Capt. Jesse Eames, who mnrried Betty Bent. 28 BENT FAMILY. 42. i. Joirn,6 b. July 16, 1752. 43. ii. JOSIAH (twin), b. Oct. 29, 1755. iii. 1\'I,1.ny (twin), h. Oct. 29, li55; m. April 23, 177G, Capt. John Trowbridge (1752-1825) of Framingham, where sl1e d. ,fan. 30, 1844, re. 88, leaving fom· som1, one of whom, Dr. Josiah Trowbridge (1785-1862), was I\Iayot· of llnlfalo, N. Y. iv. MARTILl.1 b. April 14, 1758. 22 ,TOIIN4 BENT (David,3 Joltn,' Jolm') was horn in Fmmingh:rn1, Mass., Oct. 22, 17la; "\V cdncsday afternoon, Aug. 15, 1787, a cyclone swept over Rut fand, doing much damage. The account in Sidney Pcrley's "His toric Storms of New England," says: "Seemingly gathering new fury, it continued down the side of a hill, struck a corner of C:iptain Bent's house and lifted the barn into the air, knocking it to pieces anrl throwing several large timbers a considerable distance. In the barn were fonr or five tons of hay, which was wholly lost. A black smith shop an Children, all born in Middleboro', Mass.: i. SAnAII,5 b. Jan. 27, 1730. 50, ii. Jo1rn, b. Feb. 27, 1732. iii. ALICE, b. Jan. lG, 1734; m. Scpt.11, 1753, at Taunton, William Rayment (Raymond?)· 51, iv. ,ToSEPII, b. Jan. G, 173G. v. 'WILLIAM, nail maker; m. Ang. 29, 17GB, Sarah, cfau. of Zal.xliel Sampson of Plympton; was still living in Mitl11leboro' in 1808. 25 4 1 JosEPil IlFiNT (Josepk,3 Joseplt,2 Jokn ) was born in l\Iilton, Sept. 26, 1701; died at .Albany, N. Y., Dec. 7,.1755. He live 26, 4 3 1 J OHN BENT ( Joseph, Joseph,• Jolin ), blacksmith, was born in Milton, Oct. 15, 1703. No rccorcl of death founcl. He mar ried, Feb. 6, 1728, Elizabeth, b. Dec. 6, 1710, diecl l\fay 7, 17 50, daughter of' William an ix. R,1.cmn., b. Sept. 28, 1145 ; <1. March 23, 1820, re. 83 ; m. first, Dec. G, 1763, Ezekiel Dlakc of l\filton, and second (his fourth marriage), John fierce, who d. in 1833, re. 01. 57, x. JonN, b. Aug. 4, 1747. xi. No.ur, b. Sept. 2, 1749. Nothing further ascertained. 27 4 3 1 Em:NEZ1m BENT (Joseplt, JoNepli,2 Jolm ), farmer, was born Ap1·il 23, 1712, in Milton, where he FIFTH GENERATION. 28 5 1 PETER BENT (Peter,4 Peter,3 Pete1·,2 John ) was born Jan. 6, 1747, in Marlboro', Mass., where he died Aug. 31, 1801, re. 54. He marched to Cambridge at the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775, in Capt. Daniel Barnes's company, and was in the same company during the siege of Boston, :May to December, 177 5; lived on the old Bent place, and at his death bequeathed all of his lands in Marl boro', "\V estboro' and SouthLoro' to his sister's son, Daniel Stevens. He married, June 16, 1779, Anne ·w alkcr, who died May 11, 1781, ro. 27. No children. 29 5 1 JABEZ BENT (Pete1·,4 Peter·,3 Peter,2 Jolin ) was born Jan. 29, 174!J, in Marlboro', where he died unmarried May 26, 1817, ro. 68, the last of the male line of Bents in Marlboro', where the family 32 BENT FAMILY. had lived for over one hundred and fifty years. At t11e Lexington alarm, he was out six days in Capt. William Brigham's company, and afterwards (1777) was drafted for three years, but paid a fine instead of going. He was an assessor in 1787, and at his death made a. bequest of one hundred dollars to the vVest Parish (Uni tarian) of Marlboro', the income to be used for an annual lecture for the improvement of the young. This lecture is still given every year. 30 5 3 1 1 TrroMAS BENT ( Tlwmas,' /Iopestill, Peter, Joltn ) was born in Sudbury, July 4, 1738; died in Framingham in 1787, probably. He was in Capt. Moses Maynard's company of militia in 17 57, and on the 19th of April, 177 5, marched from Framingham to Concord as a corporal in Capt. Jesse Eames's company. He manicd Submit, born Dec. 3, 1742, N. IL, April 22, 1833, ro: 78. He marched to Concord on the eventful 19th of April, 177 5, in Capt. N athanicl Cudworth's com pany, and was out on an alarm twenty-six days, from Feb 4, 1776. A Revolutionary marker was placed over his grave by his descend ants Sept. 7, 1896. He moved from Sudbury, :Mass., to Fitz william, N. H., in 1780, when the town was still young, and cleared a farm about a mile and a half from the Massachusetts line and some six miles south of Mt. Monadnock, the most prominent feature in the landscape. In l 7D0, he had ninety acres, hut in 1805 he bought more land of Isaac Goodnow; the farm is still tilled by his descend ants. Fitzwilliam, originally known ;is Monadnock Number Four, was incorporated in 1773, and is a typical New Hampshire farming town, sturdy, healthy, hilly and rock-ribbed. Samuel married, lTeb. 6, 1777, Molly, born March 7, 1755, died Oct. 8, 1838, ro. 83, Children of ,Jonathan and Experience, all Lorn in Smllmry: 72. i. NEWELL,6 h. Oct. 9, 1778. ii. Exi>1mrnNc1~, b. l\fay 21, 1780; m. July 22, 1798, Thomas Jen kinson of East Sudbury. iii. POLLY, b. Oct. 28, 1782; m. Ang. 2, 1801, Daniel Haynes of Lincoln. iv. Lucm,Tu, b. Jan. 5, 1785; m. Feb. 24, 1802, Edward ·wheeler of Weston. v. J-I1rnnY, b. Aug. 4, 1787; d. young probably. 73. vi. I!Ez1mIAII, b. Nov. 21, 1789. vii. l3ETSisY, h. ,July 28, 1791; m. Josiah Stearns(?) of Oakham. U. vm. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 21, 17!J4. ix. NANCY, b. Nov. 12, 17!)8; m. April 6, 1823, Joseph Osborn of Sudbury. Children of J onatlrnn and Ruth, both born in Sudbury : 75. i. THOllIAS,6 b. April 11, 1804. ii. ELIZA, b. Feb. 28, 1806; rn. 1828, Isaac Miles of Concord. 34 6 3 1 8ILAS BENT (Eli_ja!t,4 Ilopestill, I'eter,2 Joltn ) was born in Sudbury, .Mass., April 14, 1744; died in Belpre, Ohio, April 4, 1818, ro. 74. In 1760, from April until December, as a lad of six teen, he saw service in Capt. Ephraim Jackson's company in Canada in the old French and Indian war. In 1766, or possibly in 1765, soon after his marriage, he moved from his native town to Darre, then called Rutland District, but a year or two later removed to Rutland, a fine old hill town in the very centre of .Matlsachusctts. His farm was in the cast part of the town, near the Princeton line. At the Lexington alarm, in 177.'5, he marched to Cambridge as a private in Capt. Thomas Eustis's company, and was out twelve days. From May to December, 1775, he was ensign in Capt. Adam Wheeler's company, in Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regiment, in service around Boston. .Tan. 1, 1776, he was 1st Lieut. in the 4th Continental Infantry, and early in 1781 1st Lieut. in the Gt.h Con tinental Infantry, Col. Thomas Nixon. July 1, 1781, he was com missioned Lieut.-Colonel of the 7th Regiment Mass. :Militia, and this office he seems to have held until he left Rutland in 178U, when the family set out in an ox-cart for the great North-west Territory, then a wilderness abounding in game of all kimls, now the home of millions of human beings. Death claimed one of the chiltlrcn ere the new home was reached. Early the year before, Gen. Rufus Putnam, also from Rutlaml, where his old home is yearly visited by hundreds of historical pilgrims, had led the pioneer band that pre pared the way for the first settlers, over the mountains and down the Ohio river. In ,July the first families began to arrive. At the place they named Marietta the first town was started over the re- HENT FAllIILY, 35 mains of another race, the ancient mound lmil Children, all born in Barre, Mass. : i. SARAH,° h. Oct. 17, 1768; m. Ilev. Joseph Kilbnm of Wen the siege of Boston in 177 5, and saw considerable other Revolu tionary service, for which he drew a pension for several years from 1819; perhaps lived a few years in Douglas, Mass., where he bought lan 39 D,WID5 B1rnT (11Iicali;IIopestill, 3 Peter,2 Jolin}) was born in Smllmry, Mass., l\Iarch 18, 17:Hl; dic 42 5 1 .JoIIN TIF.NT (John/ Joltn,3 Jo!tn,2 Jolm ) was born in Fram ingham, .July lG, 17 52; date of death not aseertaiuetl. He was a Revolutionary soldier; private in 177 5 an 44 4 1 DAVID~ BENT (Dctvid, David,3 Joltn,2 Jolm ), farmer, was born _in Rutland, Mass., April 3, 1756; died in l\ft. Holly, Vt., Jan. 1, 18:32, m. 75. He saw some service in the latter part of the Revolution (October, 1781), in Capt. John Spoor's company, in Col. .Tohn Ashley's regiment, that nmrche1l to Stillwater; moved about 1776 from Rutland to Templeton, l\Iass., a.nd thence, about 1786, with his brother-in-law ,Toseph Green, to l\It. Holly, Vt., where he was one of the first settlers; town clerk in 17fJ7. l\it. Holly, whieh was incorporated in 17D2, lies in a depression of the Green Mountains, about fifteen miles south-cast of Rutland, Vt., aml was on the old stage roatl from Boston to Rutland :md the north. Ile mnrried, April 26, 177 5, Phehe vVhittemore, born Nov. 5, 17!il3, Whittemore, who settled in Charlestown ( the part now Everett), Mass., in 1645. Children, i. born in Rutland, Mass. ; ii. to viii. born probably in Templeton, Mass.; ix. to xiv. bom in Mt. Holly, Vt.: i. MoLLY,6 b. Oct. 30, 177 5; m. first, --- Pierce; m. second, Corliss Hines. 