Zachariah Cissell1

M, #102571, b. 28 January 1776
FatherPhillip Cissell1 b. 1732/33, d. 5 Jul 1803
MotherElizabeth Thomas1 b. 1741, d. b 1803
Last Edited27 Sep 2025
     Zachariah Cissell was born on 28 January 1776 at King George Parish, Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.1
     Zachariah Cissell was also known as Zachariah Cecil.1

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Zachariah Cecil Cissell 1776 - : https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I67671&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.

Elizabeth Cissell1

F, #102572
FatherPhillip Cissell1 b. 1732/33, d. 5 Jul 1803
MotherElizabeth Thomas1 b. 1741, d. b 1803
Last Edited27 Sep 2025
     Elizabeth Cissell died at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.1 She was born at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.1 She married Benedict Woodward on 15 December 1778 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA,
; Early Colonial Settlers cites Prince George’s County, Marriage Licenses, 1777-1797.2
      ; Early Colonial Settlers says that her parentage is uncertain and "same naming convention as sister eleanor."1 Elizabeth Cissell was also known as Elizabeth Cecil.1

Family

Benedict Woodward b. 1754, d. a 1796

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Elizabeth Cissell: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I110073&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Benedict Woodward 1754 - Aft 1796: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I107596&tree=Tree1

Benedict Woodward1

M, #102573, b. 1754, d. after 1796
Last Edited27 Sep 2025
     Benedict Woodward was born in 1754.1 He married Elizabeth Cissell, daughter of Phillip Cissell and Elizabeth Thomas, on 15 December 1778 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA,
; Early Colonial Settlers cites Prince George’s County, Marriage Licenses, 1777-1797.1
Benedict Woodward died after 1796 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.1
      ;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/017100/017143/html/17143bio.html

Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Benedict Woodward (b. 1754)
MSA SC 3520-17143
Biography: Benedict Woodward served as a corporal in the First Maryland Regiment when the unit made its famous stand at the Battle of Brooklyn on August 27, 1776.

Woodward was born in 1754, most likely in Frederick County, Maryland.[1] On February 3, 1776 at the age of twenty-two, Woodward enlisted as a corporal in the Third Company, First Maryland Regiment.[2] It is likely that Woodward was with the regiment when it left Maryland for New York in July 1776 to reinforce the Continental Army under General George Washington.
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1784-1785 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber FF 2 [Abstract by [Mike Marshall] At the request of Benedict Woodward the following Deed was enrolled April 13, 1785
Indenture made April 9, 1785; between Ariana Ross of one part and Benedict Woodward of the other part. Whereas Dr. David Ross did by his last will and testament empower Ariana Ross his executrix to sell land with the consent of his sons who might be of age which are at this time David Ross, Horatio Ross and Archibald Ross who have signified their approval. Now this indenture that Ariana Ross in pursuance of the recited powers and in consideration of 32 pounds paid by Benedict Woodward has sold a parcel of land containing ½ acres and beginning at a stone adjoining the street opposite a stone beginning of the Town of Bladensburgh and running easterly parallel with the lots of the Town. Signed Ariana Ross, David Ross, Horatio Ross, Archibald Ross in the presence of John Ritchie, Thomas James and acknowledged before Abraham Boyd, James Mullikin
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1784-1785 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber FF 2 [Abstract by Mik[Mike Marshall] the request of William Wallace the following Deed was enrolled June 28, 1785
Indenture made April 11, 1785; between Ariana Ross of one part and William Wallace of the other part. Whereas Dr. David Ross did by his last will and testament and power the said area on a Ross to sell certain lands with the consent of his sons who might be of age which are David Ross, Horatio Ross and Archibald Ross and who have signified their approval of this conveyance. Now this indenture witness that Ariana Ross in pursuance of the above recited powers and in consideration of 40 pounds current money paid by William Wallace has sold ½ acre of land beginning at a stone being the southwest corner of Benedict Woodward's ½ acre of land adjoining the town of Bladensburgh. Signed Ariana Ross, David Ross, Horatio Ross, Archibald Ross in the presence of John Ritchie, Thomas James and acknowledged before Abraham Boyd, James Mullikin

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Washington County, Kentucky
Benedict Woodward married Elizabeth Wright 08 Jan 1810.1

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Benedict Woodward 1754 - Aft 1796: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I107596&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.

Verlinda Berry1

F, #102574, b. circa 1708, d. after 1747
FatherBenjamin Berry2 b. 23 Oct 1670, d. b 10 Feb 1719
MotherMary Hilleary3 b. c 1674, d. a 1720
Last Edited28 Sep 2025
     Verlinda Berry married John Gittings, son of Philip Gittings and Anne Sprigg, at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.1
Verlinda Berry was born circa 1708 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.1
Verlinda Berry died after 1747 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.1
      ;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
Berry, Benjamin, Prince George's County, 7th Nov., 1719; 10th Feb. 1719.
To wife Mary, extx., 1/5 of personal estate (excepting tobacco consigned to Mr. Hunt, merchant, in London), absolutely, and dwelling plantation during life.
to: eldest son Benjamin and hrs., dwelling plantation at decease of wife. Should said. son die before his mother, sd. plantation - to pass in succession to following: Son Jeremiah, dau. Mary and dau. Verlinda; also to son Benj. and hrs., 800 acres "'Thompson's Choice" Baltimore County, pt. of "'Long Lane (pt. east of plantation -where Geo. Bankes now lives) and "The Chance."'
to 2 sons, Benjamin and Jeremiah, and their hrs., lot No. 14 in Marlborough Town, equally, and personalty.
to Thomas (son of Benj. Long, dec'd), 50 A. pt. of "Charles and Benjamin," next to the line separating Charles Dell land from testator is conditionally
to dau. Verlinda and hrs., 140 Acres "Charles and Benjamin", adj. 50 A. bequeathed Thomas Long, and personalty,
to son Jeremiah and hrs., remaining pt., 900 A., of "Charles and Benjamin," also 340 A., pt. of "The Level."
Capt. Thomas Claggett and hrs. (at request of son-in-law Richard Keene), 70 A., pt. of "Long Lane."
eldest dau. Mary and hrs., "Evan's Range" and personalty., 5 yrs. after decease of testator,
Baruch Williams and hrs., 200 A., part of " The Levell"
Son Jeremiah to be for himself at 18 yrs.
Residue of personal estate divided among 4 child. afsd; dau Mary to receive hers at age of 16 or day of marriage; son Benjamin at expiration of 5 yrs; shd. he die before that time, his personal estate to be divided among surviving child. of testator. Son Jeremiah to receive his portion at age of 21, or sooner if he seats his land; shd. he die during minority, his portion of real and personal estate to testator's surviving child. Shd. wife Mary die before child. arrive at ages afsd.., son Benjamin to take charge of them and their estates.
Overseers: Samuel Magruder, Thomas Hillary, Edward Willett, John Cleggatt.
Test: John Clegatt, Charles Beavan, John Adams. 15.289
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1743-1746 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber BB 1, [TLC][TLC]25, 1743 from Nov 25, 1743 from John Gittings of PG, planter and Virlinda, his wife, to Jeremiah Berry of PG, planter. Whereas Benjamin Berry, Late of PG, Gent, dec'd, by his will dated Nov 7, 1719, bequeathed to his daughter, Virlinda Berey, now wife of the afd John Gittings, 140 acres, being part of a tract of land called the Charles Benjamin, & also bequeathed to Thomas Long, 50 acres, being part of the afd tract, during the natural life of the afd Thomas Long, and after his death, to the sd Virlinda forever, and afterwards died. Now this deed witnesses that the sd John Gittings and Virlinda, his wife, for 25 f sterling, sell to the sd Jeremiah Berry, the afd 2 parcels of land, containing 190 acres, being part of the afd tract of land called the Charles & Benjamin, in Page Signed - John Gittings, Verlinda (X her mark) Gittings. Wit - Richard Keene*, Tho Owen*. Sd Virlinda ack. this deed. Recorded Dec 12, 1743.
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Prince George's Land Record Book EE 1 - Page 74
Page 351. Dec 4, 1747 from John Gittings of PG, planter, to John Cooke of PG, Gent, for 30 £sterling and 1000 Ibs oftobacco, part of a tract of land called Reparation, bounded by a tract of land called Brook Grove and a tract of land called Reparation sicl, then to Francis King's Spring Branch, supposed to contain, clear of older surveys, about 70 acres. John Gittings warrants this land againt himselfand all other persons except for the use of one third partof the sd land during the life ot Ann Gittings, mother ofthe sd John Gittings, and also excepted is what part of the afd land may be included in older surveys. Signed - John Gittings. Wit - John Hepburn la Justice of Provincial Court), Geo: Gordon. Verlinda, wife of the ad John Gittings, relinquished her right of dower to the within mentioned land. Recorded Dec 5, 1747.1

Family

John Gittings b. bt 1702 - 1704, d. a 1754
Children

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Verlinda Berry Abt 1708 - Aft 1747: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I10345&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Benjamin Berry 1670 - 1719: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I10342&tree=Tree1
  3. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Mary Hilleary Abt 1674 - Aft 1720: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I13081&tree=Tree1
  4. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Henry Gittings 1730 - Aft 1776: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I36658&tree=Tree1
  5. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Benjamin Gittings 1736 - 1781: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I93211&tree=Tree1
  6. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Jeremiah Gittings 1746 - Aft 1797: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I93210&tree=Tree1

Henry Gittings1

M, #102575, b. 1730, d. after 1776
FatherJohn Gittings1 b. bt 1702 - 1704, d. a 1754
MotherVerlinda Berry1 b. c 1708, d. a 1747
Last Edited27 Sep 2025
     Henry Gittings was born in 1730 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.1
Henry Gittings died after 1776 at Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA.1
      ;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
226 MARYLAND RECORDS-FREDERICK COUNTY - NORTH WEST HUNDRED
Gittings, Henry 46
Elizabeth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 14
William 10
fletcher, Sarah 43
Gordon, Joseph 23.1

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Henry Gittings 1730 - Aft 1776: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I36658&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.

Benjamin Gittings1

M, #102576, b. 1736, d. before 14 August 1781
FatherJohn Gittings1 b. bt 1702 - 1704, d. a 1754
MotherVerlinda Berry1 b. c 1708, d. a 1747
Last Edited27 Sep 2025
     Benjamin Gittings was born in 1736 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.1 He married Anne Gallario in 1760 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.2

Benjamin Gittings died before 14 August 1781 at Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA; Date of probate of will.1
      ;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
Montgomery County, Md Wills
GITTINGS, BENJAMIN L B f 52 20 May 1781
L 1 p 96 14 Aug 1781
Wife: Ann Gittings
Sons: Kinsey, Ason, James - pt. of "Dan" and "Club's Delight"
Daus: Amelia, Virlinda, Elizabeth, and Sarah Gittings
Wife Ann and brother Jeremiah to be guardians of children
Wit: Allen Bowie, Jr., James Higgins, Edward Harding
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188 MARYLAND RECORDS--FREDERICK COUNTY - Lower Potomack Hundred
Gittings, Benjamin 40
Kinsey.................. 7

Gittings, Ann. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 36
Amelia 13
Virlinda 11
Elizabeth.. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Sarah................... 3

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Frederick County, Maryland Liber L Abstracts, 1767-1770
508-509. Benjamin Gittings of PGC, recorded 14 September 1768, made 15 August between William Dent, of FC, for £61 .. 16 sterling, sells tract called Dan, M&B from sixth line, containing 25 acres. Signed William Dent before Charles Jones, Andrew Heugh. Receipt. Ack. and Volinda, wife of William Dent released dower. AF paid.

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Montgomery County, Maryland Land Records, 1777 1781
Page 392. Sep 14, 1779 from Benjamin Harris Jr of M,planter, to Benjamin Gittings of M, planter, for 900 £, a tract of land called Clubs Delight, lying in M, standing on the west side of Rock Cr a little above the mouth of the Watery Branch, containing about 92.75 acres. Signed Benjamin Harris Jr. Wit - Sam W Magruder*, Richard Thompson*. Jane, the wife of the sd Benjamin Harris, relinquished her right of dower to the within mentioned lands. Recorded Nov 12, 1779.
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Assessment of 1783, Index) 1783 Montgomery County MSA S 1437

Benjamin Gittings. MO Lower Newfoundland, Rock Creek, and North West Hundred, p. 5. MSA S 1161-8-2 1/4/5/51

Ann Gittings. Clubbs Delight, 92 1/2 acres. MO Middle Potomac, Lower Potomac, and Georgetown Hundred, p. 16. MSA S 1161-8-3 1/4/5/51

Ann Gittings. Dan, 100 acres. MO Middle Potomac, Lower Potomac, and Georgetown Hundred, p. 17. MSA S 1161-8-3 1/4/5/51.1

Family

Anne Gallario b. 1740, d. a 1783

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Benjamin Gittings 1736 - 1781: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I93211&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Anne Gallario 1740 - Aft 1783: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I93212&tree=Tree1

Anne Gallario1

F, #102577, b. 1740, d. after 1783
Last Edited27 Sep 2025
     Anne Gallario was born in 1740.1 She married Benjamin Gittings, son of John Gittings and Verlinda Berry, in 1760 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.1

Anne Gallario died after 1783 at Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA.1

Family

Benjamin Gittings b. 1736, d. b 14 Aug 1781

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Anne Gallario 1740 - Aft 1783: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I93212&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.

Jeremiah Gittings1

M, #102578, b. 1746, d. after 1797
FatherJohn Gittings1 b. bt 1702 - 1704, d. a 1754
MotherVerlinda Berry1 b. c 1708, d. a 1747
Last Edited27 Sep 2025
     Jeremiah Gittings was born in 1746 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.1 He married Jane (?) circa 1766 at Frederick Co., Maryland, USA,
;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
Family     Jeremiah Gittings, b. 1746, Prince George's County, Maryland d. Aft 1797, Frederick County, Maryland (Age > 52 years)
Marriage     Abt 1766      Frederick County, Maryland
Children      
     1. Verlinda Gittings, b. 1761, Frederick County, Maryland [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     2. Cavia Gittings, b. 1762, Frederick County, Maryland [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     3. Colemore Gittings, b. 1762, Frederick County, Maryland [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     4. Delilah Gittings, b. 1767, Frederick County, Maryland d. Aft 1814, Washington County, Maryland (Age > 48 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     5. Cassandra Gittings, b. 1769, Frederick County, Maryland [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     6. Jane Gittings, b. 1771, Frederick County, Maryland d. 1800, Washington County, Maryland (Age 29 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     7. Erasmus Gittings, b. 1775, Frederick County, Maryland [Father: natural] [Mother: natural].2
Jeremiah Gittings died after 1797 at Frederick Co., Maryland, USA.1
      ;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
188 MARYLAND RECORDS--FREDERICK COUNTY - Lower Potomack Hundred
Gittings, Jeremiah 30
Colmore 14
Erasmus I
Jeane ................. 34
Virlinda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15
Cavia 12
Liley....... 9
Cassandra 7
Jeane................... 5.1

Family

Jane (?) b. 1742, d. a 1776

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Jeremiah Gittings 1746 - Aft 1797: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I93210&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Jane MNU Gittings 1742 - Aft 1776: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I93218&tree=Tree1

Jane (?)1

F, #102579, b. 1742, d. after 1776
Last Edited27 Sep 2025
     Jane (?) was born in 1742.1 She married Jeremiah Gittings, son of John Gittings and Verlinda Berry, circa 1766 at Frederick Co., Maryland, USA,
;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
Family     Jeremiah Gittings, b. 1746, Prince George's County, Maryland d. Aft 1797, Frederick County, Maryland (Age > 52 years)
Marriage     Abt 1766      Frederick County, Maryland
Children      
     1. Verlinda Gittings, b. 1761, Frederick County, Maryland [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     2. Cavia Gittings, b. 1762, Frederick County, Maryland [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     3. Colemore Gittings, b. 1762, Frederick County, Maryland [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     4. Delilah Gittings, b. 1767, Frederick County, Maryland d. Aft 1814, Washington County, Maryland (Age > 48 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     5. Cassandra Gittings, b. 1769, Frederick County, Maryland [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     6. Jane Gittings, b. 1771, Frederick County, Maryland d. 1800, Washington County, Maryland (Age 29 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     7. Erasmus Gittings, b. 1775, Frederick County, Maryland [Father: natural] [Mother: natural].1
Jane (?) died after 1776 at Frederick Co., Maryland, USA.1

Family

Jeremiah Gittings b. 1746, d. a 1797

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Jane MNU Gittings 1742 - Aft 1776: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I93218&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.

Eleanor Prather1

F, #102580, b. circa 1700, d. after 1749
FatherCol. Thomas MacKay Prather II1 b. Apr 1671, d. b 12 Mar 1712
MotherMartha Sprigg1 b. 1676, d. b 13 Nov 1742
Last Edited28 Sep 2025
     Eleanor Prather was born circa 1700 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.1 She married Thomas Williams, son of Baruch (I) Williams and (?) Hilleary, circa 1716 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.2

Eleanor Prather died after 1749 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA; She Executrix of her husband's will of 17 Oct. 1749 and at his 7 Dec 1749 probate.1,2
      ;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
Children of Thomas WILLIAMS and Eleanor PRATHER are:
i. Thomas WILLIAMS.
ii. Elizabeth WILLIAMS was born ABT 1705. She married Richard DUCKETT 2 JUN 1735. He was born 21 FEB 1704/5 in All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and died BET 1785 AND 1788 in Prince George's County, Maryland.
iii. Elinor WILLIAMS.
iv. Rachel WILLIAMS.
v. Walter WILLIAMS.
vi. Henry WILLIAMS.
vii. Elisha WILLIAMS was born 1728 in Prince George's County, Maryland, and died 12 NOV 1812 in Millboro Springs, Bath County, Virginia. He married Anne SWEARINGEN.
viii. William WILLIAMS.
ix. Mary WILLIAMS.
x. Martha WILLIAMS.
xi. Baruch WILLIAMS died AFT 1742.


Yoakley, Martha, widow, Charles County, 19th June, 1742; 13th Nov., 1742.
To dau. Rachel Semmes, 5s.
To son Aaron Prather, 5s.
To grandson Aaron, son of Aaron, 250 at majority or time of marriage.
To grandson Baruch Williams, personalty.
To Charity Theobald, personalty.
To child. Eleanor Williams, Thomas Prather, John Smith Prather, and Philip Prather, residue of personal estate.
To sons, Thomas, Philip, and John Smith Prather, "Spriggs Request" at Collington, in accordance to their father's will. Shd. sd. Thomas fail to deliver the deeds to his bros, afsd., his share be divided between theme
Exs.: Thomas and John Smith Prather, and Thomas Williams.
Test: Ignatius Doyne,John Chapman, John Parnaham. 22.524.


WILLIAMS, THOMAS, Prince George's Coo 17 Oct, 1749; 7 Dec, 1749
To son Walter Williams, my plantation that I now live on being pto. of a tract called The 3 Sisters"; tract called "Williams Range," lying on the Western Branch, and 1/2 of my lot at Bladensburgh, with half the Improvements,
To son Thomas WillIams, the other half of 'that lot at Bladensburgh.
To son William Williams, 80 A., lying In Frederick County, adjoining to him. called "Addition To The Fork*"
To dau. Martha Odell, 20 pounds sterl.
To son Elisha Williams, who is now at sea, 1 slave; then sd. slave to (his) wife Elinor Williams, (The paper Is torn - so It to uncertain whether the name Elinor Is meant for the name of wife of son Elisah).
To grand-son Thomas Duckett, 20 pounds sterl.
To son Elisha Williams, remaining pt. of the money that the mill and land is sold for, more than the 20 pounds to Thomas Duckett.
Desire that If son Elisha Williams, that is at sea, shd. die before returning, then his pt. of the mill and land be sold and equally divided with my other estate, amongst my child.: Thomas, Barrack, Williams Walter, Elizabeth, Elinor, Martha and Mary.
Wife Elinor Williams, to keep each child's pt. 4 years, if she desires.
Wife Elinor, ex.
Wit: Thos. Hilleary, Wm. Hilleary, Henry Hillearys 27.141

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Thomas Williams 32.167 A PG £725.17.9 £41.15.4 Mar 25 1752
Received from: Margret Tayler, Baruch Williams, Walter Williams, William Head, George Clark, MM Tarer & Philpott, Jos. Belt, Jr., William Murdock, Esq., John Philpot & Co.
Payments to: Dr. John Sprigg, Rignall Odall, Maj. Jere. Belt, Elisabeth
Burlington, Richard Duckett Benjamin Berry, Ignatius Diggs, Margret Hillery, Peter Dent
Legatees: Thomas Odall, executrix (received Negro Sam).
Executrix: Eleanor Williams (widow).
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1739-1743 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber Y, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Page 662.
I, Thomas Williams of PG, Gent, for 40 £, sell to Thomas Williams Jr of PG, planter, and for divers other good causes, part of a tract of land in Page called the Three Sisters, and bounded by the end of Hilleary's north line, containing about 200 acres. Signed Apr 8, 1743 - Tho: Williams. Wit - Geo: Parker*, Jo Belt Jr*. This deed was acknowledged by Thomas Williams and Elioner (Eleanor), his wife. Recorded Apr 27, 1743

Sources:      [S51] Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume: 7.1
In Thomas Williams's will dated 17 October 1749 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA, Eleanor Prather was named as executor;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
WILLIAMS, THOMAS, Prince George's Coo 17 Oct, 1749; 7 Dec, 1749
To son Walter Williams, my plantation that I now live on being pto. of a tract called The 3 Sisters"; tract called "Williams Range," lying on the Western Branch, and 1/2 of my lot at Bladensburgh, with half the Improvements,
To son Thomas WillIams, the other half of 'that lot at Bladensburgh.
To son William Williams, 80 A., lying In Frederick County, adjoining to him. called "Addition To The Fork*"
To dau. Martha Odell, 20 pounds sterl.
To son Elisha Williams, who is now at sea, 1 slave; then sd. slave to (his) wife Elinor Williams, (The paper Is torn - so It to uncertain whether the name Elinor Is meant for the name of wife of son Elisah).
To grand-son Thomas Duckett, 20 pounds sterl.
To son Elisha Williams, remaining pt. of the money that the mill and land is sold for, more than the 20 pounds to Thomas Duckett.
Desire that If son Elisha Williams, that is at sea, shd. die before returning, then his pt. of the mill and land be sold and equally divided with my other estate, amongst my child.: Thomas, Barrack, Williams Walter, Elizabeth, Elinor, Martha and Mary.
Wife Elinor Williams, to keep each child's pt. 4 years, if she desires.
Wife Elinor, ex.
Wit: Thos. Hilleary, Wm. Hilleary, Henry Hillearys 27.141.2

Family

Thomas Williams b. 1693, d. b 7 Dec 1749

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Eleanor Prather Abt 1700 - Aft 1749: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I9761&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Thomas Williams 1693 - 1749: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I9760&tree=Tree1

Thomas Williams1

M, #102581, b. 1693, d. before 7 December 1749
FatherBaruch (I) Williams2 b. b 1672, d. b 20 Mar 1695
Mother(?) Hilleary3 b. b 1677, d. b 1697
Last Edited28 Sep 2025
     Thomas Williams was born in 1693 at Calvert Co., Maryland, USA.1 He married Eleanor Prather, daughter of Col. Thomas MacKay Prather II and Martha Sprigg, circa 1716 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.1

Thomas Williams died before 7 December 1749 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA; Date of probate.1
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From Early Colonial Settlers:
Children of Thomas WILLIAMS and Eleanor PRATHER are:
i. Thomas WILLIAMS.
ii. Elizabeth WILLIAMS was born ABT 1705. She married Richard DUCKETT 2 JUN 1735.1 He was mentioned regarding the death of Eleanor Prather after 1749 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA; She Executrix of her husband's will of 17 Oct. 1749 and at his 7 Dec 1749 probate.4,1

Thomas Williams left a will on 17 October 1749 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
WILLIAMS, THOMAS, Prince George's Coo 17 Oct, 1749; 7 Dec, 1749
To son Walter Williams, my plantation that I now live on being pto. of a tract called The 3 Sisters"; tract called "Williams Range," lying on the Western Branch, and 1/2 of my lot at Bladensburgh, with half the Improvements,
To son Thomas WillIams, the other half of 'that lot at Bladensburgh.
To son William Williams, 80 A., lying In Frederick County, adjoining to him. called "Addition To The Fork*"
To dau. Martha Odell, 20 pounds sterl.
To son Elisha Williams, who is now at sea, 1 slave; then sd. slave to (his) wife Elinor Williams, (The paper Is torn - so It to uncertain whether the name Elinor Is meant for the name of wife of son Elisah).
To grand-son Thomas Duckett, 20 pounds sterl.
To son Elisha Williams, remaining pt. of the money that the mill and land is sold for, more than the 20 pounds to Thomas Duckett.
Desire that If son Elisha Williams, that is at sea, shd. die before returning, then his pt. of the mill and land be sold and equally divided with my other estate, amongst my child.: Thomas, Barrack, Williams Walter, Elizabeth, Elinor, Martha and Mary.
Wife Elinor Williams, to keep each child's pt. 4 years, if she desires.
Wife Elinor, ex.
Wit: Thos. Hilleary, Wm. Hilleary, Henry Hillearys 27.141.1

