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Sir William Thomas Dent 1500–1582 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 16 Mar 1582

Death Location: Hallaton, Leicestershire, England

Father: Roger Dent

Mother: Ann Fenwycke

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Children(s): Sir Ormsby

Sir William Thomas Dent was born in 1500 in Yorkshire, England, the child of Roger Dent And Ann Fenwycke. Sir William Thomas Dent married Elizabeth, and had children including Sir James Dent Baron Of Ormsby. Sir William Thomas Dent passed away in 1582 in Hallaton, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Thomas Dent was born in 1500 in Yorkshire, England, the child of Roger Dent And Ann Fenwycke.
  • Sir William Thomas Dent married Elizabeth, and had children including Sir James Dent Baron Of Ormsby.
  • Sir William Thomas Dent passed away in 1582 in Hallaton, Leicestershire, England.

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Sir Dent's Ancestors

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Sir Dent
1500–1582
Birth Place: Yorkshire, England
Parents
Roger Dent
1470–1515
Ann Fenwycke
1475–1515
Grandparents
Sir (Roger I) Dent
1438–1490
Wallingford Castle, Wallington, Northumberlandshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Jane Staunton
1404–1440
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Dent's Descendants

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Sir (William Thomas) Dent (1500–16 Mar 1582)
  1. 1. Sir (James Dent Baron of) Ormsby 1575–1647 m. Lady (Elsabeth) Anderson 1550–1625
    1. 1. Peter Dent 1600–1689 m. Margaret Nicholson 1602–1687
      1. 1. Col. (Judge Thomas) Dent 1630–1676 m. Rebecca Wilkinson 1627–1726
        1. 1. Margaret Dent 1662–1715 m. Edmund Howard 1655–1713
        2. 2. George Dent 1666–1703
        3. 3. Anne Dent 1659–1687
        4. 4. Colonel (William) Dent 1664–1711
        5. 5. Thomas Dent 1660–1685
        6. 6. George Dent 1662–1703
        7. 7. Capt. (Peter) Dent 1665–1711
        8. 8. Major (William) Dent 1640–1712
        9. 9. Capt. (Peter) Dent 1664–1711
        10. 10. Thomas Dent 1662–1685
        11. 11. Martha Dent 1650–1711
        12. 12. Rebecca Dent 1653–1710
        13. 13. Peter Dent 1663–1910
        14. 14. Thomas Addison 1649–1659
        15. 15. Col (William) Dent 1661–1704
        16. 16. George Dent 1666–1746
        17. 17. Margaret Dant 1662–1715
        18. 18. Margaret Dent 1693–1762
        19. 19. Anne Addison 1660–1687
        20. 20. Thomas Addison 1679–1727
        21. 21. Barbara Dent 1676–1754
      2. 2. Peter Dent 1629–1642
      3. 3. George Dent 1626–1694
      4. 4. John Dent 1620–1779
      5. 5. Thomas Dent 1630–1928
      6. 6. William Dent 1632–1647
      7. 7. Sarah Nicholson 1628–1712
      8. 8. Eliza Dent 1628–
      9. 9. Dorothy Dent 1633–1686
      10. 10. Peter Dent 1640–1689
      11. 11. Captain (John) Dent 1645–1712
      12. 12. Stephen Dent 1635–1671
      13. 13. George Dent 1625–1670

Sir Dent's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Sir William Thomas Dent in Yorkshire, England
Yorkshire, England
1582
16 Mar 1582
Age 82
Death of Sir William Thomas Dent in Hallaton, Leicestershire, England
Hallaton, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Mar 1582
    Event Place: Hallaton, Leicestershire, England

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