Judge Thomas "John" DENT

1630 - 1676  (45 years)

• Name	Thomas "John" DENT
  Prefix	Judge
  Nickname	John
  Birth	12 Sep 1630	Gisborough, East Riding, Yorkshire County, England
  Gender	Male
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Dent,_Sr.	[1]
  	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Dent,_Sr.
  Immigrated to Maryland	Abt 1658	St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America   [1]
  	Immigrated to Maryland
  Vestryman	1661	St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America   [1]
  	Vestryman
  Name	Thomas Dent  [1]
  Occupation	1665	St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America   [1]
  	Sheriff
  Occupation	1669	St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America   [1]
  	Coroner
  Occupation	Between 1669 and 1675	St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America   [1]
  	Member of the Lower House
  _FSFTID	LYSY-7WH
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LYSY-7WH
  _UID	0A9CE170C0F945919A5DA50ED60B24457AC5
  Death	22 Apr 1676	Hulls Neck, St Mary's County, Maryland
  Burial	Christ Church Durham Parish Cemetery, Ironsides, Charles, Maryland   [1]
  Person ID	I30941	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Sir Peter DENT,   b. 1600, Ormesby, Yorkshire, England d. 1671, Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Lady Argaret NICHOLSON,   b. 26 Sep 1601, Hutton, East Riding, Yorkshire, England d. 5 Feb 1687, Hutton, East Riding, Yorkshire, England (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	31 Aug 1617	Cleveland, Yorkshire, England   [2]
  Family ID	F536729814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca WILKINSON,   b. 1633, Lynnhaven Parish, Norfolk, Virginia, Colonial America d. 5 Feb 1687, Hutton, Yorkshire, England (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1648	St Mary's, Maryland   [1]
  Children	1. Martha DENT,   b. 1650, St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America d. 1709, St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America (Age 59 years)   2. Rebecca Elizabeth DENT,   b. Apr 1653, Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America d. 1710, Prince George's County, Maryland, British Colony (Age ~ 56 years)   3. Margaret DENT,   b. 1660, St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America d. 1693, St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  (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. ****************** 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. ************* 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. ****************** 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. ********** 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] ****** 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 6 Jan 2024), entry for Thomas "John" DENT, person ID LYSY-7WH. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 6 Jan 2024), entry for Peter Dent, person ID LH5J-6XK. (Reliability: 3).