Martha DENT

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• Name: Thomas Dent
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• Immigrated to Maryland: Abt 1658, St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America
• Vestryman: 1661, St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America
• Occupation: 1665, St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America; Sheriff
• Occupation: 1669, St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America; Coroner
• Occupation: Between 1669 and 1675, St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America; Member of the Lower House

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(Judge Thomas Dent) Lawyer, merchant, planter. Came to America in 1643.

Several government positions. Land owned at death over 1000 acres, plus three plantations of undetermined acreage.

Will dated 28 Mar 1676, proven 21 Apr 1676.

Faith: protestant.

==== Will - Contributed USGenWeb Archives by Barbara Long Emery Dent, Thomas, St. Mary's Co. 28 Mch., 1676 21st Apr., 1676
To son William and hrs., "Westbury Manor" and part of land at Nanjemy, Chas. Co.

To son Thomas and hrs., residue of sd. land at Nanjemy, Chas. Co.

To sons Peter and George, and hrs., "Gisbrough" and "Brothers' Joint Interest" in Chas. Co., equally.

To dau. Margaret and hrs., 1 A. in St. Mary's Co.

To wife Rebecca, execx., and hrs., land on Portobacco Clifts, Chas. Co. Test: Wm. Hatton, Wm. Harper.


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3. 14 Aug 1631 - bapt of Thomas at Guisborough.

Circa 1659, emigrated to Maryland with his cousin John Dent and his nephew Nicholas Proddy

****Quaker?
This region of Westmorland and Yorkshire was populated with sturdy, independent yeoman farmers who were not sympathetic to Puritanism. With geographically huge parishes, and far-flung manors unable or unwilling to exert the same close control as in the more densely populated south, people could more freely express their dissatisfaction with tithes and rents. The Pilgrimage of Grace of 1536 should probably be seen more as a tenant revolt than as a pietistic attempt to restore the old Catholic religion. The issues raised in the 1530s were still alive more than a century later when they merged with the Quaker testimony against compulsory tithes to support an established church. The area produced a number of Friends in 1652 and thereafter.

John Dent of Sedbergh, and
Thomas and Agnes WILKINSON of Dent became Friends, but their precise relationship with our line (if any) has not yet been discovered by me.[2] If a reader can help out, I'd appreciate hearing from you.

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Is this John??https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GMRS-5L7


Thomas Dent, b. 1631 in Guisborough; d. 1676; m. Rebecca WILKINSON; emigrated to Maryland. In the 1684 Visitation of Cambridgeshire, he is listed under his brother Peter's register, as having "ob. in Maryland in the West Indies."[9]



Col. Thomas Dent Sr., Gent. (1630? 1676), Justice, Sheriff, and member of the Lower House of the Maryland General Assembly.
Thomas was born about 1630 in the Parish of Guisborough, Yorkshire, England making him slightly less than thirty years of age upon his arrival in America around 1658. He resided in Saint Mary's County, Maryland.

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Thomas Dent married Elizabeth Brooks first. Later, he married Rebecca Wilkinson in 1659.

He emigrated to the US about 1652 to Maryland. He named one section of his property in Charles County Gisborough after his birthplace in England.

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Thomas Dent1 was born in Guisborough, Yorkshire about 1630, son of Peter and Margaret (Nicholson), and died in St. Mary's County, Maryland in 1676. Thomas married Rebecca WILKINSON, the daughter of the Rev. William and his first wife, Naomi (HUGHES?).[10]

Thomas established himself as a barrister, and sought quarters on Barristers' Row in St. Mary's City. Cecil CALVERT, Second Lord Baltimore, granted him fifty acres within the town limits, on Aldermansbury Street, which he called "The Lawyer's Lodging."[14]

Thomas was a merchant and planter, as well as a barrister. Between his arrival and 1676 he entered rights for transporting at least 75 people. By 1669 he owned 850 acres. At the time of his death in 1676 he owned 1,083 acres plus three additional plantations of unspecified size.[15] Thomas and Rebecca lived on one of the creeks emptying into the St. Mary's River, on the west bank in St. George's Hundred, where Thomas had his own private landing.[16]

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Thomas died at his plantation "Nanjamie" (also spelled Nanjemoy) in Charles County between 28 March 1676 when he signed his will, and 22 April 1676 when his death was reported to the St. Mary's County court. He was 46 years old, and presumably was ill when he wrote his will. His estate was valued at ?596.8.0 sterling (or 130,129 pounds of tobacco), and included six enslaved humans, eight indentured servants, silver plate, a seal ring, merchandise in the store, and books (among other things). His dwelling plantation was in St. Mary's County; he also owned Nanjemy, or "Nanjemoy Quarters" in Charles County where he kept four of the negro slaves, three white indentured servants, much livestock, and a sailboat.[27] His will was witnessed by William HATTON, his wife's brother-in-law, and William HARPER. They filed a second inventory 9 May 1676, for the St. Mary's County property.[28 ] Thomas named his wife executrix, bequeathed her land on Portobacco Clifts in Charles County, and left specific lands to his children, which are given below.[29] Rebecca filed the estate inventory 7-9 September 1676. Thomas had died before his daughter Barbara was born, so she was not named in his will. Rebecca conveyed 200 acres to William Hatton in trust for Barbara's benefit on 20 November 1676; the deed was later confirmed 6 June 1704 by Rebecca and John ADDISON.[30]

