Elizabeth Fowke

Elizabeth married William Dent on 8 Feb 1684 in Port Tobacco, Charles Co, Maryland. William (son of Thomas* Dent, Esq (immigrant) and Rebecca* Wilkinson) was born in 1660 in Westbury Manor, Hull's Neck, St.Mary's Co, Maryland; died before 13 Feb 1705 in Charles Co, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 30 Nov 1726, Charles Co, Maryland
• Possessions: 14 Dec 1726, Charles Co, Maryland
• Possessions: 16 Nov 1728, Charles Co, Maryland

Notes:

Possessions:
30 Nov 1726: At the request of Anne Dent of CC, widow, the following deed was recorded this Nov 30,1726. I, George Dent of CC, Gent, for the natural love I have for Wm Dent, son of Thomas & Anne Dent of CC, and also for divers other good causes, I give him the several things mentioned on the back of this instrument of writing, now being on the plantation of Anne Dent, widow,`at Nanjemy [Cr] in CC. Further, I have put sd Wm in possession of the goods mentioned on the back of this instrument of writing afd. Signed Nov 23, 1726 - George Dent. Wit - Martha (X her mark) Atkins. - A parcel of feathers, 24 damask napkins, 3 damask table cloths, 1 old clock, 1 cross cut saw, 1 pen knife, & 4 knives and forks. Total value: 7 £ 12 shillings 2 pence. Charles County, Maryland Liber L#2, Page 321.
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Possessions:
14 Dec 1726: At the request of Anne Dent of CC,'\widow, the following deed was recorded Dec 14, 1726. I, John Howard of CC, Gent, greeting. Sd John had assigned to him, out of the estate of Mr. Thos Dent,.,late of CC, Gent, decd, 7 ewes and 1 ram, which have since increased to 15 ewes and a ram. Now know that I, sd John Howard, for the natural love I have for my cousin, William Dent of CC and for divers other good causes, I have given sd Wm Dent all my right to the afd 15 ewes and ram, with their-future increase. I have put Wm Dent in possession of the 15 ewes & ram. Signed Sep 14, 1726 - John Howard. Wit John Courts, Rich: Bell. Charles County, Maryland Liber L#2, Page 311.

Possessions:
9 Nov 1728: At the request of William Dent of CC, Gent, the following letter and bill of sale was recorded this Nov 19, 1728. I desire you to give a bill of sale of the cattle and their produce that I formerly left with Mr. Thomas Dent, to his widow and children, according to your discretion, and this shall oblige me to stand to it. Signed May 30, 1727 - Henry Darnall.

To Mr. William Chandler. Pursuant to an order from Mr. Henry Darnall to me directed, dated May 30, 1727, be it known that I have sold to Mr. William Dent and Thomas Dent, sons of Thomas Dent, late of CC, decd, all the cattle that were on sd Thomas Dent's plantation, belonging to the afd Henry Darnall & to myself, for and in consideration of 5 shillings to me paid. The cattle are to be equally divided between the afd William and Thomas Dent. Signed Aug 23, 1728 - Willm Chandler. Wit - Willm Clifton, John Beale.' CC. On Nov 13, 1728 came John Beale before us, 2 CC JPs, and made oath that he saw the above instrument signed and sealed, and that at the same time, the above named William Clifton was present. Signed - Robt Hanson, Gust Brown. Charles County, Maryland Liber L#2, Page 449.

Thomas married Ann Bayne about 1705. Ann was born about 1685; died after 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth: in Nanjemoy Plantation
Appointed Chief Justice of Maryland
Appointed 1717 Magistrate of the local bench in Charles Co.
Election 1719 Lower House from Charles Co.
Also a Chief Justice

George married Anne Herbert about 1710. Anne was born about 1690; died after 1730. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 23 Nov 1757, Prince George Co, Maryland

Notes:

