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Margaret Dent 1662–1715 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1662

Birth Location: St. Marys Co., Md. USA

Death Date: 1715

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

Father: Col. Dent

Mother: Rebecca Wilkinson

Spouse(s): Edmund Howard

Children(s): George Howard, Thomas Howard, William Howard, Thomas Howard, William Howard, William Howard, Joseph Howard, Edmund Jr., James Howard, Captain Howard, Edmund Howard, Stephen Read, Elizabeth Howard, Edmund Howard, Rebecca Howard

The story of Margaret Dent began in 1662 in St. Marys Co., Md. USA. Margaret Dent married Edmund Howard, and had children including Captain John Howard, Edmund Howard, Edmund Howard Jr, Elizabeth Eliza Howard, George Edumund Howard, James Howard, Joseph Howard, Rebecca Howard, Stephen William Read, Thomas Baron Howard, Thomas Howard, William Stevens Howard. Margaret Dent passed away in 1715 in St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Dent began in 1662 in St. Marys Co., Md. USA.
  • Margaret Dent married Edmund Howard, and had children including Captain John Howard, Edmund Howard, Edmund Howard Jr, Elizabeth Eliza Howard, George Edumund Howard, James Howard, Joseph Howard, Rebecca Howard, Stephen William Read, Thomas Baron Howard, Thomas Howard, William Stevens Howard.
  • Margaret Dent passed away in 1715 in St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Col. Dent
1630–1676
Birth Location: Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England
CD
Rebecca Wilkinson
1627–1726
Birth Location: Linhaven, Norfolk, VA
RW

Spouses(s)

Edmund Howard
1655–1713
Birth Location: Clun, Shropshire, England
EH

Children(s)

George Howard
1686–1741
Birth Location: Pocomoke, Somerset, MD, USA
GH
Thomas Howard
1690–1729
Birth Location: Pocomoke, Somerset, Maryland, USA
TH
William Howard
1650–1734
Birth Location: Charles, Maryland
WH
Thomas Howard
1690–1726
Birth Location: Pocomoke, Somerset, Maryland, United States
TH
William Howard
1684–1734
Birth Location: Pocomoke, Somerset, Maryland, United States
WH
William Howard
1684–1686
Birth Location: Somerset County, Maryland, USA
WH
Joseph Howard
1698–1763
Birth Location: –
JH
Edmund Jr.
1694–1745
Birth Location: Nansemond (Independent City), Virginia, United States
EJ
James Howard
1670–1745
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
JH
Captain Howard
1690–1742
Birth Location: Pocomoke, Somerset, Maryland, USA
CH
Edmund Howard
1693–1739
Birth Location: Somerset, Maryland, United States
EH
Stephen Read
1694–1745
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
SR
Elizabeth Howard
1692–1716
Birth Location: Pocomoke, Somerset, Maryland, United States
EH
Edmund Howard
1695–1696
Birth Location: Pocomoke, Somerset, Maryland, United States
EH
Rebecca Howard
1683–1683
Birth Location: Pocomoke, Somerset, Maryland, United States
RH

Margaret Dent's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Dent
1662–1715
Birth Place: St. Marys Co., Md. USA
Parents
Col. Judge Thomas Dent
1630–1676
Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England
Rebecca Wilkinson
1627–1726
Linhaven, Norfolk, VA
Grandparents
Peter Dent
1600–1689
West Riding, Yorkshire, England
Margaret Nicholson
1602–1687
Hutton, Yorkshire, England
Rev. (William) Wilkinson
1612–1663
Cookham, Berkshire, England
Naomi Hughes
1612–1634
England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Ormsby
1575–1647
Lady Anderson
1550–1625
William Nicholson
1575–1665
Elizabeth Brooks
1575–
Gabriel Wilkinson
1576–1658
Margery Baker
1576–1661
William Hughes
1590–1664
Mary Withers
1591–1650
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Dent
1500–1582
Sir Knight
1530–1605
Lady Smythe
1530–1623
Messenger Nicholson
1540–
Sarah Kirkpatrick
1550–
Percival Brooks
1550–
Thomas Wilkinson
1550–1603
Isabel Hershey
1552–1623
Robert Baker
1546–1589
Alice Sargent
1550–
William Hewes
1561–1633
Sarah Bezer
1574–1649
Johannis Withers
1560–
Mary Sidney
1561–1621

Margaret Dent's Descendants

1.
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Margaret Dent (1662–1715) m. Edmund Howard (1655–15 Mar 1713)
  1. 1. George (Edumund) Howard 1686–1741 m. Sarah Smith 1688–1752
    1. 1. Samuel (Henry) Howard 1711–1774 m. Mary Smith 1713–1727
      1. 1. Ignatius Howard 1725–1774 m. Sarah Sims 1726–1789
        1. 1. James Howard 1752–1835 m. Martha Frame 1760–1789
        2. 2. Henry Howard 1711–1775
        3. 3. Robert Howard 1762–1832
        4. 4. James Howard 1752–1796
        5. 5. John Howard 1748–1853
        6. 6. Henry (H) Howard 1763–1798
        7. 7. Anna Howard 1770–1840
        8. 8. Benjamin Howard 1760–
        9. 9. John Howard 1755–
        10. 10. William Howard 1758–1826
        11. 11. Thomas Howard 1750–1853
        12. 12. Charles Howard 1773–
        13. 13. Elizabeth Howard 1755–1831
        14. 14. Silas Howard 1757–
        15. 15. Samuel Howard 1773–
        16. 16. Mary Howard 1774–
      2. 2. Elizabeth Howard 1724–
    2. 2. Henry Howard 1710–1753
    3. 3. Obadiah Howard 1737–1804
    4. 4. Stephen Howard 1725–1777
    5. 5. Edmund Howard 1724–1761
    6. 6. Mary (Howard) Woodcraft 1720–
    7. 7. Elizabeth Howard 1712–
    8. 8. Mary Howard 1711–1752
    9. 9. George (Edmund) Howard 1725–1786
    10. 10. Nehemiah Howard 1720–
    11. 11. Sarah Howard 1715–1752
  2. 2. Thomas Howard 1690–1729
  3. 3. William (Stevens) Howard 1650–1734
  4. 4. Thomas (Baron) Howard 1690–1726
  5. 5. William (Stevens) Howard 1684–1734
  6. 6. William (Stevens) Howard 1684–1686
  7. 7. Joseph Howard 1698–1763
  8. 8. Edmund (Howard) Jr. 1694–1745
  9. 9. James Howard 1670–1745
  10. 10. Captain (John) Howard 1690–1742
  11. 11. Edmund Howard 1693–1739
  12. 12. Stephen (William) Read 1694–1745
  13. 13. Elizabeth (Eliza) Howard 1692–1716
  14. 14. Edmund Howard 1695–1696
  15. 15. Rebecca Howard 1683–1683

Margaret Dent's Timeline

2 Records

1662
1662
Birth of Margaret Dent in St. Marys Co., Md. USA
St. Marys Co., Md. USA
1715
1715
Age 53
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: 1662
    Event Place: St. Marys Co., Md. USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1715
    Event Place: St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, United States
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