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Matthew Dente \ Dent 1520–1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Morland, Westmorland, England

Death Date: 16 Feb 1591

Death Location: Yorkshire, England

Father: Sir Ormsby

Mother: Lady Dent

Spouse(s): Lady Clesbye

Children(s): Lord Dente

Matthew Dente \ Dent was born in 1520 in Morland, Westmorland, England, the child of Sir William Dent Baron Dent Of Ormsby And Lady Elisabeth Anderson Dent. Matthew Dente \ Dent married Lady Agnes Clesbye, and had children including Edward Robert Dent, Lord Rowlande Dente, Richard Dente. Matthew Dente \ Dent passed away in 1591 in Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Matthew Dente \ Dent was born in 1520 in Morland, Westmorland, England, the child of Sir William Dent Baron Dent Of Ormsby And Lady Elisabeth Anderson Dent.
  • Matthew Dente \ Dent married Lady Agnes Clesbye, and had children including Edward Robert Dent, Lord Rowlande Dente, Richard Dente.
  • Matthew Dente \ Dent passed away in 1591 in Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Ormsby
1500–1581
Birth Location: Ormsby Hall North Riding Yorkshire
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Lady Dent
1501–1651
Birth Location: Wallington, Northumberland, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Clesbye
1521–1580
Birth Location: Morland, Westmorland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Lord Dente
1540–1610
Birth Location: Morland, Westmorland, England
LD

Matthew Dent's Ancestors

Self
Matthew Dent
1520–1591
Birth Place: Morland, Westmorland, England
Parents
Sir William Dent, Baron Dent of Ormsby
1500–1581
Ormsby Hall North Riding Yorkshire
Lady (Elisabeth Anderson) Dent
1501–1651
Wallington, Northumberland, England
Grandparents
Edmund Anderson
1465–1520
Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Annie (Neal) Barker
1480–1559
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Matthew Dent's Descendants

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Matthew (Dente \) Dent (1520–16 Feb 1591) m. Lady (Agnes) Clesbye (1521–1580)
  1. 1. Lord (Rowlande) Dente 1540–1610 m. Elizabeth (Margaret) Addeson 1544–1611
    1. 1. Janet (Janett Dent Dente Hugill) Hughill 1570–1629 m. John (Hugill) Hughill 1569– m. John (Hugill) Hughill 1569–
      1. 1. Thomason (C Hugill) Colston 1585–1639 m. Richard (William Colston) (DNA) 1584–1669
        1. 1. Henri\Henry (Coulston) (DNA) 1636–1685 m. Elizabeth (Hinde) Coulston 1637–1676 m. Elizabeth (Hinde) Coulston 1637–1676
      2. 2. Thomason (C Hugill) Colston 1585–1639
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Hinde) Coulston 1637–1676 m. Henri\Henry (Coulston) (DNA) 1636–1685
      3. 3. Thomason (C Hugill) Colston 1585–1639 m. Richard (William Colston) (DNA) 1584–1669
        1. 1. Elizabeth Coulston 1620–
        2. 2. Illinor Colston 1625–
        3. 3. Elizabeth Coulston 1640–1692
        4. 4. John Coulston 1630–
        5. 5. Richard Coulston 1627–1657
        6. 6. William Coulston 1633–1685
    2. 2. Agnes Dent 1561–1629

Matthew Dent's Timeline

3 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Matthew Dente \ Dent in Morland, Westmorland, England
Morland, Westmorland, England
1591
16 Sep 1591
Age 71
Death of Matthew Dente \ Dent in Morland, Westmorland, England
Morland, Westmorland, England
1591
16 Feb 1591
Age 71
Burial of Matthew Dente \ Dent in Yorkshire, England
Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Morland, Westmorland, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Sep 1591
    Event Place: Morland, Westmorland, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 16 Feb 1591
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England
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