Person:Peter Bent (6)

Watchers
m. 27 Feb 1705
  1. Peter Bent1706/07 - 1798
  • HPeter Bent1706/07 - 1798
  • W.  Mary (add)
m. Bef 1733
  1. Peter Bent1733 - 1740
  2. Sarah Bent1735 - 1825
  3. Mary Bent1737 - 1833
  4. Jabez Bent1738/39 - 1740
  5. Patience Bent1740/41 - 1837
  6. Deborah Bent1742/43 - 1745
  7. Ann Bent1744/45 - 1828
  8. Peter Bent1746/47 - 1801
  9. Jabez Bent1748/49 - 1817
  10. Deborah Bent1750/51 - 1755
  11. Abigail Bent1754 - 1837
Facts and Events
Name[3] Peter Bent
Gender Male
Birth[1] 20 Mar 1706/07 Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1733 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Mary (add)
Death[2][4] 11 Mar 1798 Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1908)
    p. 27.

    BENT, Petter, s. Petter and Abigal, [born] March 20, 1706-7.

  2. Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1908)
    p. 344.

    BENT, Mr. Peter, [died] March 11, 1798 [a. 91, GS2]
    [Birth about 1707. GS2=High School or Old Common Cemetery]

  3. Hudson, Charles. History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: from its first settlement in 1657 to 1861 : with a brief sketch of the town of Northborough, a genealogy of the families in Marlborough to 1800, and an account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town. (Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862)
    p. 325.

    Peter Bent [#8-12], s/o Peter Bent [#2-8] and Abigail Barnes, b. 20 Mar 1707, d. 11 Mar 1798, m. Mary ---. Representative to General Court and to Provincial Congress.

  4. Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
    File 1641: Peter Bent 1798.

    Will of "Peter Bent of Marlborough ... yeoman", dated 1 Feb 1786, names wife Mary; two sons Peter and Jabez; Daughters viz: Sarah [Sarah the Wife of Alpheus Woods] Abigail [Daughter Abigail the Wife of the said Benaijah Brigham] & Ann [Ann unmarried, given an extra bequest to make her equal to her married sisters]; Daniel Stevens a son of my said Daughter Ann; daughter Mary Fay; Daughter Patience the wife of Capt Seth Newton. Sons Peter and Jabez to be executors.
    "27 Mar 1797" [sic, 1798] Heirs cited to appear to prove will.
    4 Apr 1798: Will proved. Bond of executors, sons Jabez and Peter, posted the same day.