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Dent

The data on this tree is in part from David Adams tree, whose DNA match with author together with the occurrance of this name in several of the author's other trees have increased the importance of collecting data on the branches of this family.
Progenitor of this family is:
De15. Robert Dent b c 1500 England
De14-1 Christopher Dent b 1523
De14-2 Edward Dent b 1525 d 1597
De14-3 y Dent b c 1527
De14-4 Thomas Dent b 1530 d 1589
De24-5 John Dent b 1532 d 1595
De14 William Dent b c 1540 North Riding Yorkshire d 1590 Hallaton Leicestershire
m Elizabeth Anderson b 1550 d 1625
+1 Sir Edmond Anderson b 1530 Broughton Bucks d 1 Aug 1605 Eyeworth Bedford justice of the common pleas
m Magdalen Smythe b 1534 d 1623
+2
+2 Christopher Smythe b 1510 Annables Hertfords d 1589 St Botolph Aldgate London
m Margaret Hyde b 1520 Hertfords d 1603
De13 James Dent b 1575 Ormsby Yorks d there 1647
m Margaret Nicholson b 1580 Cranswick Yorks d there 1650
+1 William Nicholson b 11 Mar 1550 Huggate Yorks d there 19 Nov 1641
m Winifrey Croffe b 1559
De12 Peter Dent b 1600 Ormsby d 5 Oct 1689 Guisborough Yorks physician
m Margaret Nicholson b 1602 d 1 DEc 1674 Fleet Dorset
+1 John Nicholson b 1575 East Riding Yorks d 19 Nov 1641 Yorks +2 Thomas Nicholson b 1520 York
De11-1 Peter Dent b 1629 d 1642
m? Sarah Nicholson b 1628 d 1712
De11 Col Thomas Dent b 1630 Guisborough d 22 Apr 1676 Westbury Manor St Marys MD judge
m Rebecca Wilkinson b 1633 Lynnhaven Parish Princess Anne Co d 1726
De10 Margaret Dent b 1660 d 1693 (Adams shows 3 Margarets in this generation but the same dates of birth and death for this one. This seems implausibe.)
m1 Edmund Howard b 1655 d 1713
m2? Robert Raine b 5 Mar 1661 Romalkirk Yorks d 1738 ?MD
+1 Robert Raine b 5 Dec 1636 Romaldkirk Yorks d 1692 Mickleton Romaldkirk
m Alice Harker b 1636
+2 Edward Raine b 1609 +3 y Raine
m Margaret Wilson b 1569 d 1609
+4 John Raine b 1540 Romaldkirk d 1584
De9-1 John Howard b 1683 d 1733
m Rebecca Brook b 1710 d 1768 1
-1 Hannah Howard b 1733 d 1818 m Joseph Alexander b 1741 d 1816 1 -1-1 Mary Alexander b 1805 d 1870 m John Durr b 1797 d 1887
De9-2 George Howard b 1686 d 1742
m Sarah Smith
-1 Henry Howard b 1711 d 1774 m Mary x -1-1 Ignatius Howard b 1725 d 1774 m Sarah Sims b 1726 d 1789
De9-3 Robert Raine b 1681 Romaldkirk Yorks d 1735 Co Donegal IRE
De9 George Raine b 14 Jan 1687 Romaldkird Yorks d VA gamekeeper for Melby Hall
m Margarett Johnson b 1689
+1 Jonathon Johnson
m Mary Summers
De8 George Raine b 1709
m Mary Shelton b 1713 d 1779
+1 William Shelton b 1676 d 1734
m Hannah Armistead b 1676 d 1748
+2
+2 Capt Anthony Armistead b 1645 Elizabeth City Gloucester Co VA d there 26 Oct 1726
m Hannah Ellison b 1644 dau of
-a William Armistead
-b Col John Armistead, b c 1635 in Hesse, Gloucester Va or Yorkshire Engl, m c 1665 Judith Bowles Robinson Ro10
