Robert Bent (1566 - 1631)

Born 29 Sep 1566 in Weyhill, Hampshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes (Gosling) Bent — married 13 Oct 1589 in Penton-Grafton, Hampshire, England

Descendants

Died 29 Jul 1631 at age 64 in Penton Grafton, Hampshire, England

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Biography

Robert Bent (son of John Bent), was born in September, 1566, in Penton-Grafton, where he died in July, 1631, age 64 years and 10 mos. He married, Oct. 13, 1589, Agnes Gosling, who followed her son to America and died in May or June, 1639, on board the ship Jonathan just outside Boston Harbor. Her body was brought ashore and buried, presumably in Boston. Her passage cost £17, besides £1 10s. for bringing over her goods and 10s. paid to the ship's surgeon. ^[1]

Children of Robert and Agnes, born in Penton-Grafton: ^[2]

1. Margery, bap. March 28, 1590.
2. Richard, bap. May 7, 1592.
3. John, bap. Nov. 20, 1596; the original emigrant to America.
4. Maria, bap. Sept. 24, 1598; buried Feb. 2, 1599.
5. Dennis, bap. Dec. 10, 1599; m. May 8, 1626, William Baker, and lived in New Sarum, Wiltshire, England.
6. Agnes, baptized July 16, 1602; m. in Penton-Grafton, April 11, 1630, Richard Barnes, who died a few years after, leaving two children, Barnes: Richard, bap. Feb. 20, 1631, and Elizabeth. Agnes m. again, in England, Thomas Blanchard, and April 12, 1639, sailed from London to New England in the ship Jonathan, with her whole family. Fifteen days out she died, and soon after her infant child died. Blanchard settled in Braintree, but afterwards moved to Charlestown and married again.
7. Jane, m. in England, Robert Plimpton, and had five children, Plimpton: Robert, Thomas, William, Jane, Elizabeth. The children Thomas and Elizabeth came to America and lived in Sudbury, Massachusetts.

Name

Robert Bent^[3]

Marriage

13 Oct 1589 Penton Grafton, Hampshire, England ^[4]

Will

1631 Penton Grafton, Wayhill, England

No Probate Acct. Consistory Court of Winton

Inventory dated Aug. 30, 1631. Beginning at "my will is" the remainder is in a different hand-writing.

WILL OF ROBERT BENT OF ENGLAND 1631^[5]

In the name of God Amen I Robert Bent of Penton Grafton in the parish of Wayhill being sick of body but of perfect memry doe make my last will and Testament and thereby I doe commend my spirit unto God, and doe bequesth unto the Church a noble, and unto th epoore tenne groats (a noble was 6s. 8d., and a groat 4d.) and I do bequeath unto my sonne Robert Bent fortie shillings, and to my Sonne John Bent fortie shillings, and to his sonne Robert I give a young cowe, and to William Bent the sonne of the said John Bent two yewes and to Peter Pent the sonne of the said John Bent two yewes and to Anis Bent the daughter of the said John, I give two yewes, I give to William Baker my sonn in lawe & my Daughter Dennys his wife twenty pounds of good & lawfull money of England and to Elizabeth Baker the Daughter of the said William I give nine pounds; and to Obadiah Baker the sonne of the said William Baker I give nine pounds of good & lawfull money of England, and if either of them die I leave it to the disposing of their mother my Daughter Dennys. And unto my Daughter Annis Barnes I give fortie pounds of good and lawfull money of England and to her sonne young Richard Barnes I give tenne pounds of good & lawfull money of England. And I give unto my Daughter Jane the wife of Robert plimpton tenne pounds of good & lawfull money of England; and to Robert Plimpton their sonne I give two yewes; and to Thomas Plimpton their Sonne I give two yewes, and to William Plimpton their sonne two yewes And to Jane Plimpton their Daughter I give two yewews And to Elizabeth Plimpton the daughter of the said Robert Plimpton I give five pounds of tood & lawfull money of England And to my Aunte Drew I give one bushel of wheate And to my sister Annis Sgtreet I give one bushel of wheate And unto Joanne Noyse my sister the wife of William Noyse I give one bushel of wheate And the rest of my goods I bequesthe unto my wife whome I make my exequetor f this my last will & Testament. My will is that the legaceases given unto my sonne William Baker and his wife to be paid unto them twelfe months after my deses. And the tenn pound given unto my daughter Joanne to be paid unto hir the 23 day of march nixt; and ye fife pound I have given unto my Cussen Elezabeth Plemton to be paid unto hir hir day of maridge. And I desire my newbores Peter Noyes and Henry Tuncks to be overseers of this my will: and I give them for their paines xijd a peece. I give unto Annes Bent ye daughter of Richard; 2 ewes and I do give unto Mary Bent ye daughter of Richard Bent 2 ewes In witness whereof wee have set to our hands George Tarraant Minister of weyhill Peter Noyes Henry Tuncks his mark K

Sources

• Bent, Allen H. The Bent Family in America (David Clapp & Son., Boston, 1900) Page 10, Page 256-7
• Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network) Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7547870&pid=-1051663077
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=23180050&pid=7300

• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004) Birth: 1570 England; Marriage date: 1589; Marriage place: So

Footnotes

1. ↑ Bent: Page 10
2. ↑ Bent: Page 10
3. ↑ Ancestry Family Trees
4. ↑ Yates
5. ↑ Bent: Page 256-257