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Margaret Dent 1660–1693 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1660

Birth Location: Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1693

Death Location: St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, United States

Father: Judge Sr

Mother: Rebecca Wilkinson

Spouse(s): Peter Mills

Children(s): Eleanor Nevitt

The story of Margaret Dent began in 1660 in Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, England. Margaret Dent married Peter Xavier Mills, and had children including Eleanor Mills Nevitt. Margaret Dent passed away in 1693 in St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Dent began in 1660 in Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, England.
  • Margaret Dent married Peter Xavier Mills, and had children including Eleanor Mills Nevitt.
  • Margaret Dent passed away in 1693 in St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Judge Sr
1630–1676
Birth Location: Guisborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
JS
Rebecca Wilkinson
1633–1726
Birth Location: Lynnhaven Parish, Princess Anne County, Virginia Colony, Virginia, USA
RW

Spouses(s)

Peter Mills
1676–1744
Birth Location: St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland
PM

Children(s)

Eleanor Nevitt
1710–1763
Birth Location: St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, United States
EN

Margaret Dent's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Dent
1660–1693
Birth Place: Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Judge Col. Thomas Dent Sr
1630–1676
Guisborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Rebecca (Elizabeth) Wilkinson
1633–1726
Lynnhaven Parish, Princess Anne County, Virginia Colony, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
William (I Wilkinson Wilkenson, son of Gabriel IMM England to Maryland, JT, Council, Reverend- first Anglican clergyman to officiate in Maryland) Colony
1612–1663
Cookham, Berkshire, England
Naomi ("Naomy" Hughes) (Shercliffe)
1616–1650
York, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Dent's Descendants

1.
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Margaret Dent (1660–1693) m. Peter (Xavier) Mills (14 Mar 1676–6 Jun 1744)
  1. 1. Eleanor (Mills) Nevitt 1710–1763 m. John Taunt 1696–1763 m. Francis NEVITT 1690–1723
    1. 1. Mary (Ann) Dant 1736–1814 m. Patrict ("Justinian" John Jack) Mills 1720–1795
      1. 1. Joseph (Mills) Sr 1762–1853 m. Eleanor Bowes 1766–1824
        1. 1. Joseph (Mills) Jr. 1802–1878 m. Mary (Ann) Smith 1815–1878

Margaret Dent's Timeline

2 Records

1660
1660
Birth of Margaret Dent in Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, England
Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, England
1693
1693
Age 33
Death of Margaret Dent in St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, United States
St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1660
    Event Place: Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1693
    Event Place: St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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