Some of these notes come from the DENT report from RootsWeb. Refrence included in Sources.
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~paxson/southern/dent.html#7dent

Thomas married Rebecca WILKINSON in 1648 in St Mary's, Maryland. Rebecca (daughter of William WILKINSON and Naomi HUGHES) was born in 1633 in Lynnhaven Parish, Norfolk, Virginia, Colonial America; died on 5 Feb 1687 in Hutton, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Guisborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; Apothecary
• Religion: ; Church of England
• Residence: Yorkshire, England; "Guisborough"

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Event Type: LifeSketch
Description: About Rev. Peter Dent
Professor of Natural Sciences at Cambridge University

He was born in Ormesby in Yorkshire (England) about 1600.

A member of the Church of England and an Apothecary by trade, he married Margaret Nicholson about 1625 in Yorkshire. It was also in Yorkshire, at Guisborough, that he died in 1671.

THE WILL OF PETER DENT

In the name of the Lord God my heavenly father and of Jesus Christ my sweet Saviour and Redeemer, Amen.

I, Peter Dent of Gisbrough in the County of York, apothecary, being in health and perfect memory, blessed be the name of God, doe make this my last will and testament the ffifth day of August one thousand six hundred seventy and one, hereby revokeing and making void all wills by me formerly made.

Ffirst, I give and bequeath my soule into the hands of the Allmighty, my blessed and heavenly Creator and Maker, fullly believing to be saved by faith in his mercy throught the meritts of Jesus Christ my alone redeemer and Saviour, my advocate, my all in all.
Item, I bequeath my body to the earth whereof it was made and the same to be buried in the parish of Gisburne aforesaid at the discrecon of my wife and friends.
Item, my will is first that my debts be paid and discharged out of my estate which being done, I give and bequeath unto my sonne Wm Dent all the estate and interest that I have in the dwelling house in Gisbrough aforesaid, wherein he, the said Wm Dent doth now inhabitt, he paying the rent and taxes lyable for the same.
Item, I give and bequeath to my wife, my house & garden and backside, which is in northoutgate called northoutgate house and garden, as alsoe the shep and stock in itt under the tollbooth and the two closes called the Turmyres and which I hold under Edward Chaloner of Gisbrough, Esq.
Item, I give and bequeath to my sonne Peter Dent halfe of all my goods belonging to my Apotheray trade or the value of them, with all the instrunts and other things belonging to itt, my debt books, all other my bookes, one great morter excepted.
Item,, I give to my said sonne Will'm Dent the somme of ten pounds.
Item, I give to my sonne Thomas Dent tenn pounds,
Item, I give to my sonne George Dent the sume of tenn pouonds.
Item, I give to my sonne in law Oliver Prody my great brasse morter now in his shop as alsoe the summe of tenn pounds.
Item, I give to my daughter Dorothy Prody, wife of the said Oliver Prody, the summe of ten pounds and thirteen shilllings and foure pence to buy her a mourning ring.
Item, I give to each of my grandchildren which shall be living at my death tenn shillings as a token of my fatherly blessing upon them.
Item, I give to my daughters in law every one of them a mourneing ring about thirteene shillings foure pence a piece.
Item, I give to the poore of Ormsby five shillings.
Item, I give to Sarah & Abigail Nicholson, James Paul & Elizabeth Dugleby, each of them five shillings.
Item, I give to my sister Eliz. Prody 10s, to Kath Clark & Jane Con each of them 5s & to Eliz & Jane Prody 5s a piece.
Item, I give to (Christ)inna Dent, daughter of my brother Geo Dent, dec'ed, the sume of 10s.
Item, all the rest of my goods, moveable and unmoveable, I give & bequeath to my wife & desire her to discharge my funerall charges & expences not exceeding, but in a decent maner. And I give to the poore of Gisbrough ten pounds to be disposed as she shall think fitt.
Item, I do make my wife Margret Dent sole Executrix of this my last will and testa'nt & desireing her that my daughter Dorothy Proddy if living at my death may have after her mothers death the Northoutgate house and garden and all that belongings to it, except a lodging to my sonne George Dent in the said house dureing his batchlourship onely.
Item, I desire, nominate and appoint my cozen Thomas Proddy and my cozen Thomas Spencer to be sup'visors of this my last will and to each of them I give tenn shillings.
In witness whereof I have here unto sett my hand and seale the day and yeare above written.

