- DENT, WILLIAM, Charles co. 23 Oct 1756
21 Feb 1757
To son Warren Dent.
To wife Anne Dent use of tract I now live on.
To son George Dent,
Daus. unnamed,
To son George Dent,, tract In Stafford County, Virginia,, 200 a.; also right to lands In Virginia formerly belonging to my brother Thomas and now In the possession of Mrs Cox who married the aforesaid Thomas Dent his widow.
To son George Dent: a Specialty of John Muschetts, now the Colony Of Virginia for 50 pounds sterling money and also all the Interest due on said Specialty til It Is Paid, the said Specialty now In the hands of Mr. Allen McRea of Virginia.
To son George Dent a Specialty of John Grahams of Virginia for 146 pounds, 8 shillings and 9 pence 3 farthIngs with Interest due til afsd Specialty now lodged In the hands of Allen McRea of Virginia.
To grandchildren, William Jordan and Anne Jordan, a sum of tobacco In the hands of their father, John Jordan due me.
To dau. Judith Chase 20 pounds.
To children: warrant Dent, Mary Dent, Anne Dent, Rebecca Dent and Grace Dent.
Wife Anne Dent to settle with Bayn Smallwood all. company accounts,
Wife Ann, extx.
Wit: John Posey, Junr, Thomas Overhall, Jno. Jordan, 30. 272
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- He wrote his will on 10/23/1756 and it was probated in Charles County on 2/21/1757 (Will 30:272). He wanted his wife to settle with Bayne Smallwood all company accounts. She was to have the tract where they lived and was named as his executri. He named his children and two grandchildren ~ WILLIAM JORDAN and ANN JORDAN who received tobacco left in the hands of their father John Jordan. His son GEORGE was to have his 200 acre tract in Stafford County, Virginia and the lands formerly belonging to his brother THOMAS now in the hands of Mr. Cox who married his brother THOMAS'S widow. WARREN was to receive the home place and land in Maryland.
On 3/30/1757 Anne Dent administered her husband's estate, valued at £1755.11.01. The next of kin on his inventory were his daughters ELEANOR JORDAN and JUDITH CHASE (Inv 64:42).
When Rev. William Dowie, the Rector of Durham Parish died in 1769 he left his children JUDITH DOWIE and ELEANOR DOWE under the care of their grandmother Mrs. Anne Dent during her life and after her death under the care of MRS. JUDITH CHASE and MR. WARREN DENT (Will 37:309). No record was found for Anne's death.
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Charles County Land Record Book S#3, 1770-1775; Page 178. Jun 18, 1771 from Samuel Briscoe of CC, to William Compton of CC, far 40 £, part of a tract of land called Morriss Venture (one acre, including the burying place excepted), lying in CC, containing about 156 acres. Signed Saml Briscoe. Wit - John Winter*, Geo Dent*. Ann Briscoe, the wife of Samuel Briscoe, acknowledged this deed. Recorded Jul 18, 1771.
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1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Newport: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 370-58: MORRIS ADVENTURE: 700 acres; Possession of - 700 Acres - Briscoe, Philip: Surveyed 17 May 1665 for Richard Harris on the North side of a swamp that falls into Birds Creek.
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