Agnes Bent was born or christened 12 Dec 1631 in Wayhill, Penton Grafton, Southamptonshire; she was daughter of John Bent and Martha _____[1]
As "Ann" she is listed as one of the five children of John Bent of Penton, all under age 12, who embarked for New England from Southampton on the ship Confidence on 11 April 1638.[2]
She married, about 1646, Deacon Edward Rice, who was born in Hertfordshire, Eng., in 1618, son of Deacon Edmond Rice (1594-1663), of Sudbury, Mass. He was a petitioner for Marlboro in 166?, and died there, August 16, 1712, ae. 93. [3][1][4]
The Rices were both numerous and prominent in Sudbury and Marlboro and have intermarried with the Bents more than a dozen times.
Barry's History of Framingham (and Andrew Henshaw Ward, following Barry) states Agnes Bent Rice died without issue, and that Edward's children were by a second wife, which is clearly wrong, as proved by the will of John Bent of 1672 which makes provision specifically for his daughter Agnes Rice and her son John Rice, which not only shows she was still living at that time, but also proves she was indeed the wife of Edward Rice (there being only one John Rice available as a grandson of John Bent). The confusion stems from the fact that the birth records of her children and the record of her death all show her name as Ann (a common variant of Agnes in her time). [4]
On 1 April 1686 at Sudbury, MA, Edward and Agnes Rice gave to their son Edmund Rice of Sudbury, half of the farm lying within the bounds of Sudbury, "near the spring". (Edward had purchased some of this land from his father Edmund and some of the land from his brother Benjamin. John Rice of Sudbury, a brother of Edmund, had the choice half.) Deed recorded 16 August 1734.[3]
Agnes Bent died on 4 June 1713 at Marlborough, MA; aged 83 (others say in her 83rd year, making her 82), registered as Ann Rice.[3][1][5]
Agnes and Edward are buried in Old Common Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[citation needed]
Agnes Bent and Edward Rice were the parents of at least eleven children:[4]
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Categories: Puritan Great Migration Minor Child | Confidence, sailed April 1638
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