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William Brent 1557–1620 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1557

Birth Location: Stow-Upon-Wold, Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: 1620

Death Location: Gloucestershire, England

Father: Nicholas Brent

Mother: Elizabeth Briant

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Reed

Children(s): Ann (twin)

In 1557, William Brent entered the world in Stow-Upon-Wold, Gloucestershire, England, born to Nicholas Brent And Elizabeth Briant. William Brent married Elizabeth Reed, and had children including Ann Mary Brent Twin. William Brent passed away in 1620 in Gloucestershire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1557, William Brent entered the world in Stow-Upon-Wold, Gloucestershire, England, born to Nicholas Brent And Elizabeth Briant.
  • William Brent married Elizabeth Reed, and had children including Ann Mary Brent Twin.
  • William Brent passed away in 1620 in Gloucestershire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Brent's Ancestors

Self
William Brent
1557–1620
Birth Place: Stow-Upon-Wold, Gloucestershire, England
Parents
Nicholas Brent
1510–1582
Stow, Gloucestershire, England
Elizabeth Briant
1537–1588
Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (William Brent or BRIANT Lord of Stoke &) Admington
1510–1594
Yorksoke, Glou, England
Elizabeth (Worth or) WROTH
1510–1579
Admington, Quinton, Gloucestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert BRIANT
1477–1531
Margery Colchester
1480–1538
Robert WROTH
1490–1535
Jane Hawte
1486–1536
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Brent's Descendants

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William Brent (1557–1620) m. Elizabeth Reed (1563–11 Dec 1598)
  1. 1. Ann (Mary Brent) (twin) 1588–1655 m. Thomas (Edmund) Pearsall 1586–1667
    1. 1. Henry Pearsall 1611–1667 m. Ann Pankhurst 1617–1675
      1. 1. George (Pearsall) SR 1652–1703 m. Elizabeth Williams 1673–1753
        1. 1. George (Pearsall) JR 1695–1730 m. Priscilla Wyckoff 1695–1748

William Brent's Timeline

2 Records

1557
1557
Birth of William Brent in Stow-Upon-Wold, Gloucestershire, England
Stow-Upon-Wold, Gloucestershire, England
1620
1620
Age 63
Death of William Brent in Gloucestershire, England
Gloucestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1557
    Event Place: Stow-Upon-Wold, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1620
    Event Place: Gloucestershire, England

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