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Elizabeth Bent
chr.13 Oct 1782 Luton, Bedfordshire, England
bur.15 Mar 1826 Luton, Bedfordshire, England
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m. 11 Oct 1781
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m. 30 May 1803
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[edit] ChildhoodElizabeth Bent was baptised on 13th October 1782 at Luton in Bedfordshire. She was the daughter of a James Bent and his wife Susannah Sheffield, who had married the previous year at Shillington, a few miles north-east of Luton. Elizabeth was the eldest of seven children. The second child's baptism describes the family's abode as Ashwell Bridge, which is in the parish of Luton but a couple of miles south of the town itself (which is not labelled on most modern maps, but is at East Hyde village). [edit] AdulthoodOn 30th May 1803, when Elizabeth was 20, she married William Marshall, an agricultural labourer from Chiltern Green, another hamlet in the rural part of Luton parish, and very close to Ashwell Bridge. Less than a month after Elizabeth's marriage, her father James died of a fever, aged 57. The following year Elizabeth and William named their first son James. Elizabeth and William moved to Peters Green - very close to Chiltern Green, but just over the border into Kimpton parish in Hertfordshire. Most of their eight or nine children were born in Kimpton parish, except the youngest, Sarah, who was born in King's Walden (but baptised at Kimpton). In 1826, Elizabeth died, aged 43. She was buried at Luton on 15th March 1826, although the burial record notes that she was from King's Walden. The 1841 census finds Elizabeth's widower William and some of their children living at Diamond End in King's Walden parish, which is extremely close to Peters Green and therefore probably where the family had moved just before Elizabeth's death. References
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