Family

Eleanor Prather b. c 1700, d. a 1749

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Thomas Williams 1693 - 1749: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I9760&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Baruch Williams Bef 1672 - 1695: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I101610&tree=Tree1
  3. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Female Hilleary Bef 1677 - Bef 1697: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I91959&tree=Tree1
  4. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Eleanor Prather Abt 1700 - Aft 1749: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I9761&tree=Tree1

Baruch (I) Williams1

M, #102582, b. before 1672, d. before 20 March 1695
Last Edited28 Sep 2025
     Baruch (I) Williams was born before 1672.1 He married (?) Hilleary, daughter of Thomas Hilleary and Unknown (?), before 1693 at Calvert Co., Maryland, USA.2

Baruch (I) Williams died before 20 March 1695 at Calvert Co., Maryland, USA; Date of inventory of estate.1
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From Early Colonial Settlers:
unproven that Mary Hilleary was the wife of Baruch and later wife to Benjamin Berry d 1718/9
Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume: 9 - Corrections
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Baruck Williams 13A.281 I CA £57.2.7 Mar 20 1694
Appraisers: Elu Ball, John Short.
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Barwick Williams 10.444 A CA £52.2.7 £100.0.9
Payments to: Mr. William Dent.
Administrator: Thomas Hillary.
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Mr. Michael Tawney 10LC.3 I £856.11.5 Sep 1 1692
He died on 22 May 1692. The inventory also included #162895.
Servants mentioned: Thomas Fasset, Michael Chadwick, Ann Shaws.
Appraisers: George Lingan, John Hume.
List of debts: John Austin, Isaac Baker, William Jones, John Jenkins, Richard Watkins, William Brown, William Herbert, George Busrup, John Howell, Henry Hennington, Peter Burges, Richard Edwards, Thomas Hafford, Henry Orton, John Skipper, Ann Dening, Richard Keene, James Baker, Henry Denton, Joseph Edloe, Hugh Hopewell, John Sewall, George Plowden, Michael Morine, Thomas Gant, Michael Swift, James Bigger, Murfy Ward, Thomas Parsloe, Arthur Young, Henry Mitchell, Joseph Cecill, Hugh Ellis, Charles Bevins, John Forrest, Ignatius Cra croft, Capt. Thomas Clegate, Roger Brooke, Tobias Miles, William Nicholls bill of Crowders, William Mead, George Spicer, Katherine Parker, William Jones, John Mackdowell, William Johnson, Francis Leaf, Henry Dyall, Thomas Collier, William How, Susanna Hussy, Richard Bowen, Thomas Brooke.
List of accounts: John Kent, James Macall, Edward Park, Edward Batson, Robert Coverthought, Maj. Nicholas Sewall, Mr. William Joseph, Col. William Digges, Richard Fenwick, Mr. Henry Lowe, David Davies, Meveril Hulk, Elisabeth Baker, Elisabeth Letchworth, Richard Jenkins, Capt. Thomas Wharton, Andrew Ogden, Capt. James Bowling, Peter Lamar, Mary Ascomb, Mr. George Lingan, John Biggar, Baruc Williams, Thomas Simons, James Duke, Jeremiah Sheredon, Paul Peacock, Ignatius Craycroft, Gabriel Burnam, Henry Truman, William Dent, Richard Brightwell
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Joshua Welsteed 12.105 1 CA £15.9.6 Feb 19 1693
(also James Weleted). The amount of the inventory also included #6114.
Appraisers: John Dosset, Thomas Taney.
Approvers: Fedrick Gremehaw, Joshua Cecell.
List of debts: Capt. James Bigger, Elisabeth Letchworth, William Smith, George Young, Baruch Williams, Col. Henry Jowles, Robert Kent, Joseph Bartley, Richard Brightwell, Thomas Cooke, Richard Wallis, Ignatius Craycroft, Joseph Letchworth, Richard Jenkins, Peter Lanier, John Burd, John Stone, David Davis, Francis Buxston, John Grover, Thomas Price, John Browne (carpenter), Michael Catterton, Charles Watson, Thomas Hollyday, Nathaniell Vinery John Davis, Jeremiah Eldrige, Capt. John Bigger, Michael Taney, John Dent, Jeremiah Sheredine, John Flame, William Mill, John Miller, Mr. Francis Huchins, William Smith, Walter Smith, Dr. Synock, James Parker, Nathaniel Burnnin.
Administratrix: Mary Welsted (relict]
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John Abington (merchant) 13A.320 I CA Feb 19 1694
Appraisers: William Turner, Elisha Hall.
List of debts: administrator of Maj. Charles Butler, administrator of John Little, Philip Lawrence, John Payne, Henry Dryden, Samuell Arminger, John Sunnick, Thomas Brayne, William Marshall, Richard Brooke, Joseph Baker, Gowin Hambleton, John Broome, Franck Leafs, Edward Battson, Richard Stalling, Richard Burke, John Willymott, Ignatius Craycroft, John Bruke, William Wadsworth, Thomas Billingby, Dr. Kirstead, Richard Brihtwell, John Godscross, Benjamin -Hall, Joseph Hall, Richard Harison, Elisha Hall, Thomas Edwards, Thomas Hart, John Suton, Arthur Cooke, widow Hall now Mrs. Harison, Jeremiah Eldridge, John Tawman, Mathew Beall, John Peaeck, Edward Wood, Jr., Peter Hill, Thomas Blanford, Richard Willer, John Biggs, William Hollond, widow Tanehill, widow Howes, Thomas Hills, Thomas Dryfield, Charles Crow, Nicholas Foutaine, Thomas Hillery, Nicholas Pillkington, John Battie, Hugh Mountgomery, Georg Curwen, George Coale, Thomas Swan, Ursula Howes, Thomas Hughes, James Bigger, William Head, Walter Smith, Michaell Taney, James Cranford, John Bullock, Richard Polly, Richard Watkins for widow Barnett, William Adams, Robert Grange, Edward Evans, John Lldgitt, Mathew Gatherin, Thomas Toping, William Turner, Henry Trueman, John Soper, Robert Biggs, John Howe, Timothy Gunton, Nicholas Sporne, William Nickolls, William Parker, John Powles, Thomas Sanders, Charles Tracey, William Alroyd, Thomas Tinsly, Hugh Ellis, James Stone, Thomas Kingcart, Thomas Dickson, Thomas Topin, Daniell Daniellson, Archbold Edmondson, Edward Fenick, Dr. Hugh Fergeson, Joshua Hall, Edward Ball, Daniell Robertson, John Davis, Robert Edmonson, Charles Walker, Lawrence Rowland, Frances Bellinger, William Whitter, William Grant, John Hallum, William Rothrey, Richard Chaply, Henry Colluart, Walter Evans, Thomas Brookes, John Browne, Thomas Greenfield, James Tomsón, William Selby, William Herbert, Thomas Beall, Thomas Willson, Nicholas Terell, William Liddell, Thomas Collier, David Davis, Sr., John Humes, Bryant Forgust, William Decriace, Nathan Veatch, Thomas Hillery, Thomas Holiday, Richard Johnes, William Powell, Richard Edwards, Richard Evins, William Johnes, John Gall, John Smith (Matoponey), John Forest, Thomas James, Thomas Dryfield, Otho Holland, George ingham, Richard Brightwell, Joseph West, Francis Piles, Mathew Mackeboy, John Ramzey, Thomas Earned, Ninian Beall, Francis Collier, Jonathon Symons, James Gamlin, John Davis, Job Evans, John Cozins, William Grennys, John Greene, Tengego Trace, William veare, William Atkinson, John Pottinger, Hugh Mountgomery, Josiah Twogood, Henry Joyles, Samuell Peters, Thomas Stafford, Bilk Saunderson (Willison), William Barton, Thomas Bridges, James Millikin, John Wight, Jonathon Willson, Daniell Hurst, Capt. John Dent, Baruck Williams, Henry King, Richard Hartrope, William Loulye, Hugh Williams, William Gaskin, James Alin, Mr. William Dent, Daniell Buckmaeter, William Tugwell, John Henry, Robert Harison, Dennis Mading, Mr. Benjamin Scrivener, Edmond Tuall, John Chittham, David Lloyd, John Barnett, John Blankly, Joseph Browne, David Davis, Jr., Gye White, Mary Williams, William Lee, Thomas Hide, Edward Willett, Richard Adis, James Moore, James Browne, Hugh Jones, Hugh Crafford, William Shaw, Thomas Rocker, Patrick Miller, James Stafford, Thomas Cooper, Benjamin Evins, Peter Burgis, Jenking Smith, Joseph Back, Thomas Gulluck, Benjamin Gargill, James Desberry, Richard Henwood, Thomas Smith, Thomas Marchant, Thomas Reach, George monrow, Charles Love, Benjamin Bebb, William Turner, William Goodman, Joseph Cook, James Man, Abraham Bird, Joseph Harrison, Edward Jezep, Hugh Ryle, Henry Ridgen, Henry Guin, Baruck Williams, John Leach, sr., Silvester Welch, Georg Parker, William Wadsworth, Richard Harison, Nicholas Sporne, Thomas Hedge, James Willymott, Ignatius Craycroft, Mr. Thomas Tasker, Hugh Montgomery, Robert Brothers, E isha Hall, Hugh Clifton, Thomas Toping, Edmond Sloe & James Downall, Col. Henry Jowles, Mr. George Parker.
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Mr. John Abington 13B.81 A £656.6.1l Mar 10 1694
List of protested bills: Elizabeth Hall on John Abington to John Abington, William Turner, William Barker, Baruch Williams, George rounge, Elizabeth Hall, Ignatius Craycroft, William Nicholls, James Downe, Hugh Mountgomery, Nu. Spurn, Robert Brothers, John Parker, Hugh Chinton, John Parker, George Spicer, Benjamin Hall, Samuell Gowter, Anne Tenihill, John Hall, William Wadsworth, John Fisher on Samuell Grooms, Thomas Hillary, James Down Hall, Robert Biggs on Edward Foord, Robert Brooke on Michaell Staples, William Turner.
Administrator: George Lingan.
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Mr. John Abington 15.174 A CA £655.0.2 £6l0.13.4 May 19 1697
merchant in London.
Payments to: John Fisher bill on Dr. Simon Wootten, Samuell Fowler bill on Samuell Grooms, William Wadsworth bill endorsed by Joseph Hall his bills on John Hide, George Young bill on John Hyde, Ignatius Craycroft bill on Samuell Grooms, Mr. Briscoe of Calvert County, kr. Phillip Clarke, Robert Carvill, Mrs. Hall, Elisha Hall, Mr. Gouldsborough, John Stanley, Mrs. Tenihill, Mr. Denton, John Short husband of the widow Tenyhill, Baruch Williams (dead), James Downhall (runaway), Samuell Wattkins, Thomas Blake, William Turner, Sir Thomas Laurence, George Spicer, Henry Boteler, Edward Boteler.
Mentions: Mr. Harrison, Mk. Johns, Mr. Cranford, Mr. Carvill,
Vanswaringen, Cross, Freeborn, Mrs. Proctor, Mrs. Grace,
Freeman, Jones, Larkins, Cullens, Richard Johns, Samuell Chew, Mrs. Guyther, Mr. Sporn, Hugh Montgomery (runaway), Robert Biggs, James Cranford, Mr. William Parker.
Administratrices: Madam Mary Parnie (also Parnell Mary) and Madam Mary Abington, by George Linen (gentleman).
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Hillery, Thomas, Calvert Co., 2nd Feb., 1697; 15th Mch., 1697.
To wife Ellinor, 250 A., part of the "Three Sisters."
To son John and hrs., 400 A., part of "Three Sisters." afsd.
To 2 grandsons, viz., Baruch and Thomas Williams, 100 A. each, part of the "Three Sisters."
To 2 daus., Mary Berry and Eliza: Lyfoot, all personal estate formerly belonging to Baruch Williams,
To dau. Frances Wilson, daus. Belinda and Tabitha at 16 yrs. of age, and to son John, personalty.
To Son Thomas, ex. and residuary legatee of personal property. Sd. son is left in care of Walter Sinns.
Test: Jno. Bowley, Robt. Brothers, Rich 'd Evins. 7. 321.
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Thomas Hilleary 19-1/2A.18 I £309.1.0 Aug 12 1698
This inventory includes items formerly belonging to Baruch Williams now in the possesion of William Berry. The amount of the inventory is the total for the estate.
Appraisers: George Cole, John Bowles.
Next of kin: Robert Lyle, Benjamin Berr
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Jonah Winfeild (planter) 19.161 A CA £69.0.9 £125.8.2 <1699>
Payments to: Joshua Hollingmead, Michaell Tauney, Dr. Symon Wooten, Henry Nueman, Henry Orton, Cecill Butler, Mary Ashcombe per Arthur Young, Nathan Veitch, William Jaggard, Nicholas Sporne, Col. Darnall & Col. Diggs, John Lydiatt, George Plater per Baruck Williams, Henry Fernely, Thomas Tasker, John Askey, James Cranford.
List of debts: David Evans (dead).
Administratrix: Sarah Hall, wife of Edward Hall
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Andrew Abington 21.167 A CA £334.19.0 Oct 15 1701
Payments to: William Reed, Mr. George Layfeild, Richard Keene, Mr. John Abington, Edward Chapman, Mr. John Dent, Nicholas Spurne, Paine Turbevile, administratrix of Col. Blakiston, Mr. Richard Keene, Mr. James More for use of Mr. John Dent, Bara Williams, Richard Wise, Thomas Batson, Phillip Clarke, Samuell Watkins, Capt. Henery Hardy, Maj. Ninian Beale, William Taylard, Mr. Robert Mason, James Cranford, Mr. William Parker, Mr. Nicholas Milburne, Maj. Fran. Pennington, Samuell Warner, Thomas Hopkins, Col. Nehemia Blakiston, Mr. Henery Trueman, William Haines, Clenn Peak, Thomas Balton, Meverell Hulse, Maj. Dent & Mr. Plater, Hanse Hanson, Robert Smith, Esq., Mr. Abraham Rhoades, Dr. Simon Wooten, Lewis Jones, Richard Hartrup.
Executrix: Mrs. Ann Watkins.
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John Abington 27.172 Sep 1 1701
Legal note from William Izatt (gentleman) of Hammersmith of Middlesex, England, to George Lingan (gentleman).
Payments: administrator of Maj. Charles Boteler, administrator of John Little, Philip Lawrence, John Payne, Henry Dryden, Daniell Armiger, John Sumers, Thomas Braine, William Marshall, Richard Brooke, Joseph Baker, Gaven Hambleton, John Brome, Fra. Leaffe, Edward Batson, Richard Stallings, Richard Burke, John Willimot, John Burke, Thomas Billingsly, Dr. Keirsteed, Thomas Hart, Arthur Cooke, Daniel Danielson, John Davis, Fran. Billinger, William Grunt, William Rothery, Ninian Beall, Brian Purgist, Richard Jones, Tegoe Tracey, Hugh Montgomery, Baruch Williams, Richard Harthorp, James Ailing, William Tuggwell, Denis Maddin, Benjamin Serwen, David Floyd, John Barrell, Richard Addle, Hugh Jones, Hugh Crawford, William Shaw, Thomas Locker, Patrick Miller, James Stafford, Thomas Cooper, Benjamin Evans, Peter Burges, Jenkin Smith, Joseph Rash, Thomas Gallock, Benjamin Gargill, James Desbrough, Richard Henwood, Thomas Smith, Thomas Marchant, Thomas Beach, George Munrow, Charles Lane, Benjamin Webb, William Farmer, Joseph Cooke, James Mann, Abraham Bird, Joseph Harrison, Edward Jessopp, Hugh Reyley, Henry Rigden, Henry Gwinn, James Bigger, William Head, William Goodman, Mathew Beale, John Peacock, Richard Weller, Seth Biggs, Thomas Hills, Thomas Dryfeild, Charles Crowe, Nicholas Pilkinton, John Patty, Hugh Montgomery, George Curwin, Walter Smith, Michaell Taney, John Bullock, Richard Petty, Robert Grange, John Lidiatt, Jeaper, Robert Biggs, William Nicholls, William Akeroyd, Thomas Tinsley, James Stone, Thomas Swan, Thomas Bridges, George Lingan, William Dent, Mathew Mockbee, Edmond Stow, James Downall.
Mentions: Sir Thomas Abney (knight) Lord Mayor of London, John Hyde (merchant, aged 38), John Abington (merchant, aged 49).
Witnesses: Alice Abington, Ales Holmes, John Abington, Charles Abington, John Hyde, Thomas Abington, Samuell Wingfield.
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Mr. Henry Brent 23.22 A CA £470.18.4 #179267 May 28 1703
The amount of the inventory is equivalent to #160952.
Received from: Robert Hill, executor of Hugh Hopewell, George Plowden, Col. Peter Sawyer, Col. Whittington, Col. Beall & Capt. Brightwell per Mr. Greenfield & Mr. Bradley, Joshua Cecill (administrator of Jonathon Willson).
Payments to: John Elsey, John Griggs (cooper), W. Taylard, William Dent, Thomas Crabb, Col. Henry Jowles, Robert Thompson, Samuell Watkins, Maj. Barton, Raphaell Haywood, Joshuah Cecill, Maj. Barton for Sir Thomas Lawrence, Maj. Beall, Richard Brightwell.
Mentions: John Hall, Henry Hanslapp, John Taylor of Dorchester County, Symon Willmor, Thomas Smithson, Anthony Neale, Robert Mason.
List of bad debts: Ralph Burly (dead), Edward Batson, Robert Biggs (dead), John Burlin, Donnock Dennis, Thomas Deake (runaway), executor of Stephen Gary, John Goddard (dead), Thomas Hall (planter, dead), Richard Gardner (dead), Thomas Hall (carpenter, dead), Joseph Howe, Henry Hudson, Robert Jones (runaway), William Joseph, Henry Jowles, John Jones, John Joynes (dead), George Keeth, Francis Knott, Vincent Low, Esq., Peter Lamar (dead), Sir Thomas Lawrence, E. Moore (very poor), administrator of Henry Newgent, John Oneal (runaway), Franie Quillin, James Ricketts (runaway), Thomas Spalden, Thomas Tasker, Richard Webb, Baruch Williams, John Christenson (runaway), Thomas Money (dead), Isaac Hopper bond to Sweatnam, Matthew Travers (dead), William
Smith, John Stone.
Administratrix: Anne Marsham, wife of Mr. Richard Marsham
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John Abbington 27.201 A £706.17.6 £683.6.9 Oct 27 1707
List of debts: Elisabeth Hall who married Richard Harrison, Elisha Hall, widow Tanyhill, Barack Williams, James Downhall, William Turner, George Spicer.
Payments to: John Dawnhall, Joshua Cecill, Thomas Bradley.
Administrator: George Lingham, Esq. (also Mr. George Lingan). Estate unadministered by James Cranford.
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Michael Taney 30.246 A CA £1279.0.5 £1238.16.9 Nov 29 1709
Received from: Mr. William Parker, Richard Jenkins.
List of debts: Henry Orton, Joseph Edloe, Thomas Gant, Thomas Pasloe, Arthur Young, Henry Mitchell, Mary Crowder, Thomas Brooks, John Joyce, Robert Anderson, Hugh Jones, Hugh Ryly, Daniel Moraine, Bartholomew Gibson, John Sunderland, Matthew Beale, Thomas Wells, Gilbert Deavour, Maj. Nicholas Sewell, Mary Ashcomb, Paul Peacock, Simon Gearling, David Hellen, Alexander Parran, James Cranford, William Dent, Roger Scree, Thomas Collyer, William Philmore, Henry Lowe, Henry Truman, Michael Swift, John Stanley, Isaac Baker, John Wyllimot, Hugh Ellace.
Legatees: widow (unnamed).
Payments to: Capt. Thomas Bordley, Col. Henry Darnall, Alexander Parran attorney for William Farmore (executor of John Nutt), Col. Henry Darnall for use of Lord Baltimore, Joseph Edloe, James Harper, John Bayne for John Dosset, William Dent attorney for John Atkey, Thomas Hillary (administrator of Baruch Williams), William Dent from Elisha Hall, William Dent for fees against Thomas Hillary, William Dent for fees against executor of John Nutt, William Philmore, administrator of Richard Charlet paid to Thomas Greenfield, Esq., Kenelm Cheseldyn, Esq., Thomas Collier due of Samuel Watkins attorney in 2 actions against Gilbert Clark, George Plater, Joshua Cecill attorney for Joseph Howe, Cator Mackdaniel & Michaell Murreen, George Plater for appeal against Hugh Montgomery, Philemon Lloyd, Esq. for fees against executor of John Nutt, George Lingan, George Lingan & John Hance, Francis Partis, William Bladen, Gerrard Foulke for fee against William Philmore, Charles Carroll, Esq. for fees against the executor of John Nutt, Mr. Maning for fees against executor of John Nutt, George Lingan for summoning Nicholas Hurd in suit against Richard Smith, James Sewell & Joshua Cecill against Summer,
James Sewell & Joshua Cecill for fees against Katherine Montgomery, Mr. Cornelius White for fees against executor of John Nutt, Samuell Watkins, Mr. Cornelius White for attorney fees against William Diggs, William Bladen, Esq.
Payments to (paid Joshua Cecill for fees against): John Atkey, administrator of Baruch Williams, Richard Burk, Hugh Montgomery, Ambrose Biggs, Thomas Spencer, John Howell, John White, Simpson, Richard Brooke, James Cranford, administrator of William Howe, administrator of Andrew Tanyhill, Peter Joy, Thomas Money, Richard Watkins, Thomas Plumer, Joseph Williams, Jenkin Smith, Richard Smith, Hugh Montgomery and wife (unnamed), Richard Sumers.
Administrator/Executor: Thomas Taney (gentleman) of Charles County.
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Maj. T. Trueman 36C.298 A £16.10.-
Payments to: Michael Taney note to Mr. Craycroft, Mr. John Turling, Timothy Keyser, Richard Marsham, Mr. Jertinus, John Burroughs, Baruck Williams.
Mentions: Madam Trueman (dead).
Executors: T. Trueman Greenfield and James Greenfield (executors of Col. Greenfield (executor of deceased)).

Sources:      [S54] Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume: 9 - Corrections.1

Family

(?) Hilleary b. b 1677, d. b 1697
Children

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Baruch Williams Bef 1672 - 1695: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I101610&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Female Hilleary Bef 1677 - Bef 1697: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I91959&tree=Tree1

(?) Hilleary1

F, #102583, b. before 1677, d. before 1697
FatherThomas Hilleary1 b. 1620, d. bt 3 Feb 1697 - 15 Mar 1697
MotherUnknown (?)1
Last Edited28 Sep 2025
     (?) Hilleary was born before 1677 at Calvert Co., Maryland, USA.1 She married Baruch (I) Williams before 1693 at Calvert Co., Maryland, USA.1

(?) Hilleary died before 1697 at Calvert Co., Maryland, USA.1

Family

Baruch (I) Williams b. b 1672, d. b 20 Mar 1695
Children

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Female Hilleary Bef 1677 - Bef 1697: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I91959&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.

Mary Hilleary1

F, #102584, b. circa 1674, d. after 1720
FatherThomas Hilleary1 b. 1620, d. bt 3 Feb 1697 - 15 Mar 1697
MotherUnknown (?)1
Last Edited28 Sep 2025
     Mary Hilleary was born circa 1674 at Calvert Co., Maryland, USA.1 She married Benjamin Berry circa 1697 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.2

Mary Hilleary died after 1720 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.1
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From Early Colonial Settlers:
from earlier wife

Children of Mary HILLEARY and Benjamin BERRY are:
i. Charles BERRY.
ii. Benjamin BERRY was born Abt 1697 in Prince George's County, Maryland, and died Abt 1765 in Prince George's County, Maryland. He married Eleanor WILLIAMS Bef 1725. She died Bef 1765 in Prince George's County, Maryland.
iii. Mary BERRY was born Abt 1704. She married Richard KEENE Bef 1720, son of Richard KEENE.
iv. Verlinda BERRY was born Abt 1708. She married Thomas GITTINGS.
v. Jeremiah BERRY was born 1712 in Prince George's County, Maryland, and died 3 Apr 1769 in Upper Marlboro, MD. He married Mary CLAGGETT Bef 1730, daughter of Richard CLAGETT and Deborah DORSEY. She was born Abt 1710 in Croome, Prince George's County, Maryland, and died 15 Oct 1792.
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Hillery, Thomas, Calvert Co., 2nd Feb., 1697; 15th Mch., 1697.
To wife Ellinor, 250 A., part of the "Three Sisters."
To son John and hrs., 400 A., part of "Three Sisters." afsd.
To 2 grandsons, viz., Baruch and Thomas Williams, 100 A. each, part of the "Three Sisters."
To 2 daus., Mary Berry and Eliza: Lyfoot, all personal estate formerly belonging to Baruch Williams,
To dau. Frances Wilson, daus. Belinda and Tabitha at 16 yrs. of age, and to son John, personalty.
To Son Thomas, ex. and residuary legatee of personal property. Sd. son is left in care of Walter Sinns.
Test: Jno. Bowley, Robt. Brothers, Rich 'd Evins. 7. 321.
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EFSM, Vol. VII:
Corrections and additions from Brice M. Clagett, Friendship, MD: Page 77 - Mr. Clagett rightly points out that there is no proof the wife of Benjamin Berry was the widow of Baruch Williams. The 1697 will of Thomas Hilleary left personal estate of Baruch Williams not just to dau. Mary Berry but also to dau. Elizabeth Lyfoot which would be puzzling if Mary was his widow; when Benjamin Berry d. in 1719, his wife was named
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1696-1702 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber A, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Deed, 22 June 1700
From: BENJAMIN BERRY of P. G. County, planter
To: NINIAN BEALL of P. G. County, gent. Price: 40 pounds sterling
Property: All the 200 acre tract called "Berry Lott" in the fork of the western branch of Patuxent River in P. G. County, formerly in Calvert Co; being part of a 980 acre tract called "St. Andrews" laid out for NINIAN BEALL.
Signature: BENJAMIN BERRY
Wit.: EDWARD WILLETT, ARCHIBALD EDMUNDSON
Ackn'd: BENJAMIN BERRY and wife MARY, 22 June 1700 Recorded: 2 November 1700, Vol. A, Page 230.1

Family

Benjamin Berry b. 23 Oct 1670, d. b 10 Feb 1719
Child

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Mary Hilleary Abt 1674 - Aft 1720: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I13081&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Benjamin Berry 1670 - 1719: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I10342&tree=Tree1

Benjamin Berry1

M, #102585, b. 23 October 1670, d. before 10 February 1719
Last Edited28 Sep 2025
     Benjamin Berry was born on 23 October 1670 at Talbot Co., Maryland, USA.1 He married Mary Hilleary, daughter of Thomas Hilleary and Unknown (?), circa 1697 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.1

Benjamin Berry died before 10 February 1719 at Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.1
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From Early Colonial Settlers:
Berry, Benjamin, Prince George's County, 7th Nov., 1719; 10th Feb. 1719.
To wife Mary, extx., 1/5 of personal estate (excepting tobacco consigned to Mr. Hunt, merchant, in London), absolutely, and dwelling plantation during life.
to: eldest son Benjamin and hrs., dwelling plantation at decease of wife. Should said. son die before his mother, sd. plantation - to pass in succession to following: Son Jeremiah, dau. Mary and dau. Verlinda; also to son Benj. and hrs., 800 acres "'Thompson's Choice" Baltimore County, pt. of "'Long Lane (pt. east of plantation -where Geo. Bankes now lives) and "The Chance."'
to 2 sons, Benjamin and Jeremiah, and their hrs., lot No. 14 in Marlborough Town, equally, and personalty.
to Thomas (son of Benj. Long, dec'd), 50 A. pt. of "Charles and Benjamin," next to the line separating Charles Dell land from testator is conditionally
to dau. Verlinda and hrs., 140 Acres "Charles and Benjamin", adj. 50 A. bequeathed Thomas Long, and personalty,
to son Jeremiah and hrs., remaining pt., 900 A., of "Charles and Benjamin," also 340 A., pt. of "The Level."
Capt. Thomas Claggett and hrs. (at request of son-in-law Richard Keene), 70 A., pt. of "Long Lane."
eldest dau. Mary and hrs., "Evan's Range" and personalty., 5 yrs. after decease of testator,
Baruch Williams and hrs., 200 A., part of " The Levell"
Son Jeremiah to be for himself at 18 yrs.
Residue of personal estate divided among 4 child. afsd; dau Mary to receive hers at age of 16 or day of marriage; son Benjamin at expiration of 5 yrs; shd. he die before that time, his personal estate to be divided among surviving child. of testator. Son Jeremiah to receive his portion at age of 21, or sooner if he seats his land; shd. he die during minority, his portion of real and personal estate to testator's surviving child. Shd. wife Mary die before child. arrive at ages afsd.., son Benjamin to take charge of them and their estates.
Overseers: Samuel Magruder, Thomas Hillary, Edward Willett, John Cleggatt.
Test: John Clegatt, Charles Beavan, John Adams. 15.289
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Benjamin Berry, Jr. 3.323 -- £615.1.9 Apr 28 1720
Appraisers: Joseph Belt, Richard Claggett (also Richard Caggett).
Creditors: Thomas Clagett.
Next of kin: Richard Keen, Benjamin Berry.
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Benjamin Berry 3.283 A PG £615.1.9 £31.2.9 (between entries for Feb 15 and Feb 24 1720)
Received from: William Hunt.
Payments to: Abigail Coller, John Well, Ralph Crab, Levin Covinton, James Bonnivent, Thomas Hynes, Patrick Hepburn, Samuell Heigh, Henry French, John Docwra, William Hillingworth, Mary Biddle, Mr. Robertt Levett, John Willcoxson, Thomas Bordley, Esq., Allexander Contee.
Legal representatives: widow (unnamed), 2 sons (unnamed), 2 daughters (unnamed).
Executrix: Mary Berry.
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List of Debts & Payments for Henry Truman
In the Inventories a Accounts is a list of the debts & payments for the estate of Henry Truman. The list is 23 January 1695. This list can be found in Liber 13B, Folios 33-39.
List of Debts
James Berry
Benjamin Berry
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Thomas Hilleard 19-1/2A.18 I CA £12,2.0 Aug 3 1698
Appraisers: George Cole, John Bowles.
Next of kin: Robert Lyle, Benjamin Berry.
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Thomas Hilleary 119-1/2A.18 I £309,1,0 Aug 12 1698
This inventory includes items formerly belonging to Baruch Williams now in the possession of William Berry. The amount of the inventory is the total for the estate.
Appraisers: George Cole, John Bowles,
Next of kin: Robert Lyle, Benjamin Berry,
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William Cooper 15.79 I PG £3.17.6 Nov 21 1696
Appraisers: John Coussens, Benjamin Berry.
William Cooper 15.79 I £1.16.2 Jun 3 1697
Appraisers: John Coussens, Benjamin Berry.
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Bonner, Henry, Prince George's Co., 1st Oct., 1702 ; 21st Oct., 1702.
To wife Eliza:, extx., entire estate, real and personal, including 1000 A., "Bonner's Camp" at hd. of Bush B., Balto. Co., and 500 A., "Bonnie's Interest" in Balto. Co.
Test: Jas. Moore, Henry Glover, Benj. Berry. 11. 334.
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Barton, William, Prince George's County, 19th Apr., 1703; 6th Nov., 1705.
To wife Sarah, extx., dwelling plantation and part of "The Exchange" adjoining sd. plantation, also use of "Perrywood" during minority of dau. Katharine, and testator's part of "The Exchange."
to dau. Katharine, land as afsd., at majority.
to dau. Sarah and hrs., lands in possession of father, Wm. Barton, adjoining Zachiah Swamp, also 100 A., "The Addition." also 300 A. on N. side Swanson's, alias Fradsham's Creeke, formerly part of Hugh Stanley's land.
to Thomas Gant and hrs., 100 A., part of "Barton's Hope.
to dau. Sarah afsd., residue of " Barton's Hope"
to son-in-law Bazil Waring, 300 A., part of " Hadlow in Chas. Co; to revert to wife Sarah should he die during minority or without issue.
to son-in-law Marsham Waring, to cousin Elizabeth Smoote, and to John Warren, personalty.
to wife Sarah and child, afsd., residue of personal estate. Child. to be brought up in Church of England.
(By codicil dated 19th April) 1703, testator devises to John Nathan Smoote and his brother William, 400 A., "Barton's Hazard" on N. side Zachiah Swamp., provided they make over to their brothers Thomas and Charles Smoote, 400 A., bequeathed them by their father Thomas Smoote; otherwise sd. "Barton's Hazard" to go to daus, Katharine and Sarah afsd.
Also devises certain personalty to sister Margaret Hungerford.
Trustees, in event of death of wife during minority of child., Thos. Brooke, Thos. Greenfield, John Wight, Col. Walter Smith, Samuel Queen and Thos. Smoote.
Test: Thos. Greenfield, Benjamin Berry, Jno. Warren. 3.643
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Mr. John Hallum 32C.31 A PG £120.7.6 £58.1.7 Aug 8 1711
Payments to: Elisabeth Clark, Dr. Patrick Hepburn, Mr. John Gerrard for Millner & Co., Mr. Jonathon White, Mr. John Batie, Dr. Charles Burgess, William Prather, Mr. Robert Bradley, Weldon Jefferson, Andrew Castela, Elisabeth Danill, Joseph West, Mr. Thomas Clegett, Benjamin Berry.
Administratrix: Mary Holmeard (widow), now wife of Mr. James Holmeard.
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Orlander Ultra Jactinus 33A.37 A PG £22.4.9 £13.17.2 Dec 1 1711
Payments to: Capt. John Bradford, Benjamin Berry.
Administrator: Thomas Allen of Charles County.
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Mr. Samuel Magruder 33A.38 A PG £501.15.4 £83.18.8 Dec 31 1711
Received from: William Head, Elisabeth Clark, Nin. Magruder.
Payments to: Mr. Benjamin Bradley & James Bradley, Mr. Josiah Wilson, Benjamin Berry, Thomas Applegate, Joseph Story, Mr. John Gerrard for Millner & Co., Rebecca Ellis, John Lane.
Legatees: Elisabeth Beall (daughter).
Mentions: Mr. Isaac Millner.
Executrix: Mrs. Sarah Magruder.
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Terrins [Terrance] Dunning, 34,144 A PG £51.10.10 £13,10,6 Mar 2 1712
Received from: Joseph Noble, John Winn, Thomas Duly.
Payments to: Jeremiah Macknew, Capt. John Bradford, Benjamin Berry.
Executrix: Elisabeth Dunning.
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John Venman 33A.161 A PG £41,4.0 £11.16.1 Mar 29 1712
Received from: Christopher Thompson, William Powell, James Holmeard.
Payments to: Mr. John Garard for Mr. Isaac Millner & Co., Mr. Christopher Thompson, Mr. Hugh Riley, James Gladston, Mr. Edward Willett, Mr. Jonathon White (minister), Esq. Bladen, Benjamin Berry.
Executrix: Anne Brashiers, wife of Thomas Brashier
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John Wheate 33B.177 A PG £1.17.0 Dec 22 1712
Received from: Nicholas Dawson, Mr. Fraisher (minister). PG £inds, Jeremiah Perdue,
Payments to: Joseph Lovejoye, James Burges, Benjamin Berry.
Distribution to: 4 children (unnamed).
Administratrix: Sarah Perdue, wife of Jeremiah Perdue.
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Robert Hucker 33B.27 A PG £79.0.1 £36.10.4 Jul 29 1712
Received from: Thomas Brooke, Joseph Sarrat, Thomas Delany, Thomas Person, Payments to: William Austin, Thomas Person, Isaac Milner & Co., James Dixon, Robert Orme, Symon Larkin, Thomas Delany, Thomas Gant for Carleton & Co., Clark Skinner, William Rabbling, Aron Lomas, William Bladen, Esq., Benjamin Berry,
Mentions: Joseph Sarratt.
Executor: Thomas Brooke.
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Zachariah Gripah 33B.30 A PG £21,15,6 £14,13,1 Aug 13 1712
Payments to: Thomas Middleton, Esq, Bladen, Benjamin Berry.
Administratrix/Executrix: Hanah Gripah.
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Charles Read (planter) 35A.297 A PG £2.18.3 £5.19.4 Mar 19 1713
Received from: Richard Harriss.
Payments to: John Middleton, James More, Jr., Thomas Manly, Benjamin Berry.
Administrator: John Middleton (also John Middleton).
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John Lewis 35A.298 A PG £4.2.10 Mar 13 1713
Received from: Capt, John Hyde (merchant in London), James Story.
Payments to: Capt. Thomas Evans, Thomas Hinde, Benjamin Berry.
Executrix: Elisabeth Pearson (widow).
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John Pigman 34.231 A PG £4.4.6 Oct 20 1713
Payments to: William Wallice, John Houtchins, Hickford Lemond, William Glover, Benjamin Berry,
Executrix: Sarah Pigman.
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William Hatton 35B.26 A PG £315.12.2 £106.14.10 Aug 17 1713
Received from: Mr. Notley Rozier, Mr. Hickford Lemon, Mr. James Noble, Peter Pannier, John Midleton, Peter Paniel.
Payments to: Col. Thomas Addison, Samuell Berry, Thomas Midleton, William Floyd, James Kenton, Daniel Delozer, Thomas Plunkett, Henry Butler, Dr. Claudius, Joseph Alvey, Vestry of Piscataway Parish, George Noble, David Patron, John Pritchett, Mr. Luke Gardiner, David Cowdon, Anne Parker, Thomas Midleton per Penelope Midleton, William Bladen, Esq., Benjamin Berry, Joseph Hatton.
Mentions: Mrs. Mary Hatton.
Executor: Mr. Joseph Hatton.
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Thomas Box 35A.342 A PG £123,11.8 £54.13.11 May 7 1714
Received from; Benjamin Long, Paul Busey, Thomas Simpson, John Deakins, John Davis, John Soaper, John Henry, Thomas Davis, Thomas Plumer, Nicholas Baker, Benjamin Bresheirs, Anthony Drayne, William Raye, William Moore, James Mullekin, Jonathon Prather, Joseph West, Arnold Livers, Edward Dawson, Robert Harrison, Thomas James, Thomas Prather, Capt. Edward Brock, John Barratt, John Chetham, Francis Pilles.
Payments to: Richard Pilles, John Tent, Richard Jones. Jeremiah Carkins, David Davis, Richard Ledgar, Dr. Patrick Hepburn, Walter Evans, Benjamin Berry, William Offoot, Thomas Simpson, John Perry, Nicholas Spurne, Dr. George Smith, Maj. Josiah Wilson, Mr. James Heath, James Haddock, Edward Willett, John Henry, Col. Contee, Esq. Bladen, William Stone, Benjamin Berry.
Executors: Thomas Hines and his wife Jane Hines.
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James Pinson 36B.243 A PG £9.1.0 £18.0.2 [1714]
Received from: Dr. Hepburn, Robert Bradly, Edward Holmes, Christ. Thompson, Daniell Mariartie, Pat. Andrews, John Belt, Benjamin Belt, Solaman Sparrow.
Payments to: Dr. Patt. Hepburn, Edward Holmes, Christ. Thompson, John Young, John Belt, Daniell Mariartie, Mahetbell Peirpoint, Benjamin Berry.
Administrator: Edward Holmes.
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Long, Benja., Prince George's County, 15th Dec., 1715; 19th Jan., 1715.
To son Thos, and hrs., 50 A., dwelling plantation; he dying without issue, to pass to son Benia. and hrs., and he lacking such, to daus. and their hrs. in natural succession. Dau. Jane to be of age at decease of testator;Son Thos, now :12 yrs. old, to be under care of ex., Benja. Berry, during minority, as also dau. Anne, she being 10 yrs. of age. Rich'd Keen to care for dau. Mary, she being aged 8, and Robt. Orum. of dau. Susanna, she being about 7 yrs. Son Benja. to remain with wife, his mother.
To wife Eliza: and child. afsd., residue of estate.
Test: Rich'd Keen, Chas. Beavan., Loyd Harris. 14. 98.
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Benjamin Long 37C.124 A PG £23.4.7 £23.19.9
Payments to: Daniel Danielson, Mr. Robert Levett, Charles Bevins, Benjamin Berry, Mr. James Stoddert, Richard Keene, Capt. Clagett, Paul Busey, Dr. Pat. Hepburne.
Mentions: Charles Bevins & Mary Davis.
Executor: Benjamin Berry.
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George Williams 38A.119 A PG £5.7.3 £6.6.6 May 11 1717
Payments to: Benjamin Berry, Patrick Hepburn.
Administrator: Mr. Benjamin Berry.
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1714-1716 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber F#2 [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Page 81
20 Xber 1715; Recorded at request of Jon. Moore, planter, Prince George's Co.:
Deed of Gift from John Smith to his son-in-law John Moore of Prince George's County, planter; a tract of land bounded by George Ascomb and Zachia Swamp; containing 200 acres; /s/ Jno. Smith, Anne Smith; wit. David Pattome, Robt. Ansall, Beni. Berry
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Robert Masters 38A.121 A PG £19,2.9 £20.17.10 Apr 6 1717
Payments to: Thomas Locker, Jr., Richard Coleman, Rev. Mr. John Fraiser, Joseph Coleman, Mr. Bladen, Benjamin Berry, Patrick Hepburn.
List of debts: Thomas Aplegate, Thomas Gatton, James Gore, George Wilson, Mr. Fraisser, James Findall, John Jones.
Mentions: Col. Addison, Mr. Al. Harbert.
Administrator: William Masters.
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Jeremiah Macknew 37B.190 A PG £34.11,3 £15,5,6 Aug 6 1717
Received from: Phillip Mason, John Lanham.
Payments to: Edward Edelen, Mr. Phillip Lee, William Marlow, executrix of William Glover, Benjamin Berry, Patrick Hepburn.
Administrators: Timothy Mahall and his wife Sarah Mahall (widow of deceased).
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George Williams 38A.119 A PG £5.7.3 £6.6.6 May 11 1717
Payments to: Benjamin Berry, Patrick Hepburn.
Administrator: Mr. Benjamin Berry.
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Robert Masters J38A.121 A PG £19.29 £20.17.10 Apr 6 1717
Payments to: Thomas Locker Jr., Richard Coleman, Rev. Mr. John Fraiser, Joseph Coleman. Mr. Bladen, Benjamin Berry, Patrick Hepburn,
List of debts: Thomas Aplegate, Thomas Gatton, James Gore, George Wilson, Mr. Fraisser, James Findall, John Jones.
Mentions: Col. Addison, Mr. Al. Harbert.
Administrator: William Masters.
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Busey, Paul, planter, Prince George's County, 24th Sept., 1718; 1st Nov., 1718.
To wife Sarah, "Chas. Hill Land"-' and ','Touloon" during life; at her decease to six sons, viz: Paul, John, Chas., Samll., Edwd. and Joshua., equally, the eldest to have first choice. Also residue of personal estate to wife during life; at her decease to be divided equally among all child., both sons and daus.
Exs.: Wife Sarah, son Paul and bro. Chas.
Test: Thos. Blacklock., Benj. Berry, Sr., Edwd. Mobberley. MCW 15. 35.
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1692-1694 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber S [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Page 418
8 Nov 1694; Indenture from Walter Evans, planter, to Benjamin Berry, planter; for 1,800# tobacco; a parcel called Evans His Range; [very dim]; containing 100 acres; /s/ Walter Evans; wit. Thomas ___; Andrew Hurd
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1696-1702 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber A, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Indenture, 28 July 1698
From: Col. NINIAN BEALL of P. G. County, gent.
To: WILLIAM RAY of P. G. County, planter
Price: 35 pounds sterling
Property: All the 158 acre tract called "Bred and Cheese" in P. G. County, bounding on land formerly surveyed for Maj. THOMAS TRUMAN, on "St. Andrews," land of Maj. SEWELL, on western branch, and on southwest branch, originally patented to Maj. THOMAS TRUMAN.
Signature: NINIAN BEALLE
Wit.: THOM. HOLLYDAY, SAM'LL MAGRUDER, BENJA. BERRY Ackn'd: NINIAN BEALL and RUTH his wife 28 July 1698 Recorded: 1 December (year unspecified). Vol. A, Page 150.
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1696-1702 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber A, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Indenture, 28 July 1698
From: Col. NINIAN BEALL of P. G. County, gent.
To: EDWARD WILLETT of P. G. Co.
Price: 3000 lbs. tobacco
Property: Two tracts totaling 100 acres on the west side of the western branch of Patuxent River in P. G. Co.: 1) all of "Bealls Craft" which bounds on land of WILLIAM SELLBY, 43 acres; 2) part of "Horse Race" which bounds on "Bealls Craft" and on a branch called Packeletts Meddow, 57 acres.
Signature: NINIAN BEALL
Wit.: THOM. HOLLYDAY, SAM'LL MAGRUDER, BENJAMIN BERRY
Ackn'd: NINIAN BEALL and RUTH his wife, 28 July 1698 Recorded: 2 December 1698, Vol. A, Page 152
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1696-1702 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber A, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Deed, 27 June 1699
From: JAMES MOOR of P. G. Co.
To: BENJAMIN BERRY of P. G. Co.
Price: 80 pounds sterling and 2 shillings Property: All the 267 acre tract called "Berry Fortune" in P. G. County, on the west side of Patuxent River on the north side of St. Charles Branch; bounding on Deep Creek, St. Charles Branch, and on land formerly owned by CHARLES BUTLER; originally part of a 400 acre tract called "Four Hills" that was patented to JAMES MOORE.
Signature: JAMES MOORE
Wit.: EDWARD WILLETT, WM. LEE
Ackn'd: JAMES MOOR and MARY his wife, 27 June 1699 Recorded: 26 September 1699, Vol- A, Page 184
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1696-1702 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber A, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Deed, 22 June 1700
From: BENJAMIN BERRY of P. G. County, planter
To: NINIAN BEALL of P. G. County, gent. Price: 40 pounds sterling
Property: All the 200 acre tract called "Berry Lott" in the fork of the western branch of Patuxent River in P. G. County, formerly in Calvert Co; being part of a 980 acre tract called "St. Andrews" laid out for NINIAN BEALL.
Signature: BENJAMIN BERRY
Wit.: EDWARD WILLETT, ARCHIBALD EDMUNDSON
Ackn'd: BENJAMIN BERRY and wife MARY, 22 June 1700 Recorded: 2 November 1700, Vol. A, Page 230
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1696-1702 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber A, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Deed, 18 September 1700
From: RICHARD ISAAK of P. G. County, "tayler"
To: JOSHUA HALL of P. G. County, planter
Price: 18,000 lbs. tobacco
Property: All the tract "Giants Range" in P. G. County, on the west side of Patuxent River in the freshes and on the eastern most fork of said river bounding on land of JAMES WILLIAMS called "Penthen Hills" and on "Collington"; 100 acres.
Signature: RICHARD ISAAK
Wit.: JOSEPH BROWNE (mark), BENJ. BERRY
Ackn'd: RICHARD ISAAK, 24 September 1700
Recorded: (date unspecified), Vol. A, Page 296
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1702-1709 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber C, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Folio 197a: Indenture, 26 Nov 1707
Prom: James Moor of Prince George's County
To: Benjamin Berry of Prince George's County
For 25L a parcel of land called Potern Wick in Prince George's County; bounded by a branch that "issueth out of' St. Charles Branch, by land of Thomas Cleggett called Weston, by Deep Branch, by land of William Ludwell, and by land called Berry Fortune; containing 35 acres
Signed: James Moore
Witnessed: Tho. Clegett and Henry Acton
Memorandum: 26 Nov 1707 Mary Moore, wife of James, examined by above witnesses
Alienation: 4 Feb 1707 Benjamin Berry paid ls/8p for 35 acres of Potern Wick now called Berry's Addition
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1710-1717 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber F, Part 1 [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Folio 1 o Indenture, 8 Aug 1710
From: James Wallace, merchant of Prince George's County
To: John Hide, merchant of the City of London
James Wallace obligates himself under 2,000£penalty to sell for 1,000£two tracts of land; one tract from land formerly taken up by James Moore in Prince George's County called Four Hills and Patterlunk in the freshes of Patuxent on St. Charles Branch; bounded by land formerly laid out for Jeremiah Sullyvant, and plantations of David Small, James Moore and Benjamin Berry; 185 acres to go by name of Wallace's Purchase; the other a tract called Veniell (Heinton: Vainall); orignally taken up by Richard Foulke for 200 acres by him let fall' ; then Lord Baltimore granted it to Henry Guttridge of Prince George's County County, with 16 acres more added; he transferred his title to William Herbert of Charles County; then to James Wallace; also mentioned in the same patent from his Lordship's Office is land called The Grange, lying in Prince George's County on the north side of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River laid out for 500 acres together with all buildings, orchards, etc. and including Negro slaves listed by name, white servants Jack Brimar and Peter Gordon, and cattle, hogs and all posessions of James Wallace
Signed: James Wallace
Witnessed: Warnell Hunt, John Bradford, George Fullerton and James Earle
25 Aug 1712 Mr. John Bradford, attorney for Mr. James Wallace, delivered to Captain John Hide in presence of Frederick Claudius and Philip Lee
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1739-1743 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber Y, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Page 336.
Jul 11, 1741 from Mary Beall of PG, widow, and Joshua Beall of PG, planter (executors and administrators of Charles Beall, late of PG, decd), to Samuel White of PG, planter. Whereas sd Charles Beall, by his will, bequeathed a parcel of land to be sold, being a moiety or part of a tract of land called the Charles and Benjamin, originally granted unto the afd Charles Beall and Benjamin Berry, lying in Page between the Branches of Rock Cr and the Branches of Patuxent River "&c", now this deed witnesses that the afd Mary and Joshua Beall, for 23 £11 shillings and 3 pence sterling, sell to sd White part of the Charles and Benjamin, lying in PG, containing about 171 acres. Signed - Mary Beall, Jos:a Beall. Wit - John Beall* , Nath: Wickham Jr*. Recorded Jul 18, 1741.
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1739-1743 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber Y, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Page 339.
Jul 11, 1741 from Mary Beall of PG, widow, and Joshua Beall of PG, planter (executors and administrators of Charles Beall, late of PG, decd), to John Miles of PG, planter. Whereas sd Charles Beall, by his will, bequeathed a parcel of land to be sold, being a moiety or part of a tract of land called the Charles and Benjamin, originally granted unto the afd Charles Beall and Benjamin Berry, lying in Page between the Branches of Rock Cr and the Branches of Patuxent River, now this deed witnesses that the afd Mary and Joshua Beall, for 34 £8 shillings and 8 pence sterling, sell to sd Miles part of the Charles and Benjamin, lying in PG, bounded by a parcel of land formerly sold out of the sd tract to John Magruder, containing about 250 acres. Signed - Mary Beall, Jos:a Beall. Wit - John Beall*, Nath:1 Wickham Jr*. Recorded Jul 18, 1741.
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1733-1739 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records
Liber T, Page 295
Recorded at request of Thomas Kirk, 19 Jul 1735:
25 Jun 1735; Indenture between Thomas Clagett and Mary Clagett his mother, of one part and Thomas Kirk; for 5,600* tobacco; a tract called Stoney Hill being part of Long Lane bequeathed to Capt. Thomas Clagett, dec'd, by Benjamin Berry, dec'd; bounded by Hinson's Branch and Col. Thomas Addison's land where John Wilcoxson lives; containing 70 acres; /s/ Mary Clagett, Thomas Clagett; wit. Dav. Craufurd, Jos. Chew; ack. by Thomas Clagett and Mary his mother; also ack. by Anne his wife.1

Family

Mary Hilleary b. c 1674, d. a 1720
Child

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 27 September 2025. Benjamin Berry 1670 - 1719: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I10342&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.

Col. Giles Brent II, Esq.1,2,3

M, #102586, b. 5 April 1652, d. 2 September 1679
FatherCol Giles Brent4,2,3 b. 1606, d. bt 31 Aug 1671 - 15 Feb 1672
MotherMary Kittamaguund5,3 b. 1625, d. a 1680
Last Edited29 Sep 2025
     Col. Giles Brent II, Esq. was born on 5 April 1652 at "Retirement", Stafford Co., Maryland, USA.1,2 He married Mary Brent, daughter of George Brent and Anne Peyton, circa 1670
; Her 1st of 2 husbands.
Per Early Colonial Settlers: "The date of Mary's marriage to Giles Brent appears unrecorded. In May of 1679, Mary secured only the second judicial separation recorded in Virginia on the grounds of cruelty. Following Brent's death, she married Francis Hammersley. (C.H. Brent.)6,1"
Col. Giles Brent II, Esq. died on 2 September 1679 at Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co., Virginia, USA, at age 27.1,2
Col. Giles Brent II, Esq. was buried on 3 September 1679 at Christ Church Cemetery, Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co., Virginia, USA;
From Find a Grave:
Colonel Giles Brent II
Birth     5 Apr 1652, Stafford County, Virginia, USA
Death     2 Sep 1679 (aged 27), Middlesex County, Virginia, USA
Burial     Christ Church Cemetery, Christchurch, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA
     He was the son of the immigrant Giles Brent and his first wife Mary, who was born a Piscataway indian, then adopted by Margaret Brent. He was born at Retirement, the Stafford County estate established by his father. He married his cousin Mary, the daughter of George Brent and his first wife Marianna Peyton.
     In the summer of 1675, peace was broken in that part of Virginia. Grizzly and violent indian wars were undertaken by local tribes. They were quickly followed the bloody rebellion of Nathaniel Bacon who was denounced by Gov. Berkeley as a traitor. Capt. Giles Brent commanded the Troop of the Horse, defending the Virginians. To many volunteers, the fighting came to be out of control. As individuals of that day, many were not willing to risk their life or health. Late in 1677 they began to desert the then Col. Brent in the field.
     In May, 1679 Mary Brent procured a judicial separation from her husband, Giles Brent because of cruelty. This was the second such action recorded in Virginia. This fierce warrior retreated to land previously owned by his aunt Margaret where he died at the age of 27. He had appointed his father-in-law as guardian of his estate.
His children were, Margaret; Mary; Giles b. ca 1670 d. 1694; and William. The son Giles married Jane Chandler, daughter of Col. William Chandler.
Source: The Descendants of Col. Giles Brent etal, Chester Horton Brent, Rutland, Vt., 1949
Contributed by Anna Jaech
Gravesite Details     Buried September 3, 1679.
Family Members
Parents
     Giles Brent
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     Giles Brent 1671–1694
nally Created by: Todd Whitesides
Added: Sep 18, 2017
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 183531333.2
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From Early Colonial Settlers:
Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia
Coll Giles Brent of Potomac Departed this Life 2th of September 1679 and was buried in the Great Church Yard y'' next day following &c.
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Magazine of Virginia Genealogy Vol 23 1985, No. 2; Page 12
in the name of God Amen. I Giles Brent of the retirement in Stafford County in Virginia, Esq. contemplating the uncertainty of my time of death do ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following; my body to the earth in my soul I bequeath to the mercy of my Savior Christ. All my worldly estate I appoint my executors to be disposed of as followeth.
To my daughter Mary Fitzherbert I give five ewes and a ram
To my son and heir Giles Brent and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten I give forever all my land rights unto lands and reversions of lands anyways due to me in either England, Virginia or Maryland and for the want of such heirs then unto my own right heirs and for want of such then to the right heirs of my honored father Richard Brent executor, deceased anciently Lord of the Manor's of Admington & Larkestoke in the County of Gloucester in England.
After my debts paid I give all my goods movable and immovable whatsoever to my executors to be disposed of as followeth; 3000 pounds of good tobacco with cask to be given by them my executors unto pious uses where and to whom they see fit for with doing and how and to whom given I will that none else but God they shall be accountable.
I also will that to Edward Sanders they give 4 ewes and a ram and to John Howard 4 ewes and a ram
Executors of this my last will and testament I appoint my son Giles Brent and my brother Richard Brent and my brother William Brent both in England and as attorneys in their executorship until my said brothers shall otherwise &c I do appoint Mr. Edward Sanders and John Howard above-named both of Stafford County to be & to act & it is my will that after my debts and my legacies paid my said executors stand possessed of all my goods and personal state to the sole use of my son Giles Brent then to be delivered into his soul dispose when it shall please God that he is arrived to the age of one & twenty years.
In witness unto this my last written last will and testament I have hereunto set my hand and seal this last day of August Anno Dom 1671 Giles Brent
subscribed sealed and published for his last will and testament in the presence of us 15 February 1671
Henry Brent
Barth. Dobson
John Egleston
John Guy
this will was proved in open court by the testimonies on both of Henry Brent and Bartholomew Dobson and then recorded
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1658-1659 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 112.
6 Aug. 1658. I give unto my sone Giles Brent my Negro woman called Joane with this proviso that if my sone shall dye before the age of twenty one yeares, then the Negro is to be mine. Dureing mine or my sister Margaret Brent's life it shall be at mine or her will to have the work of Joane to our owne uses and of her children if she shall have any.
Giles Brent
Wit: Gerrard Fowke, Robert Moseley.
20 Aug. 1658. Acknowledged by Capt. Brent.
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Brent, Margaret, Peace, Westmoreland County, Virginia., 26th Dec.,1663;
To nephew George and hrs., testatrixs rights to take up lands in Maryland except all those already assigned to cousin James Clifton.
To nieces [unnamed] Clifton, Elizabeth Brent, Anne Vandan and niece Mary dau. of bro. Giles, personalty.
To nephew Richard, son of bro. Giles and hrs., patent of land at the Falls of Rappahannock R., lease of Kent Fort Mannor in Maryland, saving yet power to his father Giles to sell the sd. lease and satisfy to his son other where as he shall think fit; shd. sd. nephew die during minority or without issue sd. legacy to pass to his bro. Giles or his sister Mary or to the hrs. of bro. Giles or otherwise, as sd. bro. shall dispose.
To bro. Giles and hrs., residue of estate.
Exs.: bro. Giles and his children, Giles, Mary and Richard, or such as are living at decease of testator.
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Thomas and Susannah Gerard had 11,000 acres from Lord Baltimore known as St. Clement's Manor and St. Clement's Island in 1638-1639. Thomas was involved in the uprising in St. Marys Co, MD and left to settle on lands in Westmoreland County, Virginia, where he died.
Jan and List: Below is an interesting account of a suburban type lifestyle that Thomas GERRARD, John WASHINGTON, and other MD ex-patriots lived in VA. "The Englishmen on the banks of the Potomac mingled elegant pleasures with rude labors and perilous enterprises. There is a record of a contract in 1670 between John LEE, son of Col. Richard LEE, then deceased, Henry CORBIN, Isaac ALLERTON, and Dr. Thomas GERRARD, for building a banqueting house at or near their respective lands. The English colonist acted as far as the circumstances would permit, precisely as he would in London. It was a rare thing if the richer settlers did not visit the mother country once during the year...
Among those who resided in the "suburban" area (Westmoreland Co. VA) above Machodic, at Nomini Creek, were: Walter BRODHURST, Edmund BRENT, Nicholas SPENCER, Valentine PEYTON, Maj. John HALLOWES(HOLLIS), Above Nomini resided at Appomattox Creek (now Mattox) Col. John WASHINGTON, his father-in-law, Col. Nathaniel POPE, William BUTLER, the minister, and Andrew MONROE, who lived in Maryland, in 1643. Still further upthe river, beyond Nomini, were Samuel HAYWARD, Col. Giles BRENT, and his famous sister, Margaret BRENT, at "Peace" on Acquia Creek. Other settlers were Capt. John ASHTON, Capt. John LORD, brother of Rich'd LORD, of Hartford, New England; Capt. William HARDWICH, a tailor from Maryland, brother-in-law of Mrs. WASHINGTON; Thomas STURMAN, of Maryland; Daniel HUTT, formerly of London; John ROSIER, minister, Anthony BRIDGES, Capt. George MASON (born in 1629), John HILLILER, Capt. Thomas EWELL, Col. Gerrard FOWKE, Col. Thomas SPEKE, Capt. William PIERCE, Capt. John APPLETON, Col. Tomas BLAGG, Capt. Alexander BAINHAM, Col. John DODMAN, Lewis MARKHAM, Clement SPELMAN, William BROWNE, of Plymouth, Daniel LISSON, Robert VAULX, and Capt. Thomas and William BALDRIDGE. " ( Genealogies of VA Families" from Wm. & Mary Quarterly, Vol. V, p.903-907.)
Pat Obrist
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http://www.provenlines.com/hist21.html

The Rebellion known as Bacon's Rebellion had it's beginnings in 1675 and was ended early in 1677 in Virginia, however, the year of the actual conflict was in 1676. Sometimes referred to as the precursor to the American Revolution, it is ironic that it was exactly 100 years before a rebellion would be launched that succeeded in independence from Great Britain. Listed below are the names of over 100 individuals who took part in the Rebellion. There are, without a doubt, many hundreds not listed herein. * Notes individuals executed for their participation in Bacon's Rebellion.

Brent, Lt. Gov. Giles
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1680 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press];
p. 4 KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I GILES BRENT of RICHLAND in ye County of Stafford in Virginia Gentl.. have lett, granted and sett unto THOMAS HATHAWAY of ye same County & Colony, Planter, one small tenement which now ye said HATHAWAY lives in. on ye South side of AQUIA CREEKE, Beginning at a small run binding upon RICHARD WHITTALL and soe running South West into ye Miles End and likewise binding upon a small run binding ye land of Mr. GEORGE INGLISH and that small tenement aforesaid: duringe ye naturall life of THOMAS HATHAWAY & MARY HATHAWAY and ye first Child ye said MARY hath and warrantinge ye same from mee my heirs Exors. Admors. and assigns unto ye said THOMAS HATHAWAY and MARY HATHAWAY or their assigns duringe ye time above mentioned; And alsoe the backland of RICHARD WHITTALL from ye RIDGE PATH unto ye Mites End the said THOMAS HATHAWAY and MARY HATHAWAY paying two (?) only ye time above mentioned; I do acknowledge to have received four thousand pounds of Tobo:, itt being in full satisfaction for that land above mentioned. As Witness my hand and seale this 26th day of July 1679 Signed Sealed & Delivered in ye presence of us
MARY WHTEHEAD her marke GILES BRENT
THOMAS BUTLER, MICHILS HILL
Wee ye Subscribers, THOMAS BUTLER and MARY WHITEHEAD, doe declare upon oath be-fore Coll. GEORGE MASON, that wee saw the within specified Lease signed sealed and de-livered by Coll GILES BRENT at Mr. HATHAWAYs House the day & year within mentioned unto Mr. HATHAWAY
Sworne before me this Instant 3d May 1680
GEORGE MASON
Recordat: in Cur: 12d. Augst:
Aprill ye 4th 1678. Received of THOMAS HATHAWAY in full satisfaction for this Land. As witness my hand GILES BRENT
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1680 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press];
p. 5 WILLIAM NICHLESS of BRISTOLL, Marriner, doe hereby constitute and appoint my loving Friend. GEORGE BRENT, of Stafford County in Virginia, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute my suite against MRS. MARY BRENT, Administrator; of Coll. GILES BRENT deceased. for protested Bills of Exchange drawn upon Captaine ;JNO; ENGLAND of BRISTOLL, Merchant. signed by ye said GILES BRENT and made payable to ye said NICHLESS for eleaven pounds ten shillings and four pence Sterl., bearing date from Virginia ye 4th of April 1677, and by THOMAS HARTWELL, Notary Publique, presented to ye said JNO: ENGLAND and by him denied to he paid as ye said Notary certified in his Publique Instrument of Protest, dated ye twelfth of August 1679; And what my said Attorney shall act and doe or cause to be done in ye premisses, I doe by these presents confirme and raffle. Witness my hand & seale this fourth of June 1680
PETER BARBERT, WM, NICKLAS Recordat. 11th August 1680,
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1689-1693 Stafford County, Virginia Deed & Will Book, Part 2 [Antient Press];
P.263a BEE IT KNOWN unto all that. Whereas Mr. ISAAC MASON late of this County deced att ye time of his death stood seized of a certaine tract of land att or near OCOUTA in Stafford Countie whereon hee lived for terme of his owne life ye life of MARGARETT his Wife & ye life of GEORGE BRENT SENIOR as by said Lease will appeare granted by Colo GILES BRENT deced dated 11th of July 1678 and by his Will being proved in due forme of Law gave ye said Plantation to MARGARETT his said Wife but not mentioninge to her heires & assignes is believed to bee but an Estate of Life and Whereas ye said MARGARETT married wth Mr. SAMPSON DORRELL & dyed leaveinge him possessed, butt her Estate by her death determining & yen one life upon ye Lease being still remaining (viz) that of ye said GEORGE BRENT aforesaid wch said Estate by ye Statute of ye 29th of CHARLES ye Second beinge undevised noe heire appearinge devolves to ye Exors of ye said ISAAC MASON, who is ye said GEORGE BRENT, and for as much as that DORRELL hath now ye possession of said Tenement and alsoe a Lease for Lives after ye Estate determined to ye said ISAAC MASON his Exors wch for a valuable consideration (viz) ye sume of Two thousande pounds of Tobacco paid to GEORGE BRENT Exor. aforesaid, hee ye said GEORGE BRENT hath granted unto ye sd SAMPSON DORRELL his heires for ever and dureinge ye life of him ye said GEORGE BRENT Wittness this 11th day of September 1692 Wittness ANDREW GRIFFIN, GEORGE BRENT
CORNELIUS BUTTWELL
This Sale was acknowledged by GEORGE BRENT to SAMPSON DORRELL in ye County Court of Stafford on ye 13th day of September 1692 and was then recorded
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1680 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press];
Page 15(27)-16(28) TO ALL XPIAN PEOPLE to whome these presents shall come. MARY BRENT of ye retiremt: in ye County of Stafl`d: Widdow, ye Relict and Admr. of COLL. GILLS BRENT late of the County aforesaid deced., send Greeting, Now Know yec that I ye said MARY BRENT in ye qualificacon aforesaid as alsoe be in ge Guardian to my Son, GILES BRENT, ye Son heire of his Father, Col, GILES BRENT, deced, being well assured and perfectly knowing that my said Husband, Col. GILES BRENT, did covenant and agree with THOMAS DERRICKE SENIOR of MATTHYES POYNT in ye County aforesaid, Plantr:, to left and sett to him, ye said THOMAS DERRICKE for (three Children of ye sd. Tho; DERRICKE) and for ye longest liver of him, all that pte: or p:cell of Land sittuate lying and being in MATTHYES POYNT Divident unleased, lying betwixt the Leased Land of him ye said THOMAS DERRICKE and ye Leased Land of him ye said THOMAS HAYWARD, Coopr;, and am alsoe well knowing that my said Husband, Coll GILLS BRENT deced., did receive a summe of Tobo; in part of pay for ye grant of ye said Lease, butt itt soe pleased God that before ye sealing of ye Lease, ye said Call, GILES BRENT died, leaving his Son an Infant and because I ye said MARY BRENT am willing to doe any such act that my tend to ye settlement and discharging all of obligations that my said Huband was anyway oblidged to as far as my power extends, I have therefore left and sett and doe by these presents Lett and sett all that p:cell of land aforesd: now unleased lying betwixt ye Leased Land of THOMAS DERRICKE SENIOR and THOMAS HAYWARD, Cooper, unto WILLIAM DERRICKE, JNO: DERRICKS MARY DERRICKSE, (Children of THOMAS SENIOR) for and during their naturall lives and for and duringe ye naturall life of ye longest liver of them, or to their assigns, together with all priviledges as of Hawking, Hunting, Fishing and Fowling as long as on ye Patten( is granted they or their assignes or one of them paying therefore to mee ye said MARY BRENT or to my Son, GILES BRENT, when itt shall please God he shalt arrive act ye age of one & twenty yeares old or to either of us our heires Ezors. or Admors. yearly on ye twenty fourth day of Decembr: as long as this Lease shall last; Fifty pounds of Tobo: and Caske, alsoe said WILLM: JNO: MARY doe covenant and agree that they or any one of them will punt as Orchard of one hundred Apple trees and keepe and preserve ye same by good fence from harme of Cattle and to renue them from tyme to tyme as they shall dye and decay, alsoe that if the within Leased Land shall for two whole yeares together remaine voyd of Christian Inhabitants, then itt shall bee lawfull for me, ye said MARY BRENT, my Son GILES BRENT or he heires of ye said GILES BRENT into ye within granted premisses to reenter and to hold in her, his or their right see if this Lease never had bin made; In Witness whereof ye parties to this Lease have interchangably sett our hands and scales ye day & yeare first above written
MARY BRENT for herselfe
And THOMAS DERRICKE SENIOR for and in behalfe of his three Children ye Leasees THOMAS DERRICKS his mrke,
Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of us
JAMES CLIFTON,
GEORGE BRENT
Recorded in Stafford County xxvii die Octobris 1680
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1722-1728 Stafford County, Virginia Deed Book J; [Antient Press];
Page 397-402 This Indenture made 22nd May 1727 between EDMUND PLOWDEN & BRENT NUTTHALL both of St. Mary's County in Province of Maryland Gent. of one part & GEORGE MASON of Stafford County in Colony of Virginia Gent. Whereas GILES BRENT late of the County Stafford Esqr. by his Last Will & Testament bearing date last day of August 1671 inter alia did bequeath unto his son & heir GILES BRENT and heirs of his body lawfully begotten all his land .. due to him in Virginia .. and for want of such heirs then to his the said Giles the Fathers own right heirs and for want of such then to the right heirs of his Father RICHARD BRENT Esgr. deced antiently Lord of the mannors of Admington & Larke stoke in the county of Glocester in England .. by an Estate in fee tail in all the premises to him & heirs of his body & being so possessed afterwards died leaving Issue a son WILLIAM BRENT & two daughters MARGARET & MARY BRENT which Margarett Intermarried with a certain GEORGE PLOWDEN late of St. Marys county and Province of Maryland aforesaid Gent. deced by whom she had issue the said EDMUND PLOWDEN (one of the Parties to these Present) and the said Mary Intermarried with a certain JOHN NUTTHALL late also of Saint Marys County and Province of Maryland afd Gent. deced by whom she had issue the said BRENT NUTTHALL (the other party to these presents) which said Edmund Plowden and Brent Nuthall as heirs of the said Margaret & Mary by vertue of the aforesaid devise are Imediately after the end 4 determination of the Estate in fee tail in the aforesaid Giles Brent the son & the heirs of his body .. Intituled to a Joynt Estate in fee simple in all lands & premises aforesaid .. Now this Indenture witnesseth that Edmund Plowden and Brent Nutthall in consideration of sum Forty pounds Sterl..to each of them in hand paid .. loth hereby acknowledge .. of every part and parcel thereof .. hereby release .. said George Mason .. doth acknowledge themselves to be fully paid .. have granted forever all the reversions when it shall happen to come .. after the end & determination of the aforesaid Estate in fee tail for want of heirs of the body lawfully begotten of the aforesaid Giles Brent the son in all the land in Stafford County .. by force of the devise of the above named Giles Brent Esqr Great Grandfather to the said Edmund and Brent and all the right ., they assign a good sure & sufficient Estate .. of all the lands & inheritance in all & singular the before mentioned unto George Mason ..
Presence Stephen McKey, Edmund Plowden
Benj. McKey, John Mercer Brent Nutthall
At Court held for Stafford County 14th June 1727 Deed of Sale and Receipt of Consideration money acknowledged by Edmund Plowden and Brent Nutthall admitted to record.
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1722-1728 Stafford County, Virginia Deed Book J; [Antient Press];
Page 402- 406 Know all men . , We EDMUND PLOWDEN and BRENT NUTTHAL both of St. Marys parish in Province of Maryland Gent. are bound unto GEORGE MASON of Stafford County in just sum of Ten thousand pounds Sterl. Money of great Britain .. 22 May 1727. The condition is such that whereas GILES BRENT late of Stafford County in Colonly of Virginia Esgr. deced by his Last Will & Testament dated last day of August 1671 Inter alia did bequeath unto his son & heir GILES BRENT and to heirs .. all his land .. any way due to him in Virginia & for want of such heirs then to his the said Giles the father's own right heirs & for want of such then to the right heirs of his Father RICHARD BRENT Esgr. deced antiently Lord of the mannors of Admington & Larke Stoke in the County of Gloscester in England by virtue of which devise the said Giles took an estate in fee tail in all the premises and afterwards dyed leaving issue a son WILLIAM BRENT and two Daughters MARGARET & MARY BRENT which Margaret Inter-married with a certain GEORGE PLOWDEN late of St. Marys County and Province of Maryland Gent, deced by whom she had issue the above bound Edmund Plowden and the said Mary inter married with a certain JOHN NUTTHAL late also of St. Marys County Province of Maryland Gent. deced by whom she had issue the above bound Brent Nutthall which said Edmund & Brent as heirs of said Margaret & Mary their Mothers by virtue of the aforesaid devise are Immediately after the Determination of the Estate in said Giles Brent .. Intituled to a Joynt Estate in fee simple and whereas said Edmund and Brent have sold unto George Mason all their right in all the lands lying in Stafford County in Virginia .. which they have by virtue of the said Giles Brent Esqr. Great Grandfather .. now if .. shall at all times execute Deed conveyance their right the premises of him .. Geo. Mason .. and also when it shall happen that the Estate in fee Tail shall be determined .. shall make good sure sufficient Estate .. in all the said lands .. then the above obligation shall be voyd or otherwise shall remain in full force.
Presence Stephen McKay, Edmund Plowden
Benin. McKey, Jno. Mercer Brent Nutthall
At a Court held for Stafford County 14th June 1727 This Bond proved .. admitted to record.

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1653-1656 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 3; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 279
MR. GILES BRENT, Junr., 800 acs., being on S. side of Potomeck Riv. opposite against the Indian Town of Puscutaway. 11 Sept. 1653, Page 210. Trans. of 16 pers.*
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1653-1656 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 3; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 315
MR. GILES BRENT, son of Capt. Giles Brent, 1,000 acs. Westmoreland Co., 6 Sept. 1654, Page 373. On S. side of Petomeck Riv., in the freshes, beg. at the Ricohockian Stand & N. E. near the mouth of Hunting Creek. Trans. of 20 pers: Capt. Robert Felgate, his son Erasmus twice, his wife Sibilla, 3 Negroes: Tony, Bass & Maria; Thomas Hall, Willm. Burford, Richard Wells, Henry Morgan, Fra. Sharpe, Grace Head, Mary Hayes, Wm. Hillard, Thomas Bassett, Robert Tyler, Edward Fenner, Mary Peay, Fra. Hansworth
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1655-1664 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 4; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 398
GYLES BRENT, Jr., son of Gyles Brent, Esqr., 1800 acs. Westmoreland Co., 3 Nov. 1662. Page 304, (417). 1000 acs. beg. at the Richahockian stands, extending to near mouth of Hunting Cr. E.S.E. along Petomake Riv. 800 acs. on S. side sd. river opposite against the Indian Towne of Pascatway. Renewal of patents dated 6 Sept. 1654 & 11 Sept. 1653.
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1655-1664 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 4; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 398
CAPT. GYLES BRENT, 312 acs. on S. side of Pamonkey Riv., bounding S.Ely. with a rivulett parting this from land of Capt. Anth. Langstone. 4 Sept. 1662, Page 307, (421). Marginal note: The true date appears to be 1661 as by order of the General Ct., 19 Apr. 1708. Trans. of 6 pers: Wm. Harris, Tho. Martin, Mary Wood, Edw. Jones, Samll. Clay, Fra. Faire.
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1655-1664 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 4; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page402
GILES BRENT, Esqr., 1000 acs. Westmoreland Co., 29 Nov. 1662, Page 321, (441). In Chapawansick Cr., beg. at the head of land of Mr. Walter Broadhurst, extending on both sides of the run of sd. Cr. &c. N.N.Wly. up the sd. run, including the Rock line to Caves called Machezan. Renewal of patent dated 24 Nov. 1658. (By Sir Wm. Berkeley).

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URL (Click on link) http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=417&last=&g_p=P4&co llection=LO Patent
Title Brent, Giles, Jr.
Publication 3 November 1662.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Description: 1800 acres beginning at the Richakockian Stands, and lies of Potomack River.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-1664, Page 417 (Reel 4).1

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Per Encyclopedia Virginia:
     [Quote]Giles Brent was a participant in Bacon’s Rebellion (1676–1677). A Catholic of both Indian and English heritage, he learned the Indian language from his mother, inherited all of his father’s land, and became a prosperous young planter and militia captain. In July 1675 Brent served in a party that killed several Doeg Indians in retaliation for the Indians’ having killed some white Virginians. He joined forces loyal to Nathaniel Bacon in order to battle the Pamunkey and collaborated with Bacon until the rebel leader turned his forces against the governor, Sir William Berkeley, in 1676 and laid siege to Jamestown. Brent then gathered approximately 1,000 men to confront Bacon’s forces. When the men learned that Bacon had burned Jamestown, they deserted Brent. He died in Middlesex County on September 2, 1679.
     rent was born about April 5, 1652, probably near Aquia Creek in the portion of Northumberland County that became Westmoreland County in 1653 and Stafford County in 1664. His parents were Giles Brent (1600–1672) and Mary Brent, the daughter of a tayac, or emperor, of the Piscataway. A Catholic of both Indian and English heritage, Brent was an anomaly in seventeenth-century Virginia, and like others in his strong-minded family he frequently provoked controversy.
     Brent’s father had a remarkable career before arriving in Virginia. The younger son of a prominent Gloucestershire family, he had migrated to Maryland in 1638 with three siblings. His Catholicism, affluence, and education led to his quick attainment of positions of authority, such as member of the assembly, councillor, and chief militia officer on Kent Island. More often than not the Brents opposed proprietary prerogatives, both in protection of their own interests and in rallying dissident groups against the Calverts. Despite earlier conflicts Lord Baltimore appointed him acting governor in April 1643. An ardent Royalist, the elder Giles Brent antagonized Protestant supporters of Parliament and helped set off an uprising in the colony before being dismissed from office and transported to England in 1645. After obtaining his freedom he returned to Maryland and was briefly reinstated as a councillor. A final break with the Calverts prompted Brent and his equally influential sister Margaret Brent to move to Virginia about 1649 and settle near Aquia Creek. Giles Brent married the orphaned daughter of a Piscataway leader who had been raised by Margaret Brent and Jesuit missionaries who had converted her and her father to Christianity. If he had hoped that the marriage would secure him a claim to Indian lands and that he could promote her right of succession to her father’s title, he was disappointed on both counts. Despite legislation restricting the rights of Catholics and occasional complaints about Catholic influence, the Brent family prospered in Virginia. The senior Brent became a militia officer, and his nephew George Brent (b. ca. 1640) held several responsible public offices in the Northern Neck.
     Giles Brent dwelt in two worlds. He learned the Indian language from his mother, but after his father’s death early in 1672, he inherited all of his father’s extensive landed estate and became a prosperous young planter and a captain in the militia. In 1674 Brent became a local collector of the tobacco export tax. His primary importance in Virginia history arises from his involvement in Bacon’s Rebellion. In July 1675, as Captain Brent, he served in a party commanded by George Mason (1629–1686) and George Brent that pursued a contingent of Doeg Indians into Maryland and killed several of them in retaliation for the Indians’ having killed some Virginians. Bacon’s Rebellion grew from that episode and other clashes on Virginia’s frontier. Vague references in some of the surviving records of the struggle have resulted in confusion concerning the roles of Giles Brent and his cousin, George Brent. Giles Brent definitely joined forces loyal to Nathaniel Bacon in order to battle the Pamunkey and other tribes. Referred to during those weeks as Colonel Brent, he collaborated with Bacon until the rebel leader turned his forces against the governor, Sir William Berkeley, in the autumn of 1676 and laid siege to Jamestown. Brent then turned against Bacon and gathered approximately 1,000 men to confront Bacon’s forces. When the men learned that Bacon had burned Jamestown, however, they quickly lost heart and deserted Brent, whose role in the conflict then ended.
     Brent’s last conflicts were domestic in nature. Just as his fiery temperament had led him to confront the neighboring Indians, it began to threaten members of his own household, which consisted of a wife, whose name is unknown, and at least two sons and two daughters. In May 1679 Brent’s wife petitioned the governor and Council for protection and a separate maintenance, an action that the prominent Northern Neck attorney William Fitzhugh described as unprecedented in Virginia. The court records are lost, but according to Fitzhugh the petition graphically described Brent’s “inhumane usage” of his wife. The Council ordered Brent to live apart from her and “to allow her a Maintenance, according to his Quali[ty] & Estate.” A later attorney who examined the court papers before they were destroyed concluded that Brent was “a terrible fellow.” Before any further proceedings in the case could take place, Giles Brent died in Middlesex County on September 2, 1679. He may have converted from Catholicism to the Church of England, because his death was recorded in the register of Christ Church Parish and he was buried in the cemetery of that Anglican church in Middlesex County.

TIMELINE
-- April 5, 1652 Giles Brent is born, probably near Aquia Creek, the son of Giles Brent and Mary Brent. His mother is a Piscataway Indian.
-- 1672 Early in the year, Giles Brent, father of his namesake son, dies.
-- 1674 Giles Brent becomes a local collector of the tobacco export tax in Virginia.
-- July 1675 Captain Giles Brent serves in a party commanded by George Mason and George Brent that pursues a contingent of Doeg Indians into Maryland.
-- 1676 Giles Brent sides with Nathaniel Bacon against the Indians, but when the rebel leader turns his forces on the governor, Brent turns on him. When Bacon burns Jamestown in the autumn, Brent's forces lose heart and desert him.
-- May 1679 Giles Brent's wife, whose name is unknown, petitions the governor and Council for protection and a separate maintenance, citing her husband's "inhumane usage" of her. The court agrees, and an attorney later describes Brent as "a terrible fellow."
-- September 2, 1679 Giles Brent dies in Middlesex County, possibly after converting from Catholicism to Anglicanism. He is buried at Christ Church in Middlesex County.


FURTHER READING
-- Andrews, Charles M., ed. Narratives of the Insurrections, 1675–1690. New York: Scribner, 1915.
-- Jordan, David W. “Giles Brent.” In The Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 2, edited by Sara B. Bearss et al., 217–218. Richmond: Library of Virginia, 2001.
-- Steiner, Bruce E. “The Catholic Brents of Colonial Virginia: An Instance of Practical Toleration.” Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 70 (1962): 387–409.
-- Tarter, Brent. “Bacon’s Rebellion, the Grievances of the People, and the Political Culture of Seventeenth-Century Virginia,” Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 119 (2011): 2–41.
-- Washburn, Wilcomb Edward. The Governor and the Rebel: A History of Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1957.[End Quote]7

Family

Mary Brent b. bt 1650 - 1654, d. a 1680
Children

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Giles Brent 1652 - 1679: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I43560&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183531333/giles-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Colonel Giles Brent II (5 Apr 1652–2 Sep 1679), Find a Grave Memorial ID 183531333, citing Christ Church Cemetery, Christchurch, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Billy Budd (contributor 51223934).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  3. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Giles Brent 1652 - 1679: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00400778&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.
  4. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 28 September 2025. Giles Gov. Brent 1606 - 1671: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I20603&tree=Tree1
  5. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Mary Kittamaguund 1625 - Aft 1680: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I5228&tree=Tree1
  6. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Mary MNU Brent 1654 - Aft 1680: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I15478&tree=Tree1
  7. [S5970] Encyclopedia Virginia Website, online <https://encyclopediavirginia.org/>, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Giles Brent (ca. 1652–1679): https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/brent-giles-ca-1652-1679/. Hereinafter cited as Encyclopedia Virginia.
  8. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226104039/giles-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Giles Brent (1671–1694), Find a Grave Memorial ID 226104039; Maintained by David Goode (contributor 49372965).
  9. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Giles Brent Abt 1671 - 1694: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I15476&tree=Tree1
  10. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Mary Brent Abt 1675 - Abt 1698: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I15484&tree=Tree1

Col Giles Brent1,2

M, #102587, b. 1606, d. between 31 August 1671 and 15 February 1672
FatherRichard Brent3,4,2,5,6 b. 1573, d. 1 May 1652
MotherElizabeth Reade7,8,2,9 b. 1578, d. 16 May 1631
Last Edited29 Sep 2025
     Col Giles Brent was born in 1606; Early col Settlers says b. 1606; Genealogics says b. 1600.1,2 He married Mary Kittamaguund, daughter of Kittamaguund (?), in 1637 at Piscattaway, St. Mary's Co., Maryland, USA,
; His 1st of 2 wives.10,11,2 Col Giles Brent married Frances Whitgreave after 1654
; His 2nd of 2 wives; her 1st of 2 husbands.12,2
Col Giles Brent died between 31 August 1671 and 15 February 1672.1,4,2
Col Giles Brent was buried between 31 August 1671 and 15 February 1672 at Brent Family Cemetery, Acquia, Stafford Co., Virginia, USA;
From Find a Grave:
Giles Brent
Birth     unknown
Death     unknown
Burial     Brent Family Cemetery, Aquia, Stafford County, Virginia, USA
     Giles Brent, Esq., born about 1600, Roman Catholic, was at Jamestown, Virginia 23 May 1625. He removed to Maryland in 1638 with his brother, Fulk, and sisters, Margaret and Mary. He served as acting Governor and Lieutenant-General of Maryland, 1643-4. In 1649 he removed to Aquia Creek, Stafford County, Virginia. He left a will dated 31 August 1671, proved 15 February 1671/2. [Plantagenet Ancestry A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families]
Family Members
Parents
     Richard Brent 1573–1652
     Elizabeth Reade Brent 1578–1631
Siblings
     Richard Brent 1600–1678
     Margaret Brent 1601–1671
     Mary Brent unknown–1658
     William Brent unknown–1691
Children
     Colonel Giles Brent II 1652–1679
Created by: BeNotForgot
Added: May 2, 2013
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 109863080.4


His estate was probated on 15 February 1671/72.4

     Reference: Genealogics cites: [S00780] Faris, David, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists 1996, Baltimore, 1st Edition. 34.2

Col Giles Brent immigrated in 1638 to Maryland, USA.4,2 He was acting Governor and Lieutenant-General of Maryland in 1643/44 at Maryland, USA.4

Col Giles Brent left a will on 31 August 1671.4,2

Family 1

Mary Kittamaguund b. 1625, d. a 1680
Child

Family 2

Frances Whitgreave b. c 1606, d. a 1658

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 28 September 2025. Giles Gov. Brent 1606 - 1671: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I20603&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Col. Giles Brent 1600 - Aft 1671: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00400775&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.
  3. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 28 September 2025. Richard Brent 1573 - 1652: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I27264&tree=Tree1
  4. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109863080/giles-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Giles Brent (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 109863080, citing Brent Family Cemetery, Aquia, Stafford County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by BeNotForgot (contributor 46974545).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  5. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107767504/richard-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Richard Brent (1573–1 May 1652), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107767504, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Melodie (contributor 48291232).
  6. [S5972] W. B. Chilton, "The Brent Family (6 parts)," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Multiple, 12-14 (1905-1907): The Brent Family (Continued). Author(s): W. B. Chilton
    Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , Jul., 1906, Vol. 14, No. 1
    (Jul., 1906), pp. 99-100.. Hereinafter cited as "The Brent Family (6 parts)."
  7. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Elizabeth Reed 1578 - 1631: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I27265&tree=Tree1
  8. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Elizabeth Rede: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00350112&tree=LEO
  9. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107768074/elizabeth-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Elizabeth Reade Brent (1578–16 May 1631), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107768074, citing St. Giles Churchyard, Bredon, Wychavon District, Worcestershire, England; Maintained by Melodie (contributor 48291232).
  10. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Mary Kittamaguund 1625 - Aft 1680: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I5228&tree=Tree1
  11. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Giles Gov. Brent 1606 - 1671: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I20603&tree=Tree1
  12. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Frances Whitgreave Abt 1606 - Aft 1658: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I27263&tree=Tree1
  13. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183531333/giles-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Colonel Giles Brent II (5 Apr 1652–2 Sep 1679), Find a Grave Memorial ID 183531333, citing Christ Church Cemetery, Christchurch, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Billy Budd (contributor 51223934).
  14. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Giles Brent 1652 - 1679: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00400778&tree=LEO

Richard Brent1,2

M, #102588, b. 1573, d. 1 May 1652
FatherRichard Brent3,4,5,6 b. 1551, d. 1587
MotherMary Huggeford7,8,6 d. bt 9 Aug 1630 - 5 Dec 1632
Last Edited29 Sep 2025
     Richard Brent was born in 1573 at Larke Stoke, Gloucestershire, England.9,2 He married Elizabeth Reade, daughter of Giles Reade Esq., of Mitton, Worcestershire and Katherine Greville, in 1594 at Larke Stoke, Gloucestershire, England,
; Family     Elizabeth Reed, b. 1578, Gloucestershire, England d. 16 May 1631, Worcestershire, England (Age 53 years)
Marriage     1594      Larke Stoke, Gloucestershire, England
Children      
     1. Richard Brent, b. 7 Nov 1596, Stoke, Gloucestershire, England d. 1671, Warwickshire, England (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     2. Mary Brent, b. 1603, Quinton, Gloucestershire, England d. 21 Jun 1658, Westmoreland County, Virginia - probate (Age 55 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     3. Fulke Brent, b. Abt 1595, Larke Stoke, Admington, Gloucestershire, England d. 1656, England (Age ~ 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     4. Margaret Brent, b. 1601, Larke Stoke, Admington, Gloucestershire, England d. 1663, Stafford County, Virginia (Age 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     5. Catherine Brent, b. Abt 1602, Larke Stoke, Admington, Gloucestershire, England d. 1640, England (Age ~ 38 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     6. George Brent, b. 1602, Larke Stoke, Admington, Gloucestershire, England d. 1671, Defford, Worcestershire, England (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     7. Edmund Brent, b. Abt 1605, Larke Stoke, Admington, Gloucestershire, England d. 20 Jul 1659, Westmoreland County, Virginia - probate (Age ~ 54 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     8. Giles Gov. Brent, b. 1606, Larke Stoke, Admington, Gloucestershire, England d. 31 Aug 1671, "The Retirement" Stafford County, Virginia - Probate (Age 65 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
     9. Anne Brent, b. 1622, Larke Stoke, Admington, Gloucestershire, England d. 1646, St. Mary's County, Maryland (Age 24 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural].10,1,11,12,2,6,13
Richard Brent died on 1 May 1652 at Larke Stoke, Gloucestershire, England.9,2
Richard Brent was buried on 1 May 1652 at St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England;
From Find a Grave:
Richard Brent
Birth     1573, Gloucestershire, England
Death     1 May 1652 (aged 78–79), Gloucestershire, England
Burial     St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
     Richard Brent, Esquire, of Larkstoke in Ilmington and Admington, Gloucestershire. Sheriff of Gloucestershire.
     Son of Richard Brent and Mary Hugford, grandson of John Hugford and Katherine Heneage daughrer of John Heneage of Hainton.
     Husband of Elizabeth Reade, daughter of Giles Reade of Tewkesbury and Katherine Greville, daughter of Fulk. They had six sons and seven daughters: Fulk, Colonel Richard, Giles, William, Edward and George, Margaret, Mary, Catherine, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Jane and Anne. three of his daughters became nuns.
     Richard subscribed (helped to financially support) to the building of the bridge at Stratford-Upon-Avon in 1618, leased Larkstoke for 14 years to his brother-in-law, Fulke Reade, and in 1629, he and Elizabeth conveyed the manor of Admington to the executors of Fulk Greville, Lord Brooke, his wife's cousin. Two thirds of his lands were collected in 1644 for recusancy (fees to the church as he failed to pay), and Elizabeth's children were left amounts in the will of her brother, Fulk.
Bio by Anne Shurtleff Stevens
Inscription     The Brents of Stoke have had a place of burial here since the coming of their ancestor out of Somersetshire about the yeare 1487 by the concealed name of John Buston who married Margery daughter of Georg Colchester then of Stoke and Admington Esq about the year 1498 and dyed 1531. Their son William Brent Lord of Stoke and Admington dyed 1595 with Elizabeth his wife here buried. Their son Richard Brent married Mary daughter of John Huggerford Esq and Katherine Hennage his wife 1572 and dyed 1587. Here buried. Their son Richard Brent married Elizabeth daughter of Giles Reed Esq and Katherine Greville his wife Anno 1594 and dyed 1652. He was here buried but his wife at Bredon with her father. Their son Richard Brent married Margaret daughter of Sir John Peshall Baronet and Anne Sheldon his wife Anno 1622 four of whose children Frances, Mary, Elizabeth and Giles lye here buried Anno 1657. The said Margt Brent died June 20th 1666. Here buried.
Family Members
Parents
     Richard Brent 1551–1587
     Mary Huggeford Brent unknown–1630
Spouse
     Elizabeth Reade Brent 1578–1631
Children
     Richard Brent 1600–1678
     Margaret Brent 1601–1671
     Mary Brent unknown–1658
     William Brent unknown–1691
     Giles Brent
Maintained by: Melodie
Originally Created by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens
Added: Apr 3, 2013
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 107767504.2

      ;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
Contributed by: James Hughes

URL: http://home.teleport.com/~grafe/Pearsalls/Pearsalls/Brents.html
URL title: The Brents
Note:
This branch of the family were Catholics and were in constant trouble with the authorities on account of their failure to attend upon the services of the Established Church of England. The family of Brent divided at this time in their religious adherence the same as the Horsley-London branches of the Horsley family of Pershall. In the Royalist papers (State Papers, Domestic, G 72, pages 231, 276 and 285) appears the following:-January 25, 1654-5. Order for search to be made in the old books as to the sequestration of the manor of Larkstoke, Co. Gloucester, for the Recusancy of Richard Brent the elder, deceased, or of Foulke Brent, Richard Brent the younger, Edward Brent, George Brent, Anne Brent and Jane Brent, children of said Richard Brent the elder...When the children were summoned to take the [loyalty] oath there appeared only Mrs Anne Brent and she refused to take it. The estate was therefore continued under sequestration, all of them being known papists. Dated at Gloucestor May 10, 1653. It was an important fact in our family history that this branch of the Brent family were Roman Catholics and the friends of the Calverts and the Lords Baltimore." (Pearsalls Page 994-996)
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1722-1728 Stafford County, Virginia Deed Book J; [Antient Press];
Page 397-402 This Indenture made 22nd May 1727 between EDMUND PLOWDEN & BRENT NUTTHALL 397- both of St. Mary's County in Province of Maryland Gent. of one part & 402 GEORGE MASON of Stafford County in Colony of Virginia Gent. Whereas GILES BRENT late of the County Stafford Esqr. by his Last Will & Testament bearing date last day of August 1671 inter alia did bequeath unto his son & heir GILES BRENT and heirs of his body lawfully begotten all his land .. due to him in Virginia .. and for want of such heirs then to his the said Giles the Fathers own right heirs and for want of such then to the right heirs of his Father RICHARD BRENT Esgr. deced antiently Lord of the mannors of Admington & Larke stoke in the county of Glocester in England .. by an Estate in fee tail in all the premises to him & heirs of his body & being so possessed afterwards died leaving Issue a son WILLIAM BRENT & two daughters MARGARET & MARY BRENT which Margarett Intermarried with a certain GEORGE PLOWDEN late of St. Marys county and Province of Maryland aforesaid Gent. deced by whom she had issue the said EDMUND PLOWDEN (one of the Parties to these Present) and the said Mary Intermarried with a certain JOHN NUTTHALL late also of Saint Marys County and Province of Maryland afd Gent. deced by whom she had issue the said BRENT NUTTHALL (the other party to these presents) which said Edmund Plowden and Brent Nuthall as heirs of the said Margaret & Mary by vertue of the aforesaid devise are Imediately after the end 4 determination of the Estate in fee tail in the aforesaid Giles Brent the son & the heirs of his body .. Intituled to a Joynt Estate in fee simple in all lands & premises aforesaid .. Now this Indenture witnesseth that Edmund Plowden and Brent Nutthall in consideration of sum Forty pounds Sterl..to each of them in hand paid .. loth hereby acknowledge .. of every part and parcel thereof .. hereby release .. said George Mason .. doth acknowledge themselves to be fully paid .. have granted forever all the reversions when it shall happen to come .. after the end & determination of the aforesaid Estate in fee tail for want of heirs of the body lawfully begotten of the aforesaid Giles Brent the son in all the land in Stafford County .. by force of the devise of the above named Giles Brent Esqr Great Grandfather to the said Edmund and Brent and all the right ., they assign a good sure & sufficient Estate .. of all the lands & inheritance in all & singular the before mentioned unto George Mason ..
Presence Stephen McKey, Edmund Plowden
Benj. McKey, John Mercer Brent Nutthall
At Court held for Stafford County 14th June 1727 Deed of Sale and Receipt of Consideration money acknowledged by Edmund Plowden and Brent Nutthall admitted to record.
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1722-1728 Stafford County, Virginia Deed Book J; [Antient Press];
Page 402- 406 Know all men . , We EDMUND PLOWDEN and BRENT NUTTHAL both of St. Marys parish in Province of Maryland Gent. are bound unto GEORGE MASON of Stafford County in just sum of Ten thousand pounds Sterl. Money of great Britain .. 22 May 1727. The condition is such that whereas GILES BRENT late of Stafford County in Colonly of Virginia Esgr. deced by his Last Will & Testament dated last day of August 1671 Inter alia did bequeath unto his son & heir GILES BRENT and to heirs .. all his land .. any way due to him in Virginia & for want of such heirs then to his the said Giles the father's own right heirs & for want of such then to the right heirs of his Father RICHARD BRENT Esgr. deced antiently Lord of the mannors of Admington & Larke Stoke in the County of Gloscester in England by virtue of which devise the said Giles took an estate in fee tail in all the premises and afterwards dyed leaving issue a son WILLIAM BRENT and two Daughters MARGARET & MARY BRENT which Margaret Inter-married with a certain GEORGE PLOWDEN late of St. Marys County and Province of Maryland Gent, deced by whom she had issue the above bound Edmund Plowden and the said Mary inter married with a certain JOHN NUTTHAL late also of St. Marys County Province of Maryland Gent. deced by whom she had issue the above bound Brent Nutthall which said Edmund & Brent as heirs of said Margaret & Mary their Mothers by virtue of the aforesaid devise are Immediately after the Determination of the Estate in said Giles Brent .. Intituled to a Joynt Estate in fee simple and whereas said Edmund and Brent have sold unto George Mason all their right in all the lands lying in Stafford County in Virginia .. which they have by virtue of the said Giles Brent Esqr. Great Grandfather .. now if .. shall at all times execute Deed conveyance their right the premises of him .. Geo. Mason .. and also when it shall happen that the Estate in fee Tail shall be determined .. shall make good sure sufficient Estate .. in all the said lands .. then the above obligation shall be voyd or otherwise shall remain in full force.
Presence Stephen McKay, Edmund Plowden
Benin. McKey, Jno. Mercer Brent Nutthall
At a Court held for Stafford County 14th June 1727 This Bond proved .. admitted to record.1

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From "The Brent Family":
Issue of Richard and Elizabeth (Reed) Brent:
1. Fulke emigrated to Maryland I638, married Cecelia and died without issue in 1656;
2. Richard baptized Nov. 7, 1656, married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Peshall, mentioned in grandmother's will-will dated 22 July, 1676. Codicil 27 Oct., I678, will proved 10 May, I679, his wife Margaret buried at Illmiuigton 22 June, i666;
3. Giles emigrated to Maryland I638, married Mary -- , died in Virginia I671;
4. William, married Barbara -- and died without issue, his wife buried at Illmington, July 10, i686. Concerning this gentleman, Anthony a Wood says: "Henry Carey began a translation of the history of France written by the Count Gualdo Priorato, but died after he had made some progress therein. Afterwards it was finished by Wm. Brent, Esq'r, and printed at London, I677 (being the same person that had before wrote (sic), a book entitled, "A discourse upon the nature of eternity and the condition of a separated soul according to the grounds of reason and principles of Christian Religion," London, I655, written while he was a prisoner in the Gatehouse at Westminister. It was afterwards printed there again in I674.)
By the way it must be known that though we have had several Brents who have been students of the University (Oxford), yet this Will. Brent was not, but educated when a youth in Coll. of English Jesuits at St. Omers. Afterwards being entered into the Society of Grey's Inn, he became a barrister and a solicitor or such like officer under Thomas Earl of Strafford, when he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was born at Stoke Lark in Gloucestershire, in the Parish of Illmington in Warwickshire, and having suffered much for his religion by imprison- ment, payments of money, and I know not what, lived privately several years at Foxcote in Warwickshire, and in his last days in London. He died near Little Turnstile, in Holborn in the Parish of St. Giles, in the Fields near London, 21 May, I691, aged 8o years or more."

