John Bent

1636 - 1717  (81 years)

• Name	John Bent
  Born	24 Jan 1636	Penton-Grafton, Eng
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Sep 1717	Framingham, MA (bur. date), age 81
  Person ID	I150	B03 Thomas Hore, b1649, Chilham, Kent, England
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	John Bent,   b. Nov 1596, Penton-Grafton, Eng ,   d. 27 Sep 1672, Sudbury,,MA  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha Baker,   b. Penton-Grafton,,Eng ?? ,   d. 15 May 1679, Sudbury,,MA
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Bef 1625	ENG
  Family ID	F133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah Stone,   b. 06 Jun 1640, of Cambridge, MA ,   d. Bef 1684, Framingham, MA  (Age < 43 years)
  Married	07 Jul 1658	Sudbury, MA (see Torrey)
  Children	1. Hannah Bent,   b. 06 May 1661, Sudbury,Middlesex,MA  [natural]
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Rice,   b. 17 Aug 1657, Sudbury,Middlesex,MA
  Children	1. David Bent,   b. Abt 1691, Framingham, MA ,   d. 15 Feb 1730, Sudbury, MA  (Age ~ 39 years)  [natural]  [Stepchild]   2. John Bent,   b. 29 Nov 1689  [natural]
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F365	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Bent Family, Allen H. Bent, published 1900. pages 15-16. #4 of Bent Family. John (2) Bent (John-1) was born in Penton-Grafton, England, in Jan., 1636, and died in Framingham, MA, in Sept. (buried the 15th), 1717, age 81. He came to America with his father in 1638, and was brought up in Sudbury, MA. In 1662, four years after his marriage, he bought land of Henry Rice near the fordway over the Cochituate Brook, on the west side of the old Connecticut Path (*** see below), in what is now the town of Framingham, and built one of the first houses on Framingham land. April 16, 1683, he bought sixty acres adjoining. In the Sudbury town records, under date of Oct. 26, 1686, is an "agreement between the town of Sudbury and certain out-dwellers, viz.: Corporal John Bent * * * * who are inhabitants bordering upon, but dwelling without the line or bounds of the town." The first petition for the incorporation of the town of Framingham, in 1693, was headed by John Bent. It was not incorporated, however, until 1700. At the second town meeting, March 3, 1701,he was chosen one of the tythingmen, who were men of authority not only on Sunday but throughout the week, and doubtless he performed the delicate duties with dignity and discretion. In his will, dated Feb. 19, 1714-15, "in the first year of our sovereign George of England, King," etc., he says that he is "very sick and weake in Body." His property is to be divided equally between his two sons, his daughter having already received her portion. He married, first, July 1, 1658, Hannah, born June 6, 1640, daughter of John and Anne Stone of Cambridge, and second, Martha, born August 17, 1657, daughter of Matthew Rice, who was a brother of Edward Rice that married John Bent's sister Agnes. (***) This old Indian trail was for years the only way the eastern settlers had to reach the towns on the Connecticut River. It went along the north bank of Charles River, thence to northern end of Cochituate Pond, and S.W. through South Framingham, etc. NOTE: THE BENT FAMILY GENEALOGY HAD ERRORS AS ALLEN H. BENT ATTRIBUTED ALL 3 CHILDREN TO WIFE NO. 1, HANNAH STONE. THIS ISN'T POSSIBLE AS HANNAH DIED BETWEEN 1681 AND 1684. ONLY HANNAH, B. IN 1661 IS THE CHILD OF HANNAH STONE; JOHN AND DAVID MUST BE THE CHILDREN OF MARTHA RICE. SOURCE: Genealogical Register of Framingham (CD): Probably he was the fourth man to build on Framingham land. He m. (1) July 1, 1658, Hannah Stone, dau. of John; (2) Martha Rice, dau. of Matthew, CHILDREN- HANNAH, b. May 6, 1661, m. John Adams; John, b. Nov. 29, 1689 (#3); David (#4).