100. ii. PETER, b. June 8, 1777. 101. iii. RELIEF (LEI'IIE), b . .April 20, 1779; m. Dr. Oliver Guernsey. 102, iv. DA vm, b. O<:t.. 2:;, 1780. v. Pmm1~, b. ,June 18, 1782; m. --- Clark, antl move vii. CHARLOTTE GREEN, b. ,Jan. 17, 1791; d. April 17, 1840. viii. lIAmm:T GmmN, b . .lnly 20, 17!JH; (1. ,Jan. 22, 1873. ix. Josr:l'u L1N1rn Gnr:~;N, h. l\fay lG, 1797; d. May 8, 1825; m. Rebecca Reed of Ludlow, Vt. x. SoPIIHONIA G1tEEN, b. Feb. 3, 1800; m. J. H. Draper. 46 D,\RIUS6 BENT (Darirl,' David, 3 Jolin,' Jolm') was born in Rutland, Maas., Aug. 13, 17G9; d. in Montreal, Canadit, August, 1832, re. li3. About 1806, he moved to Boston, where he was a house-wright; soon after, however, he located permanently in Mon treal. Ile married, 1\Iarch 9, 1797, Isabel, 47 6 1 THADDEUS BENT (Dcevid,• Dcevicl,3 Jolin,' Jolin ) was born Sept. 1, 1771, in Rutland, Mass. He moved about 1800 to Rut lnn 48 6 1 PmNEAS BENT (David,' David,3 John,' Jolm ) was born in Rutland, Mass., Sept. 15, 1776; died in Fletcher, Vt., Feb. 21, 1841, re. 64. He married, Dec. 31, 17!)8, Polly Frink of Hutlaml, Mass., born ,July 11, 1778, died in .Terico, Vt., abont 18133, m. 85. About 1803 they moved from Rutland, Mass., to Underhill, Vt., at the foot of 1\'It. Mansfield, the highest of the Green :Mountains. Some ten years later they removetl to .Terico, Vt., south of Urnlerhill. Children, i. to iii. born in Rutland; iv. to vii. Lorn in Undcd1ill; viii. to xii. born in J erieo : i. HORATIO G.,6 b. 179fl; d. 1801. ii. ELIZABETH R., b. 1801; d. 1802. iii. Wn.LIAJI F., b. 1802; d. 1802. iv. ELIZABE'l'll R., b. 1804; d. 1806. v. JonN F., b. 1806; d. 1808. vi. WrLLLrn A., b. Dec. 2G, 1800; m. --- Castle; went 1Vest. Three children. vii. Er.1zA A., h. Aug. 8, 1811; ,l. in Rtockholm, N. Y.; m. April G, 18-18, William DaviH. No chilflreu. viii. Jo11N R, b. 1814; ,1. IHl6. 109, ix:. JA)rns B., b. Nov. 23, 181G. x. DARIUS R, h. 1819; tl. 1820. xi. DARIUS E., b. Sept. 24, 1821; living in Ean Clair, 1Yis. Three children. xii. LEONORA A., b. 1824; d. 1827. 49 5 SA:i\IUEL DuowNING IlENT (David,• D(ivicl, 3 John, 2 John•), who was named after his uncle, Lieut. Samuel Browning (1740-1783), was born in Rutland, l\Iass., Nov. 27, 1784, and moved in 1818 to Midulebury, Vt., where he •Rev. Joseph Avery m. 1777, 1tfory Allen, ,Jan. of ,Tames Allen, tailor, of Boston, hy his :!d wife, Mary Adams, an older oiotcr of t!tc Revolutionary patriot Sam Adamo. DENT FAl\llLY. 43 i. l\IAnTIIA l\fAnIA,6 b. ,Jan. 12, 1808; a. June 11, 1824. ii. Er,IZABETII lt1m1wcA, b. ,fan. 14, 1810; d. Nov. G, 1825. llO, m. SAMUEL ,vATSON, b. Oct. 27, 181 I. . iv. Infant son, b. and 51 6 4 3 1 JoSEPR BENT ( Joseph, Experience, Joseph,' Jolin ), mariner and sailmaker, was born in Middleboro', Mass., Jan. 6, l 7a6; died in Yarmouth, N. S., Jan. 8, 1816, re. 80; lived in MiJdlcboro' and the then adjoining town of Plymouth until 1772, when he moved to Yarmouth, N. S. (The settlement of Yarmouth was begun in 1761, but Plymouth fishermen doubtless knew the Nova Scotia shore before that.) He married, in 17 59, Elizabeth "\Vatc1·man, born in Plymouth, .Mass., 1737, died in Yarmouth, N. S., sister of Elkanah, and daughter of John and Hannah (Cushman) ,vater man of Plymouth. Chil He attended to the painting of the meeting house and on Su111lays took charge of the boys in the gallery. The supply of the pulpit was in his hands and the candidates were well entertained at the olil inn. He was one of the committee to prepare the bill for the separa tion of Canton from Stoughton, and many of the meetings were held there. Here also were heltl the trials for small offences. Ile con tinued to keep the Eagle until his death, when it was taken by his son, ,Villiam, who ran it until about 1824. The building is still in existence, though retlucetl in size. Capt. ,Villiam marrietl, Nov. 24, l 7G3, Chloe lllackman, born in Canton, Oct. l(i, 17-10, dirnl in Canton, l\farch 12, 1820, m. 7!), dangl1ter of George and Thankful* (Redman) Blackman, and a descendant of ,T olm Blackman of Dor chester, 1640. Children, all born in what is now Canton : i. L1rnu1u.,6 b. Nov. 21, 17G4-; cl. 1765. 123, ii. L1mu1n., b. :Feb. 17, 17GG. . iii. NATITANrnr., h. Feb. 213, 1770; lived in Virgiui:i; d. at sea unm. sometime after 180G. iv. WrLLIA~r, b. 177:l; d. 1774. 124, v. Wu.u.ur, b. Nov. rn, 1775. vi. JA11rns, h. aml 55 5 4 3 2 1 RUFUS BEN'r ( Joseplt, Jo8eplt, Joseph, Jolm ), house-wright, was born in :Milton, March 10, 17 4:!; !late of death not asccrtai11e1l. He moved about 1772 or 177a to Hoston; was living in Marietta, 0., in 17!J8. He marriell, Dec. G, 17G7, ]Hrs. Ann :McKenzie, born 17 41, die •Thnnkful Rcdm:m (1701-178:J) wns the first white chilt! born in what is now Can ton. Her father, Charles, Jived on the estate receutly occupict! by the late Hon. Henry L. Pierce, the millionaire chocolate manufacturer iu l'oukipog. DENT FAMILY. 47 1 ,JESSE& DENT ( Jolm,' Josepli,3 Joseph,' Jolin ), farmer and blacksmith, wns born in l\Iilton, Mass., Nov. lG, 172!); moved about 17G4 to Fort Lawrence, N. S., where he cliccl Dec. 6, 1816, ro. 87. He marrie Boston. He married first, Dec. 6, 1765, Hannah, born Dec. 25, 1742, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah Shepherd of Milton; mar ried second, July 9, 1771, Ruth Crouch, born 1741, dic 59 5 1 SAMUEL Il1<:NT (Ebenezer,' .To.~eplt,3 ,losepl1,2 Jolm ) was born in Milton, Mass., March 1, 1739, and died in Granville, N. S., in 1827, re. 88. The story is that he was apprenticed to a Capt. John vVade of Ipswich(?), Mass., a carriage and chair maker, and, toward the end of his term of service, enlisted in a company, com manded by his master, for the campaign against the French in Canada, and, in that capacity, assisted in the reduction of Qnebec by Gen. Wolfe in September, 17 59. The family tratlition is as follows : Toward the close of the battle on the Plains of Abr:i ham, when victory seemed certain, a call was made for a flag staff. Young Bent volunteered to improvise one from the many tall firs which lined the heights. After it had been set in position it was found that in the hurry of the moment the necessary halyard had not been made fast to the top. After several had tried in vain to climb the flag staff, Bent asked permission to try it and succeeded in reaching the top with the line in his teeth. The flag was attached and the officer in command ordered that the young soldier should have the honor of hoisting the flag of victory. About 1760, or 1761, he and Capt. ·wade went to Granville, N. S., among the first DENT FA:i\IILY. 49 to take np the lancls ma 161. i. JosrAn,6 b. April 26, 1771. ii. S,uruEL, b. Dec. 8, 1772; d. unm. of consnmpt,ion, Dec. 14, 17!>7. iii. ELIJAH, b. Nov. rn, I 773; d. young. 162, iv. ,JOIIN, b. Nov. 13, 1778. v. Su1rnY; m. --- l\fyers. 163, vi. NATHANIEL, b. 1783. vii. HANNAH, b. about 1786; d. Jan. 5, 1826, m. 40; m. first, Uarch 30, 1806, :Minott Adams; m. secornl, Joseph Ewell, Jr. viii. JosEPII, d. umn. in Milton, m. aoout GO. SIXTH GENERATION. 62 8 3 1 THOMAS BENT (Jason/ Thomas,' Hopesti'll, Peter,' John ), farmer, was born in Sudbury, Sept. 4, 1776, and 160. i. ,TonN PATcn,7 b. April 22, 1807. ii. ANNA Gr,ov1m, b. Dec. 16, 1808; d. Oct. 7, 1828. iii. JoinAH ,JASON, h. ,'.\p1·il 18, 1811; d. ,Jan. 21, 1833. iv. HANNAH l\ItLLErt, b. Aug-. G, 1813; d. in l\Iichig:in, February, 18!J2, m. 78; m. l'anl II. 1Vl1itcomb, who J. in Boxboro', l\lass., l\larch, 1875. 170, v. TnmIAs HASTINGS, b. Sept. 15, 1815. 64 8 3 1 .JARON BENT ( ,Ja.~011 ," Tlwm,rn,' JirJJ)C8till, Peter/ ,lohn ), former, was horn in Swllmry, Sept. 12, 1785, an 66 8 1 S,umEL D..:NT ( Samuel/ Tlwmas,4 Il()pestill,3 Peter,2 Jolin ), farmer, was born in Su • A descendant of Edw,ml Garfield (or Gearflcl 66 MARY8 BENT (Scmmel,6 Tlwma8,4 Ilopest,ill, 3 Pete1·,2 ,Tolm') was born April 24, 1780, in I◄'itzwilliam, N. II., wliere she dic rfage she l1ad: 1. .Tolin llfilton,8 who m. Betsey A., dau. of Henry and Betsey (Bent) Shirley. 2. .11Iartl1a 0. 8. Jfary E. 4. Eliza Cai·oline, who m. Lommui ll. Underwood of Rindge, N. II. 5 . .Adelaide Lurenu, m. first, Alpheus C. White, and 2d, Julius Hale of Winchendon. iii. MILTON CHAPLIN, b. April 7, 1805; d. in Fitzwilliam, Jan. I, 18!