Peter Dent

Sealed and published in the p(re)sence of

Ger. Ffox
Ja Wylnne
5 Oct 1671 - probate issued

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Peter married Lady Argaret NICHOLSON on 31 Aug 1617 in Cleveland, Yorkshire, England. Argaret (daughter of William John NICHOLSON and Winfrey CROFFE) was born on 26 Sep 1601 in Hutton, East Riding, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 8 Mar 1602 in Horton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England; died on 5 Feb 1687 in Hutton, East Riding, Yorkshire, England; was buried in 1688 in St. Nicholas Churchyard Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Description: THE WILL OF MARGARET NichollsON DENT
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In the name of God Amen.

I, Margaret Dent of Gisbrough in the County of Yorke, widdow, being of sound and p'fect mind and memory (all praise & thanks be to God for the same) but being aged & infirme & knowing the uncertainty of this life on earth, and being desirous to settle things in order and to dispose of such estate as it hath pleased God to bestow upon mee, as alsoe to p'vent disputes & differences amongst my children and relacons after my death, doe make this my last will & testament in manner & forme following, revokeing and hereby annulling all & every testament & testaments, will & wills whatsoever heretofore by me made & declared either by word or by writeing and this to be taken only for my last will & testament and none other.

First and principally I commend my soule to Almighty God, and my body to the earth to be buried in such decent and Christian manner as to my Executrix herefter named shall be thought meet and convenient.

Item, I give and bequeath to my eldest sonne, William Dent, the summe of eight pounds to be paid within twelve months after my decease, w'ch together with a note for twelve pounds w'ch I lately delivered my said son and w'ch hee formerly received or had secured to him from Zachary Howard of Lofthouse Esq. deceased, the w'ch was due to be paid to me as Executrix to my late husband and whereof I doe hereby discharge him, my said son, maketh upp the summe of twenty pounds.

Item, I give & bequeath to my grandchild, John Dent, sonne of the said William Dent, the summe of three pounds, if hee himselfe come to demand the same.

Item, I give & bequeath to my sonne Peter Dent the summe of twenty shillings.

Item, I give & bequeath to my grandchild Margaret Dent, daughter of the said Peter Dent, the summe of twenty pounds.

Item, I give & bequeath to my sonne George Dent the summe of twenty pounds. As alsoe all my interest & title of, in and (illegible) and all (illegible) I have therein by lease from the Lord, hee paying the yearly rent of two shillings reserved to the Lord for the same.

Item, I give & bequeath to Sarah, his wife, twenty shillings to buy her a ring.

Item, I give & bequeath to my neece Abigail Danby, the summe of fforty shillings.

Item, I give & bequeath to my cosens, Elizabeth Dugleby and James Paule, her brother, to each of them tenne shillings.

Item, I give & bequeath to James Paule, sonne of John Paule, tenne shillings.

Item, I give & bequeath to my cosens, Katherine Clarke and Jane Conne, to each of them, ffive shillings.

Item, I give & bequeath to my nephew, George Dent, glover, the summe of tenne shillings.

Item, I give & bequeath to my neece, Christiana, sister to the said George Dent, glover, the summe of twenty shillings.

Item, I give & bequeath to the poore people of the towne of Gisbrough the summe of tenne pounds.

All the rest of my estate of what kind, nature or quality soever the same be as money, plate, houseing, ground, tenements, goods, chattells, bonds, bills, bookes, and whatever else, my debts and legacies being paid and ffunerall expences being discharged, I give and bequeath to my loving daughter, Dorothy Proddy, widdow, who I do make sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament.

In witness whereof I have herunto put my hand and seale this last day of December in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty six and in the second yeare of the raigne of our Sovraigne Lord King James the Seconed.nd.

Margaret Dent

Signed, sealed and published in the p'sence of us
Ger. Ffox
George HODGSON
Mary Colthirst

The Condition of the Obligation is such, that if Dorothy Proddy do well & truly execute & p'form ye last will & testament of Margaret Dent late of Gisbrough in ye Diocese of Yorke dec'd and do pay her debts and legacies so far as her goods will extend and law shall bind her if also she do exhibit into the (illegible) of (illegible) in Yorke, a true and perfect inventary of all and singular the goods, rights, credits, cattels, and chattels of the said deceased, and do make a true and just accompt of the same when she shall be thereunto lawfully called. And moreover (if need require) enter into further Bond with more sufficient sureties, for performance of the promisses as the Judge of the said Court for the time being shall think requisite and needfull. And lastly do save, defend and (illegible) the within named (illegible) and all other officers and ministers (illegible) of the premisses. Then this obligation to be void and of none effect (illegible) in full force, strength and vertue.

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William married Naomi HUGHES. Naomi was born in 1616 in Yorkshire, England; died in 1655 in Lynnhaven, Norfolk, Virginia, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married Winfrey CROFFE. Winfrey was born in 1559 in Huggate, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; died in 1605 in Huggate, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; was buried on 7 Dec 1605 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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