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Col. Thomas Dent Sr., Gent. (1630–1676), Justice, Sheriff, and member of the Lower House of the Maryland General Assembly.

Thomas was born about 1630 in the Parish of Guisborough, Yorkshire, England making him slightly less than thirty years of age upon his arrival in America around 1658. He resided in Saint Mary's County, Maryland.

Political career

Thomas was a justice of St. Mary’s county beginning in 1661, and became sheriff there in 1665, became coroner in 1669, and alderman in 1673. Thomas was a member of the Lower House, St. Mary’s County from 1669-1675.

Marriage

Thomas wedded Rebecca Wilkinson (1633–1726) in 1659. Rebecca was the Virginia born daughter of the Rev. William Wilkinson (1612–1676) who emigrated from England and his first wife, Naomi Hughes (1616–1634) his wife. After Thomas died, Rebecca married in 1677 Col. John Addison (d. 1705), a bachelor who then returned to England and died there intestate. Col. Addison profited from this marriage, and this alienated the Dent children from their mother.

Property

Thomas received a patent of land lying in Charles County called "Gisbrough" on May 5, 1663. Thomas accumulated over 1,000 acres (4 km²) of land, plus 3 plantations of unspecified area. His estate was valued at 596.8.0 pounds sterling, including 6 slaves, 8 servants, and books.

Death

Other Family

Certainly related and using the same coat of arms, Thomas was the uncle or perhaps older brother of Capt. John Dent, Gent. (ca. 1645-1712), who married Mary Hatch.

Children

1. Col. William Dent Sr., Gent. (1660–1705), who married 1) Elizabeth Fowke (1668–1703), daughter of Col. Gerard Fowke Sr. (1625–1669) and Anne (Thoroughgood) Chandler (1630). 2) Sarah Brooke (1683–1724), daughter of Col. Thomas Brooke Jr., Hon. (1660–1730) and second wife, Barbara Dent (1676–1754). Sarah married secondly, Capt. Philip Lee Sr., Hon., Esq. (1681–1744) of "Blenheim".

2. Margaret Dent (1662–1712), who married Edmond Howard (1659–1712), a Justice and clerk of Charles Co., Maryland.

4. Peter Dent (ca. 1665–1711), who married 1) Elizabeth (Ballard) King Wilson, widow of John King and Thomas Wilson, and daughter of Charles Ballard (died 1682). 2) Jane Pittman Gray, daughter of Joseph Gray (died 1724).

6. Barbara Dent (1676–1754), who married Col. Thomas Brooke Jr., Hon. (1660–1730), son of Maj. Thomas Brooke Sr., Esq. (1632–1676) and his second wife Eleanor Hatton (1642–1725).

Ancestry

Thomas was the son of Peter Dent II, Gent. (ca. 1600–1647) and Margaret Nicholson (1602–1647). Peter was born at Ormesby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England. He lived 6 miles away in Guisborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England. The town and valley of Dent is about 70 miles west of Guisborough. Peter died in August 1647 at Guisborough. Margaret was born at Hutton, Yorkshire, England.

Peter II, was the son of Peter Dent I, Gent., of Ormesby (d.ca. 1642), a Parish in North Riding of Yorkshire, now part of Middlesbrough.

Thomas Dent's son William had a son, Peter, who had a son, Peter Jr. Peter Jr. had a son, George, who had a son Frederick, who married Ellen Bray Wrenshall. Their daughter, Julia, was the wife of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States.

Captain John Dent came into Maryland about 1658 with Thomas Dent who claimed land rights in 1663 for his transportation, and in that year John Dent witnessed a conveyance of William Hatton to Thomas Dent. The year previous or 1662 he witnessed the last will and testament of William Hewes who bequeathed his entire estate to William Hatton of William and William Dent of Thomas. In 1695 he employed William Dent of Thomas his attorney to institute legal action against on Lemaister. In those years it is therefore evident that he was in close association with Thomas Dent and was a freeholder of age.

References

1. ^{{cite book|last=McFarland|first=Barbara Stobbs|title=Matthew & Lena Their Story "A Biographical History"|year=2009|publisher=Phoenix Graphix Publishing|location=Granville, Ohio|pages=324–5}}
2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=8_WbVwd_HkUC&lpg=PA37&ots=nDIYBvFT9H&dq=George%20Dent%201756%201813&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false Charles County Gentry: A Genealogical History of Six Emigrants - Thomas Dent, John Dent, Richard Edelen, John Hanson, George Newman, Humphrey Warren]
3. ^Captain John Dent article in The Maryland Dents