Booker, John, Nangemoy, Chas. County, 14th Oct., 1712; 25th Mch., 1713.
To wife Eliza:, extx., dower rights.
To son John, personalty. Thomas Price, £5, provided he permit wife and child. to have use of plantation for certain time,
To son-in-law Thomas Wise., and Mary, his wife, 1/6 residue, of estate (personal).
To rest of child., viz.,. Sarah, John and Ann, residue of estate (personal).
Test: Thos. Dent, Peter Dent., Geo. Elgin. 13. 587.
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Matthew Ferrall 1.69 CH £68.14.7 Feb 12 1717
Appraisers: Peter Dent, Richard Hodgson.
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Prince George's Land Record Book BB 1, Page 19. Sep 10, 1743 from James Young of PG, planter, to William Foard of PG, tailor, for the good will that Young has for Foard and for 5 shillings, Young grants Foard all that part or parcel of land called Glastonbury, lying in PG, bounded by a parcel of land called Woolfpitneck, containing about 93 acres. Signed - James Young. Wit - Pet. Dent*, Thos Marshall*. Mary, the wife of the sd James, relinquished her right of dower to the within mentioned land. Recorded Oct 10, 1743
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John Hide 9.331 A PG £21.4.0 £5.18.3 Mar 26 1729
Payments to: Richard Lanham, Peter Dent.
Heirs: "if any are in England".
Administratrix: Elisabeth Stump.
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Thomas Harris 9,374 A PG £122,17,6 £22,4.2 Jun 12 1729
Received from; Mr, Joseph Adams (merchant in London), Richard Pickleton,
Mordecai Mitchel, John Riggens.
Payments to: Col, Joseph Belt, Mr. Alexander Contee, Mr. Peter Dent, Charles Calvert, Esq.
Executrix: Rachel Harris (relict),
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George Gentle 28.384 PG £8.19.2 Feb 18 1743
Appraisers: Thomas Thompson William Webster.
Creditors: Peter Dent William Eilbeck.
Next of kin: Elisabeth Wright. George Gentle.
Mentions: Henry Wright, Elisabeth Wright.
Executor: Charles Robinson.
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James Adams 45.160 PG £218.14.2 Feb 14 1750 Apr 26 1751
Appraisers: John Hawkins, Alexander Jaffrys.
Creditors: Gustavus Brown, Peter Dent.
Next of kin: William Webster, Thomas Webster.
Executrix: Mary Adams
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James Gaimes 31-76 A PG £17.7.1 £20.0.7 Aug 5 1751
A second inventory is cited in the amount of £8.10.3 in Charles County.
Sureties: William Boswell, John Diament (both living in Prince George's County near Matawaman Swamp).
Payments to: Peter Dent, Dr. Charles Neal, Sarah Capshaw, Benjamin Burk, John Kinsman, Isabell Buchanan (accountant), John Cook, Esq.
Mentions: Mary (widow, now dead), 2 children: Mary (aged 3), daughter (unnamed, aged 7, by another wife (unnamed)).
Administratrix: Isabel Buchanan.
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Andrew Hoggard 20.165 A PG £20.1.4 £27.0,6 May 9 1744
Received from: Sarah Waring, Richard Lott, Richard Burgess, Basill Waring, Jr., executors of John Plummer, widow of John Lowe, Osborn Sprigg, William Magruder, Maj. Edward Sprigg, John Perce, Sr., Benjamin Duvall, Garret Fitzerald, Christopher Brown, John Perry, Jr., Mary Young, Margaret Duval, Jr., John Perce, Jr., Meridith Davis, Francis Waring on account of Edward Moblick, Benjamin Berry.
Payments to: Dr. Denuore, William Beall, Jr., Mary Story, Nathaniel Magruder, Henry Keene, Daniel Carrol, James Magruder, Jr., Barbara Baswell paid to Basill Beckwith, Mary Townley, Mr. Peter Dent, Daniel Dulany, Esq.
Executor: James Haddock Waring.
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Anne Weaver 26.128 A FR £106.14.9 £19.18.6 Jul 4 1749
Received from: James Veatch.
Payments to: Commissioners of Paper Money Office due from Richard Weaver (husband), MM John Philpot & Co. (merchants in London), Mr. Joseph Adams (merchant in London), Basill Waring, Daniel Dulany, Esq., Mr. Peter Dent.
Administrator/Executor: John Veatch.
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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY LAND RECORDS, Deed, 26 November 1696
From: WILLIAM HUTCHISON of P. G. County, gent., God-father of PETER DENT.
To: PETER DENT, son of WILLIAM and ELIZABETH DENT of Charles Co.
Price: 5 shillings and love and affection
Property: A 1/3 part of 1571 acre tract called "Ffriendshipp" located about 4 miles above the falls of the Potomac River, being part of a tract in P. G. County, patented in joint tenancy between JOHN ADDISON, WILLIAM DENT, and the said WILLIAM HUTCHISON.
Signature: WILLIAM HUTCHISON
Wit.: THO. GREENFIELD, RICH. MARSHAM
Ackn'd: WILLIAM HUTCHISON, (no date) Recorded: 26 November 1696, Vol. A, p. 23
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Charles County Maryland Circuit Court Records, Liber H#2, Page 198
20 Oct 1718; Recorded at request of Peter Dent:
16 _ 1718; For 2s and 6p. Rebekah Addison of Prince George's Co. sells to Peter Dent a certain Negroe; /s/ Rebeccah Addison (mark); wit. George Noble, Rich. Taroin; rec'd 2/6; /s/ Rebekkah Addison (mark); wit. George Noble
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Charles County Maryland Circuit Court Records, Liber H#2, Page 201
18 Nov 1718; Recorded at request of Peter Dent:
4 Aug 1718; From Thomas Dent for £93.2 owing my brother Peter Dent out of his part of my dec'd father's estate; assignment of personal estate of cattle, hogs, sheep, horses and mares now on my plantation at Nanjemy except what is agreed to be delivered to Rich. (can't decipher) for his portion of estate; /s/ Tho. Dent; wit. Dan. Jenifer, Richard Price
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Prince George's Land Records 1730-1733 - Liber Q, Page 267
Enrolled at request of Thomas Middleton 21 May 1731:
Indenture, 19 May 1731; Between John Wheeler of the Colony of Virginia and Thomas Middleton, Sr.; for £150; a tract called Wheeler's Hope on the north side of a fresh run of Piscataway Creek near a Great Beaver Dam; containing 365 acres; Is/ John Wheeler (mark); wit. George Noble, Peter Dent; ack. by John Wheeler 19 May 1731
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Charles County Maryland Land Record Liber Z#2, 1744-1753; Page 379.
At the request of Peter Dent Jr, the following deed was recorded on Feb 28, 1749[/50].
Feb 13, 1749[/50] from Peter Dent Sr of Prince Georges County, to Peter Dent Jr of the same county, for 150 £, all that messuage in CC and near the west side of Matowoman Run, and bounded by a tract of land called White Haven, now in the possession of the afd Peter Dent Sr, containing about 180 acres. Signed - Pet: Dent. Wit - William Dent, Eliza Dent. Mary Dent, wife to the ads Peter Dent, released her dower
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1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Nanjemoy or Durham Parish: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 446-476: WHITE HAVEN DOCK: 200 acres; Possession of - 200 Acres - Matthews, Thomas: Surveyed Thomas Mathews, 8 July 1743, beginning at a bounded white oak, the last bound tree of MANNINGS DISCOVERY, patented 8 July 1743: Other Tracts Mentioned: MANNINGS DISCOVERY; {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.}

