6691. Bent

Outline

1. John Bent (d. 1588) m. Edith ____ (d. aft. 1601); Weyhill, Hampshire, Eng.
2. Robert Bent (1566–1631) m. 1589 Martha Gosling (d. 1639); Weyhill, Hampshire, Eng.
3. John Bent (1596–1672) m. Martha ____ (d. 1679); Weyhill, Hampshire, Eng.; Sudbury, Mass.
4. Agnes Bent (ca. 1631–1713); Dea. Edward Rice (1622–1712); Sudbury, Marlborough, Mass.

Sources

This family was first described in detail by E. C. Felton, The English Ancestors of John Bent, of Sudbury, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 49 (1895): 65-7. Some updates are included Helen Schatvet Ullmann, Notes on a Line from Henry¹ Adams, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 153 (1999): 213-20, at 219. The most recent treatment of the immigrant John Bent’s biography is Ian Watson, The Great Migration, 1636–1638, vol. 1 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2024), 552-8. As is characteristic in this series, Watson does not provide a complete chronological treatment of John and Martha’s children. John’s mother and others of his relatives immigrated to New England in 1639, and it is hoped that they will receive treatments in future Great Migration series volumes.

Related surnames

209, 3345. Rice

No information on the Gosling family is available at this time.