13234.Peter Bent. Born on 15 Oct 1653 in Sudbury, MA.70 Peter died in Marlboro, MA, on 3 Mar 1717; he was 63.179
On 27 Feb 1705 when Peter was 51, he married Abigail Barnes (13271) , daughter of Richard Barnes (4522) (ca 1630/1-) & Deborah, in Marlboro, MA. Born on 3 Oct 1683 in Marlboro, MA. Abigail died in Southboro, MA, on 4 Feb 1768; she was 84.179
Peter and Abigail were second cousins; his paternal grandfather and her paternal grandmother were siblings.
Their children include:
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Beulah Bent (Died unmarried) (27 Mar 1705-17 Apr 1783)
Martha was probably the Martha lining in Boston in 1690.179
13236.Elizabeth Bent. Born on 2 Dec 1658 in Sudbury, MA.70
13237.Agnes Bent. Born on 19 Aug 1661 in Sudbury, MA.70 Agnes died in Sudbury, MA, on 4 Jun 1729; she was 67.
On 9 Jul 1684 when Agnes was 22, she married Caleb Johnson, son of Solomon Johnson (-28 Jun 1690) & Eleanor (-ca 1652/3), in Sudbury, MA.70 Born on 1 Feb 1645 in Sudbury, MA. Caleb died on 1 Dec 1715; he was 70.
13238.John Bent. Born on 8 Jan 1663 in Sudbury, MA.70 John died in Cambridge, MA, on 20 Apr 1676; he was 13.
John died at Cambridge where the family had moved for safety after Philip’s war.179
13239.Zacheus Bent. Born ca 1667 in Marlboro, MA. Zacheus died on 20 Mar 1690.179
13240.Patience Bent. Born on 28 Aug 1670 in Marlboro, MA.476
13241.Ens. Hopestill Bent. Born on 17 Jan 1672 in Marlboro, MA.476
From Allen H. Bent’s article “The Bent Family”:179
Hopestill “saw service in the disastrous canadian campaign of 1690, in the first of the French and Indian wars, and on his tombstone in the old burial ground in what is now the town of Wayland, is called an ensign.”
27 Nov 170[1] Hopestill married Elizabeth Brown (13272) , daughter of Maj. Thomas Brown (4526) (22 May 1645-7 May 1709) & Patience Foster (5282) (16 Jul 1646-Aug 1706), in Sudbury, MA.70 Born on 17 Mar 1677 in Sudbury, MA.
Children of Hopestill and Elizabeth (Brown) Bent, born at Sudbury:70
i. Martha Bent, b. 15 Sep 1701, d. 22 Dec 1722;
ii. Peter Bent, b. 17 May 1703, m. 18 Apr 1727 Mary Parris (dau. of Rev. Samuel Parris);
iii. Thomas Bent, b. 29 Jul 1706, d. 26 Jul 1775, m. 28 May 1733 Mary Stone (d. same day as Thomas, dau. of Samuel Stone);
iv. Hopestill Bent, b. 4 Nov 1708;
v. Sarah Bent, b. 22 Apr 1711, m. 10 Jul 1729 Jeremiah Wesson of Sudbury;
vi. Elijah Bent, b. 15 Aug 1713, d. 2 May 1797 at Barre, MA, m. Susannah Stone (d. 3 Jul 1801 at Barre æ. 80, dau. of Samuel Stone);
vii. Micah Bent, b. 29 Apr 1716, d. ca. 1760, m. 1737 Grace Rice (dau. of David Rice); and
viii. Elizabeth Bent, b. 14 Jun 1720.179