Gilbert
Bent
Born about in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Bent
and Anna (Longley) Bent
Brother of
Warren Bent, Lucy (Bent) Willet, Amelia (Bent) Ray, Israel Longley Bent, Susan (Bent) Fellows, Mary (Bent) Eaton, Joseph Fletcher Bent, William Bent and John Bent
Husband of
Mary Eliza (Bath) Bent
— married
22 Nov 1838 in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Husband of
Matilda (Breeze) Bent
— married
19 Oct 1881 in Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
Annie Maria (Bent) Dawson, Elizabeth A. Bent, Amelia Ray (Bent) Palmer, Gilbert Oscar Bent and Frank Gordon Bent
Died about
at about age 87
in Hampton, New Brunswick
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Jul 2016
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Biography
He was a merchant who built ships in Bridgetown and later in Saint John (after 1843).[1][2] Listed in the 1838 Bridgetown census.[3] The Bent House still exists in Saint John at 78 Orange Street, not far from King's Square.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Bent, p. 141
- ↑ Elizabeth Ruggles Coward (1955). Bridgetown: Its History to 1900', Kentville Publishing. p. 142
- ↑ Nova Scotia Archives
- ↑ Saint John Historic Walking Tour
- Headstone, Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John (from Find A Grave)
- North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Gilbert Bent
- Allen H. Bent (1900) The Bent family in America : being mainly a genealogy of the descendants of John Bent : who settled in Sudbury, Mass.
- The Longley Family Genealogy compiled by Louise Baneck Longley and Janneyne Longley Gnacinski, 1967, FHL Film # 928132 Item 6, page 13.
- Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QV77-4HY : accessed 23 December 2021), entry for Gilbert Bent, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gilbert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gilbert:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gilbert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gilbert:
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~3.12%
Lesley Foster
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A278950 [compare], Ancestry member LANNIO
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~1.56%
Sue Durling :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Pat Miller :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member p_a_miller28
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #IN59162
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~0.78%
Gloria Oxenhorn :
23andMe, GEDmatch NK7039875 [compare]
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~0.78%
Alan Whitman :
AncestryDNA
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Categories: Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick