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Cool Springs, St Mary's County Maryland Dents and their Descendants

Last Update: April 2000


1 John Dent B c1635 Yorkshire ENG? ║ R by 1662 to St George's Hd St Mary's Co MD ║ M c1664? Charles Co MD? = Mary Hatch ║ R by 1666 to Charles Co MD ║ R by 1672 to Cool Springs, Chaptico Hd St Mary's Co MD ║ D by May 1712 Chaptico Hd, St Mary's Co MD ║ = Mary Hatch B 1647 St Mary's Co MD? │ D by Mar 1725/26 Charles Co MD │ ├ 2 Michael Dent B c1665? St Mary's Co or Charles Co MD │ D by Jun 1697 St Mary's Co MD (prob unmarried) │ ├ 2 Mary Dent B c1667? St Mary's Co or Charles Co MD │ L 1712 │ ├ 2 Peter Dent B c1670? St Mary's Co or Charles Co MD │ R by 1700 to ENG (for schooling; prob never returned to MD) │ L 1712 ├ 2 John Dent B 1673-74 St Mary's Co MD │ M c1703? Charles Co MD? = [Catherine ------] (surviving wife) │ R by 1705 to Trinity Par (Newport Hd) Charles Co MD │ D by Mar 1732/33 Newport W Hd Charles Co MD │ ├ 2 Lydia Dent B c1677? St Mary's Co or Charles Co MD │ M —— St Mary's Co or Charles Co MD = Samuel Turner │ ├ 2 Anne Dent B c1680? St Mary's Co or Charles Co MD │ M —— St Mary's Co or Charles Co MD = John Cadle │ ├ 2 George Dent B c1680-85? St Mary's Co MD │ ║ M c1714 Charles Co? MD = Elizabeth Short │ ║ M c1730-34? St Mary's Co? MD = Mary ------ │ ║ D by Jun 1750 (St Mary's Co MD)? │ ║ │ = Elizabeth Short B c1693? Charles Co MD? │ │ D c1723-33? St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ ├ 3 John Dent B c1715? St Mary's Co MD │ │ ║ M ? c1740? St Mary's Co MD? = [------ ------] │ │ ║ M c1755? St Mary's Co MD = Mary ------ │ │ ║ D by Aug 1779 Chaptico Hd St Mary's Co MD │ │ ║ │ │ = ? [------ ------] B c1720? St Mary's Co MD? │ │ │ D c1745? St Mary's Co MD? │ │ │ │ │ ├ 4 Judith Dent B c1740-45? St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ M —— St Mary's Co MD? = [Jonathan?] Wood │ │ │ │ │ └ 4 Elizabeth Dent B c1740-45? St Mary's Co MD │ │ ║ M c1765? St Mary's Co MD = James Chappelear │ │ ║ │ │ = Mary ------ B c1730? St Mary's Co MD? │ │ │ R by Apr 1780 to Warren Co NC │ │ │ D by May 1790 Warren Co NC │ │ │ │ │ ├ 4 Rebecca Dent B c1756? St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ D Dec 1789 Warren Co NC (unmarried) │ │ │ │ │ ├ 4 Susannah Dent B c1758? St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ M bnd: 16 Dec 1794 Warren Co NC = Joel Fain │ │ │ │ │ ├ 4 Sarah Dent B c1760? St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ M 16 Dec 1777 St Mary's Co MD = George Harrison │ │ │ R by 1785 to Warren Co NC │ │ │ D c1785-90? Warren Co NC or Granville Co NC? │ │ │ │ │ ├ 4 Tabitha Dent B c1762? St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ D 2 Nov 1793 Warren Co NC (unmarried) │ │ │ │ │ └ 4 John Dent B c1765?? St Mary's Co MD │ │ L 1779 │ │ │ ├ 3 George Dent B c1717? St Mary's Co MD │ │ R ? c1755? to Fairfax Co VA? │ │ D ? by Aug 1757 Fairfax Co VA │ │ │ ├ 3 Mary Dent B c1719? St Mary's Co MD │ │ M by 1746 St Mary's Co? MD = James Armstrong │ │ L 1746 │ │ │ └ 3 Lydia Dent B c1722? St Mary's Co MD │ ║ L 1746 │ ║ │ = Mary ------ B c1710? St Mary's Co MD? │ │ R ? 