-b-1 Judith Armistead, m 1688 Robert "King" Carter Ct9 of Corotoman, Lancaster Co Va
+3
+3 William Armistead Ar10 bap 3 Aug 1610 at All Saints, Kirk Deighton, York, Yorkshire, d 1666 in Hesse, Gloucester, VA
m c 1632/42 Ann E. Ellis in Giggleswick, Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire b 7 Feb 1608 d 1660 dau of->
+3 Dr. Robert Ellison, of James City Co VA leading Burgess in 1656-'59-'60-'61-'62-'63, with rank of Captain
+4
+4 Anthony Armistead b c 1585 Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire
m Frances Thompson Th12 b c 1585
+4 Joseph Ellis b 1585 d 1610
m Nancy Netherton b 1590 d 1610
De7 John Rains b 1726 d 1815
m Keziah Anderson b 1741 Cumberland VA d there 25 Aug 1783
+1 Charles Anderson b 1710 Hanover VA d 1786 Cumberland VA
m Elizabeth Chambers d 1725 VA d 1783 Cumberland VA
De6-1 Nathaniel Rains b 1757 d 1822
De6-2 Mary Rains b 1760 d 1845
De6-3 Charles Rains b 1766 d 1813
De6-4 William Rains b 1770 d 1850
De6-5 Joseph Rains b 1775 d 1826
De6 y Rains
De5-1 Uriah Rains b 1781 d 1864
m Elizabeth Chasteen b 1781 Buckingham VA d Halifax VA
-1 James Rains b 1829 m Mary Pauls b 1836 -1-1 Clarinda Deverny Rains b 1854 Fentress TN m Edward Adams b 1855 d 1939
-1-2 Henry Rains b 1854 d 1920 m Sarah Elizabeth Adams b 1856 KY d 1931 Clay TN
-1-1-1 William Adams b 1887 d 1985 m1 Cora Hawkins b 1893 d 1971 -1-1-1-1 Raleigh Adams b 1911 d 1983 m Bessie Wright b 1917 d 2006 grandparents of David Adams, author's DNA match
De9-5 Tobias Raine b 1696 d 1761
De9-6+ 4 dau 2 sons
De10-2 Col William Dent b 1660 Hulls Neck Westbury Manor MD d 1704 Charles Co MD
m Elizabeth Fowke b 1668 Charles Co MD d 04.1704 Charles Co MD
+1 Gerard Fowke b 1625 Gunston Hall Staffordshire England d 10.10.1669
m Anne Thoroughgood b 30.10.1630, Charles City Co VA d 1704, Charles Co MD
+2
+2 Capt Adam Thorowgood b 15.07.1604 Grimston Norfolk England d 1640 Lynn Haven Virginia Beach VA
m Sarah Offley b 16.04.1609 London d 08.1657, VA
+3
+3 Robert Offley b 18.06.1561 London d 16.05.1625 London
m Anne Osborne b 25.03.1570 London d 14.01.1654
+4
+4 Sir Edward OSBORNE b 1540 London d 15.02.1592 London, 1583-1584 Lord Mayor of London
m Anne Hewett b 1543 London d 04.07.1585 London
+5
+5 Richard Osborne b 1510 Ashford Kent d 11.08.1581
m Jane Broughton b 1510, Broughton Westmoreland d 1570 Ashford Kent
+6
+6 John Broughton b 1491, Broughton Westmoreland d 23.01.1518, Westmoreland
m Jane x
+7
+7 Robert Broughton b 1466 Nettlestead Suffolk d 10.08.1506 Denston Hall Kentwell Suffolk
m Katherine de Vere b 1466 Essex d 20.06.1504
De10-2-1 Col George Dent b 27.09.1690 Charles Co MD d 12.05.1754, Charles Co MD
m Anne Herbert b 1694 Charles Co MD d by 20.06.1764 Charles Co MD dau of William Herbert and Mary Lovette
-1 Mary A Dent b 1722/?13 Charles Co MD d 15.02.1793 Fairfax Co VA m Gerard Alexander b 1713 St Pauls Parish King George Co VA d 16.09.1761 Fairfax Co VA
