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Chronological Summary:
John Dent {John2,John1}
Last Update: July 1999
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[c1705 prob Newport W Hundred (Hd) Charles Co MD (Chas Co): John Dent born; father John Dent, mother possibly Catherine ------ (see narrative article on John Dent {John1})] |
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10 Mar 1732/33 Chas Co: John Dent conveyed to Hatch Dent "in consideration of the natural love and brotherly affection which he hath and beareth towards the said Hatch Dent" 144A of "Dent's Inheritance" «Chas Co Deed Bk (ChD) M2:322» |
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1733 "Newport West Side Lower Part" Hd Chas Co: John Dent on tax list with 1 tithable |
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14 Aug 1733 Chas Co: John Dent conveyed to Benjamin Dent "in consideration of natural love and brotherly affection which he hath and beareth towards the said Benjamin Dent" 143A of "Dent's Inheritance" «ChD O2:5» |
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14 Aug 1733 Chas Co: John Dent conveyed to Michael Dent "in consideration of natural love and brotherly affection which he hath and beareth towards the said Michael Dent" 144A of "Dent's Inheritance" «ChD O2:1» |
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11 Jun 1734: in a petition to the MD Provincial Land Office, John Dent of Chas Co stated that his father John Dent in his life time had resurveyed for him a certain tract called "Dent's Inheritance" containing 1169A, of which 509A were vacant lands for which his father John made good rights by paying "for his Lordships use the usual fine"; before a grant for this resurvey could be issued to him, however, the said John died, so the petitioner John Dent "being the Eldest Son and heir at law to his said Father" prayed that a grant of confirmation be issued to him; his petition was granted and a patent issued to him "as prayed for" «MD Land Office Record Bk (LOR) AM1:405». 12 Jun 1734: John Dent issued patent for "Dent's Inheritance" «LOR EI4:259». |
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[c1735 StM Co or Chas Co: John Dent married to Mary [Blackman] (several of John's descendants carried the name "Blackman"; Tabitha Dent {prob his dau} lived on a lease of Thomas Blackman [see Tabitha below])] |
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Son |
[c1737? Chas Co: John Dent born (earliest known child was born in Dec 1760)] |
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Dau |
[1742 Chas Co: Tabitha Dent born (in a Mar 1768 report of his Lordship's Manor of Beaverdam in StM Co, Tabitha Dent age 25 listed as probable resident upon a leasehold originally made out to Thomas Blackman in 1743)] |
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Dau |
[c1745? Chas Co: Anne Dent born] |
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Dau |
[c1749? Chas Co: Mary Dent born] |
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1753 Chas Co: debt books list John Dent with 737A part of "Dent's Inheritance" |
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13 Jun 1753 Chas Co: John Dent and Mary his wife sold to Thomas Dent for 5000 lbs of tobacco sold "... unto Thomas Dent his heirs of his body lawfully begotten for ever and if the said Thomas Dent should die without such heirs to return to the next heir at law", 150A of "Dent's Inheritance" «ChD A3:111» |
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13 Jun 1753 Chas Co: John Dent and Mary his wife sold to Peter Dent for 5000 lbs of tobacco sold "... unto Peter Dent his heirs of his body lawfully begotten for ever and if the said Peter Dent should die without such heirs to return to the next heir at law", 150A of "Dent's Inheritance" «ChD A3:109» |
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12 Nov 1753 Chas Co: John Dent sold to Hatch Dent for £30 sterling money of Great Britain 144A "Dent's Inheritance"; Mary wife of John Dent acknowledged her right of dower «ChD A3:138» [this deed duplicated the 10 Mar 1732/33 deed to Hatch] |
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1754-74 Chas Co: debt books list John Dent with 437A part of "Dent's Inheritance" |
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Dau |
[c1754? Chas Co: Sarah Dent born] |
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14 Oct 1754 Chas Co: John Dent sold to Michael Dent for £30 sterling money of Great Britain 148A of "Dent's Inheritance"; Mary wife of John Dent acknowledged her right of dower «ChD A3:235» [this deed duplicated the 14 Aug 1733 deed to Michael] |
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22 Oct 1755 Trinity Par Chas Co: vestrymen and church wardens met at newly built parish church, at which time a large number of Protestant freeholders of the parish met according to notice and declared their desire to have pews distributed through lottery scheme proposed by parish vestry; those present included: church warden Hatch Dent, and freeholders Thos Dent, Michael Dent, Peter Dent, Benjamin Dent and John Dent Senr «Trinity Par Vestry Prcdgs (TPVP)» |