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Christened:
Charles County Circuit Court, Birth, Deaths & Marriage Records, Liber Q
Dent, Peter, slo William and Elizabeth Dent of Nanjemy b. bapt. 13 Jan 1694

Will:
DENT, PETER, SR. Prince George's Co. 5 Oct 1757; 23 Nov 1757
Wife: Mary.
Children: Elizabeth.. Peter., William, Mary Beall, Lucy Hardy, Ann, Thomas, Walter, Eleanor, Barbara and Richard.
Mentioned: Joseph Marlowe, Thomas Tenants.
Land in Frederick Co. to William Dent.
Tracts "Whitehaven." "The Barrens" to the main swamp at: Mattawoman,
A paper, dated 5 Oct. 1757, came with the will.
Extx: Mary Dent.
Wit: Wm. Truman Stoddart, Kenelm Truman, Richard Truman Stoddart.
Mary Dent., widow of Peter Dent, refused to adm will 30.386
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Mr. Peter Dent 65.195 PG £627.12.7 Mar 14 1758 Mar 29 1758
Appraisers: G. Noble, William Webster.
Creditors: John Barnes, James Wood.
Next of kin: Peter Dent, Jr., William Dent.
Administrator: Thomas Dent
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Peter Dent 2.118 D PG £850.5.1 Dec 18 1758
Sureties: George Hardy, John Dunn,
Administrator; Thomas Dent.
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Died:
DENT, Mr, Peter, died Sun, last., in P. G, Co. He had been Deputy Commissary of that county for over 20 years, and at the time of his death was Chief Justice of the county. (Oct. 20., 1757)

