Family:William Trent and Ursula Branch (1)

No marriage nor will records prove Ursula's maiden name. Based on indirect evidence, she may have been Ursula Branch, daughter of Samuel Branch.

Barbara R. Marsh, a descendent of William Trent, notes that the Branches and Trents were already closely associated by marriage.

-- William Trent's aunt, Ann Sherman, married Ursula's uncle, Christopher Branch.

-- William Trent's brother, Henry, married Edith Harris, Ursula's first cousin once-removed.

-- Another of William's brother, Alexander, married Obedience Branch, Ursula's first cousin.

Ursula Branch was under 21 when her father died in 1700. Based on court records, Marsh estimates Ursula would have been 17 or 18 in 1709, the year William and Ursilla Trent were probably married.

Ursula Branch's great-grandfather, Christopher Branch, immigrated to Virginia in 1619/20. Christopher and wife, Mary Addie, have been identified as earliest American ancestors of Thomas Jefferson by Order of First Families.