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18 Dec 1755 Trinity Par: 2/3 of pew no. 13 assigned to John and Michael Dent, who paid £2.6.8. 31 May 1756 Trinity Par: 1/3 of pew no. 13 assigned to Benjamin Dent, who paid £1.3.4 «TPVP» |
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3 Dec 1757 Chas Co: John Dent sold to Benjamin Dent for £30 sterling money of Great Britain 143A of "Dent's Inheritance"; Mary wife of John Dent acknowledged her right of dower «ChD G3:146» [this deed duplicated the 14 Aug 1733 deed to Benjamin] |
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Son |
[c1760 Chas Co: Hatch Dent born] |
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Aug 1760 Trinity Par: following were on list of parishioners contributing to aid sufferers from Boston fire, with amounts given: Hatch Dent, £0.11.3; John Dent Jr {son of Hatch}, £0.3.4; Benjamin Dent, £0.7.6; John Dent, £0.7.6; Michael Dent, £0.7.6; and Thomas Dent, £0.7.6 «Calendar of Md State papers, Black Bk series #1010 X, 132» |
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15 Mar 1774: upon petition to the MD Provincial Land Office, John Dent was issued a warrant of survey for 101/2A of vacant land adjoining "Dent's Inheritance", having paid 10s 6d caution money «LOR WS #17:67». 8 Jun 1774: John Dent issued certificate of survey for "Dent's Addition" of 97A adjoining "Dent's Inheritance" «LOR BC&GS #51:177». [date?]: John Dent received patent for "Dent's Addition" «LOR BC&GS #52:8». |
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7 Aug 1777 Chas Co: John Dent sold to Michael Dent 21A of "Dent's Addition" «ChD V3:201» |
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7 Aug 1777 Chas Co: John Dent sold to Thomas Dent 14A of "Dent's Addition" «ChD V3:203» |
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Early 1778 Newport W Hd Chas Co: John Dent Sr on constable's list of men over 18 years of age «Chas Co Court Proceedings Book (ChCP) X3:630-640» |
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10 Apr 1778 Chas Co: Henry Dent, Walter Dent, Thomas Dent, John Dent Sr, Benjamin Dent, Peter Dent and William Dent took oath of fidelity to State of MD before magistrate Joshua Sanders [of Bryantown Hd] «ChCP X3:641-651» |
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1779 Trinity Par: John Dent Sr on list of nonsubscribers to parish from "[Newport] West Hundred" «TPVP» |
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1783 2nd Dist (Newport E and W Hds) Chas Co: John Dent Sr on tax list with following entry: 3 slaves valued at £78, 6 black cattle valued at £12, other property valued at £30, a total assessment of £120, total tax of £1.4.0, and 6 white persons in his household [tax list indicated that John Dent had already transferred his land (at least for the paying of taxes) to his two sons John and Hatch] |
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21 Dec 1788 Chas Co: in his will John Dent Sr bequeathed to his son John 200A being part of "Dent's Inheritance" and a part of "Dent's Addition" to be laid off from the dwelling plantation; to his dau Mary Dent 100A being part of "Dent's Inheritance" and a part of "Dent's Addition", the water mill, a negro girl, and personalty; to son Hatch Dent the residue of the landed estate being part of "Dent's Inheritance" and a part of "Dent's Addition"; to dau Sarah Clark a negro boy; to daus Tabitha Moreland, Anne Davis, Mary Dent and Sarah Clark a negro woman and the residue of the personal estate; appointed his dau Mary Dent executrix; witnesses were James Waters, Peter Dent and Charles Allbrittain «Chas Co Will Bk (ChW) AK11:28» |
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1790 Chas Co: John Dent Senr a household head in census with 1 male 16&> [himself], 1 female [dau Mary?], and 4 slaves |
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[c1790? Chas Co? or StM Co?: John Dent possibly married Elizabeth ------ (The records of Sarah Virginia Davis Odwalt of Mineral Co WV {granddau of Rebecca Dent {Thos3, George2,John1}}, based on info probably obtained from George Bennett Dent {Hezekiah5,George4,Thos3,George2,John1}, stated the following concerning George Dent {Thos3, George2,John1}: "his second wife was Elizabeth Dent, the widow of John Blackburn Dent of Charles County." According to the source, George Dent would have married his second wife c1790-91, about the time that John Dent died. Even though John Dent was never known to have a middle name, his first wife's maiden name was probably Blackman, possibly giving rise to the middle name given in the quote above.)] |
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Death |
[by 22 Aug 1791 Chas Co: John Dent died (date of probate of his will)] |
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22 Aug 1791 Chas Co: will of John Dent proved by oaths of James Waters, Peter Dent and Charles Allbrittain «ChD AK11:28» |
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