John Bent

Bef 1636 - Bef 1717  (< 81 years)

• Name	John Bent  [1]
  Birth	Bef 24 Jan 1636  [2]
  Baptism	24 Jan 1636	Weyhill, Hampshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Baptised	24 Jan 1637	Weyhill, Hampshire, England   [3]
  Death	Bef 15 Sep 1717  [3, 4]
  Burial	15 Sep 1717	Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I33785	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DGH
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	John Bent,   b. Bef 20 Nov 1596   d. 27 Sep 1672, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age > 75 years)
  Mother	Martha   d. 15 May 1679, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Marriage	Bef 1624  [2]
  Family ID	F19906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Martha Rice,   b. 17 Aug 1657   d. Aft 14 Oct 1716 (Age > 59 years)
  Children	+ 1. John Bent,   b. 29 Nov 1689, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 1759, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F19909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah Stone,   b. 6 Jun 1640   d. Between 9 Jun 1683 and 1691 (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	1 Jul 1658	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F19905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2024

  
  

• Notes

  The first petition for the incorporation of Framingham, in 1693, was headed by John Bent. It was incorporated in 1700, and at the second town meeting, 3 Mar 1701, he was chosen one of the tythingmen.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5394] A Genealogical History of the Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice by Andrew Henshaw Ward. Boston: C. Benjamin Richardson, 1858. [S7376] The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1636-1638 by Ian Watson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2024. [S756] Early New England Families Study Project: Accounts of New England Families from 1641 to 1700 by Alicia Crane Williams. Online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society. [S5395] The Bent Family in America by Allen H. Bent. Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1900. [S5395] The Bent Family in America by Allen H. Bent. Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1900., date only. [S228] Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Boston: New-England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903.