Martha

- 1679

• Name	Martha   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	15 May 1679	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I33788	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DGH
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family	John Bent,   b. Bef 20 Nov 1596   d. 27 Sep 1672, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age > 75 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1624  [3]
  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

  Her surname is unknown, but given that one of their shipmates on the Confidence was Peter Noyes and that they named a son Peter, it seems possible that she may have been connected to the Noyes family.

  
  

• 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. [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.