>3; m. Nov. 30, 18)30, Caroline Allen (1811-18!)1), and had: 1. Frances .Ade,8 m. Philip S. Batcheller of Fitz willimn, and ha«l one dan., Ida Louise,9 whom. Isaac F. Paul of .Boston. 2. Elliott J11£lton, lives at Sand Spring, Iowa. 8. J.lfartlia Alida, 111. Charles Newton ( 1834-1893) of Jt'itz willimn, N. 11. iv. JuLIA CnArLIN, b. Oct. 1, 1807; d. in Fitzwilliam, Oct. 26, 1844; 111. Aug. 8, 182G, Lyman Deeth (1804-1842), ·and had: 1. J.1Ioses Sumner.8 2. Julia .Ann. 3. llfartlza .A. 4. Lyman 0. 5. Jane R. 6. 11fartin Streeter, who m. first, Jane E. Bent. v. ANSON CHAPLIN, b. 1810; d. 1812. vi. ROXANNA CHAPLIN, b. Oct. 18, 1812; d. in Winchendon 1893; m. first, Nov. 27, 1833, Ephraim 1V. ·weston of Winchendon, who d. Oct. 2!l, 18ii4; m. second, Oct. 1 G, 1861, Edwin Parks of Wi11dw1ulo11. One son, Irving E.8 (18:15-188!)) by the Ii l'H t, 111:tl'l'ia.!!l', vii. and viii. lnfm'its (twinR), 17,l, i. WILLIAU,7 b. Jan. 18, 1828. ii. BETSEY, b. Aug. 27, 1831; Hyman Bent nnd three of his children lived to have their golden weddings remembered, and all of his children that married (ten) celebrated their silver weddings. He married, Aug. 27, 1817, Levinah ,Tolmson Allen, born iu Shrewsbury, Mass., July 15, 1797, died in Fitzwilliam, N. II., Nov. 13, 1883, daughter of Rev. Arunah Allen (1767-1853), aml a. descendant of "Walter Allen of Newbury, Mass., 1640. Children, all bum in Fit1.william : )7r,. i. /'.A~IUEr,,7 h. D<•c. 2:J, 1817. 17fi. ii. ELIZA, h. Oct.. tri, 181!!. 177, iii. Lurrnm,:, h. Oct. 2, !Htl. 178, iv. Ar:uNAII Ar,1.1-::., b. ,Jan. 2!), 1823, 17!1, Y, /'.nSAN, I,, l>l'c. ::o, 18:!:i. mo. vi. 1'1.UUA, h. Od. rn, 18:!8. 181. vii. Eu11NA, b ..Juue Hi, 1830. viii. S,uun, b. ,Jan. 5, 1832; living unm. in Gardner, l\fass. Until 1883, she made her home on the old farm in Fitzwilliam, N. H. )82, ix. CuA1n1ss Oruu, b. ,June 4-, 1835. · 183, x. F1UNCES Fu>1:A, h. Oct. 27, 1838. 18,1, xi. Horrnmo LESLIE, h. J\farch 22, 1843. 70 6 5 3 2 1 ELISHA BENT ( Samuel, Tlwma8,' 1-Iopestill, Peter, Jolin ) was born in Fitzwilliam, N. H., Dec. 10, 1793; dieu in :Fitz william, Nov. 13, 1865, m. nearly 72. He took the farm his father cleared and always livcu there. He married, June 23, 1831, Nancy, born Nov. 11, 1800, 23, 1851. She married, Feb. 20, 1823, Henry Shirley of Fitz william, born March 22, 1796, vi. FANNIE LORETTA, b. March 22, 1828; d. in Cambridge, l\fass., l\Iarch 18, 1896; m. March 5, 1855, Abijah Richardson, attorney-at-law, b. in Turner, l\fe., ,June 6, 1823, d. in Rox bury, l\lass., Feb. 20, 187 4. Two children: 1• .Edit/1,8 b. 1867. 2. William Bent, b. 18G!l. 73 HEZEICTAH6 BENT ( Jonatltan,5 Tlwmas, • Hopestill,3- Peter,.2 1 Joltn ), farmer, was born in Smllmry, Nov. 21, 1789; dicil: in Holden, .Mass., li'cb. 27, 18(37, re. 77; moved from Sudbury to Holden about 1820. He was in a company of grenadiers in 1822. He married, in 1815, Polly Colburn, of Lincoln, Mass., born Oct. 11, 1792, died in Holden, Aug. lG, 187!), Sudbury, Sept. 2G, 1881, ro. 77. He ma1Ticd first, Dec. 1, 1831, Keziah Carr, horn July 12, 1812, died Jan. 14, 1873, daughter of Ezra. and !fary Carr of Surlbury. He married secornl, Feb. 4, 187 4, Mrs. Isabella J. Shattuck, daughter of his couain Thomas Bent. She died Thfoy 18, 1887, m. 78. Children of Thomas and Keziah, all born in Sudbury: 187, i. Lucrns Prrrr.u•,7 b .•June 14, 183/l. 188, ii. THOMAS .Au:imT, h. ,July 31, lli:!5. 189. 'iii. CYIWS .ANl>ERSON, l,. Fd,. 1, 18-10. iv. CHAitLES EDWAIW, h. Sept. 8, llH-1; living in Somerville, 1\fass.; m. Nov. 20, 1870, llfaria Tltcrcsa, dau. of Catiimir uml Theresa llcchler of Baltimore, l\Id. No chihlrcu. 190. v. GEORGE HENRY, h. May 8, 18-!G. 191. vi. FuANCJS EuGENJ~, b. Dec. 30, 1848. 76 SILAS6 BENT (f:filas,' El(jalt,4 IIopestill, 3 Peter,' Jolin'), lawyer and judge, was born in Rutland, lVIass., May lG, l 7G8, died in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 20, 1827, m. 5V. In 1788 or 178!), he went to l\foi-ictta, Ohio, to prepare the way for his p:u·euts, who were among the earliest permanent settlers of' the Northwest Terri tory; soon after he began the study of law with Philip Do • Missouri's tcrritorfal organiwtion ,fates from 1812. 60 BENT FA::\IILY. adjoining town of 1Vorthington; in 1836, they moved to Orwell, Ohio. Children of George and Polly (Bent) Smith: i. Jo1rn1 SMITH, b. July rn, l78!l; d. in Dorset, 0., Feh. 2!l, 1880; m. 1817, Charlotte Cottrell, and hatl: 1. John C. 8 2. 11Iary B., m. Chester Chapin. 3 • .Alexander H. 4. George E. 5. Pliilander. 6. Lucy .Ann, d. unm. 7. Pomeroy H. - 8. Rufus 0. ii. ,JANE SmTII, b. ,fan. l!l, 1791; d. unm. Feb. 1, 1817. iii. GEORGI.; SmTn, b. Jan. 3, l 7!l3 ; d. 188-; settled in Green ville, Tenn., about 1820; ha:; a son William, attomey, of Mansfield, 0. iv. CnAitLOTrE Smnr, b. Sept. 20, 17!l4; a. in Wirnlsor, 0., April 3, 1884; m.1832, Owen Stoughton (1795-1874), and had: 1. Sumner, b. ,July 21, 1833. 2. 1lfaria C., b. Dec. !l, 1836; m. Edwin D. Gleason, and has Charles S.9 an Ohio, April 5, 1865, ro. 94. She married, about 1795, Joel Oaks of Newbury,* Ohio. Children, all born in Ohio : i. SusAN7 OAKS, b. l 7DG; • On the Ohio m...-er, twenty-one miles below Muriett:i. 62 DENT FAi\IILY. vii. SusAN, b. March 24, 1827; rl. in Savannah, Mo., Aug. 14, 18Gl; m. Dec. 12, 1848, William Hayhum Kiug of Tcnu., who d. in St. Louis, l\Io., l\farch 8, 18!.J4; two sons living, one, JJ'illiam,8 in Marshall, Sabine Co., l\Io. 80 AnNER8 BENT (Silas/ El{ja!t,4 IIopestill, 3 Peter,• Jolm'), farmer, was horn in Rutland, Mass., Sept. 22, 17 80 ; tlietl in Marion County, Ohio, July 12, 1834, ro. 53. In 1789, he was taken by his parents from J\fassachusetts to Ohio ; was lH'ought up in Bel pre (Ohio), where he lived, with the exception of the years 180G, 1807, antl, perhaps 1808, which were spent in New Orleans, until 1821, when he removed to a large farm on the Little Scioto River in .Marion County. He was a justice of the peace, a man of education an •Nathan Williams moved during the Revolution from Connecticut to Detroit, then a :British trading post. His wife'• parents, members of Daniel Boone's colony in Ken• tucky, were massacred h_y thu Indian• about 1773, and the yonug .Eleanor with lu.:1· sister carried captive to .Octroit. BENT FAMILY. 63 mnrrie 1889. 2. Anna lJfaria Edwards, b. in Cincinnati, 0., J\forch 6, 1849, living unm. with her mother; has been connected with the W. C. T. U. for many years as speaker and organizer. 3. Ella Lo,dsa Edwards, b. in Chicago, Ill., Sept. 2fi, 1854; living in Punxsutawney, Pa.; m. first, Sept. 29, 1875, Hev. Samuel Lee Hillyer, pastor of the Congregational Church in Woodbridge, N. J., who d. Nov. 28, 1877; for about ten years Mrs. Hillyer was principal of the Fairmount School in Cleveland, 0. ; m. second, April 3, 1889, Rev. Philip Robin son Danley, D.D., of the Cnmberlanil Presbyterian Chmch, Taylorsville, Ill. 4. Plora Lucretia liJdwards, b. in Clevclarnl, 0., Sept. 7, l 81i5 ; livi11g m1111. with her mothm· in Clcveb11cl, where she is Supt. :Missionary Extension, Ohio Christian En deavor Union. 83 8 4 3 1 JOEL BENT (Joel,5 Eli"Jah, Hopestill, Peter/ John ) was born in Barre, Mass., Nov. 27, 1770; died in vVen 84 8 4 3 1 8AMUEL BENT (Joel,5 Elz:jah, Hopestill, Peter,' John ) was born in Barre, Mass., July 19, 1778. No record of death found. Lived in Wendell ancl Barre, Mass., Chittenden and Orwell, Vtr He went vV est in 1825, and lived in Michigan, Ill., 1\fiss-0mi, and probably still further "\Vest. He married, March 3, 1805, Mary Kilburn of vVendell, who died in Missouri. Children, all born in V{ endell, Mass. : BENT FAMILY. 65 206, i. '\Vu,LIAlr ERVING,7 b. Dec. 22, 1805. 207, ii. IloRATIO GATES, b. Nov. 22, 1807. iii. l\fARY, b. April 29, 1809; m. --- l\Iiles in Utah, and went to Califoruia. 208, iv. Jos~:rn KrLnun.N, b. Nov. 16, 1816. 85 STEPIIENs DENT ( Steplien, 5 ElUali, ◄ Hopestill, 3 Peter, 2 1 ,lohn ), physician, was Lorn in Dublin, N. II., Nov. 22, 1783; i. LucY,7 cl. in childhood. ii. MARY REBECCA, b. July 31, 1811 ; d. unm. in 1872. 210. iii. Wrr,LLUf lli,NRY, b. Dec. 15, 1812. iv. EMRLINJ<~ AuausTA, b. Feh. 28, 1815; m. ,vard Haseltine of Philatlelphia. One Hon, lt'raulc. 8 v. HARRrnT (HANNAH?), b. Aug. 1, 1817. 211, vi. EDWIN JACKSON, b. Oct. 17, 1819. 212, vii. CYRUS Ilunn,rno, b. June 24, 1821. Children of Davi 1888; has lived siuce marriage in Deerfield, but in the part (Cheapside) annexc1l in 189G to Greenfield. Three children: I. Annie l!'