John Bent

Bef 1596 - 1672  (> 75 years)

• Name	John Bent  [1, 2]
  Birth	Bef 20 Nov 1596  [3, 4, 5]
  Baptism	20 Nov 1596	Weyhill, Hampshire, England   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Sep 1672	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [3, 4, 5]
  Siblings	2 siblings
  + 1. Jane Bent   d. Between 1631 and 1638, England ▻ Robert Plympton + 2. John Bent ,   b. Bef 20 Nov 1596   d. 27 Sep 1672, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age > 75 years) ▻ Martha ,  m. Bef 1624   3. Anne Bent ,   b. Bef 16 Jul 1602   d. 12 Apr 1639, At sea  (Age > 36 years) ▻ Thomas Blanchard ,  m. 15 May 1637
  Person ID	I33787	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DGH
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Bent,   b. Bef 29 Sep 1566   d. Bef 29 Jul 1631 (Age < 64 years)
  Mother	Agnes Gosling   d. Between May 1639 and Jun 1639, On board the Jonathan, just outside Boston harbor
  Marriage	13 Oct 1589	Weyhill, Hampshire, England   [2, 3, 6]
  Family ID	F19907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha   d. 15 May 1679, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Marriage	Bef 1624  [5]
  Children	+ 1. John Bent,   b. Bef 24 Jan 1636   d. Bef 15 Sep 1717 (Age < 81 years)
  Family ID	F19906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He arrived with his wife and five children in 1638 on the Confidence, and settled at Sudbury.

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S647] Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines by Mary Walton Ferris. Volume 1, 1943; volume 2, 1931. [S5396] E. C. Felton, "The English Ancestors of John Bent, of Sudbury." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 49:65, 1895. [S5395] The Bent Family in America by Allen H. Bent. Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1900. [S7376] The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1636-1638 by Ian Watson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2024. [S5395] The Bent Family in America by Allen H. Bent. Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1900., date only.