Nicholas
Abel
[uncertain]
Bent
Born about in Pedro Plains, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica
Son of [father unknown] and Ann Agnes Rochester
Brother of
Stephen Bent
Husband of
Sarah (Powell) Bent
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Dorothy Bent and Bernard Ballard Bent
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Apr 2017
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Biography
Nicholas was born about 1756 in Pedro Plains, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, the son of John Bent, a white blacksmith from Massachusetts, and Ann Agnes Rochester, a free woman of color from Clarendon. He married and had children with Sarah Powell, born 1771.
Nicholas was 1/8 Black, if the story about his father being from Massachusetts is correct. Some claim that his father was of mixed-race himself, and that he was not the first Bent of St. Elizabeth.
Nicholas Bent was born in Jamaica.
Nicholas Bent has Jamaican ancestors.
Nicholas Bent has English ancestors.
Nicholas Bent has African ancestry.
Sources
- Source: S95 Ancestry.com, Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1879 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) 664-1879 664-1879. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. TID 0 Footnote Ancestry.com, Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1879 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) ShortFootnote Ancestry.com, Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1879 Bibliography Ancestry.com. Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1879. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Repository: #R2 Page
- Repository: R2 Ancestry.com
- Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1879
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I believe that the two Nicholas’ are the actually the same people. The birthdates on WikiTree don’t match up, but it seems to me that Nicholas (b. 1780) birthdate was just an estimate. Also, they married the same Sarah Powell. I have found Nicholas’ baptism record which puts his birth around 1756. He had children later in life.
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