.,8 m. l\Ielvin D. Church of R:m 219, i. "'VrLLJAll LovETT,7 b. 1708. ii. ELIZAUETH, h. 1800; m. Caleb l\forslmll. iii. AmnAIL, b. 1802; m. first, John Forrest, and secoml, Edward McLatchie. iv. MARIA, b. 1804; m. William l\forslmll. 220, v. I>mNEAS LOVETT, b. 1807. 221, vi. SAMUEL STILUIAN, b. 1810. vii. SELINA L., b. 1813; m. Walter Ricketson. 92 8 5 3 1 JosEPH llF:NT (Davi"d, .Micalt,• IIopestill, Peter,2 Jolm ), farmer, was born in Annapolis, N. S., about 1770, and lived near Bridgetown, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, where he died. Ile marri~~l, in 17!)2, Anna Longley, who was born in Annapolis County 1773, daughter of Israel and Anna (Kent) Longley and sister of Isaac who married Dorcas Bent. Children, all born in Annapolis County, N. S.: 222, i. WARREN,7 b. Oct. 9, 1793. ii. LucY, b. Feb. 21, l 7:J5; m. George Willett of Ilentvillc, Annapolis Co., N. S. Niue children. iii. Ac1rnL1A, b. June 8, 1707; m. Gilbert T. Ray of St. John, N. B. No chihlren. 2.23, iv. IsnAEL LONGLU, b. Feb. 2, 179!:>. v. SusAN, b. :March 22, 1801; m. George Fellows of Annapolis, N.S. vi. MARY, b. Nov. 5, 1802; m. Aaron Eaton of St. John, N. n., who was in business with G. T. Hay al.love. 22i, vii. ,TosisPII 1◄'1,1,Tcrnm, b. .April 2G, 1801.i. 225, viii. Wn.1.rA.111, h. Oct. 5, 180!). 226, ix. Gu.lllm-r, b. April 10, 1813. x. JOHN, b. Sept. 15, 1822; d. unm. in Nova. Scotia. 93 6 3 1 STEPHEN BENT (Davicl,5 llficah,4 Hopestill, Pete1·,2 John ) was born in Annapolis, N. S., ]Hay 12, 1775, an vi. A;iry, b. Aug.16, 1810; d. in Halifax, N. S., April 16, 1899, ro. 88; m. James Thomas of Digby, N. S. vii. MAn,·, 1l yo1111g. viii. WILI,IA~r II1rn1tY, b. ,Jan. 9, 1813; d. nnm. about 1841. ix. LoursA BisTmA, b. ,June· 12, 1816; living, uum., at the old home in Nova Scotia. x. SusAN MARILLA, b. Oct. 30, 181!); living in Bclleisle, N. S.; m. Obadiah Parker of Granville, N. S. 228. xi. STEPIIl,N EDWARD, b. Jan. 30, 1823. 94: 6 3 1 AsAI'H llJ~N'r (Dat•id,5 J.lfica!t,' IIopestill, Pete1·,S John ) was born in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, where he 95 6 3 1 S1LAS BENT ( Dctvi"d, • J.lfica!i, • IIopestill, Peter,' Jo!m ), farmer and blacksmith, was born at l3entville in the .Annapolis Valley, N. S.; moved to Paradise, a hamlet in the township of "Wilmot, N. S., but, sometime before 1830, removed to Nictaux Falli;i, about twenty miles from l1is birthplace. Ilia old age was spent with his yonngest daughter in Granville, N. S., where he died. Ile married 1\fa1·y Newcomb, who 233. iii. JAntss, b. about 1805. 23-1, iv. DENNIS. v. ELIZABE'rn .ANN, b. 1811; m. her cousin, DaviiF Bent of Gran ville, N. S. 96 8 5 4 3 2 1 VVILLIAl\1 n1rn-r ( TVilliam, Jllicalt, IIopestill, I'eter, John ) was born Oct. 7, 1783, in East Sudlmry (now "\Vaylan 97 Mrc.\116 IlT<,NT ( TVillimn,6 lllicali,• Ilopestill,3 Peter,' Jvlm'), shoemaker, was Lorn in East SudLnry (\Vaylawl), Mass., Sept. 23, 1788, an Children of Micah and Betsey, i. born in I\Iilfor iii. ANGELIA A VILLA, b. Sept. 27, 1837; living in Cochitnate Vil lage, Wayland, Mass.; m. Dec. 20, 18u0, Theodore L. Sawin of Natick. One chil Chilclrcn of Oliver and Relief (Bent) Guernsey: i. LowELL ·wAm~7 GmmNSEY, b. April 23, 1800; a physician in 8 Shrewsbury, Vt.; d. 185!:J. His dau., Saralt Livoni'.a , m. Jan. 7, 18/i0, his cousin Capt. Montraville Green (q. v.). ii. E1tAST!JS n~:NT Gu1mNSEY, b. Nov. 8, 1801; d. 1880. iii. Or.rvEn Gu1mNSlff, b. Jan. G, 1804; a physician in Randolph, N. Y. ; d. 1864. iv. Ar.oNzo GuimNsEY, h. Nov. 5, 1805; d. 18!Jl. His widow, b. Ellen llimls, is living in Chicngo. v. AlllSON G1llmNs1,;Y, h•. March!), 1808 j a. 1844. vi. Arn:r.rnr,; G rrnrtNSt~Y, b. Sept. Ia, 180!); ,l. 18!)1. vii. 1-:.\Lr.rn G111mNs1~r, h. Feb. 14, 1812; d. 18:!!J. viii. L1>l'1IJ-: GuEUNSI-:r, b. l\farch 2, 1814; d. 1891. ix. LORENZO G. GU1mNSEY, b. Dec. 11, 181!); living in Hudson, N. Y. 102 6 1 DAVID BENT (David,6 David,• David,3 John,2 John ). was born Oct. 23, 1780, in Templeton, Mass., probably; was taken to Mt. Holly, Vt., about 1786, an Children of Darius and Betsey (Bent) Green: i. ELIZA l\fALVINA7 GIU:EN, b. 1813; d. 1814. ii. DA1uus Lo1rnNzo GnEEN, b. Nov. 30, 1815; d. Sept. 5, 18!ll. iii. MoN1'ItAVILLI~ G1t1mN, b. March 4, 1818; living in Altou, Ill. He was for many years captain of a river steamboat r111111i11g from St. Louis to St. Paul; m. first, Abigail Gorum l\fauniug, who d. Ang. 31, 1845, childless; m. second, .Jan. 7, 1850, Sarah Livonia Guernsey ( q. v.). Two chihlreu. iv. G1w1urn BtsN'l' GmmN, b. April ao, 1821; livin~ iu 1\fotlfortl, l\hss.; m. Oct. 18, 184-1, l\Icli111hL ,vethcrhec. Four chil dreu: 1. Darius .Alouzo,6 has a govcmmeut positiou iu "\Vash ington, D. C. 2. U/wrles .Vontraville, gratluatetl from llar vurd College in 187 4, from Harvard l\ledical School in 1877, and has since practised in Boston. 3. Lorenzo Lut!ter, paying teller in the Suffolk Savings Bank, Boston. 4. George Wetherbee, book keeper in the Old Boston National Bank. v. CHARLES GRirnN, b. Feb. 17, 1823; a. Feb.17, 18-18. vi. ELIZA SornRONIA Gumm, b. 1825; d. 182!J. 103~* 6 1 GEORGE vV. BENT (David,5 David,4 Dctvicl,3 Jokn,2 J0Tm ), farmer, was born in Mt. Holly, Vt., Feb. 13, 1790; in the fall of 1814 he move • Received too late to be properly numbered. See page 40. BENT FAllIILY. i. LEPIIE L.,7 b. 1816; d. 1816. ii. ERSULA LF:PIIE, h. Aug. .'JO, 1817; d. August, 18!J3; m. 1834, Alvah Horton of l\It. Holly, Vt. 251, iii. CLARK EAT:r,, h. April 21, 1822. 252, iv. Il1rnnY WILLARD, b. Feb. 13, 1824. v. SorHRONIA FRANCES, b. Sept. 17, 1828; d. April I, 1886; m. in 1848, Levi L. Munson of East Poultney, Vt. vi. ILONA ALmNA, b. Aug. lil, 1831; living- with her children in· California; m .•July 4, 184!), Ashhel Holister Pepper, b. in Paulet, Vt., ,Jan. 17, 1829, tl. in l\liuneapolis, l\Jinn., .Ang. 3, 18!>5. Four chilrlren, all b. in Vermont: 1. Theodore Jrlartin, 8 living in Chicago. 2. Kate Elizabet/1, m. George E. Guirrits, and lives in Los Angeles, Cal. 3. Nettie .Jfaria, m. Dr. Frank B. Carpenter, ancl lives in San Francisco, Cal. 4 • ..1lfm71 C!tase, m. George W. Hallowell of St. Paul, l\linn., now of San Francisco. vii. l\LrnY E1,1zAn1nn, b. ,July 30, 1834; living in Bancroft, Iowa; m. July 4, 1855, Charles 1V. Goddard of Bancroft, Iowa. Three children: 1. Robert .Earl.8 2. Lora E., m. Charles R. l\Iorchom;e. 3. .Della J1-L, m. Fred. R. Anderson. viii. l\fa.ItTIIA M., b. 1839; d. 1840. 105 6 5 4 3 2 1 SrLAS PROCTOR BENT (Dav£d, Dav,:d, Dav£d, Jol,,n, Jolm ) was Lorn in l\lt. Holly, Vt., March 1(), 1794, and died in De Kalb, Ill., Oct. 22, 1874, m. 80; was named after one of his father's neighbors, Silas Proctor, one of the first settlers of Mt. Holly. He movc 106 6 3 2 1 THOMAS '\V. BENT (David,• David,• David, John, John ) Wll.8 born in Mt. Holly, Vt., Feb. 16, 1798, and died in Croghan, N. Y., March lG, 1853. He marrie ( now Ontario). In Oct., 1844, he moved to Chicago, ill., w~1ere he was still engaged in the painting business. In May, 1856, he removed to l\forrison (Ill.), then just located. In 1862, he en listed in Co. H, 5th Missouri Cavalry. He married, :first, Charlotte Rogers, who died shortly after mar riage without issue; he married, second, at Smith's Falls, Canada, lk~ilah Ann Bartlett, who ,vas born in Rome, N. Y., July 29, 181!1, and • Founded in February, 1837. DENT FAllIILY. 79 and in her home, in the church, and in 'the reforms so ardently espousc 113 GEORGE6 B~,NT (Samuel B., 5 Da·oid,' David,3 Juhn,' ,loli.1/) was born in J\fi<]dlelmry, Vt., .March 29, Hl:27; living with his children in the "\Vest. After two years spent in his brother's dry goods store in Boston, he accomp:mied his brother-in-law, Rev. Jonathan Illanehard, to Galesburg, Ill., where he entered upon a course of stn BENT FAllIILY, 81 26J, i. Gi.;on.GE PAYNE,T b. June 16, 1854. ii. SAMUEL BIWWNINH, ,I. 18Gl. 265, iii. CnAitLRS AvEn.Y, b. Oct.. IO, 18G0. iv. J\lAn.Y CATHERINE, b. l\Iarch 31, 1862; a. 18G4• .266, v. AnTuun. Smrn~:n., h. ,July 17, 18G4. vi. HATTIE l\LutIA, b. Aug. 10, 18G7; living, unm., in Chicago. 114: 0 5 4 3 1 Fr.,\NCIS IlENT ( John, Joseplt, Expei·ience, Josepli, • Jolm ), blacksmith, was Lorn in l\Ii 269. iii. IsAAc, b. Aug. 4, 1799. iv. JANE DEXTER J3ATES, h. Feb. 18, 1801; d. in Foxboro', l\Iass., Feh. !l, 1874; m. Samuel Fuller of l\Iiddleboro', b. Dec. 6, 1792, d. Feb. 16, 1843. Four children: 1. .!ane,8 m. George Go(lfrey. 2. Susan, m. T. B. Carpenter. 3. Jlfary, m. Lewis Pond. 4. Eliza, m. Benjamin Crossman, and lives in Roches ter, N. Y. v. Tmz,ur, b. Feb. 13, 1803; m. in Canton, Mass., Dec. 5, 1822, l<'reeman Belcher. Two children: 1. Jlfmy .A.1111,8 111. l\fork Bump. 2. .Mi:r·ritt Bates. vi. ElrnLIN1~, h. Oct. 23, 1804; m. Jacob Thompson of Halifax, Mass. Several chilclren. vii. JAMES, h. l\fay 20, 180G. 270, viii. Lucy, b. March 17, 1808; m. Jonathan Perry. ix. LEWIS, b. March 7, 1810; d. in Lynn, 1\foss., Feb. 25, 1870; m. Jane ·w. Savary, who cl. in Foxboro', :Mass., .July 2-1, 1893. No children. x. AnIG.uL, h. l\forch 17, 1812; d. in ,vareham, l\fass.; ru. J\farch 1, J8,U, Spencer Bartlett. One child, James, 8 living in ,vareham. 271, xi. Wrr,soN DEXTER, b. ,Jnne, 1814. xii. ELIZA. Conu, b. l\fay 20, 1817; d. in East Ilri(lgewater, l\lass., Dec. 3, 18,59; m. Oct. 11, 1835, Lysander ,vashlmrn (1810- 1875 ). Two children: 1. Selden llf., 8 living in Westdale, 1\fass. 2. Maria, d. July 20, 1854, re. 16. 115 6 6 1 JoHN BENT (Jolm, Joseph,• Experience,3 Josepk,' John ) was born Feb., 1763, in Mid iii. Luc,, b. June 25, 1801 ; tl. l\larch 5, 1842; m. Ellis Griffith. Four children: 1. Tlwmas B.,8 b. 1823; d. 1897; capt. of Co. Il, 3d l\Iass. Infantry in civil ·war, an iv. Il1,:TirIA, h. Feb. 10, 17!J7; m. Cclm1 Briggs of l\foldlclmro'. .214, v. ,Jo11N, I,. ].\fay BU, 17!J!.1. vi. SALO~rn, b. l\farch !J, 1801; m. Martin Lcacl1 of P11t11am, Conn. vii. Ext>1mIIrnc1,:, b. l\fay 28, 180:J; d. 1mm. Oct. u, l8i:i, of heart disease while da11ci11g. viii. WINSLOW, b. July l!l, 1805; d. July 18, 1827, leaving u widow, Nancy, who d. Feb. 5, 1837, in her 36th year; both buried in North Carver. ix. En:RETT, b. Dec, 3, 1807; d. Oct. 21, 1847; m. April 6, 1836, his cousin Betsey C., clau. of Zenas6 Bent. 275, :x:. EBENEZER, b. Oct. 10, 180!) • .276, xi. LUTHER, b. Jan. 7, 1812. xii. OTIS, b. May 12, 1815; • Paris incorporated 1793, whell Maine was still u part of Massachusetts. IlENT F AJIIILY, 85 living at Nayatt Point, R. I.; m. Oct. 2, 1845, Mary Dane Tripp, by whom he has one son, Louis Haven Richardson. 2. Ei,eline Eliza Ricliardson, h. 1821 ; d. about 1837. 3. Louisa 1lfaria Richardson, b. ].\fay 21, 1823; d. about 1870. 4. Anginette Amelia Richardson, b. Jan. 27, 1828 ; m. Gus tavus Adolphus ·white, and lives in New Bedford, Mass. 282. ii. ASAIIEL, b. ]7!)7. iii. Er,FJ<:Au (or Fear), d. in East Brirlgewater, l\Iass., about 185G; m. first --- Stamlish; one daughter, Ifarriet8 Standish, m. ,vmimn Baylies of Dighton, Mass. Fear m. second -- Rclsou ; two children : 1. Jl,fary8 Ed.~on. 2. Belen Edson. Both 111arric1l. iv. BETSEY Conn, h. about 1808; fl. in J\lid1Ueboro' in 1885; m. first, April G, 18:lG, her cousin Everett7 Bent ; m. second, Caleb L11ca11 of 1\li,!dlelioro'; no children by either marri:ige. v. EuNICJ,, h. Nov. 13, 1810; d. in Waltham, Mass., Sept. 7, 1828. vi. Lucy l\'Ionsg, b. Dec. 25, 1813; d. ,Jan. 13, 1871, re. 57; m. June 23, 1842, Joseph Pierce of Dighton, l\Iass., a native of Fairhaven, J\Iass., who d. March 22, 18GG, re. 77. Tl1ree cl1ildren: 1. Charlotte Louise8 Pierce, 285, ix. Jorrn. x. J>mtiCTf,LA. xi. ZII,l'AII. 120 ELKANAH8 BENT ( Joseph,5 Joseph,< Expe1'ience, 3 Joseph,' John'), mariner, was born, prolmbly, in Plymouth, :Mass.; went to Yarmouth, N. S., with his parents in 177 2 ; died at Short Beach, N. S., June 27, 1858. He lived in Yarmouth, N. S., until the war of 1812, when the vessel in which all of his money was invested was taken by an American privateer, it is said. He then moved some ten miles from Yarmouth, to what is now known as Short Beach or Sanfor vi. MILTON, lost with the brig Paragon in Feb. 1841. vii. 1V ILLIAM. viii. Pmi,;m:, lost and frozen to death when about six years old. 122 8 5 3 2 1 J OSEPH BENT ( Josepli, Jose11li,' Josepli, Josepli, Jolin ) far mer, was born Aug. 21, 1762, in Milton, Mass., where he died Sept. 25, 1849, ro. 87; a major of militia; rno 124 8 6 3 2 1 WILLIAM BENT ( Williarn, Joseplt,4 Joseplt, Joseph, .Tolm ) was born Nov. 13, 1775, in Canton, Mass., where he died Dec. 2H, 1847, ro. 72. Ile married, Oct. 12, 1811, Judith Swift Crane, who died in June, 18M. Children, all recorded in Canton but the last : i. LEMUl,L,7 b. 1812; d. 1814. ii. 8AitAll7 b. Oct. 21i, 1813; d. in Thompsonville, Conn., Feb. 18!)1 ; m. Dec. 12, 18:3:-!, Elijah Benton. One dangliter, Cltarlotte T., m. in 18G2 Benjamin F. Lord of Thompsonville, Conn. iii. IlETSEY 7 b. Feb. 21, 1815; cl. in Kalamazoo, Mich., about 1859; m. in 1844 James Porter of Thompsonville, Conn. No children. iv. CHLOE, b. Jan. 24, 1817; d. unm. in hospital at Boston, Oct. 31, 1877. v. LE11rn1,L, b. Oct. 28, 1818 ; rl. Sept. 1835. 291, vi. "\VILLIAJII lh:NRY, b. June 13, 1819. 292, vii. RuFus, b. Oct. 21, 1821. 293, viii. Jos1,1•H, b. Aug. 5, 1823. 294:, ix. CHARLES CRAN!,, b. Sept. 8, 182G. x. ANN, b. l\Iarch 3, 1829; d. July, 1891; m. George Renton of Canton, 1\Iass., brother of Elijah above. Two children: I. Walter8 Benton, m. in 1877 Ell:t Jaquith of Boston. 2. Eliza Otis Benton, m. in 1880 1V ellington Donaldson. xi. HORATIO Nin.SON, b. abont 1831; d. unm. in Burlington, Kan., Nov. 24, 1873; went 1Vest when .vonug aml localetl iu Bur lington, Kan.; was a blacksmith, lmt rca(l law, aml from 18u:! to 18u8 was probate juclge. Ue is described as aa odd genius, tall, angular, careless in dress, but of a naturally legal turn of mind, with a wonderful memory, and in general a sort of walking encyclopedia. 125 8 3 2 1 CHLOE BENT (William,• Josepli, • Joseph, Joseph, Jolm ) was born March 9, 1781, in Canton, Mass., where she died l\:fay 14, 1852, re. 71. She married, ].\fay 21, 1804, Deacon Thomas Dunbar, born July 25, 1775, dictl Dec. 8, 1855; a former who had, during a p:trt of his lifo at least, a forge and a grist mill; was descended, through Hon. Elijah' (1740-1817) and Rev. Samuel' (1704.-1783) from John1 Dunbar, who came from Scotland to llos-· ton about 1700, married l\farth:i. Holmes, and died in 1708. Children, all born in Canton, Mass.: i. Cm,oE7 DuNBAR, b. l\fay 1, 1805 ; d. unm. Oct. 27, 1887. ii. Tnom.s DuN11AR (twin), b. Jan. 30, 1807; <1. Feb 5, 1807. iii. NATHANIEL DuNBAlt (twin), b. Jan. 30, 1807; d. July 11, 1883 ; m. first, April 24, 1833, Julia Ann Cuscalean Chase; DENT FAMILY. 89 m. second, Aug. 20, 18:38, Frances Ann Draper; m. thir .After his return to Massachusetts, he worked at tho mac11inist's trade a part of the time and taugl1t school winters; but from 1833 until his death in 1847, lrn kept the l\fossapoag Hou1:1e in Canton. The hotel was built in 1789, and is still standing. ]from 1819 to 1824, he was adjutant of a militia regiment. He marrie,1, April 18, 1815, Hannah Crane Davenport, born Dec. 8, 1701, ix. HENRY KINSLEY (twin), b. Ii'cb. 4, 1816. x. HELEN li:INSLI~Y (twin), h. Ii'ch. 4, 1816. xi. EDWARD JAACES K1NSLisY, b. March !), 1820. 129 8 6 4 3 2 1 AnETHUSA BENT ( Jesse, Jolin, Joseplt, Joseplt, Jolm ) was born in Milton, Mass., Dec. 24, 1759; morn 1a2 3 1 . CYNTHIA' BENT (,Tesse," Jolin,• Jose7>1i, Joseplt,' Jolm ) was born in Fort Lawrence, N. S., April 22, 1766. She married George Oxley, and settled in vVallace, N. S. Children: 1. EuNICE7 Oxuff, d. unm. ii. l\LutY B. OxLg:r, m. Richard Smith of l\Iaitland, N. S. No children. iii. ,JmrnPn Oxr.1n", living in ,vallace, N. S.; m. l\Iiss Nichols. No childr<'II. iv. A1rnT1111:-;A Oxr.1,:1·, 111. Hich:ml Black of mver J>Jiilip, N. S. Nine children: I. George Oxley.a 2. Cy11thia, m. John PowcrR of Bl:wk R.ivm·, N. S. ii. Rfrhard Lorenzo. 4. Jww, 111. E(lwi11 .I. 1'11nly of ,v cstehcster, N. S. 5 . .fames. G. ltlizabeth, m. Henry Cove. 7. .llfm·r1uret, m. Martina Ilent (q. v.). 8. Emeline, m. Caleb Schurman of lllack River, N. S. D. Augusta, m. her cousin Rupert Donkin of River Philip, N. S. v. II. Nru.soN Oxu:Y, d. unm. vi. G1w1wrANNA Oxr.1ff, m. l\fr. Stephens of ,vallace, N. S. vii. CrnTIIIA EuzA Oxu:i", m. Robert Donkin of River l'hilip, N. 8. Six chiltlren: 1. George.a 2. Olivia, m. John ""\V. Schurman of River Philip, N. S. 3. JI,:ram. 4. Frederic. 5. Rupert. G. Amelia, m. first, Charles Lawrence of Southampton, N. S.; m. second, l\Ir. Pugsley of Amherst, N. S. viii. AL:11mA Oxr.EY, m. David Freeze of l\faitland, N. S. Three children: 1. George.a 2. Frederic. 3 . .Abigail. ix. l\!A1w,urnT ·woor.1m Ox1,EY, m. James Christie of River Ifoi.JC'rt, N. S. Seven chil 134: EuNIOE' BENT (Jesse,' John; Josepli,3 Joseph; Jolm') was born in Fort Lawrence, N. S., March :H, 176!1; died in Amherst, N. S., June, 1832, re. 63. ·She married Samuel Freeman of .Amherst, N. S. Children: · i. E11nLY7 FREE!llAN, m. George l\fason Black of Dorchester, N. Il. I?ive chiltlren: l. Silas,8 was a carriage manufacturer in Sack ville, N. B. 2. Elizabeth, m. John Smith of l\fonmmcook, N. B. 3. Alfred, living in California. 