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Facts and Events
Will of Thomas Avent
- 21 Sept 1756 - Will of Thomas Avent, Parish of Albemarle, Co. of Sussex.
- To son William; to son Peter; to grandson Thomas Avent, son of John Avent, dec'd; to my five granddaughters, daughters of Thomas Avent, dec'd; to my daughter Mary Vincent; to my daughter Sarah Fox.
- Exec. son William Avent and son-in-law Thomas Vinson.
- Proved 18-Nov-1757.
- [Source: Sussex Co., VA, Will book A, p. 80].
Records in Virginia
- Death recorded in the Albemarle Parish register 1739-78, p. 164, that he died in Sussex Co., 31 October 1757, age 86. His son, William Avent being the informant. [Source: REGISTER OF ALBEMARLE PARISH, SURRY AND SUSSEX COUNTIES, 1739-1779, Gertrude R. B. Richards, 1958, p. 164, 214].
- Col. Thomas Avent.... was married to Margaret Elizabeth Gooch, the daughter of William Gooch and Ursula Claiborne Gooch. Col. Thomas Avent was the first Avent known to come to America... he was serving as a Colonel in the English Army... sent here with a regiment of English soldiers under his command to protect the white colonies against invasions by the Indians...His will listed the following children. William Avent, Peter Avent, Thomas Avent son of John Avent deceased, Mary Avent Vincent, Sarah Avent Fox, and someone named Athaliah Casiah Norris. He died in 1756. The will is recorded in Will Records of Sussex County, Virginia. [Source: "The Avent/Avant Family", by Mrs. LaVerne Avant Carter, 1970].
- Will of Thomas Avent, September 1756, Sussex County, VA, probated, 1757, Sussex County, Virginia Will Book A., p. 80. Devises land to his son, William Avent in Sussex Co., VA and in Northampton County, NC and also appoints him an executor. It appears that William Avent did not long outlive his father.
Citations
- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bobbaker&id=I11381
- http://www.aventfamily.org/tomavent.htm
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).
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