William
Bent
Born in Weyhill, Hampshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of John Bent
and Martha (Unknown) Bent
Brother of
Robert Bent, Peter Bent, Agnes (Bent) Rice, John Bent Jr, Joseph Bent and Martha (Bent) How
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died after
after age 11
in Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jun 2011
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Biography
William Bent immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
William Bent was the son of John Bent and Martha Blanchard. He was born about October 1626 in Weyhill, Hampshire, England and baptized in Weyhill on 24 October 1626.[1] William did arrive with his parents from England to New England on the ship CONFIDENCE in 1638.[2] It is surmised after 1638 William died young in Massachusetts, probably in Sudbury.[3]
Sources
- ↑ E. C. Felton, “The English Ancestors of John Bent, of Sudbury,” New Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg., 49 (1895): 65-68.
- ↑ 4859. Hudson, Alfred Sereno, The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts 1638-1889, The Town of Sudbury, Sudbury , Mass., 1889, 27-28, https://archive.org/stream/historyofsudbury00huds#page/28/mode/2up/search/John+Bent.
- ↑ 3476. Payne-Joyce, “Pane-Joyce Genealogy,” http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr03/rr03_086.html#P63966, July 2014, Allen H. Bent, “The Bent Family,” New Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg., 48 (1894): 288-296, E. C. Felton, “The English Ancestors of John Bent, of Sudbury,” New Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg., 49 (1895): 65-68., J. H. Temple, History of Framingham, Massachusetts, early known as Danforth's Farms, 1640-1880; with a genealogical register, Town of Framingham, 1887, http://archive.org/details/cu31924028820434.
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