-2 Rebecca Dent b 1737 Charles Co MD d 05.12.1770, Charles Co MD m Thomas Hanson Marshall b 11.04.1731 Charles Co MD d 08.03.1801 Charles Co MD
-1-1 From Michigan Man's tree: Mary Ann Thomas Alexander b 1735 d 1814 m George Noble Sr b 1724 son of Thomas Noble and Mollie Gilbert b 1706 Baniffshire d VA
-2-1 Elizabeth Marshall b 1758, Charles Co MD d 1800, Charles Co MD
m John Forbes b 09.03.1757 St Marys Co MD d 31.12.1804 Charles Co MD
-1-1-1 George Noble Jr b 1759 d 1845 m Sarah Emaline Saunders b 1760 d 1845
-2-1-1 Rebecca Anne Maria Forbes b 07.1789 Prince Georges Co MD d St Marys Co MD m James Forbes Sothoron b 1784 St Marys Co MD d 16.02.1847, St Marys Co MD
-1-1-1-1 From Judith Ann Watt's tree: Emeline Noble b 1780 d 1860 m Washington Watts b 1777 d 1851
-1-1-1-2 Nathan Noble b 1781 d 1858 Virginia Jane Neace b 1771 d 1881 dau of Henry Neace
-1-1-1-1-1 >Matilda Watts b 1805 d 1870
-1-1-1-2-1 James B Noble b 1805 d 1885 m Mary Polly Turner
-1-1-1-2-2 George Washington Noble b 1825 m Phoebe Campbell b c 1830 dau of Lewis Campbell b 1799 and Matilda Martha Fugate
-1-1-1-1-1-1 Ambrose Watts b 4 Jan 1825 Cane Fork Perry KY d 17 Jun 1912 River Caney Breathitt Co KY m Charlotte Whitaker b1827 d 1917
-1-1-1-2-1-1 Solomon Noble b 1855 d 1922 m Mary Jane Haddfix
-1-1-1-1-1-1 Hiram Watts b 1854 d 1928 m Polly Noble b 1860 d 1948
-1-1-1-2-2-1-1 Polly Noble b 1860 d 1922 m Hiram Watts b 1854 son of Ambrose Watts and Charlotte Whitaker
-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 Lewis Henry Watts b 1889 d 1966 m Susan Jane Noble dau of Solomon Noble b 1855 d 1922 -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 Ray Watts b 1919 d 1997 m Margie Elizabeth King dau of Beneja John Robert King and Edith Daniel b 1888 d 1966 parents of Michigan Man, author's 51 cM DNA match with 17 cM segment on chr 9 parents of Judith Ann Watts, author's 51 cM DNA match with 17 cM segment on chr 9 graqndparents of JNavy Man, author's 44 cM DNA match with 17 cM segment on chr 9
De10-?-1 possible here was:
y Dent b c 1695
-1 y Dent b c 1720 -1-1 y Dent b c 1755 -1-1-1 Elizabeth Dent b 1791 TN d 1850 GA m 22.03.1818 Mordecai Duke b 1793 GA d 1865 Ivy Bluff TN son of Joseph Duke b 1726
De10-3 Thomas Dent b 1662
De10-4 Rebecca Dent b 1663 d 1710
De10-5 Peter Dent b 1665 d 1711
De10-6 George Dent b 1666 d 1703
De10-7 Margaret Dent b 1667 St Marys MD d 1709
De10-8 Barbara Dent b 26.04.1676 St Marys Co MD d 26.05.1754 Brookfield Plantation Prince Georges Co MD
m Gov Col Thomas Brooke b 1659 St Marys Co MD d 25.01.1730 Brookfield Plantation Prince Georges Co MD
De11-3 George Dent b 1633 d 1694
De11-4 William Dent b 1635 d 1647
De11-5 Stephen Dent b 1635 d 1671
De11-6 Capt John Dent b 1645 Hutton Yorks d 5 May 1712 St Marys MD
De11-7 John Dent b 1630 Guisborough d 1700 Y Somme Picardie FR