4. Eunice, m. James Dunbar Dixon of Sackville, N. B. 5. JJ,ft1171 Jane, m. Amos Ogtlen, a shipping and lumber merchant, of Sackville, N. B. ii. J.A11rns l<~REEJL.N, m. first, Emily Blake, by whom he !mil : I. Samuel E. 8 2. Eunice. 3. George B. Ile m. second, l\fiss McCully, by whom he had one child, Em£ly. ill. ELIZABETH FREEMAN, m. James Page of Amherst, N. S. Seven chil 135 EBENEZER V OSE8 BENT (Jesse,' Joltn, • Joseph, 3 Joseph, 1 1 Jolm ), farmer, was born March 3, 1771, in Fort Lawrence, N. S., where he died June, 1855, re. 84. He had a large farm near his father's. He married, Oct. 23, 1799, Lucy Miner of Horton (the Grand Pre of Longfellow's Evangeline), N. S. She died re. 73. Children, all born in Fort Lawrence, N. S. ! 303. i. SARAH,7 b. 1800; m. Robert Embree. ii. Lucy ANN, b. 1802; m.• Joseph Bowser of Sackville, N. n. ; theil- only cltild d. in infancy. 304. m. A11IY, b. 1804; m. Joshua lllack. 305. iv. ALMIRA, b. 1806 ; m. John Embree. 306. v. CYNTIIIA, b. 1809 ; m. George Fullerton. vi. JESSE L., b. 1812; lived in Sackville, N. Il.; magistrate for Westmorelaw.l Co., N. n.; d. Sept. 27, 1889; m. Ruth Scurr of Sackville. No children. vii. I!A.NNAII, b. 1817; d. 1860; m. Isaac Logan, farmer, of Salem, N. S. Three children : · 1. Besst"e, 8 unm. :2. A1111ie, m. James W. Clark of Moncton, N. ll. 3, Son, d. young. BENT FAllIILY, 95 136 8 5 3 2 1 J ESSE DENT ( Jesse, John,• .Toseplt, Joseph, Jolm ) was horn in Fort Lawrence, N. S., in 1773; took his father's homestead, and 312, vi. TormEY1 b. 1811. am. vii. JAN!s, b. Dec. 4, 1813; m. Andrew Reed Chapman. 3U, viii. JESSE, b. 1816. ix. L1s~1UEL, b. 1818; d. in Point de Bute, N. B., Feb. 1892; m. in 1847, l\fary Dixon of Point de Bute, who cl. ,Jail. 1898. No children; they adopted Jesso7 Beui's dau. 1Jfary.8 137 8 1 HANNAII BENT ( Je,q,qe, • John,4 Joseplt,3 Joseplt/ John ) was born in Fort Lawrence, N. S., Nov. 29, 1777; died at River Philip, N. S., April 29, 1869, ro. 91. She married, May 10, 1810, William McAllrm of Mt. Whatley, N. S., his second marriage. He died June, 1820. Some of the descendants write the name McCallin. Children: i. Er.vmA7 !IJcAr.1,AN, h. ]\fa1·cl1 11, 1811; d. ]\fay 3, 1859; 111. ,Jami's Ferguson (180!)-1870) of Fort Lawrence, N. S. Nine chihlrcu : 1. Cynthia,8 d. 184G, re. 13. 2. William a. 3. Annie E., liviug in St. ,John, N. Il.; m. R. R. Page. 4. Mary J., m. E. C. Estabrooks of Sackville, N. B., and later tnoved to Boston. 5. Sarah M., nt. George P. Rodgers of Amherst, N. S. 6. l!.,:tfie E., d. 18641 rn. 18. 7. James R. 8. llfatilda S., m. E, L, Patch of Boston. 9. Lucia 11£., m. 1V. C. Harper of Amherst, N. S. ii. JoIIN BrrnT l\fcAr.LAN, b. ,July 11, 1812; living with his dau. iu Portsmouth, N. II. ; writes his name McCallin ; m. Mary ,fane Schurman, dau. of John S. Schurman of River Philip, N. S. Nine children: L Elizabetli,8 m, Hanson Harrison of l\faccan, N. S. ; now living in Portsmouth, N. H. 2. Eunice, living in Amesbury, :Mass. ; m. first, :Fred Sbmv, and second, Frank J. Harvey. 3. 1lfary, m. John Somerby of Portsmouth, N. II. 4-. Clara, m. Joseph C. Shaw of Port.s mouth, N. I-I. 5. Sarah, d. m. 30. fi. William. 7. Elvira, m. C. P, Ifoley. 8. Kate, m. C. P. Haley, who afterwal'ds m. her sister. 9. Jlfaretta, living in Danvers, l\:Iass,; m. }~dward E. Tozer. 96 BENT FAJIIILY. iii. CYNTIIIA l\foALLAN, m. Pat.rick Riird of River Hebert, N. S. Nine chililren: I. John JJixon. 8 2. William McOallin. 3. J/Iary; Elizabeth, m. ]\Iichad Hogan. 4. Samuel. 5. llmmal,, m. Capt. WiugJielil Yates Thea!. fi. 17wnttts, d. uum. iu Texas. 7. Rztjies. 8. James. 9• .Alexander Glad.;. 188 8 1 LE11IUEL BENT ( Jesse,6 John,• Joseph,3 Joseph,' John ), far mer, was born in Fort Lawrence, N. S., October, 1783; lived in East .Amherst, N. S., where he died October, 1843, ro. GO. He married Elizabeth Davis of Horton, N. S., or vicinity, who sur vived her husband several years. ChilJren, all born in Nova Scotia : 315. i. ALBERT. 316. ii. VOSE. iii. SAll[UEL FREEMAN, d. unm. iv. SILAS, carpenter; d. unm. in Maine. v. CIIARLES EDWARD. vi. WILLIAM, d. young. 317. vii. n,rn.TAmN P,urn. viii. TIIOMAS lIANLJ,;Y, former; liviug unrn. in Amherst, N. S. ix. CHARLOTn; MAIULLA, living in East Amherst, N. S. ; m. Silas Edward Travis, farmer. Two chililren: 1. James Wilber, living in l\Iontreal. 2. Edward St. Olaire, living iu East Amherst, N. S. · 139 8 5 3 1 JoHN BENT (Jolm, John,' ,foseph, Joseph/ Jolm ), farmer, was born in .Amherst, N. S.; 140 3 1 DANIEL• BENT (John,• Joltn, • Josepli, Josepk,2 ,Jolin ) was born in Amherst, N. S. He lived in Salem, N. S. Ile married Sarah W etherhead. mrnT FAlUILY. 97 Children, all born in Nova Scotia: i. 1V1,TmrnrrnAo,7 living in Leicester, N. S.; has one dau. 8 who m. Rev. George Glcutlcnuing. ii. B1,TSEY. iii. BINA. iv. LucY, m. her cousin Rupert7 Bent. v. Ant,TllUSA. 141 "\V H,LTAJ\£ Wmn~0 BENT ( Jolt?,,, 6 ,Joltn,4 ,Tosepli, 3 Josepli,S Joli.n') was boru Jan. 7, 1800, in Amherst, N. S., where he 142 6 3 1 EznA BENT ( Jolin,5 Jolin/ Jo.~eph, Joseph/ Jolm ) was born in Amherst, N. S. He took his father's homestead, which is now occupied by his daughter Frances. He married Ellen :McMonagle. Children, all born in Amherst, N. S. : i. 1\lAlff,' b. 1824. ii. SAR.Art, b. 1826. iii. Er.L"N, b. 1828. 323, iv. JonN lluan, b. April 12, 1830. v. RICHARD, b. 1832; went to New Zeal:m<1. vi. FnANCES, h. 183'1; livi11g uum. on the old homestead in Am lwrst, N. S. vii. ANNIE, b. 1836. 98 DENT FAMILY. 143 SIIEPHERD8 BENT (Ebenezer,° Ebeneze1·,' Joseph,3 Joseph,2 1 John ), farmer, was born Nov. 27, 1768, in Milton, Maas., where he died Aug. 27, 1828, re. 59. He was in Capt. James Robinson's company, of Dorchester, that was called out to suppress Shays' rebellion in January an • It was in Philnclclphia. tlmt tho first upright piano was protlucctl by Ifawkins, in 1800, See "Spirit ot' '76," September, 1805, DENT FAJ.\IILY, 99 .145 6 6 1 SARAII BENT (Ebenezer, Ebenezer,• ,Jo.~eplt, • Jo8epk, • John ) was born in Milton, Maas., April 7, 177 4; 146 6 6 1 ADAM BENT (Ebenezer, Ebenezer,' Joseph,3 Joseph/ Jokn ) was born in l\Iilton, :Mass., March 17, 1776; died in South Boston, :Mass., March 22, 1857, m. 81. Ile moved to Boston about 1799, and in 1807 located near City Point, South Boston, then but sparsely settled,* though the Blakes had dwelt at Dorchester Point, as it wns called, for a century and a quarter. The house that he built about 1810 is still standing. Lesa than a mile away, on the heights of South Boston ( until 1804 a part of Dorchester), were thrown up the earth-works that caused the British to evacuate Boston on his natal day. In 1825, 1826 and 1827, he was in the common council; in 18i:ll, alderman; and in 1829, 1830 and 1831, representative to the Legislature ; was an original member of the Hawes Congregational (Unitarian) Church; chosen deacon in 1829. The historian of South Boston calls him a man of pleasant manner, good judgment and original thought. (See \Yilliam8 Bent preceding for an account of his connection with the piano business.) He married, May 20,1808, t:iukey Foster Blake, born Jan. 12, 1784, died l\fareh 23, 1859, daughter of .Tames and Lydia (Dana) Blake of Dorchcstc1· Neck, as South Boston was then called. • l\lr. Fmncis E. Hinke s:iy•, that "at the date of annexation to Boston, 1804, thero wore only twelve families lh-ing there." 100 DENT FAMILY. Children, all born in South Boston: 325, i. ALBERT ADAllr,7 b. June 5, 1809. 326, ii. GEoam: ELBRIDGE, b. July 28, 1811. iii. StISAN FosT1m, b. ,June 19, 1813; living 1111111.; spentls the summers in South Boston an 147 EnF.NEZER6 BENT ( Ebeneze1·, • Ebenezer, 4 Joseplt, 3 Joseph,' 1 John ), was born in Milton, Mass., :March 24, 1788; died April 17, 1848, in the adjoining town of Quincy, where he made his home after marriage. Represented his district in the Legislature in 1840. He married, in 1808, Nancy Stedman ofvVeston, Mass., born Oct. 15, 1789, died in Quincy, July 16, 1878, m. 88, 330, viii. WINSLOW 13mGilAM, b. Nov. 15, 1825. mu. ix. LUTHER STED)IAN, b. Dec. 6, 1829. x. HANNAH AuousTA lIAYWAim, b. May G, 183G; d. unm. in Quincy, Feb. 28, 1861. 148 CnARLES8 IlF:NT ( Ebene.?