5. Edward, unmarried;
6. George, administrator to his father I652, mentioned in grandmother's will and in conveyance 1663 as "of Defford," married Marianna, daughter of Sir John Peyton of Doddington, and twice married afterwards;
7. Margaret born I6oI, emigrated to Maryland I638, was alive in i66i, mentioned in grandmother's will;
8. Mary emigrated to Maryland I638, died about I657;
9. Catherine, baptized Aug. 25, 1630, died Nov. 1, I640;
I0. Elizabeth;
11. Eleanor;
12. Janie;
13. Ann, baptized Aug. 7, i637, at Illmington.13

Family

Elizabeth Reade b. 1578, d. 16 May 1631
Children

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Richard Brent 1573 - 1652: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I27264&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107767504/richard-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Richard Brent (1573–1 May 1652), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107767504, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Melodie (contributor 48291232).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  3. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168343424/richard-brent: accessed September 28, 2025), memorial page for Richard Brent (1551–1587), Find a Grave Memorial ID 168343424, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).
  4. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Richard Brent: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00400764&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.
  5. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168343424/richard-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Richard Brent (1551–1587), Find a Grave Memorial ID 168343424, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).
  6. [S5972] W. B. Chilton, "The Brent Family (6 parts)," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Multiple, 12-14 (1905-1907): The Brent Family (Continued). Author(s): W. B. Chilton
    Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , Jul., 1906, Vol. 14, No. 1
    (Jul., 1906), p. 99.. Hereinafter cited as "The Brent Family (6 parts)."
  7. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168343437/mary-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Mary Huggeford Brent (unknown–Aug 1630), Find a Grave Memorial ID 168343437, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).
  8. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Mary Huggeford: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00400765&tree=LEO
  9. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 28 September 2025. Richard Brent 1573 - 1652: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I27264&tree=Tree1
  10. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Elizabeth Reed 1578 - 1631: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I27265&tree=Tree1
  11. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Elizabeth Rede: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00350112&tree=LEO
  12. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107768074/elizabeth-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Elizabeth Reade Brent (1578–16 May 1631), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107768074, citing St. Giles Churchyard, Bredon, Wychavon District, Worcestershire, England; Maintained by Melodie (contributor 48291232).
  13. [S5972] "The Brent Family (6 parts)", The Brent Family (Continued). Author(s): W. B. Chilton
    Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , Jul., 1906, Vol. 14, No. 1
    (Jul., 1906), pp. 99-100.
  14. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5093670/margaret-brent: accessed September 28, 2025), memorial page for Margaret Brent (1601–1671), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5093670, citing Brent Family Cemetery, Aquia, Stafford County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Victor E. Everhart, PhD (contributor 47774451).
  15. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5093670/margaret-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Margaret Brent (1601–1671), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5093670, citing Brent Family Cemetery, Aquia, Stafford County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Victor E. Everhart, PhD (contributor 47774451).
  16. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109863080/giles-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Giles Brent (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 109863080, citing Brent Family Cemetery, Aquia, Stafford County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by BeNotForgot (contributor 46974545).
  17. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Col. Giles Brent 1600 - Aft 1671: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00400775&tree=LEO

Richard Brent1,2

M, #102589, b. 1551, d. 1587
FatherWilliam Brent Lord of Stoke and Admington2,3,4 b. 1503, d. 1595
MotherElizabeth Wroth5,4
Last Edited29 Sep 2025
     Richard Brent was born in 1551.6 He married Mary Huggeford, daughter of John Huggeford Esq., of Henwood, Warwickshire, in 1572.7,8,1

Richard Brent was buried in 1587 at St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England;
From Find a Grave:
Richard Brent
Birth     1551
Death     1587 (aged 35–36)
Burial     St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Family Members
Parents
     William Brent unknown–1595
     Elizabeth Brent
Spouse
     Mary Huggeford Brent unknown–1630 (m. 1572)
Children
     Richard Brent 1573–1652
Maintained by: Family of George Otis Parker, Jr.
Originally Created by: Todd Whitesides
Added: Aug 14, 2016
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 168343424.2

Richard Brent died in 1587.6
      ; Genealogics cites: [S00780] Faris, David, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists 1996, Baltimore, 1st Edition. 34.1

Family

Mary Huggeford d. bt 9 Aug 1630 - 5 Dec 1632
Child

Citations

  1. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Richard Brent: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00400764&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.
  2. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168343424/richard-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Richard Brent (1551–1587), Find a Grave Memorial ID 168343424, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  3. [S5972] W. B. Chilton, "The Brent Family (6 parts)," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Multiple, 12-14 (1905-1907): The Brent Family (Continued). Author(s): W. B. Chilton
    Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , Jul., 1906, Vol. 14, No. 1
    (Jul., 1906), p. 96.. Hereinafter cited as "The Brent Family (6 parts)."
  4. [S5972] "The Brent Family (6 parts)", The Brent Family (Continued). Author(s): W. B. Chilton
    Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , Jul., 1906, Vol. 14, No. 1
    (Jul., 1906), p. 99.
  5. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199887450/elizabeth-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Elizabeth Brent (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199887450, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).
  6. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168343424/richard-brent: accessed September 28, 2025), memorial page for Richard Brent (1551–1587), Find a Grave Memorial ID 168343424, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).
  7. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168343437/mary-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Mary Huggeford Brent (unknown–Aug 1630), Find a Grave Memorial ID 168343437, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).
  8. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Mary Huggeford: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00400765&tree=LEO

William Brent Lord of Stoke and Admington1,2

M, #102590, b. 1503, d. 1595
FatherJohn Brent3,2,4,5 b. 1477, d. 1531
MotherMargery Colchester6,2,4
Last Edited29 Sep 2025
     William Brent Lord of Stoke and Admington married Elizabeth Wroth, daughter of Robert Wroth and Jane Hawte.7,1,2,5
William Brent Lord of Stoke and Admington was born in 1503.5
William Brent Lord of Stoke and Admington died in 1595.8,2
William Brent Lord of Stoke and Admington was buried in 1595 at St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England;
From Find a Grave:
William Brent
Birth     unknown
Death     1595
Burial     St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Lord of Stoke and Admington.
Family Members
Parents
     John Brent unknown–1531
     Margery Colchester Brent
Spouse
     Elizabeth Brent
Children
     Richard Brent 1551–1587
Maintained by: Family of George Otis Parker, Jr.
Originally Created by: Todd Whitesides
Added: Jun 8, 2019
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 199886971.9,2

      ;
From "The Brent Family":
Issue of Richard and Mary (Huggeford) Brent:
1. Richard Brent, mentioned, as executor, in his mother's will, also in grandfather's will. Administratiotn granted 21st May, 1652, to son George Brent and further administration in I677 to nephew Robert Brent, married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard (Giles?) Reed, buried at Illmington I May, 1652;
2. Margaret Brent, married John Fowke, mentioned in mother's will;
3. Catherine;
4. Eleanor;
5. a daughter married Colborne;
6. a daughter married Chadwell;
7. Anne born Feb. io, I6I2;
8. a son who married and left a son named Robert who administered his uncle Richard's estate in 1677;
9. a daughter married - Hopper.

Mary Brent who married Richard Catesby Aug. 8, 1598, may have been a daughter of Richard and Mary Brent.
Richard Brent was Sheriff of Gloucestershire, I614, and was a sub- scriber to the building of a bridge at Stratford upon Avon in 1618.4

;
From "The Brent Family":
Issue of William and Elizabeth Brent:
1. Richard, in father's will, married (1572) Mary Huggeford and died before 1591;
2. Elizabeth, married John Hawthen, mentioned in father's will.4

Family

Elizabeth Wroth
Child

Citations

  1. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199886971/william-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for William Brent (unknown–1595), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199886971, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  2. [S5972] W. B. Chilton, "The Brent Family (6 parts)," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Multiple, 12-14 (1905-1907): The Brent Family (Continued). Author(s): W. B. Chilton
    Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , Jul., 1906, Vol. 14, No. 1
    (Jul., 1906), p. 96.. Hereinafter cited as "The Brent Family (6 parts)."
  3. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199891077/john-brent: accessed September 28, 2025), memorial page for John Brent (unknown–1531), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199891077, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).
  4. [S5972] "The Brent Family (6 parts)", The Brent Family (Continued). Author(s): W. B. Chilton
    Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , Jul., 1906, Vol. 14, No. 1
    (Jul., 1906), p. 99.
  5. [S2354] Ancestry.Com Web Site, online http://search.ancestry.com/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Ancestry.com. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
    Original data: Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.
    Info: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61175/records/22851
    Image: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61175/images/colonialfamiliesvii-004754_103?pid=22851&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.Com Web Site.
  6. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199895184/margery-brent: accessed September 28, 2025), memorial page for Margery Colchester Brent (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199895184, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).
  7. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199887450/elizabeth-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Elizabeth Brent (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199887450, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).
  8. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199886971/william-brent: accessed September 28, 2025), memorial page for William Brent (unknown–1595), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199886971, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).
  9. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168343424/richard-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Richard Brent (1551–1587), Find a Grave Memorial ID 168343424, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).

John Brent1

M, #102591, b. 1477, d. 1531
FatherSir Robert Brent of Cossington b. c 1440, d. 1508; FamilySearch and WikiTree show a Richard BRENT (c1477-1531) marrying a Margery COLCHESTER and fathering William BRENT. However William's Find a Grave memorial shows his parents to have been a John BRENT and Margery COLCHESTER .2,3,4,5
MotherMargery Malet5 b. c 1440
Last Edited29 Sep 2025
     John Brent was born in 1477.5 He married Margery Colchester, daughter of George Colchester Lord of Stoke and Admington, in 1498.6,4

John Brent died in 1531.4
John Brent was buried in 1531 at St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England;
From Find a Grave:
John Brent
Birth     unknown
Death     1531
Burial     St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Family Members
Spouse
     Margery Colchester Brent (m. 1498)
Children
     William Brent unknown–1595
Maintained by: Family of George Otis Parker, Jr.
Originally Created by: Todd Whitesides
Added: Jun 8, 2019
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 199891077.7,1

      ; Colonial Families (p. 104) calls him "Robert": "ROBERT BRENT, of Cossington; b. I477, d. 1531; founded the BRENT family of Stoke and Admington; m. 1499, Margery COLCHESTER, dau. of George COLCHESTER, Esquire, Lord of Stoke and Admington, Warwickshire."5 John Brent was also known as Robert Brent.5 John Brent was also known as John Buston His "hidden name."7,8

Citations

  1. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199891077/john-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for John Brent (unknown–1531), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199891077, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  2. [S3213] FamilySearch.Org Website, online <https://familysearch.org/>, Accesssed 28 September 2025. BRENT Famly chart. https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pedigree/landscape/GR2Q-H1T. Hereinafter cited as FamilySearch.Org Website.
  3. [S2735] WikiTree Genealogy Site, online http://www.wikitree.com/, Accesssed 28 September 2025. BRENT Famly chart. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brent-5. Hereinafter cited as WikiTree.
  4. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199891077/john-brent: accessed September 28, 2025), memorial page for John Brent (unknown–1531), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199891077, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).
  5. [S2354] Ancestry.Com Web Site, online http://search.ancestry.com/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Ancestry.com. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
    Original data: Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.
    Info: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61175/records/22851
    Image: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61175/images/colonialfamiliesvii-004754_103?pid=22851&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.Com Web Site.
  6. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199895184/margery-brent: accessed September 28, 2025), memorial page for Margery Colchester Brent (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199895184, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).
  7. [S5972] W. B. Chilton, "The Brent Family (6 parts)," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Multiple, 12-14 (1905-1907): The Brent Family (Continued). Author(s): W. B. Chilton
    Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , Jul., 1906, Vol. 14, No. 1
    (Jul., 1906), p. 96.. Hereinafter cited as "The Brent Family (6 parts)."
  8. [S2735] WikiTree, online http://www.wikitree.com/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Richard Brent (abt. 1477 - 1531): https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brent-43
  9. [S5972] "The Brent Family (6 parts)", The Brent Family (Continued). Author(s): W. B. Chilton
    Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , Jul., 1906, Vol. 14, No. 1
    (Jul., 1906), p. 99.

Margery Colchester1

F, #102592
FatherGeorge Colchester Lord of Stoke and Admington2
Last Edited29 Sep 2025
     Margery Colchester was buried at St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, Virginia, England;
From Find a Grave:
Margery Colchester Brent
Birth     unknown
Death     unknown
Burial     St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Family Members
Spouse
     John Brent unknown–1531 (m. 1498)
Children
     William Brent unknown–1595
Maintained by: Family of George Otis Parker, Jr.
Originally Created by: Todd Whitesides
Added: Jun 8, 2019
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 199895184.3
She married John Brent, son of Sir Robert Brent of Cossington and Margery Malet, in 1498.1,4

      ;
From "The Brent Family":
Issue of Robert and Margery (Colchester) Brent;
i. William, married Elizabeth and died I595, will dated 23 June, 1591, proved 10 November I597, buried at Illmington 5 April, 1595, leaves legacy to church at Quinton;
2. Nicholas, of Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire, will dated 22 October, 1582, proved 11 February, 1583, in brother William's will, mentions kinsman Ancar Brent, married Elizabeth -;
3. Thomas, mentioned in brother William's will;
4. a daughter, married Croftes;
S. a daughter, married Chettle;
6. a daughter, married Hyett;
7. Helen.5

Family

John Brent b. 1477, d. 1531
Child

Citations

  1. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199895184/margery-brent: accessed September 28, 2025), memorial page for Margery Colchester Brent (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199895184, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  2. [S2354] Ancestry.Com Web Site, online http://search.ancestry.com/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Ancestry.com. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
    Original data: Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.
    Info: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61175/records/22851
    Image: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61175/images/colonialfamiliesvii-004754_103?pid=22851&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.Com Web Site.
  3. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199895184/margery-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Margery Colchester Brent (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199895184, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).
  4. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199891077/john-brent: accessed September 28, 2025), memorial page for John Brent (unknown–1531), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199891077, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).
  5. [S5972] W. B. Chilton, "The Brent Family (6 parts)," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Multiple, 12-14 (1905-1907): The Brent Family (Continued). Author(s): W. B. Chilton
    Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , Jul., 1906, Vol. 14, No. 1
    (Jul., 1906), p. 99.. Hereinafter cited as "The Brent Family (6 parts)."
  6. [S5972] "The Brent Family (6 parts)", The Brent Family (Continued). Author(s): W. B. Chilton
    Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , Jul., 1906, Vol. 14, No. 1
    (Jul., 1906), p. 96.

Margaret Brent1

F, #102593, b. 1601, d. 1671
FatherRichard Brent2,1,3,4 b. 1573, d. 1 May 1652
MotherElizabeth Reade5,1 b. 1578, d. 16 May 1631
Last Edited29 Sep 2025
     Margaret Brent was born in 1601 at Gloucestershire, England.2
Margaret Brent was buried in 1671 at Brent Family Cemetery, Acquia, Stafford Co., Virginia, USA;
From Find a Grave:
Margaret Brent
Birth     1601, Gloucestershire, England
Death     1671 (aged 69–70), Stafford County, Virginia, USA
Burial     Brent Family Cemetery, Aquia, Stafford County, Virginia, USA
     She and her sister and brothers came to America in 1638, settling at St.Mary's,Maryland. In 1650 Margaret moved to Virginia, joining her brother at his home near the mouth of Aquia Creek. The first American woman to advocate equal rights for women.
Family Members
Parents
     Richard Brent 1573–1652
     Elizabeth Reade Brent 1578–1631
Siblings
     Richard Brent 1600–1678
     Giles Brent
     Mary Brent unknown–1658
     William Brent unknown–1691
Maintained by: Victor E. Everhart, PhD
Originally Created by: PL
Added: Nov 9, 2000
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 5093670.1

Margaret Brent died in 1671 at Stafford Co., Virginia, USA.2

Citations

  1. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5093670/margaret-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Margaret Brent (1601–1671), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5093670, citing Brent Family Cemetery, Aquia, Stafford County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Victor E. Everhart, PhD (contributor 47774451).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  2. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5093670/margaret-brent: accessed September 28, 2025), memorial page for Margaret Brent (1601–1671), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5093670, citing Brent Family Cemetery, Aquia, Stafford County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Victor E. Everhart, PhD (contributor 47774451).
  3. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107767504/richard-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Richard Brent (1573–1 May 1652), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107767504, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ilmington, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Melodie (contributor 48291232).
  4. [S5972] W. B. Chilton, "The Brent Family (6 parts)," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Multiple, 12-14 (1905-1907): The Brent Family (Continued). Author(s): W. B. Chilton
    Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , Jul., 1906, Vol. 14, No. 1
    (Jul., 1906), pp. 99-100.. Hereinafter cited as "The Brent Family (6 parts)."
  5. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107768074/elizabeth-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Elizabeth Reade Brent (1578–16 May 1631), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107768074, citing St. Giles Churchyard, Bredon, Wychavon District, Worcestershire, England; Maintained by Melodie (contributor 48291232).

Mary Brent1,2

F, #102594, b. between 1650 and 1654, d. after 1680
FatherGeorge Brent3 b. 1602, d. 1671
MotherAnne Peyton4 b. 1584
Last Edited29 Sep 2025
     Mary Brent was born between 1650 and 1654 at Stafford Co., Virginia, USA.1 She married Col. Giles Brent II, Esq., son of Col Giles Brent and Mary Kittamaguund, circa 1670
; Her 1st of 2 husbands.
Per Early Colonial Settlers: "The date of Mary's marriage to Giles Brent appears unrecorded. In May of 1679, Mary secured only the second judicial separation recorded in Virginia on the grounds of cruelty. Following Brent's death, she married Francis Hammersley. (C.H. Brent.)1,5" Mary Brent married Francis Hamersley circa 1680 at Stafford Co., Virginia, USA,
; Her 2nd of 2 husbands; his 1st of 2 wives.6
Mary Brent died after 1680 at Stafford Co., Virginia, USA.1
      ;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
1680 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press];
p. 5 WILLIAM NICHLESS of BRISTOLL, Marriner, doe hereby constitute and appoint my loving Friend. GEORGE BRENT, of Stafford County in Virginia, my true and lawful! Attorney to prosecute my suite against MRS. MARY BRENT, Administrator; of Coll. GILES BRENT deceased. for protested Bills of Exchange drawn upon Captaine ;JNO; ENGLAND of BRISTOLL, Merchant. signed by ye said GILES BRENT and made payable to ye said NICHLESS for eleaven pounds ten shillings and four pence Sterl., bearing date from Virginia ye 4th of April 1677, and by THOMAS HARTWELL, Notary Publique, presented to ye said JNO: ENGLAND and by him denied to he paid as ye said Notary certified in his Publique Instrument of Protest, dated ye twelfth of August 1679; And what my said Attorney shall act and doe or cause to be done in ye premisses, I doe by these presents confirme and raffle. Witness my hand & seale this fourth of June 1680
PETER BARBERT, WM, NICKLAS Recordat. 11th August 1680,
===
1680 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press];
Page 15(27)-16(28) TO ALL XPIAN PEOPLE to whome these presents shall come. MARY BRENT of ye retiremt: in ye County of Stafl`d: Widdow, ye Relict and Admr. of COLL. GILLS BRENT late of the County aforesaid deced., send Greeting, Now Know yee that I ye said MARY BRENT in ye qualificacon aforesaid as alsoe be in ge Guardian to my Son, GILES BRENT, ye Son heire of his Father, Coil, GILES BRENT, deced, being well assured and perfectly knowing that my said Husband, Col. GILES BRENT, did covenant and agree with THOMAS DERRICKE SENIOR of MATTHYES POYNT in ye County aforesaid, Plantr:, to left and sett to him, ye said THOMAS DERRICKE for (three Children of ye sd. TifO; DERRICKE) and for ye longest liver of him, all that pte: or p:cell of Land sittuate lying and being in MATTHYES POYNT Divident unleased, lying betwixt the Leased Land of him ye said THOMAS DERRICKE and ye Leased Land of him ye said THOMAS HAYWARD, Coopr;, and am alsoe well knowing that my said Husband, Coll GILLS BRENT deced., did receive a summe of Tobo; in part of pay for ye grant of ye said Lease, butt itt soe pleased God that before ye sealing of ye Lease, ye said Call, GILES BRENT died, leaving his Son an Infant and because I ye said MARY BRENT am willing to doe any such act that my tend to ye settlement and discharging all of obligations that my said Huband was anyway oblidged to as far as my power extends, I have therefore left and sett and doe by these presents Lett and sett all that p:cell of land aforesd: now unleased lying betwixt ye Leased Land of THOMAS DERRICKE SENIOR and THOMAS HAYWARD, Cooper, unto WILLIAM DERRICKE, JNO: DERRICKS MARY DERRICKSE, (Children of THOMAS SENIOR) for and during their naturall lives and for and duringe ye naturall life of ye longest liver of them, or to their assigns, together with all priviledges as of Hawking, Hunting, Fishing and Fowling as long as on ye Patten( is granted they or their assignes or one of them paying therefore to mee ye said MARY BRENT or to my Son, GILES BRENT, when itt shall please God he shalt arrive act ye age of one & twenty yeares old or to either of us our heires Ezors. or Admors. yearly on ye twenty fourth day of Decembr: as long as this Lease shall last; Fifty pounds of Tobo: and Caske, alsoe said WILLM: JNO: MARY doe covenant and agree that they or any one of them will punt as Orchard of one hundred Apple trees and keepe and preserve ye same by good fence from harme of Cattle and to renue them from tyme to tyme as they shall dye and decay, alsoe that if the within Leased Land shall for two whole yeares together remaine voyd of Christian Inhabitants, then itt shall bee lawfull for me, ye said MARY BRENT, my Son GILES BRENT or he heires of ye said GILES BRENT into ye within granted premisses to reenter and to hold in her, his or their right see if this Lease never had bin made; In Witness whereof ye parties to this Lease have interchangably sett our hands and scales ye day & yeare first above written
MARY BRENT for herselfe
And THOMAS DERRICKE SENIOR for and in behalfe of his three Children ye Leasees THOMAS DERRICKS his mrke,
Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of us
JAMES CLIFTON,
GEORGE BRENT
Recorded in Stafford County xxvii die Octobris 1680.1

Reference: Genealogics cites: [S00780] Faris, David, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists 1996, Baltimore, 1st Edition. 35.2

Family 1

Col. Giles Brent II, Esq. b. 5 Apr 1652, d. 2 Sep 1679
Children

Family 2

Francis Hamersley b. 1658, d. b 2 Oct 1700

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Mary MNU Brent 1654 - Aft 1680: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I15478&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Mary Brent: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00400779&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.
  3. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accesssed 29 September 2025. George Brent 1602 - 1671: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00400766&tree=LEO
  4. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Anne Peyton: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00400767&tree=LEO
  5. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Giles Brent 1652 - 1679: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I43560&tree=Tree1
  6. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Francis Hamersley 1658 - Bef 1700: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2226&tree=Tree1
  7. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226104039/giles-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Giles Brent (1671–1694), Find a Grave Memorial ID 226104039; Maintained by David Goode (contributor 49372965).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  8. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Giles Brent Abt 1671 - 1694: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I15476&tree=Tree1

