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James Wedderburn Bent 1799 – 1885 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Oct 1799

Birth Location: Pedro Plains, St Elizabeth, Jamaica

Death Date: 12 Mar 1885

Death Location: Southfield, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica

Father: Nicholas Rochester

Mother: Sarah Powell

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James Wedderburn Bent was born in 1799 in Pedro Plains, St Elizabeth, Jamaica, the child of Nicholas Abel Bent Rochester and Sarah Powell. James Wedderburn Bent passed away in 1885 in Southfield, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica.

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Biography

  • James Wedderburn Bent was born in 1799 in Pedro Plains, St Elizabeth, Jamaica, the child of Nicholas Abel Bent Rochester and Sarah Powell.
  • James Wedderburn Bent passed away in 1885 in Southfield, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica.

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James Bent's Ancestors

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James Bent
1799 – 1885
Birth Place: Pedro Plains, St Elizabeth, Jamaica
Parents
Nicholas Abel Bent Rochester
1756 – 1850
Pedro Plains, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica
Sarah Powell
1771 – 1828
Top Hill, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica
Grandparents
John Bent
1730 – 1803
Jamaica
Anne (Agnes) Rochester
1734 – 1822
Clarendon, Jamaica
Benjamin Powell\Rochester
1745 –
Hodges Pen, St Elizabeth, Jamaica
Margaret Witter
1755 – 1843
Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica
Great-Grandparents
William Rochester
Ruth Rochester
1720 – 1757
James Powell
1720 – 1796
Ruth Burton
1720 – 1757
Norwood Witter
1691 – 1765
Grace Simpson\Sympson
1720 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Dorothy (Mulatto)
1701 – 1789

James Bent's Timeline

2 Records

1799
25 Oct 1799
Birth of James Wedderburn Bent in Pedro Plains, St Elizabeth, Jamaica
Pedro Plains, St Elizabeth, Jamaica
1885
12 Mar 1885
Age 86
Death of James Wedderburn Bent in Southfield, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica
Southfield, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Oct 1799
    Event Place: Pedro Plains, St Elizabeth, Jamaica

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Mar 1885
    Event Place: Southfield, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica

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