-er, 6 Ebenezer,• ,Toseplt, 3 Joseplt,' Jolm') was Lorn in Milton, Mass., ,Jan. 18, 1790; died in Lowell, l\Iass., Dec. 5, 1852. About 1823, he moved to what is now the city of' Lowell, then a. part of Chclmsfor 149 8AllIUEL6 BENT (Samuel,• Ebenezer,• Josepli, 3 Joseph,' John') was born in Granville, N. S., June 6, 1765; moved to 'Wilmot, N. S. Ile married first, :Mollie, born in Granville, N. S., 1770, 150 NEDABB.119 BENT ( /:Jamuel, 6 Ebenezer,' Josepli, 3 Joseph, 2 1 Jolm ) was born in Granville, N. S., in 1767. He located after marriage in the adjoining township of ·wilmot, where he presumably died. He married, 1788, Elizabeth Twes 153 8 3 1 ,J OIIN BENT (Samuel,• Ebenezer,• Josepli, Jo.~epli,' Jolin ) was born in Granville, N. S., 1774. He married, 1809, Mary, born 1781, tlanghtcr of John an 154 Em:NEZEn.6 BENT ( Smnuel, • Ebenezer,4 Josepli, 3 Joseph/ 1 Jolm ) was born in Granville, N. S., in 1783. He married, 1809, Loretta Dench, born 1781, tlicd 1858. Children of Ebenezer and Loretta : 3,t:l, i. Rorn:JtT,7 b. 1810. :s.u. ii. 111-:NltY, b. 1812. iii. Jh:i:ottAII, h. l8l·l; m. ,ToxRe Dmlgc. iv. Emaet,, b. 181G; m. Ezekiel llurns. 3.t;'.i, v. EzitA, b. 181!l. vi. lLrnNAn, b. 1823; still living; m. Joseph Troop. iHG, vii. AnRAIIAM, b. 1824 ; m. 1'1ary Young. viii. l\lAuY, h. 1827 ; m. Stephen Milbury. 317, ix. ,facon FmTz, b. 1827. 15? . ELIAS6 IlI~NT ( Samuel," Ebene:zer,' Josepli, 3 Joseph,' Jolin•) was born in Granville, N. S., in 1785. He married first, 1811, .i\lary Ann Van Bia.scorn. He married second, Susan Anthony. Children of Elias and l\fary : i. ANNR, 7 b. 18 I 2. 318, ii. ,JosErn, b. 181G. iii. l\LuuA, b. 1819. iv. ELIZABE'fll, b. 1821. v. Gt-:OIWINA, h. 1823. vi. ,Jorrn, h. 182G; d. unm. vii. EBENE7.ER, h. 1828; m. Elizabeth l\forrison. viii. Rum, h. 1832. ix. GE01w1~ TuonAs, b. 1835; m. Horatia Gesner. Children of Elias and Susan: i. "'lf,LIAM. ii. A1,num, m. Laura Sulis. 7 104 BENT FAllIILY. 156 8 3 2 1 CHARLES BENT ( Samiiel, • Ebene:zer,' Joseplt, Joseph, John ) was born in Granville, N. S., l 787. He mnrried, 181-i, Elizabeth, born in Granville, N. S., 1780, 353, v. ISAAC, h. ,June 3, 1805. vi. FANNY, h. Oct. 8, 180fi; m. J\fay 18, 18.14, Lewis Thayer. vii. lIA1mrnT, b. ,Jnly ii, 180!1; m. Nathaniel Newcomb. 3r,J, viii. S,ulUEL, b. ,Juue 30, 1812. ix ..J,urns, b. Sept. 27, 1815. 159 6 3 2 1 TsAAC B1•,NT (Nedab/alt, ~ Ebenc:zer,' Joseph, Joseph, John ), fan11cr, wns horn in what is now Quincy, Mass., about 1777; died in Vienna, :i\le., Fr.Ii. 7, l8fi!), :c. 8t; lived after marriage in New ~li:11·1111, l\ le., exc1•pt tire lm,t. eight year.~ of hiM life which were spent with hi::! son in Vienna, Mc. Ile marric(l, April (i, 1800, 1'1rs. Rn.rnl1 (Nm\'comh) Brown of Qniney, a native of \rel!Heet, l\lass. l)hc died Oct. ao, 18!i,1-. Cliil Samuel T. Bent. From 1837 to 1871, Deacon A iv. HANNAII EuzABETII, b. 181!) ; d. 1820. v. STILLMAN, h. 182l; 11. 1823. 3G3, vi. Eu.1,w, b. l\foy 27, 182:.l. vii. ELIZAHETII IL\NJ'f,rn, h. l\fay 4, 1825; d. in Boston, Nov. 23, 1882; a line singer; m. l\foy 12, 185;1, George 1V. Parmenter, a well known drng-giHt, at the corner of Hanover nm! Par menter Streets. BoRtou, :mil hrot.hcr of .Judge ,vmiam E. Parmenter. One chiltl, Elizabeth F. Parmenter,8 living unm. in Camhrid~11, l\Ia~R. Yiii .•Tmn:1·11, h. 1\i:1y :! I, 182!) ; drnw111)1l in Fox T,akr., "\ViH., wl1ile pl1·:11111w ~:dling-, (kl.. IH7fi, :i•. •17; wa:11•1nplo_y1:1I in tho !•'ox Lake hauk, :1111I like hi11 hrotlwrs was a ~ornl si11ge1·; m. Oct. 2H, 18G7,. l\[rR. Lneretfa Spring; no children. 1H3 NATIIANmL6 DENT ( Jolm, • Ebene:i:e1·, 4 Joseph, 3 Joseplt, • Jolin'), cracker baker, was Lorn in Milton, Mass., abont 1783; SEVENTH GENERATION. 164: 7 6 3 1 NEWELL IltrnT ( Tltoinas , Jrison, • Tlwmas, • IIopestill, Peter, 1 John ) was born in Su 1810; died in Orono, Penohscot County, 1'.vfe., Sept. 10, 18fi5. He manicd, ,Tnnc 2:~, 18:l!J, l\folirnla, born in Oi-o110, Aug. 2.:i, 1808, died in Orono, April U, 1881, daughter of ,James Lunt. No children. Mrs. Bent a 166 TnollIAS ELBRIDGE7 BENT ( Thomas, 0 Jason, 6 Tlwmas, • liope still,3 Pete1·; Jo!tn'), farmer, was born June 18, 1812, in Sud bury, Mass., where he is still living. Ile married first, ,Tan. 28, 184!>, 1\fatilila Louisa Phelps, who dic1l in S1111ln1ry, .T11ly 7, 187~. He marric Hi7 JoNATIIAN PATCH7 BENT ('l'!wmas,6 Ja8on, • T!wmrts,4 IIope-. still; Pete1·; Jo!tn'), farmer, was born in Smllmry, Mass., Feb. 26, 1817; lived in the part of Stow taken in 1871, with a part of Sudbury, to form the town of l\fayn:ml, where he died ,Tan.!), 18D2, re. nearly 7 5. He married, April 29, 1845, Clarissa A. Smith, born in Sudbury, Feb. 6, 1829, died in Maynard, Oct. 14, 1887, re. 58, daughter of Elisha and Clarissa (Parks) Smith. Children, all born in part of Stow now Maynard: i. l<'inm1,:rtrCK,8 h. 18,1!); 11. 18-19. ii. lfaLEN 1HA1:u, b. March 22, 1851; living in l\faynard, l\Jass.; m. Apl'il 24, 188!!, Herbert Curtis of New York City, where he die1l Dec. 15, 1891. iii. JENNIE BLANCHE, b. July 28, 1853; d. Jan. 22, 1863. iv. E~rnA, h. ,Tuly 27, 1855; m. ,June 8, 1881, "rilliam Andrews of Lowell, l\Iuss. v. SAUAU w., h . .l\fay 22, 1859. vi. ,Jo11N, h. An).{. 24, 18Gl; 111 ••lnly 2fi, 189:1, Tsahelfo 8. Re1ling tou of J:it.tldo11, N. II., tlau. o[ llcul'y C. ltedi11glo11. 011u chil1l, He1try Rediugton Beul," I.,. iu Littlctou, N. 11., !larch 26, 1896. vii. JAm:s R1~Ao, h. April 19, 1864; living in l\faynartl, l\fass., wlu,re he is in the ice business; m. Aug. I, 1888, l\fary Eliza. beth "Whitney, 1,, l\fay 31, I 867, da.u. of Artemas arul Lucy (Pease) Whitney of l\foy11a.r1l. Two chil1lre11, h. in l\faynanl: I. Pauline Be11t,9 b. Dec. :U, 18!!2. 2. TVkitne!J .Jonathan Bent, b. Oct. 12, 18!)5. viii. KATE, b. 18fi7; d. 1867. DENT FAMILY. 109 168 RUFUS 1IURLilURT7 TIF.NT ('17wmrts, 0 Jason,6 T!tomas,' IIope 1 still,3 Peter,' ,Jolw. ) was horn in Su Me. He married first, Dec. 2, 1835, Lurenia Fairbanks, born Aug. 18, 1812, died Oct. 7, 1860, re. 48. He married second, April 23, 1867, Mrs. Sarah H. (Stickney) Pearson, born Dec. 6, 1826; living in Bangor, Mc. No chihlrcn by the second wifo. Children of John P. and Lurcnia: i. JorrN PATcn,8 b. Jan. 25, 1837; d. in Galveston, Texas, Sept. 28, 1858. ii. W1LLIAllI WINSLOW, b. ,July 8, 1838; d. Feb. 1 0, 1843. iii. ANNA Lumrn1A, h. ,fan. G, 18-10; 173 LEVI DnOOKS7 IlENT ( TVilliam II.,6 Smnnel,5 Tliomas,' IIope still," I'etei·,2 Jolin') was born in Fitzwilliam, N. IL, Sept. 12, 1817; • A descendant of Robert Sawin, who settled early in Watertown, Mass. BENT J!'Al\lILY, il3 he (liF. 178 A. Ar.LEN7 IlENT ( llyman, 6 Samuel, 5 Tlwma.~, 4 Ilopestill, 3 1 Peter," Jolm ) was horn in Fitzwilliam, N. II., ,Jan. 2!J, Hi:W; living in Boston, l\fa1:1s. Although hronght np on "a stem and rock-Loun Children, all born in Fitzwilliam, N. H. : i. 1I1m111,;1::r3 P1111.urs, h. l\Iarch 18, 1851; d. Sept. 2V, 1853. ii. A1:-r1w1t LYNJrorrn Pmu11·s, b. Sept. 7, 1854; living in Wi11che1ulo11, l\Iass.; m. Oet. 7, 1878, Hattie l\I. Keith, b. ,July !J, 18ii8, 1lau. of Henry arnl Eunice Keith of ,vinchen dou. Two ehiltlren : 1. Goldie August,i Plti'llips, b. Dec. 14, 187!J. 2. Winslow Keit!t Phillips, b. Feb. 12, 18!>1. iii. ,vu.nmt lIENltY P111u1Ps, b. Feb. 8, 1856; living in Lco- 111i11fit,cr, l\faH~.; 111. Aug. G, 188,t, Carrio A., 11:tn. of Edwin :1.11cl Carol inn lli1,o of ( brd1uir, l\fass. No eliild1·e11. iv. C111,:sT1m ll1,:1w1m'I' 1'1111.1.ll'H, h. l\fay 27, 18G8; Jiving in }'itzwillia.111, N. IT., whern he carries on the oltl Hyman Bent farm in addition to nmniug a store arnl the post ollice at State Lim•, a mile i;outh of hii; home; ha1- heen selectman several y1::1rH; m. April 20, 18!J2, Auna l\L, d:m. of Alvah l\I. and l\Iartha A1111 ( Parker) Merrill of Plymouth, N. H. One chil1l, 1lfarguerite Pltillips, b. in Fitzwilliam, N. H., Sept. 13, 18!>4. 180 MAPJA7 DENT (llyman,• Samuel,5 Tlwmas,' IIopestz"ll, 3 Peter,2 1 Jolm ) was born in Fitzwilliam, N. H., Oct. 13, Ul28. Resides in Gardner, :Mass. She married, Oct. 12, 1853, l\Iarcus ,v right, Lorn April 23, 1825, diecl Feb. 22, 1883, son of Nathaniel :incl Susan (Ellgell) 1Vright of Gardner, antl a descendant of ,John ·wright who settled in ·Woburn, l\fass., in 16,!0. Lois Maria, a child by Marcus "\Vright's first wifo, Maria S. Sawin, has always lived in the family. Child, born in (South) Gardner: 1. L1-:w11- As111.1-;,8 ,v1w:1n, b. ,June 2/i, l8Gl ; living in South ( l:mlner, wlwrn hn op«>rnfoR the :;aw-mill start.c1l hy l1is gn!at granclfath1•r, ,Joseph \Vright, at the beg-inning of the l!Jth cm1l.11r.r; m. l\lard1 J:i, 1888, Edith, 1lan. of C:ustavns Nowell ol' 11:irv:inl, Mass. ( )110 1·liild, Jlli.r.rC'!ts Nc1uell Wrig!tt, h. in 8011th Gardner, .la11. :W, l 88!J. 181 EL11IINA 7 n,~NT ( llyman, 6 Sanmel, 6 Tlwmas, • IIopestill, 3 Peter, 2 1 Jolm ) was born in .Fitzwilliam, N. II., June 16, 1830; living in Sonth Gardner, J\Iass. She married, Nov. 15, 1859, Joseph Green of Hubbardston, :Mass., born Feb. 12, 1832, son of ,Joseph and Sally (Foster) Green, and a descendant of John Green of Charles town, l\Iass., llioi. Children, all horn in Gardner : i. ,vn1.r.ur IIn1AN8 G1t1mN, b. Oct. 23, 1862; living in South Garduer, l\foss.; 111. Oct.11, 18!)2, Emma, b. in \Vestminster, ,r:111. 