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William Dent 1730 – 1805 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 08 Aug 1730

Birth Location: Charles County, Maryland, USA

Death Date: 8 Mar 1805

Death Location: Sparta, Hancock, Georgia, USA

Father: Peter Dent

Mother: Mary Brooke

Spouse(s): Verlinda Beall

Children(s): Mollie Dent

William Dent was born in 1730 in Charles County, Maryland, USA, the child of Peter Dent and Mary Brooke. William Dent married Verlinda Beall, and had children including Mollie Dent. William Dent passed away in 1805 in Sparta, Hancock, Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • William Dent was born in 1730 in Charles County, Maryland, USA, the child of Peter Dent and Mary Brooke.
  • William Dent married Verlinda Beall, and had children including Mollie Dent.
  • William Dent passed away in 1805 in Sparta, Hancock, Georgia, USA.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Dent's Ancestors

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William Dent
1730 – 1805
Birth Place: Charles County, Maryland, USA
Parents
Peter Dent
1693 – 1757
Nanjemoy, Charles, Maryland, USA
Mary Brooke
1709 – 1779
Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Grandparents
William (Peter) Dent
1660 – 1704
Hull's Neck, Westbury Manor, Maryland, USA
Ann (Elizabeth) Fowke
1664 – 1703
Port Tobacco, Charles, Maryland, USA
Lucy Smith
1688 – 1770
Halls Croft, Calvert, Maryland, United States
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Dent
1630 – 1676
Rebecca Wilkinson
1633 – 1726
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Dent's Descendants

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William Dent (08 Aug 1730 – 8 Mar 1805) m. Verlinda Beall (1 Jun 1730 – 1815)
  1. 1. Mollie Dent (1760 – 1804) m. James Campbell m. Smyth Moore (1752 – 1804)
    1. 1. Risdon (Dent) Moore (18 Nov 1791 – 1868) m. Mary (Ascyneth) Mitchell (1796 – 1882)
      1. 1. Eliza (Ann) Moore (1813 – 1867) m. Benjamin Jackson
      2. 2. Nancy (Dent) Moore (1815 – )
      3. 3. Maria (L) Moore (1817 – 1881)
      4. 4. Marcus (Lafayette) Moore (6 Nov 1820 – 20 Oct 1905) m. Martha (Jane) Litzy
      5. 5. Hiram (Mitchell) Moore (1822 – ) m. Rebecca Ellis
        1. 1. Robert (E) Moore
        2. 2. Arabel Moore m. Albert (J) Jernegan
      6. 6. Adeline Moore (1824 – )
      7. 7. Cinncinnattus Moore (1826 – )
      8. 8. William (Polk) Moore (27 Apr 1829 – ) m. Amanda Dickey ( – 1864) m. Mollie Duval
        1. 1. Guilford (Smith) Moore (24 Apr 1861 – 7 Jan 1937) m. Alice (D) Braughn
        2. 2. William (Polk) Moore
        3. 3. Risdon (Dickey) Moore m. Sadie Edwards
        4. 4. Blanche Moore (1867 – 1888)
        5. 5. Oliver (Duval) Moore
        6. 6. Hiram (Mitchell) Moore
      9. 9. Jerome (Egburt) Moore (24 Nov 1831 – ) m. Rebecca Litzy
        1. 1. Risdon (Dent) Moore
        2. 2. Benjamin (Jackson) Moore
        3. 3. Marcus (Lafayette) Moore
        4. 4. Martha (Lillian) Moore
        5. 5. Ada (Maria) Moore
      10. 10. Thomas (Benton) Moore (1834 – 1906) m. Mary (Ann) Williams (1840 – 1921) m. Isabel (H) Austin (12 Feb 1836 – 17 Jul 1859)
        1. 1. Mary (Florence) Moore (8 Nov 1864 – 12 Sep 1933) m. Andrew (Ewing) Conyers (Jan 1859 – 1942)
        2. 2. Eliza (Jane) Moore (23 Feb 1867 – 29 Feb 1944) m. William (Addison) Conyers (25 Nov 1856 – 24 Oct 1919)
        3. 3. Flora Moore (1869 – )
        4. 4. William (Edgar) Moore (1872 – )
        5. 5. Thomas (Benton) Moore (May 1874 – 8 Feb 1926) m. Hattie Butt (May 1867 – )
        6. 6. Minnie (Maria) Moore (1877 – 8 Sep 1961)
        7. 7. John (Guilford) Moore (1880 – )
        8. 8. Arabelle (Rebecca) Moore (1882 – )
        9. 9. Laura (Dent) Moore (23 Jan 1857 – 21 Dec 1951) m. Thomas Wright (1845 – 1918)

William Dent's Timeline

2 Records

1730
08 Aug 1730
Birth of William Dent in Charles County, Maryland, USA
Charles County, Maryland, USA
1805
8 Mar 1805
Age 75
Death of William Dent in Sparta, Hancock, Georgia, USA
Sparta, Hancock, Georgia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 08 Aug 1730
    Event Place: Charles County, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 5874.012; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Mar 1805
    Event Place: Sparta, Hancock, Georgia, USA

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