1778 in Franklin Co NC │ │ │ ├ 3 Peter Dent B 1735 near Cool Springs, St Mary's Co MD │ │ R c1759 in Port Tobacco Charles Co MD │ │ R aft 1760 to —— │ │ │ ├ 3 Thomas Dent B c1736? St Mary's Co MD │ │ ║ M c1756? St Mary's Co MD? = [Elizabeth] Edwards (surviving wife Mary Ann) │ │ ║ R by 1765 to Upper Resurrection Hd St Mary's Co MD │ │ ║ D by Feb 1774 Upper Resurrection Hd St Mary's Co MD │ │ ║ │ │ = [Elizabeth] Edwards B 1733-34 St Mary's Co MD? │ │ │ (surviving wife was Mary Ann) D 30 May 1823 St Andrews Par Factory Dist St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ │ │ ├ 4 George Dent B 21 Dec 1756 St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ M c1786 St Mary's Co MD = Elizabeth Mills │ │ │ M ? c1791 St Mary's or Charles Co MD? = Elizabeth ------ (widow Dent) │ │ │ R by 1820 to Factory Dist St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ D 15 Oct 1842 Factory Dist St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ │ │ ├ 4 Chloe Dent B c1758? St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ M —— St Mary's Co MD? = George Moore │ │ │ R —— to New Creek, Hampshire Co VA │ │ │ R Sep 1822 to KY │ │ │ D c1825? KY │ │ │ │ │ ├ 4 Mary Ann Dent B c1761? St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ M —— St Mary's Co MD? = James Lyon │ │ │ R —— to —— │ │ │ D 27 Apr 1823 —— │ │ │ │ │ ├ 4 Thomas (C.) Dent B c1767 St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ ║ M lic: 14 Oct 1799 St Mary's Co MD = Rebecca Chappelear │ │ │ ║ R c1804 to Frederick Co VA │ │ │ ║ D 21 Feb 1845 Frederick Co VA │ │ │ ║ │ │ │ = Rebecca Chappelear B c1772? St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ │ D 3 Sep 1823 Frederick Co VA │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├ 5 Delilah Dent B 2 Aug 1801 St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ │ M 20 Dec 1821 Frederick Co VA = Leroy W. O. Swift │ │ │ │ D 1 Aug 1830 Frederick Co VA │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├ 5 Cassandra Dent B 7 Jul 1803 St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ │ M 3 Oct 1822 Frederick Co VA = John McCoole │ │ │ │ L 1850 Frederick Co VA │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├ 5 Thomas Edwards Dent B 29 Jun 1805 Frederick Co VA │ │ │ │ M lic: 14 Dec 1827 St Mary's Co MD = Susan Hammett │ │ │ │ R 1829-30 in Frederick Co VA │ │ │ │ R by 1833 to Factory Dist St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ │ D 6 Sep 1853 Factory Dist St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └ 5 Rebecca A. Dent B 25 Oct 1809 Frederick Co VA │ │ │ M 15 Jan 1848 Frederick Co VA = Evan Rogers │ │ │ L 1850 Frederick Co VA │ │ │ │ │ ├ 4 Rebecca Dent B 15 Jun 1770 St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ M 22 Nov 1791 St Mary's Co MD = Joseph Davis │ │ │ R by Dec 1791 to Loudoun Co VA │ │ │ R c1800 to Hampshire Co VA │ │ │ D 3 May 1848 Hampshire Co VA │ │ │ │ │ ├ 4 Elizabeth Dent B c1772 St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ D 1846-47 St Mary's Co MD? │ │ │ │ │ └ 4 ? Jonathan Dent B c1774? St Mary's Co MD │ │ L 1794 St Mary's Co MD │ │ │ ├ 3 William Dent B c1739? St Mary's Co MD │ │ R ? by 1778 to Franklin Co NC │ │ │ └ 3 Charity Dent B c1741? St Mary's Co MD │ L 1746 │ ├ 2 Abigail Dent B c1685? St Mary's Co or Charles Co MD │ L 1712 │ └ 2 Christian Dent B c1687? St Mary's Co or Charles Co MD M —— St Mary's Co or Charles Co MD = Thomas Suit

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