Francis Hamersley1

M, #102595, b. 1658, d. before 2 October 1700
Last Edited29 Sep 2025
     Francis Hamersley was born in 1658.1 He married Mary Brent, daughter of George Brent and Anne Peyton, circa 1680 at Stafford Co., Virginia, USA,
; Her 2nd of 2 husbands; his 1st of 2 wives.1 Francis Hamersley married Margaret Brandt circa 1680 at Charles Co., Maryland, USA,
; His 2nd of 2 wives; her 1st of 2 husbands.2,1
Francis Hamersley died before 2 October 1700 at Stafford Co., Virginia, USA.1
      ;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
Capt. Randolph Brendt 20.50 A CH £241.4.8 Oct 2 1700
Received from: Peter Mackmillion.
Payments to: John Venner, John Douglass, Mary Browne, Robert Yates, Joseph Funent (?), Jeofry Cole, Capt. John Bayne, Citt. Chertley, John Gouge, Anthony Neale, Kenelm Cheseldyne, Thomas Diccrow, Christopher Shadwell, John Moner.
Legatees: Mary Lattemore, John Mosse who married Margrett Hamersly, Charles Brendt, Mr. William Hunter.
Executor: Randolph Brendt (also Mr. Randolph Brandt).
===
1717-1719 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber F, Part 2 [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; folio 1/527
Indenture, 28 Aug 1717
From: Francis Hammersley of Stafford County
To: George Mason of Stafford County, Gent of the Colony of Virginia
For £36 a tract or island of land formerly in Charles County, now in Prince George'. County in the Potomac near the falls at Rock Creek commonly called Annalostian Island alias Barbadoes '75 acres; granted to Capt. Randall Brandt
/s/ Francis Hammenley (seal)
Wit: D. Dulany, Tho. Bentley
===
Charles County 1690-1692 Charles County, Maryland Circuit Court Records; Liber R [Elise Greenup Jourdan];b 1689/90;
From Charles Allison, for 40,000# tobacco, to Edward Ford; a tract known as Christian Temple Manor containing 1,000 acres in Mattawoman; /a/ Charles Allison (mark); wit. Rich Hobart. Francis Hammersley, Robert Brant
===
1690-1696 Charles County, Maryland Circuit Court Records; Liber Q [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Page 11
COURT OF 10 JUN 1690
Petition of William Barton, s/o Nathan and Martha Barton, dec'd; requests estate of his two younger brothers & sister, Nathan Barton, Thomas Barton and Martha Barton, be given into his custody; requests acct. of estate from admn. Francis Hammersey- at the next court
===
1690-1696 Charles County, Maryland Circuit Court Records; Liber Q [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Page 17
COURT OF 9 SEP 1690
Order regarding William Barton, s/o Nathan Barton, dec'd
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1690-1696 Charles County, Maryland Circuit Court Records; Liber Q [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Page 21
COURT OF 2 MAR 1690
Petition regarding the legacy of Nathan Barton to his children Martha Barton and Wm. Barton in 1684 or 1685; mentions Francis Hammersley
===
1690-1696 Charles County, Maryland Circuit Court Records; Liber Q [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Page 27
COURT OF 10 MAR 1690
Petition regarding estate of Nathan Barton by his son, William Barton
===
1689-1690 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press]; Page 3 (contd) Court held Xbr 12th Anno 1689
517. WILLIAM BARTON son of NATHAN BARTON of this County late deced made petition to this Court that FFRANCIS HAMMERSLEY detains and keeps from him his two Brothers and one Sister Orphans of the said Nathan Barton deced under a specious pretense that the said orphans was left to his care and Tuition from their deced Father and seeing that the said ffrancis Hammersley is a Roman Catholic he doubts that the said Orphans may be brought up by him in the Roman religion he therefore prays that the said orphans may be delivered from the said Fras. Hammersley into his care and tuition or that the said boys be bound out to some Trade according to Law in such cases hath provided concerning orphans And the Court having Throughly considered the premises doe accordingly order therefore tis ordered that NATHAN BARTON the oldest of the two boys orphans to Nathan Barton deceased shall remain in the custody of AUGUSTINE KNEATON until the next Court that he may then be by the Court bound out to the afsd Kneaton or some other good trade and that THOMAS the Younger son of Nathan Barton shall remain in the custody of Majr. ANDREW GILSON until the next Court to be bound out to him or some other Trade according to Law and that WILLIAM BARTON the Petr as afsd shall have the tuition of his Sister MARTHA the other orphan she being to be delivered from Mr. Fras. Hammersley as afsd William Bar-ton paying the costs.
===
1689-1690 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press]; Page 44 Court held 7th April 1690
695. Ordered that the action depending in this Court between THOMAS BARTON Plt
and FRANCIS HAMMERSLEY the deft shall be referred to next Court to the intent that the said Hammersley a true and perfect account of the Estate of JAMES GERRARD that Judgment may pass against him as far as assets or else for him to obtain a Quietus for the said Estate.
===
1689-1690 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press]; Page 60 Court held 11th June 1690
738. THOS. BARTON complaining sheweth that FRANCIS HAMERSLEY as Trustee to the Estate of JAMES GERRARD deced stands indebted to the Plt the sum of sixteen hundred pounds of Tobacco and Caske for funeral charges accomodation Trouble & attendance of him the said Gerrard in his Languishing Sickness which the said Hammersley hath not paid the Plt .. and now forasmuch as it doth appeare to this Court that the said Hammersley hath paid out of the said James Gerrards Estate almost as far as assets Therefore tis ordered that Francis Hammersley make payment of eight hundred pounds of tobacco in cask ..
===
1689-1690 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press]; Page 65 (contd) Court held 12th June 1690
753. CHRISTOPHER BUTLER complaining sheweth that FRANCIS HAMERSLEY Executor of his own wrong of the Estate of MARTHA BARTON who was Executrix of the Will of her Husband NATHAN BARTON stands indebted to the Plt the sum of three thousand three hundred and seventy pounds of Tobacco and cask by a former order of this Worshipfull Court against said Nathan Barton deced which Nathan Barton in his lifetime hath not paid .. and forasmuch as Francis Hammersley did make it plainly appear in this Court that he hath paid as farr as assetts of the Estate of Nathan Barton deced Therefore this ordered that Francis Hammersley of and from this action shall be dismissed and that Xtopher Butler pay costs ..
===
1689-1693 Stafford County, Virginia Deed & Will Book, Part 2 [Antient Press];
p.233 TO ALL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE to whom these presents shall come Wee JOHN WITHERS &MATTHEW THOMPSON of Stafford County Gentl, have granted to FRANCIS HAMMERSLEY one Towne Lott called number Seaven bounded wth ye loft number five on ye East wth POTOMACK CREEK on ye South with ye BROAD STREET leadin ge from ye Water side to ye COURT HOUSE on ye West & wth ye Lott number Eight on ye North beinge in figure a Rombus To Have and To Hold provided allwaies ... (build upon the premises) . . In Wittness whereof wee have sett our handes & Seales this 11th day of February 1691/2
The above Deed was signed and delivered in Open Court unto FRANCIS HAMMERSLEY by JOHN WITHERS & MATTHEW THOMPSON Feoffees in Trust on 11th day of February 1691/2 and was then recorded
===
1689-1693 Stafford County, Virginia Deed & Will Book, Part 2 [Antient Press];
p. 233 TO ALL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE to whom these presents shall come Wee JOHN WITHERS &MATTHEW THOMPSON of Stafford Conntie Gent, have granted unto FRANCIS HAMMERSLEY one Towne Lott called number Ninety three & points Corner of ye said Towne bounded on POTOMACK RIVER on ye East wth ye lott number Eighty eight on ye South wth part of ye same Neck of Potomack now in possession of said Capa. MALACHY PEALE on ye West & North & beinge in figure nearest a Triangle whose sides containe fifteen poles a Northerly & Westerly Course To Have and To Hold to him the said FRANCIS HAMMERSLEY provided allwaies (build upon the premises) .
In Wittness whereof wee have sett our handes & Seales ye 11th day of February 1691/2 This above Deed was signed and delivered in open Court unto FRANCIS HAMMERSLEY by JOHN WITHERS & MATTHEW THOMPSON Feoffees in Trust on ye 11th day of February 1691/2 and was then recorded

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1680 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press];
p. 14(25) The The Repo: of FRANCIS HAMERSLEY aged Twenty two yeares or thereabouts saith that hee was upp ye River sometime in December last about businesse for Mr, GEO BRENT and said RALPH PLATT by JNO: MATHEWS his Order kill a Browne Cow whose marke was to ye best of my remembrance swallow forke on one eare and cropt and two slitts on ye other: and furthr: saith that JNO: MATHEWS when ye Cow was living said that it was his and that his mrke: was swallow forked on one eare and cropt & one slitt in ye other; and when ye Cow was killed this is my Daughter, ANNs, for shee had two slits as before I tould your worships and further saith not.
FRANCIS HAMERSLEY
Jura & Recordatr! 8th die Septembr: 1680
===
1680 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press];
I ROGER DAVIS doe appoynt Mr. GEO BRENT my Attorney to prosecute ray suite against JEFFREY WOOD and to answere my suite with THOMAS MERRIDETH and JNO; SIMPSON, Witness my hand this 8th of November 1680
Testes FRANCIS HAMERSLEY, ROGER DAVISE
Recordatr; 7 die.
===
1687-1698 Northumberland County, Virginia Order Book, Part 2; [Hamrick]; Page 489
Northumberland County Court November 22, 1689
Whereas Mr. FRANCIS HAMMERSLY brought his account to this Court by his attorney CHARLES HARRIS against Capt. GEORGE COOPER for three thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco and cask and produced a note signed by the said COOPER drawn upon Major HENRY SMYTH to pay the said sum unto the said HAMMERSLY dated January the 5th, 1682 and whereas the said COOPER has made oath that he had at the time of drawing the said note sufficient effects to answer the said debt in the hands of the said SMYTH and also that he also that he never countermanded the said note, nor that the said note was ever before this time produced to him, A Nonsuit is therefore granted the said COOPER against the said HAMMERSLY with costs and Damages according to Law alias execution.
===
1691-1692 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press];
Page 181 Court held 9th October 1691
221. Mr. JOHN WITHERS and Mr. MATTHEW THOMPSON was by the Court chosen Feoffees in Trust for the Towne or Port of this County and did accept of the same according to act of assembly.
222, This Court taking into consideration the purchase of fifty acres of land for the Port of this County being in Peales neck and Mr. GILES BRENT who hath the fee simple thereof not being of age came here in Court and choose Mr. FRANCIS HAMMERSLEY for his Guardian Whereupon the Court treated with Francis Hammersley Guardian for and on behalf of the orphan for the price of the fifty acres of land and it was by the Court together with the feoffees for and on the behalf of the County and Francis Hammersley for and on the behalf of the said Giles Brent did agree that thirteen thousand pounds of tobacco and caske being the full demands of the said Hammersley shall be paid for the land out of which sum Capt. MALACHY PEALE being tenant thereon is to have such part as the Law in that case doth direct and appoint Therefore tis ordered that the sum of thirteen thousand pounds of Tobacco and cask shall at the next Court be levied out of this County and by the sheriff in due time paid to Francis Hammersley and Capt. Malachy Peale shall make good and authentick deeds of the fifty acres of land unto Mr. John Withers and Mr. Matthew Thompson Feoffees to and for the use of the County.
===
1692-1693 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press];
Page 362. Court held 12 th July 1693
447. FRANCIS HAMMERSLY of this County was attached to answer WILLIAM DENT of the Province of Maryland in a plea of debt that whereas the said HAMMERSLY stands indebted to the Plt aforesd by bill obligatory under his hand and Seale for the sum of seven thousand six hundred and eighty pounds of Tobacco bearing date the 26th of February Anno 1688 and refuses Payment though often thereto demanded wherefore the Plt by George Mason and MATHEW THOMPSON his attorneys hath brought his action against the said Francis Hammersley and Craves Judgment .. And the said Francis Hammersley the deft came into Court and confessed Judgment to the said William Dent for the sum of four thousand and Twenty six pounds of Tobacco Therefore tis ordered that Francis Hammersley shall make present payment of the said sum .. of Tobacco unto the said William Dent being in full the Ballance of all accounts between them with costs
===
1692-1694 Richmond County, Virginia Order Book 1 [Antient Press]; Page 45)
Richmond County Court 8th of October 1692
- Attach int. is granted to FRAN: HEMMERSLEY against the Estate of ISAAC WALLER for 600 lbs. of Cobb: upon Bill returnable
===
1722-1728 Stafford County, Virginia Deed Book J; [Antient Press]; Page. 192-194
This Indenture made 7th September 1725 between GEORGE GRANT of Overwharton Parish County of Stafford and ELIZABETH his wife & JOHN JOHNSON of sd county .. in consideration of yearly rent to farm lett 150 acres more or less bounding and beginning att a mark'd white oak on South side of the ROAD that leads to RICHLAND MILL .. running Southerly to a branch called the Meadows then to line of Mr. FFRANS. HAMMERSLEY'S land ... northerly to said Road .. to hold during natural life of him the said John Johnson & lives of MARTHA his wife and JOHN his son & longest liver —paying yearly in Month of January Six hundred pounds of lawfull Tobacco & Casque need requires to roll the same to a convenient landing beginning the first year January 1726 .. shall be lawfull to get clapboard timber any part of 1040 acres whereof said tenement is a part .. plant 100 apple trees keep in thriving condition within a close fence
Presence Jno. Payton, Geo. Grant
Michael Judd Elizabeth Grant
John Johnston
At a Court held for Stafford County 8th 7br 1725 George Grant and Elizabeth his wife acknowledged this their lease .. admitted to record.1

Family 1

Margaret Brandt b. c 1664, d. a 23 Jul 1705

Family 2

Mary Brent b. bt 1650 - 1654, d. a 1680

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Francis Hamersley 1658 - Bef 1700: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2226&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Margaret Brandt Abt 1664 - Aft 1705: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2219&tree=Tree1

Margaret Brandt1

F, #102596, b. circa 1664, d. after 23 July 1705
Last Edited29 Sep 2025
     Margaret Brandt was born circa 1664 at Charles Co., Maryland, USA.1 She married Francis Hamersley circa 1680 at Charles Co., Maryland, USA,
; His 2nd of 2 wives; her 1st of 2 husbands.1,2
Margaret Brandt died after 23 July 1705 at Charles Co., Maryland, USA.1
      ;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
Brandt, (Brant), Randolph, Chas. County, 29th Dec.y 1697; 10th Feb., 1698
To son Marcus, now residing in Island of Barbadoes, 500 A, "The Expectation," being a tract lately escheated for want of hrs. of Rich'd Randall and bought from Lord Baltimore; also real estate in Barbadoes formerly belonging to dec'd father.
to son Randolph, ex., and hrs., 200 A., "Hammersmith"' on Potomac R.
to 2nd dau. Mary, wife of James Lattimore, and their hrs... 2 tracts, 1 of 85 A. bought from Mary Meycocke and 110 A, "Butney.' '
to dau, Margaret, wife of Francis Hammersley, and hrs'. 1 island, "Barbadoes," nr. falls of Potomac R., 175 A.
to son Charles and hrs., 1/2 of dwelling plantation, "Ashar", 450 A. on E. side Piccawaxen Ck., lately leased by Peter Carr, and 1/2 of "Greenwigh."
to son Jacob and hrs., of Ashar afsd. and residue of "Greenwigh."
In event of death of any or all afsd. child. without issue, lands to pass to male hrs. of testator in natural succession; in event of death of Charles and Jacob without hrs., their part to pass to hrs. of son Joseph Bullett and son James Lattemore afsd.
To Susanna and Anne Skeenes, personalty.
Testator desires sons Charles and Jacob brought up in the Roman Catholic faith.
Test: Walter Storey, Edward Fitzgerald, Thos. Thrift, Patrick Kelly. 6.222
===
Capt. Randolph Brendt 20.50 A CH £241.4.8 Oct 2 1700
Received from: Peter Mackmillion.
Payments to: John Venner, John Douglass, Mary Browne, Robert Yates, Joseph Funent (?), Jeofry Cole, Capt. John Bayne, Citt. Chertley, John Gouge, Anthony Neale, Kenelm Cheseldyne, Thomas Diccrow, Christopher Shadwell, John Moner.
Legatees: Mary Lattemore, John Mosse who married Margrett Hamersly, Charles Brandt, Mr. William Hunter.
Executor: Randolph Brendt (also Mr. Randolph Brandt).1

Family

Francis Hamersley b. 1658, d. b 2 Oct 1700

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Margaret Brandt Abt 1664 - Aft 1705: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2219&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Francis Hamersley 1658 - Bef 1700: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2226&tree=Tree1

Giles Brent III1,2

M, #102597, b. circa 1671, d. before 15 February 1694
FatherCol. Giles Brent II, Esq.1,2 b. 5 Apr 1652, d. 2 Sep 1679
MotherMary Brent1,2 b. bt 1650 - 1654, d. a 1680
Last Edited29 Sep 2025
     Giles Brent III was born circa 1671 at Stafford Co., Virginia, USA;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
Dates can only be conjectured. A document records that young Giles entered the Stafford County Court to select his step-father, Francis Hammersley, as his guardian, which could be done no earlier than age 14 under the law of that time. His death is believed to have been in January or February, 1693-94*.

*Dates for this period are generally Old Style, as the new Gregorian calendar, which had been introduced to the Roman Catholic world in the 1580s, would not come into official use in the British empire until 1752. The two calendars were out of sync by about eleven days. The new Gregorian calendar marked the New Year on January 1, while the old Julian calendar marked the New Year on March 25. Colonial documents during this interval period would often hyphenate the year in the period between January and March, so that February 10 would be written as February 10, 1693-94.1,2 He married Jane Chandler in 1691 at Stafford Co., Virginia, USA,
; Her 1st of 2 husbands.3,2,4
Giles Brent III was buried in 1694 at Burial Details Unknown ;
From Find a Grave:
Giles Brent
Birth     1671, Stafford County, Virginia, USA
Death     1694 (aged 22–23), Stafford County, Virginia, USA
Burial     Burial Details Unknown
Family Members
Parents
     Colonel Giles Brent II 1652–1679
Spouse
     Jane Chandler Brent 1675–1699 (m. 1691)
Created by: David Goode
Added: Apr 27, 2021
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 226104039.1

Giles Brent III died before 15 February 1694 at Stafford Co., Virginia, USA; Date of probate.1,2
      ;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
Dates can only be conjectured. A document records that young Giles entered the Stafford County Court to select his step-father, Francis Hammersley, as his guardian, which could be done no earlier than age 14 under the law of that time. His death is believed to have been in January or February, 1693-94*.