4, 18/i7, tlau. of Sewall \Vhitcomb and l\Ia.ry Jane (Bick ford) Seaver. 116 BENT FAi\ITLY. ii. ALLEN AmrnArr Gmmx, b. Nov. 3, 1866; m. first, ,Tan. 12, 1886, Kate Osgoo1l, who d. in Garllner, April 11, 1895; m. secornl, May 27, 18!!7, :Mary l\lorrisy of Gimlner. Oue ch il BENT FAMILY. 117 ii. C1TAnu:s "\VINFRF.D "\VmTNt•:Y, b. Aug. 4, 1877; m•• Julia. Cloutier of Marlboro'. iii. Ron1mT LYNMO!m "\VmTNEY, b. Sept. 10, 1880. 184 Rommrc LESLni7 DENT (llyman, 6 Samuel, 6 Tlioma.~, ◄ Hope- 1 8till, 3 Peter; Jolm ) was horn in :Fitzwilliam, N. H., March 22, 18413; dic We shall hold him in grateful rememhrance for his rare ability, for his loyalty, integrity, strong hantl antl ge11ero118 heart. He married, ,July 10, 18u6, Mary L . .A.11:tms, born ,Jan. 22, 1849, daughter of Silas an 371. ii. GEORGE HENRY, b. June 19, 183G. iii. ELLEN l\I., b. 1838 ; d. 1842. iv. SAr.An CHAPLIN, b. July 25, 1841; living unm. in North Cam bridge. v. l\IAHY EM111A, b. Nov. 24, 1843; living unm. in North Cam bridge. vi. FANNrn ELIZA, h. J\forch 13, 184G; living in Newton, Mass.; m. Oct. 21, 1873, Charles llunt of Hoston, Capt. Co. G., 4-ith Reg. l\lass. Vols. in Civil W nr. Four chil 187 Lucrns PmLir7 BEN1' ( 1'/wmas, 6 Jonatlian, ~ Tliomas,' Hope still,3 Peter,' Jo!tn'), farmer and insurance agent, was born June 14, 1833, in Sudbury, Mass., where he has always lived, except two yenrs before marriage spcut iu a store in Framingham. He has been moderator at town meetings several times. He married, July 8, 1857, Lauretta, daughter of Aaron and Lois (Hosmer) Hunt. Children, all born in Sudbury: i. Lucrus ELLSWOitTn,8 b. June 23, 18Gl; living in North Sud bury; m. l\Iay 31, 18!)0, Annie I. Ward of W aylancl; no children. ii. LAURETTA Jos1~rmNE, b. 1ifo.rch 1, 1864; living in Natick, l\fass.; grmluatcd from State Normal School at Framingham and afterwards made a study of the organ; m. March 1, 1886, 1V alter Leslie Felch, a shoe mfr. in Natick. iii. GRACE EDNA, h. 18G!J; a. 1s10. iv. l\IATTrn BLANCim (twin), b. Scpt. lG, 1870; educated in State N01;mal School at Framingham and Normal Art School, Boston; m. April lG, 18!):3, George Frank Cutting, who keeps a hotel in l\fayuar,l, Mass. v. Runr BLAN Cills ( twin), b. Sept. lG, 1870; 188 TnoMAS ALBERT7 BENT ( Thornas,6 Jonathan,6 Thomas,41Iope 1 still,3 Peter,2 Jolm ), carpenter, was born in Sudbury, l\Iass., July 31, 1835 ; living in Somerville, Mass. He married Rebecca H. Brigham of Sudbury. Children: i. LEWIS ALnERT Bmorr.A.M,8 b. 1864; d. April 4, 1882. ii. CARRIE FRANCES, living unm. with her parents. 189 CYRUS ANDERSON7 BENT ( Thomas, 8 Jonathan, 5 Tlwrna,~,' liope 1 st·ill,3 Peter,2 Jolm ) was born Feb. 1, 1840, in Sudbury, l\Iass., where he died Sept. 28, 1879, oo. 39. He married, Sept. 7, 1862, Lauretta Sophia, daughter of George and Abby Parmenter of Sud bury, where Mrs. Bent still resides. Children: i. ELL.A. MELISSA,8 b. Dec. 21, 1863; living in Clinton, N. Y.; m. June 10, 1884, Rev. Matthew D. Sill of Niclwlville, N. Y. ii. CIIA.RLES, b. 1868; d. 186\J. iii. FRED, b. 1871 ; d. 1871. iv. Hmnm:nT N1~WTON, b. Aug. 30, 1875; freight agent in South Framingham, Mass. 190 GEORGE HENRY7 BENT ( Tlwmas,6 Jonathan/ Tlwmas, • Hope still, 3 Pete1·,2 John'), farmer, was born May 8, 1846, in Sudbury, Mass.; still living in the north part of the town. He married, Oct. 26, 1865, Lydia Ann, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Battles of' Sudbury. Children, all born in Sudbury except ii. and iii., born in Somer ville, Mass. : i. CARIUE JANg,8 h. Dec. 9, 1866; m. Nov. 5, 1881, Hiram llayues, :M, of Smllmry. i. GEORGE LUMAN, b. Feb. 3, 1870; farmer and station agent at Sudbury Centre; m. first, Nov. 10, 18\J0, Sarah E., dun. of Albert "\V. and Helen I!'. Rice of Sudbury ; m. second, April 2, 18\J!}, Evie Parmenter of Sudhury. One child by first marriage, Grace Eloise, b. Sept. 30, 1891. iii • .ANNIE G., b. 1873 ; d. 187G. iv. C11A1tu:s E1rnRS'l', h. ,Tune 4, 187G. v. Tno~[AS BA'l''l'LES, b. Feb. 27, 1878; a. Dec. 25, 1885. vi. SAMUEL ELBRIDGE, b. Sept. 7, 1880; saw service in 6th l\Iass. Reg. in Cuban campaign, 1898. GOV. CHARLES BENT, OF NEW MEXICO. DENT FAl\IILY. 121 191 5 FRANCIS EuGENE7 BENT ( Tltoma.~, 8 Jonatltan, Tltomas,' Ilope 1 still,3 Pcte·r,' Jolm ) was born Dec. 30, 1848, in Sudbury, l\fasa., where he still lives. He has been town treasurer, constable and tax collectot· for many years. He married, Oct. 31, 1871, Abbie E., dauglitct· of George and Sarah Smith of Suclbury. Chiklren, all born in Sudbury : i. S,uuu E.,8 b. Nov. 29, 1874; m. Lum:.i.n Emory Conant of Waltham, l\Iass. ii. G1mTHUllF. E., b. Nov. 27, 1877; d. iii. A1,1cg EsnrnR, b. April 2!l, 1881. iv. F1:ANGES ELLA, h. l\Iay 31, 188G. 192 CuAnLES7 BEN'.r ( Silas, 8 Silas,• EliJalt, • IIopestill, 3 Peter,' Joltn') wns born in Charleston, (West) Virginia, Nov. 11, 1799; killed by the Indians at Taos, N. M., Jan. 19, 1847. About the year 1826 four of the Dent brothers, Charles, 'William, George and Robert, together with Ocran St. Vrain, went from the Upper Mis souri ot· Sioux County ( whither they ha Cannonsburg College, Washington Co., Penn., admitted to the bar in Missouri about 1825, and l!OOn after was appointed clerk of the Circuit Court and recorder of ,Jefferson County, at Herculaneum, Mo. About a. year afterward he returned to St. Louis, arnl in 1828 was a representative to the State Legislature, where his omtorieal powers, as well as urbanity of manner, soon attracte Children of 1Villiam C. and Dorcas (Bent) Carr: i. DAnNEY8 CARR, b. June 2!J, 1831 ; living in St. Louis; m. l\fary E. Dyer. .Four chil iv. ,TULIA, m. Eclwar "Scarcely an acre," he significantly adds, "of the surroumiing area within the radius of hundrecls of miles but has been the scene of many deadly encounters with the wily red man." BENT COUNTY, COLORADO. Bent Oounty, Colorado, was authorized by legislative act of February, 1870, it having been part of Las Animas and Pueblo Counties previously. The original county seat was Las Animas, but this was soon changed to Boggsville. The county is 110 miles long and 84 miles wide, having an area of nearly 9500 square miles, about the size of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The Arkansas River nms through the entire length of the county, a little south of the centre, and the Atchii-on Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad follows the bank of the river. The county is in the south eastern part of t110 state, the eastern boundary being Kansas. The surface in general is a grassy plain, which up to 1872 was occupied by great herds of buffalo and antelope. Its modern growth as a farming country did not begin until 1886-87. The population in 1890 was about 20,000, but it has increased largely since then. 198 7 6 3 2 MARY BENT ( Silas , Silas•, Elifah-4, Hopeslill , Peter , John') was born Jan. 25, 1811, in St. Louis, Mo., where she died :March 3, 1866, aged 55; marrie,l Oct. 22, 18115, M:~jor ,To11atha11 Leet Bean, U. S. A., born ,July 14, 1800, dic1l ,T11ly lti, 18ii1L Chil BENT FAMILY. 129 ceived nt the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. He became a midshipmnn July 1, 1836, mnster in 1849, and lieutenant Aug. 1, 1849. In the latter position he conducted a series of surveys on the coast of ,Japan during Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedi tion, which resulted in the opening to the world of the ports of that hitherto exclusive country. Bayard Taylor, who took part in the expedition, says in his "A Visit to India, China and Japan in the Y car 18113," published two years later: "Too much credit, how ever, cannot be awarded to the different officers, and especially to· Lieut. Bent, for the coolness and courage with which they prose cuted their work. 'When we consider that this, one of the greatest Lays in the world, had hitherto never been surveyed, the interest nml value of their labors will be better understood." Before this Lieut. Bent had been on the U. S. Brig Preble, 14 guns, with Connnan