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Mary Polly Bent 1535 – 1585 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1535

Birth Location: Herefordshire, Worcestershire, England

Death Date: 28 May 1585

Death Location: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England

Father: Silas Bent

Mother: Agnes Weeks

Spouse(s): George Smith

Children(s): Margaret Smith

Mary Polly Bent was born in 1535 in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, England, the child of Silas Bent and Agnes Weeks. Mary Polly Bent married George William Smith, and had children including Margaret Elizabeth Smith. Mary Polly Bent passed away in 1585 in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England.

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Biography

  • Mary Polly Bent was born in 1535 in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, England, the child of Silas Bent and Agnes Weeks.
  • Mary Polly Bent married George William Smith, and had children including Margaret Elizabeth Smith.
  • Mary Polly Bent passed away in 1585 in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Silas Bent
1500 – 1562
Birth Location: Sudbury, Middlesex, England
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Agnes Weeks
1505 – 1571
Birth Location: Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England
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Spouses(s)

George Smith
1513 – 1579
Birth Location: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Margaret Smith
1550 – 1602
Birth Location: Gloucestershire, England
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Mary Bent's Ancestors

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Mary Bent
1535 – 1585
Birth Place: Herefordshire, Worcestershire, England
Parents
Silas Bent
1500 – 1562
Sudbury, Middlesex, England
Agnes Weeks
1505 – 1571
Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England
Grandparents
John (Bent) Hps
Alice Carey
Sir (John) Weeks
1475 – 1521
Holme, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Alice Maud de Bates) (Weeks)
1474 – 1526
East Riding, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mary Bent's Descendants

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Mary (Polly) Bent (1535 – 28 May 1585) m. George (William) Smith (1513 – 1579)
  1. 1. Margaret (Elizabeth) Smith (1550 – 1602) m. John (Merritt Hill) "Hayle" (26 June 1550 – 28 Mar 1593 1643)
    1. 1. John (Merritt) Hall (1574 ca – 25 Nov 1635) m. Anne (Jane) Bacon (1577 – 22 Jun 1623)
      1. 1. Robert (Hall (18th) GGF) (Abt. 1602 – 1631) m. Catherine Cambridge (1604 – 1679)
        1. 1. Robert Hall (1627 – Sep 1704) m. Alice Harring (1634 – Aug 1682)

Mary Bent's Timeline

2 Records

1535
1535
Birth of Mary Polly Bent in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, England
Herefordshire, Worcestershire, England
1585
28 May 1585
Age 50
Death of Mary Polly Bent in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England
Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1535
    Event Place: Herefordshire, Worcestershire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 May 1585
    Event Place: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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