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- Dent Family, Charles County Gentry, page 15/16, by Henry Wright Newman.
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Peter bapt 13 Jan 1694. (Ct & Land P#1.208, 209, Q Rev. 10,11,13,14,16,24)
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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)
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will probated 11/23/1757
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 Page £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 Page £850.5.1 Dec 18 1758
Sureties: George Hardy, John Dunn,
Administrator; Thomas Dent.
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Charles County Circuit Court, Birth, Deaths & Marriage Records, Liber Q
Dent, Peter, slo William and Elizabeth Dent of Nanjemy b. bapt. 13 Jan 1694
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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 Page £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 Page £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 Page £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 Page £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 Page £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 Page £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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1696-1702 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber A, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; 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, Page 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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1730-1733 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber Q, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; 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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1749-1752 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber PP [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 30. At the request of Peter Dent, Jr. the following Deed was recorded February 25, 1749/50
Indenture made February 13, 1749/50; Peter Dent, Sr., in consideration of the sum of 50 pounds currency paid by Peter Dent, Jr., has sold all that messuage or tenement lying in Prince George's County and near Mattawoman swamp called Whitehaven containing 50 acres. Signed Peter Dent in the presence of William Dent, Elizabeth Dent and acknowledged before John Hepburn and at the same time Mary Dent wife of Peter Dent, Sr., relinquished her right of 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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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1695 - 1757 (62 years)