Peter married Mary Brooke in 1726 in King George Parish, Prince George's Co, Maryland. Mary (daughter of Thomas Brooke and Lucy Smith) was born on 8 Oct 1709 in Prince George Co, Maryland; died after 1751. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Richard Tarwin about 1717. Richard was born about 1697; died after 1717. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Elizabeth Cave about 1727. Elizabeth was born about 1707; died after 1727. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 21 Feb 1757, Charles Co, Maryland

Notes:

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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Will:
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

William married Ann Warren about 1729. Ann (daughter of John Warren and Judith Townley) was born about 1709; died after 1757 in of, Charles Co, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah Marshall on 27 Feb 1753 in Marshall Hall, Charles Co, Maryland. Sarah was born about 1733; died after 1765 in of, Charles Co, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Buffalo Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, Guilford Co, North Carolina
• Property: 2 Feb 1773, Orange Co (later Guilford Co), North Carolina; purchased land
• Military: 1776, Revolutionary War, North Carolina
• Residence: 1792, Sparta, Hancock Co, Georgia

Notes:

Religion:
William Dent, son of Peter and Mary Brooke Dent, of Maryland, came to North Carolina about 1773 and located at Guilford Court House. He was a member of the county court for many years. He had married Virlinda Bell in Maryland in 1759, and their children were Mary, William, Peter, Samuel and Anne. Mary married first Major James Campbell in 1777, and second Smith Moore, son of Risdon and Mary Smith Moore; Anne married Risdon Moore, son of Charles and Mary Cooper Moore. All of these except the Smith Moore family moved to Hancock County, Ga., about 1790. There Col. William Dent died about 1805, and in 1813 most of these Georgia families moved to Illinois. Charles S. Deneen, a great-great-grandson of Col. William Dent, was governor of Illinois, 1905-1909, and later United States Senator.
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Military:
Was a captain and Commissary Officer in the9th Battalion of N. C. troops in the Rev. War.

William married Virlinda Beall (or Bell) in 1759 in Maryland. Virlinda was born about 1739 in Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Elizabeth Burrell in 1764 in Prince George Co, Maryland. Elizabeth was born on 15 Jan 1739 in King George Parish, Prince George's Co, Maryland; died after 1790 in Prince George Co, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married William Jordan about 1760. William was born about 1730; died after 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Judith married Jeremiah Chase after 1755. Jeremiah was born about 1734 in of, Maryland; died on 02 Apr 1755 in of, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Samuel Briscoe about 1751 in Charles Co, Maryland. Samuel was born about 1738; died after 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Single, became a Charles Co, Maryland judge.

Grace married Robert Hanson Harrison about 1765. Robert (son of Richard Harrison and Dorothy Hanson) was born in 1745 in Charles Co, Maryland; died on 02 Jun 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married William Dowie about 1768. William was born about 1748; died after 1768. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Nancy Ann Magruder in 1781 in Charles Co, Maryland. Nancy (daughter of Alexander Howard Magruder and Jane Truman) was born about 1760 in Maryland; died after 1795 in Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Major James Campbell in 1777. James was born about 1757; died after 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Smith (or Smyth) Moore about 1780. Smith was born about 1760; died after 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Risdon Moore in 1790 in Guilford Co, North Carolina. Risdon was born on 20 Nov 1760 in Sussex Co, Delaware; died after 1803 in of, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Chloe married Thomas James John Stoddert on 21 Sep 1790 in Charles Co, Maryland. Thomas (son of William Truman Stoddert and Elizabeth Milstead) was born about 19 Feb 1763; died after 1804. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Hanson Stone, wife of sd Michael Jenifer Stone, relinquished her right of dower. Recorded Sep 11, 1794.
(father, Samuel Briscoe of Charles Co, Maryland, will, dated 21 Apr 1786.

Mary married Michael Jenifer Stone, Rep about 1767. Michael (son of David Stone and Elizabeth Jenifer) was born in 1747 in Equality estate, near Port Tobacco, Charles Co, Maryland; died in 1812 in Charles Co, Maryland; was buried in Equality estate, near Port Tobacco, Charles Co, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Sarah Stone before 1785 in Charles Co, Maryland. Sarah (daughter of Ensign Samuel Stone, Jr and Anne Hanson) was born after 1770 in Charles Co, Maryland; died after 1802 in Charles Co, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married James Longstreet in 1814. James was born about 1784 in New Jersey; died after 1830 in of, Augusta, Richmond Co, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]