*Dates for this period are generally Old Style, as the new Gregorian calendar, which had been introduced to the Roman Catholic world in the 1580s, would not come into official use in the British empire until 1752. The two calendars were out of sync by about eleven days. The new Gregorian calendar marked the New Year on January 1, while the old Julian calendar marked the New Year on March 25. Colonial documents during this interval period would often hyphenate the year in the period between January and March, so that February 10 would be written as February 10, 1693-94.
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1680 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press];
Page 15(27)-16(28) TO ALL XPIAN PEOPLE to whome these presents shall come. MARY BRENT of ye retiremt: in ye County of Stafl`d: Widdow, ye Relict and Admr. of COLL. GILLS BRENT late of the County aforesaid deced., send Greeting, Now Know yec
that I ye said MARY BRENT in ye qualificacon aforesaid as alsoe be in ge Guardian to my Son, GILES BRENT, ye Son heire of his Father, Coil, GILES BRENT, deced, being well assured and perfectly knowing that my said Husband, Col. GILES BRENT, did covenant and agree with THOMAS DERRICKE SENIOR of MATTHYES POYNT in ye County aforesaid, Plantr:, to left and sett to him, ye said THOMAS DERRICKE for (three Children of ye sd. TifO; DERRICKE) and for ye longest liver of him, all that pte: or p:cell of Land sittuate lying and being in MATTHYES POYNT Divident unleased, lying betwixt the Leased Land of him ye said THOMAS DERRICKE and ye Leased Land of him ye said THOMAS HAYWARD, Coopr;, and am alsoe well knowing that my said Husband, Coll GILLS BRENT deced., did receive a summe of Tobo; in part of pay for ye grant of ye said Lease, butt itt soe pleased God that before ye sealing of ye Lease, ye said Call, GILES BRENT died, leaving his Son an Infant and because I ye said MARY BRENT am willing to doe any such act that my tend to ye settlement and discharging all of obligations that my said Huband was anyway oblidged to as far as my power extends, I have therefore left and sett and doe by these presents Lett and sett all that p:cell of land aforesd: now unleased lying betwixt ye Leased Land of THOMAS DERRICKE SENIOR and THOMAS HAYWARD, Cooper, unto WILLIAM DERRICKE, JNO: DERRICKS MARY DERRICKSE, (Children of THOMAS SENIOR) for and during their naturall lives and for and duringe ye naturall life of ye longest liver of them, or to their assigns, together with all priviledges as of Hawking, Hunting, Fishing and Fowling as long as on ye Patten( is granted they or their assignes or one of them paying therefore to mee ye said MARY BRENT or to my Son, GILES BRENT, when itt shall please God he shalt arrive act ye age of one & twenty yeares old or to either of us our heires Ezors. or Admors. yearly on ye twenty fourth day of Decembr: as long as this Lease shall last; Fifty pounds of Tobo: and Caske, alsoe said WILLM: JNO: MARY doe covenant and agree that they or any one of them will punt as Orchard of one hundred Apple trees and keepe and preserve ye same by good fence from harme of Cattle and to renue them from tyme to tyme as they shall dye and decay, alsoe that if the within Leased Land shall for two whole yeares together remaine voyd of Christian Inhabitants, then itt shall bee lawfull for me, ye said MARY BRENT, my Son GILES BRENT or he heires of ye said GILES BRENT into ye within granted premisses to reenter and to hold in her, his or their right see if this Lease never had bin made; In Witness whereof ye parties to this Lease have interchangably sett our hands and scales ye day & yeare first above written
MARY BRENT for herselfe
And THOMAS DERRICKE SENIOR for and in behalfe of his three Children ye Leasees THOMAS DERRICKS his mrke,
Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of us
JAMES CLIFTON,
GEORGE BRENT
Recorded in Stafford County xxvii die Octobris 1680
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1691-1692 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press];
Page 181 Court held 9th October 1691
221. Mr. JOHN WITHERS and Mr. MATTHEW THOMPSON was by the Court chosen Feoffees in Trust for the Towne or Port of this County and did accept of the same according to act of assembly.
222, This Court taking into consideration the purchase of fifty acres of land for the Port of this County being in Peales neck and Mr. GILES BRENT who hath the fee simple thereof not being of age came here in Court and choose Mr. FRANCIS HAMMERSLEY for his Guardian Whereupon the Court treated with Francis Hammersley Guardian for and on behalf of the orphan for the price of the fifty acres of land and it was by the Court together with the feoffees for and on the behalf of the County and Francis Hammersley for and on the behalf of the said Giles Brent did agree that thirteen thousand pounds of tobacco and caske being the full demands of the said Hammersley shall be paid for the land out of which sum Capt. MALACHY PEALE being tenant thereon is to have such part as the Law in that case doth direct and appoint Therefore tis ordered that the sum of thirteen thousand pounds of Tobacco and cask shall at the next Court be levied out of this County and by the sheriff in due time paid to Francis Hammersley and Capt. Malachy Peale shall make good and authentick deeds of the fifty acres of land unto Mr. John Withers and Mr. Matthew Thompson Feoffees to and for the use of the County.
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1691-1692 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press];
Page 188 (contd) Court held 12th November 1691
245. Whereas Capt. MALACHY PEALE made humble motion to this Court that whereas
the Town or Port for this County was to be Erected and built upon his land which he held for life of Coll, GILES BRENT late of this County deced and whereas the Feoffees in Trust for this County hath made a purchase of the same for and on the behalf of the County as well of the said Capt. Malachy Peale as of FRANCIS HAMMERSLY guardian to Giles Brent the only son and heir of the aforesaid Giles Brent whereby they become Lawfully Seized and Possessed of Two and fifty acres of land for the Town and Court house for this County upon the land now in Possession of Capt. Malachy Peale by Vertue of a Lease for his life from the said Coil. Giles Brent and the said Capt. Malachy Peale having divers Loggs and Fencings Stakes and Rails now within the Jurisdictions Limits and bounds of the said Town or Port humbly prayed that he might have Liberty to remove & carry off the same which the Court duely taking into their Serious consideration doe accordingly order Therefore tis ordered that Capt. Malachy Peale may have Liberty to remove and carry off all Loggs Stakes Rails and other materials for fencinge which now is upon the said Land and not included within the deeds made to the Feoffees for the Town or Port of this County.
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1722-1728 Stafford County, Virginia Deed Book J; [Antient Press];
Page 397-402 This Indenture made 22nd May 1727 between EDMUND PLOWDEN & BRENT NUTTHALL 397- both of St. Mary's County in Province of Maryland Gent. of one part & 402 GEORGE MASON of Stafford County in Colony of Virginia Gent. Whereas GILES BRENT late of the County Stafford Esqr. by his Last Will & Testament bearing date last day of August 1671 inter alia did bequeath unto his son & heir GILES BRENT and heirs of his body lawfully begotten all his land .. due to him in Virginia .. and for want of such heirs then to his the said Giles the Fathers own right heirs and for want of such then to the right heirs of his Father RICHARD BRENT Esgr. deced antiently Lord of the mannors of Admington & Larke stoke in the county of Glocester in England .. by an Estate in fee tail in all the premises to him & heirs of his body & being so possessed afterwards died leaving Issue a son WILLIAM BRENT & two daughters MARGARET & MARY BRENT which Margarett Intermarried with a certain GEORGE PLOWDEN late of St. Marys county and Province of Maryland aforesaid Gent. deced by whom she had issue the said EDMUND PLOWDEN (one of the Parties to these Present) and the said Mary Intermarried with a certain JOHN NUTTHALL late also of Saint Marys County and Province of Maryland afd Gent. deced by whom she had issue the said BRENT NUTTHALL (the other party to these presents) which said Edmund Plowden and Brent Nuthall as heirs of the said Margaret & Mary by vertue of the aforesaid devise are Imediately after the end 4 determination of the Estate in fee tail in the aforesaid Giles Brent the son & the heirs of his body .. Intituled to a Joynt Estate in fee simple in all lands & premises aforesaid .. Now this Indenture witnesseth that Edmund Plowden and Brent Nutthall in consideration of sum Forty pounds Sterl..to each of them in hand paid .. loth hereby acknowledge .. of every part and parcel thereof .. hereby release .. said George Mason .. doth acknowledge themselves to be fully paid .. have granted forever all the reversions when it shall happen to come .. after the end & determination of the aforesaid Estate in fee tail for want of heirs of the body lawfully begotten of the aforesaid Giles Brent the son in all the land in Stafford County .. by force of the devise of the above named Giles Brent Esqr Great Grandfather to the said Edmund and Brent and all the right ., they assign a good sure & sufficient Estate .. of all the lands & inheritance in all & singular the before mentioned unto George Mason ..
Presence Stephen McKey, Edmund Plowden
Benj. McKey, John Mercer Brent Nutthall
At Court held for Stafford County 14th June 1727 Deed of Sale and Receipt of Consideration money acknowledged by Edmund Plowden and Brent Nutthall admitted to record.
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1722-1728 Stafford County, Virginia Deed Book J; [Antient Press];
Page 402- 406 Know all men . , We EDMUND PLOWDEN and BRENT NUTTHAL both of St. Marys parish in Province of Maryland Gent. are bound unto GEORGE MASON of Stafford County in just sum of Ten thousand pounds Sterl. Money of great Britain .. 22 May 1727. The condition is such that whereas GILES BRENT late of Stafford County in Colonly of Virginia Esgr. deced by his Last Will & Testament dated last day of August 1671 Inter alia did bequeath unto his son & heir GILES BRENT and to heirs .. all his land .. any way due to him in Virginia & for want of such heirs then to his the said Giles the father's own right heirs & for want of such then to the right heirs of his Father RICHARD BRENT Esgr. deced antiently Lord of the mannors of Admington & Larke Stoke in the County of Gloscester in England by virtue of which devise the said Giles took an estate in fee tail in all the premises and afterwards dyed leaving issue a son WILLIAM BRENT and two Daughters MARGARET & MARY BRENT which Margaret Inter-married with a certain GEORGE PLOWDEN late of St. Marys County and Province of Maryland Gent, deced by whom she had issue the above bound Edmund Plowden and the said Mary inter married with a certain JOHN NUTTHAL late also of St. Marys County Province of Maryland Gent. deced by whom she had issue the above bound Brent Nutthall which said Edmund & Brent as heirs of said Margaret & Mary their Mothers by virtue of the aforesaid devise are Immediately after the Determination of the Estate in said Giles Brent .. Intituled to a Joynt Estate in fee simple and whereas said Edmund and Brent have sold unto George Mason all their right in all the lands lying in Stafford County in Virginia .. which they have by virtue of the said Giles Brent Esqr. Great Grandfather .. now if .. shall at all times execute Deed conveyance their right the premises of him .. Geo. Mason .. and also when it shall happen that the Estate in fee Tail shall be determined .. shall make good sure sufficient Estate .. in all the said lands .. then the above obligation shall be voyd or otherwise shall remain in full force.
Presence Stephen McKay, Edmund Plowden
Benin. McKey, Jno. Mercer Brent Nutthall
At a Court held for Stafford County 14th June 1727 This Bond proved .. admitted to record.===
1680 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press];
Page 15(27)-16(28) TO ALL XPIAN PEOPLE to whome these presents shall come. MARY BRENT of ye retiremt: in ye County of Stafl`d: Widdow, ye Relict and Admr. of COLL. GILLS BRENT late of the County aforesaid deced., send Greeting, Now Know yec
that I ye said MARY BRENT in ye qualificacon aforesaid as alsoe be in ge Guardian to my Son, GILES BRENT, ye Son heire of his Father, Coil, GILES BRENT, deced, being well assured and perfectly knowing that my said Husband, Col. GILES BRENT, did covenant and agree with THOMAS DERRICKE SENIOR of MATTHYES POYNT in ye County aforesaid, Plantr:, to left and sett to him, ye said THOMAS DERRICKE for (three Children of ye sd. TifO; DERRICKE) and for ye longest liver of him, all that pte: or p:cell of Land sittuate lying and being in MATTHYES POYNT Divident unleased, lying betwixt the Leased Land of him ye said THOMAS DERRICKE and ye Leased Land of him ye said THOMAS HAYWARD, Coopr;, and am alsoe well knowing that my said Husband, Coll GILLS BRENT deced., did receive a summe of Tobo; in part of pay for ye grant of ye said Lease, butt itt soe pleased God that before ye sealing of ye Lease, ye said Call, GILES BRENT died, leaving his Son an Infant and because I ye said MARY BRENT am willing to doe any such act that my tend to ye settlement and discharging all of obligations that my said Huband was anyway oblidged to as far as my power extends, I have therefore left and sett and doe by these presents Lett and sett all that p:cell of land aforesd: now unleased lying betwixt ye Leased Land of THOMAS DERRICKE SENIOR and THOMAS HAYWARD, Cooper, unto WILLIAM DERRICKE, JNO: DERRICKS MARY DERRICKSE, (Children of THOMAS SENIOR) for and during their naturall lives and for and duringe ye naturall life of ye longest liver of them, or to their assigns, together with all priviledges as of Hawking, Hunting, Fishing and Fowling as long as on ye Patten( is granted they or their assignes or one of them paying therefore to mee ye said MARY BRENT or to my Son, GILES BRENT, when itt shall please God he shalt arrive act ye age of one & twenty yeares old or to either of us our heires Ezors. or Admors. yearly on ye twenty fourth day of Decembr: as long as this Lease shall last; Fifty pounds of Tobo: and Caske, alsoe said WILLM: JNO: MARY doe covenant and agree that they or any one of them will punt as Orchard of one hundred Apple trees and keepe and preserve ye same by good fence from harme of Cattle and to renue them from tyme to tyme as they shall dye and decay, alsoe that if the within Leased Land shall for two whole yeares together remaine voyd of Christian Inhabitants, then itt shall bee lawfull for me, ye said MARY BRENT, my Son GILES BRENT or he heires of ye said GILES BRENT into ye within granted premisses to reenter and to hold in her, his or their right see if this Lease never had bin made; In Witness whereof ye parties to this Lease have interchangably sett our hands and scales ye day & yeare first above written
MARY BRENT for herselfe
And THOMAS DERRICKE SENIOR for and in behalfe of his three Children ye Leasees THOMAS DERRICKS his mrke,
Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of us
JAMES CLIFTON,
GEORGE BRENT
Recorded in Stafford County xxvii die Octobris 1680
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1691-1692 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press];
Page 181 Court held 9th October 1691
221. Mr. JOHN WITHERS and Mr. MATTHEW THOMPSON was by the Court chosen Feoffees in Trust for the Towne or Port of this County and did accept of the same according to act of assembly.
222, This Court taking into consideration the purchase of fifty acres of land for the Port of this County being in Peales neck and Mr. GILES BRENT who hath the fee simple thereof not being of age came here in Court and choose Mr. FRANCIS HAMMERSLEY for his Guardian Whereupon the Court treated with Francis Hammersley Guardian for and on behalf of the orphan for the price of the fifty acres of land and it was by the Court together with the feoffees for and on the behalf of the County and Francis Hammersley for and on the behalf of the said Giles Brent did agree that thirteen thousand pounds of tobacco and caske being the full demands of the said Hammersley shall be paid for the land out of which sum Capt. MALACHY PEALE being tenant thereon is to have such part as the Law in that case doth direct and appoint Therefore tis ordered that the sum of thirteen thousand pounds of Tobacco and cask shall at the next Court be levied out of this County and by the sheriff in due time paid to Francis Hammersley and Capt. Malachy Peale shall make good and authentick deeds of the fifty acres of land unto Mr. John Withers and Mr. Matthew Thompson Feoffees to and for the use of the County.
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1691-1692 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press];
Page 188 (contd) Court held 12th November 1691
245. Whereas Capt. MALACHY PEALE made humble motion to this Court that whereas
the Town or Port for this County was to be Erected and built upon his land which he held for life of Coll, GILES BRENT late of this County deced and whereas the Feoffees in Trust for this County hath made a purchase of the same for and on the behalf of the County as well of the said Capt. Malachy Peale as of FRANCIS HAMMERSLY guardian to Giles Brent the only son and heir of the aforesaid Giles Brent whereby they become Lawfully Seized and Possessed of Two and fifty acres of land for the Town and Court house for this County upon the land now in Possession of Capt. Malachy Peale by Vertue of a Lease for his life from the said Coil. Giles Brent and the said Capt. Malachy Peale having divers Loggs and Fencings Stakes and Rails now within the Jurisdictions Limits and bounds of the said Town or Port humbly prayed that he might have Liberty to remove & carry off the same which the Court duely taking into their Serious consideration doe accordingly order Therefore tis ordered that Capt. Malachy Peale may have Liberty to remove and carry off all Loggs Stakes Rails and other materials for fencinge which now is upon the said Land and not included within the deeds made to the Feoffees for the Town or Port of this County.
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1722-1728 Stafford County, Virginia Deed Book J; [Antient Press];
Page 397-402 This Indenture made 22nd May 1727 between EDMUND PLOWDEN & BRENT NUTTHALL 397- both of St. Mary's County in Province of Maryland Gent. of one part & 402 GEORGE MASON of Stafford County in Colony of Virginia Gent. Whereas GILES BRENT late of the County Stafford Esqr. by his Last Will & Testament bearing date last day of August 1671 inter alia did bequeath unto his son & heir GILES BRENT and heirs of his body lawfully begotten all his land .. due to him in Virginia .. and for want of such heirs then to his the said Giles the Fathers own right heirs and for want of such then to the right heirs of his Father RICHARD BRENT Esgr. deced antiently Lord of the mannors of Admington & Larke stoke in the county of Glocester in England .. by an Estate in fee tail in all the premises to him & heirs of his body & being so possessed afterwards died leaving Issue a son WILLIAM BRENT & two daughters MARGARET & MARY BRENT which Margarett Intermarried with a certain GEORGE PLOWDEN late of St. Marys county and Province of Maryland aforesaid Gent. deced by whom she had issue the said EDMUND PLOWDEN (one of the Parties to these Present) and the said Mary Intermarried with a certain JOHN NUTTHALL late also of Saint Marys County and Province of Maryland afd Gent. deced by whom she had issue the said BRENT NUTTHALL (the other party to these presents) which said Edmund Plowden and Brent Nuthall as heirs of the said Margaret & Mary by vertue of the aforesaid devise are Imediately after the end 4 determination of the Estate in fee tail in the aforesaid Giles Brent the son & the heirs of his body .. Intituled to a Joynt Estate in fee simple in all lands & premises aforesaid .. Now this Indenture witnesseth that Edmund Plowden and Brent Nutthall in consideration of sum Forty pounds Sterl..to each of them in hand paid .. loth hereby acknowledge .. of every part and parcel thereof .. hereby release .. said George Mason .. doth acknowledge themselves to be fully paid .. have granted forever all the reversions when it shall happen to come .. after the end & determination of the aforesaid Estate in fee tail for want of heirs of the body lawfully begotten of the aforesaid Giles Brent the son in all the land in Stafford County .. by force of the devise of the above named Giles Brent Esqr Great Grandfather to the said Edmund and Brent and all the right ., they assign a good sure & sufficient Estate .. of all the lands & inheritance in all & singular the before mentioned unto George Mason ..
Presence Stephen McKey, Edmund Plowden
Benj. McKey, John Mercer Brent Nutthall
At Court held for Stafford County 14th June 1727 Deed of Sale and Receipt of Consideration money acknowledged by Edmund Plowden and Brent Nutthall admitted to record.
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1722-1728 Stafford County, Virginia Deed Book J; [Antient Press];
Page 402- 406 Know all men . , We EDMUND PLOWDEN and BRENT NUTTHAL both of St. Marys parish in Province of Maryland Gent. are bound unto GEORGE MASON of Stafford County in just sum of Ten thousand pounds Sterl. Money of great Britain .. 22 May 1727. The condition is such that whereas GILES BRENT late of Stafford County in Colonly of Virginia Esgr. deced by his Last Will & Testament dated last day of August 1671 Inter alia did bequeath unto his son & heir GILES BRENT and to heirs .. all his land .. any way due to him in Virginia & for want of such heirs then to his the said Giles the father's own right heirs & for want of such then to the right heirs of his Father RICHARD BRENT Esgr. deced antiently Lord of the mannors of Admington & Larke Stoke in the County of Gloscester in England by virtue of which devise the said Giles took an estate in fee tail in all the premises and afterwards dyed leaving issue a son WILLIAM BRENT and two Daughters MARGARET & MARY BRENT which Margaret Inter-married with a certain GEORGE PLOWDEN late of St. Marys County and Province of Maryland Gent, deced by whom she had issue the above bound Edmund Plowden and the said Mary inter married with a certain JOHN NUTTHAL late also of St. Marys County Province of Maryland Gent. deced by whom she had issue the above bound Brent Nutthall which said Edmund & Brent as heirs of said Margaret & Mary their Mothers by virtue of the aforesaid devise are Immediately after the Determination of the Estate in said Giles Brent .. Intituled to a Joynt Estate in fee simple and whereas said Edmund and Brent have sold unto George Mason all their right in all the lands lying in Stafford County in Virginia .. which they have by virtue of the said Giles Brent Esqr. Great Grandfather .. now if .. shall at all times execute Deed conveyance their right the premises of him .. Geo. Mason .. and also when it shall happen that the Estate in fee Tail shall be determined .. shall make good sure sufficient Estate .. in all the said lands .. then the above obligation shall be voyd or otherwise shall remain in full force.
Presence Stephen McKay, Edmund Plowden
Benin. McKey, Jno. Mercer Brent Nutthall
At a Court held for Stafford County 14th June 1727 This Bond proved .. admitted to record.2

Family

Jane Chandler b. c 1675, d. 1699

Citations

  1. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226104039/giles-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Giles Brent (1671–1694), Find a Grave Memorial ID 226104039; Maintained by David Goode (contributor 49372965).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  2. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Giles Brent Abt 1671 - 1694: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I15476&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  3. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226104126/jane-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Jane Chandler Brent (1675–1699), Find a Grave Memorial ID 226104126; Maintained by David Goode (contributor 49372965).
  4. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Jane Chandler Abt 1675 - 1700: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I10273&tree=Tree1

Jane Chandler1,2

F, #102598, b. circa 1675, d. 1699
Last Edited29 Sep 2025
     Jane Chandler was born circa 1675 at Charles Co., Maryland, USA.1,2 She married Giles Brent III, son of Col. Giles Brent II, Esq. and Mary Brent, in 1691 at Stafford Co., Virginia, USA,
; Her 1st of 2 husbands.1,3,2 Jane Chandler married Joshua Green in 1694 at Stafford Co., Virginia, USA,
; Her 2nd of 2 husbands.4
Jane Chandler died in 1699 at Stafford Co., Virginia, USA; Date of probate - 19 Jan 1700.1,2
Jane Chandler was buried in 1699 at Burial Details Unknown ;
From Find a Grave:
Jane Chandler Brent
Birth     1675, Charles County, Maryland, USA
Death     1699 (aged 23–24), Stafford County, Virginia, USA
Burial     Burial Details Unknown
Family Members
Spouse
     Giles Brent 1671–1694 (m. 1691)
Created by: David Goode
Added: Apr 27, 2021
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 226104126.1

      ;
From Early Colonial Settlers:
Green, Jane, relict of Joshua Green, of Stafford County, Virginia., 25th Nov., 1699; 19th Jan., 1699/1700
To sister Mary Brent, dau. of George and Mary Brent, to sister Martha Brent, brother Henry Brent, and the Roman Catholic Chapel, personalty.
Brother William Chandler, ex. and residuary legatee of estate.
Test: Chas. Pye, Jno. Birth. 6.380.
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Jane Green 20.34 I £56.6.4 Jun 10 1700
Appraisers: Andrew Simpson, Edmund Goodrick.
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Mrs. Jane Green 24.186 A CH £57.12.10 £28.11.4 Oct 1 1703
Payments to: William Dent, Dr. Joseph Venner, Capt. Thomas Emms per Joseph Green (former husband of deceased), Richard Boughton, Mary Brent (sister of deceased).
Legatees: Mr. William Hunter.
Executor: William Chandler (brother).
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Jane Chandler. She married twice. She married Giles Brent. Giles died 1693 in Stafford County, Virginia. He made a will in Stafford County, Virginia, January 27, 1693. Probate February 15, 1693. (Purse & Person, Page 612)

She married Joshua Green. Joshua died before November 25, 1699.

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1699-1709 Stafford County, Virginia Deed & Will Book; [Antient Press];
p. 31 At a Court held for Stafford County 8th May 1700. Appraisment of the Estate of Mrs. JANE GREEN taken by us JOHN WEST, JOHN PEAK, WALTER GRIFFiN April 15th 1700. Mentions Cattle at Rich Land; Cattle at old field.
Sworn before GEO. MASON May 8th 1700 and then recorded.
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1699-1709 Stafford County, Virginia Deed & Will Book; [Antient Press];
Pp-103-104 Know all men . I EDWARD BARTON of county Stafford Planter do own myself indebted to GEORGE MASON Gent. Admr. of JANE GREEN Widow of JOSHUA GREEN of said County deced who was appointed by the Stafford Court Admr. to ANN SCARLET deced of said county in just sum of 40,000 pounds of good sound merchantable Tobacco and caske. 15th October 1700. Condition of the obligation is such that if Edward Barton do keep safe & indemnified from the claims of & from my four children which l have by ANN BARTON Daughter to Ann Scarlet deced to wit CONSTANT BARTON & LETTICE BARTON Daughter to Edward Barton for several sums of Tobacco bequeathed unto CONSTANT, ANN, MARGARET and LETTICE BARTON by their grandmother Ann Scarlet deced as by her will recorded in Stafford County .. obligation to be void ..
Presence Wm. Brook,Jno. Ball, Edward x Barton Wm. Bennit, Thos. Watts, Wm. Emms
Virginia. Know all men .. I EDWARD BARTON of Stafford County do myself for my wife ANN BARTON & my four Daughters CONSTANT BARTON, MARGARET BARTON, ANN BARTON & LETTICE BARTON to be fully satisfied and paid in full for all sums of. tobo. & caske legacy or legacies given to my wife and four children by ANNE SCARLET deced of GEORGE MASON Cent .. 15th October 1700
Presence Wm. Brook, Edward x Burton WM. EMMS, Thomas Watts
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STAFFORD COUNTY VA WILL BOOK H 1729 - 1748; THE ANTIENT PRESS Page 149
Know all men .. that I BURR HARRISON of Stafford County Guardian or overseer appointed by the Court of said county unto EDWD & LETTICE SMITHS three children to wit WM., EDWD. & KATH: SMITH grandchildren to ANN SCARLET late of said county deced do for divers good causes .. for the just sum of 18000 pounds of good Tobo & cask in hand already paid per GEORGE MASON Gent. of said county admr. of JANE GREEN who was appointed Admr. of Ann Starlets will .. for & in consideration of the use benefits interest and profits as the said sum afsd may accrue to my Interest & benefit by having use of ye sd sup of Tobo until the children or orphans of said Smith shall be at age or time to claim the sd sum of Tobo do discharge the above said George Mason
admr. of Jane Green who was appointed admr. of no Scarlet of said county deced from the claims of the three children of said Edwd. & Lattice Smith for their three legacies of several sums of Tobacco & cask given them by their grandmother Ann Scarlet as per her will on record and from the claims of survivors of them or kindred claiming I Burr Harris (sic) do by these presents bind myself in the full & just sum of thirty thousand pounds of merchantable Tobacco in cask to be paid unto George Mason .. this 9th Octr. 1702.
Presence Moses Linton,
Burr Harrison
Thos- Watts, Jos: x Carr
I do impower my good ffriend Majr. WM. FITZHUGH to acknowledge this discharge Without power of revocation .. 9th day 8ber 1702.
Burr Harrison.2

Family 1

Giles Brent III b. c 1671, d. b 15 Feb 1694

Family 2

Joshua Green b. b 1671, d. 25 Nov 1699

Citations

  1. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226104126/jane-brent: accessed September 29, 2025), memorial page for Jane Chandler Brent (1675–1699), Find a Grave Memorial ID 226104126; Maintained by David Goode (contributor 49372965).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  2. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Jane Chandler Abt 1675 - 1700: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I10273&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  3. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Giles Brent Abt 1671 - 1694: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I15476&tree=Tree1
  4. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Joshua Green Bef 1671 - 1699: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I36745&tree=Tree1

Joshua Green1

M, #102599, b. before 1671, d. 25 November 1699
Last Edited29 Sep 2025
     Joshua Green was born before 1671 at Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co., Virginia, USA.1 He married Jane Chandler in 1694 at Stafford Co., Virginia, USA,
; Her 2nd of 2 husbands.1
Joshua Green died on 25 November 1699 at Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co., Virginia, USA.1
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From Early Colonial Settlers:
1686-1689 Stafford County, Virginia Deed & Will Book, Part 1 [Antient Press];
pp 33a-34 TO ALL XTIAN PEOPLE to whom these presents shall come Bee it Knowne that I RICE HOOE of Stafford County for divers good causes have sold unto FRANCIS HOULT a Certaine Parcell of land lying and being upon the Easterne Branch of PASPOTANZEY CREEKE adjoyning on the Land of CAPT. WM. HEABEARD deced on the North syde and on the Land of CHARLES BALDRIDGE on the West side and adjoyneing upon the Land of JOSHUA GREENE and CHARLES BALDRIDGE on ye South side and see with a Straight line along the foure sides along the same syde belonging to the said RICE HOOE to the Swamp on the NE syde which sd parcell of land I the aforesd RICE HOOE doe firmly sell unto the aforesd FRANCIS HOULT his heires for ever To Have and To Hold with all priviledges thereunto belonging from me and my heires forever or from any other clame that any pson or psons may now or hereaftr shall pretend, acknowledging hereby to have reced one man Servant named GEORGE RUSSEL which I the said RICE HOOE doth acknowledge to bee full satisfaction to my content. And in confirmation hereof I have sett my hand and Seale this 9 day of March 1686,
In presence of us RICH BRYANT, RICE HOOE
BRYAN BATTY
This Sale of Land was acknowledged in the County Court of Staffd. by the said RICE HOOE unto the within named FRANCIS HOULT this 9 day of March 1686/7 And then was recorded
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1686-1689 Stafford County, Virginia Deed & Will Book, Part 1 [Antient Press];
p. 96 KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I RICE HOOE of ye County of Stafford Planter have sold unto BENJAMIN WEBBE one tract and devidend of Land containinge one hundred and fiftye acres of land lyeing and being upon ye eastermost Branch of PASBATANZEY CREELE bounded as followeth N. East from ye Lande DOCTOR SEAST upon ye Lande of JOSHUA GREENE Upon ye lande formerly sould by RICE HOOE and VALLENTINE SHUGHBURGH and acknowledged unto FRANCES HOULT by RICE HOOE together wth all appurtenances upon ye Land formerly belonging unto Capt WILLIAM HERBERT wch hundred and fifty acres of land To Have and To Hold to him ye said BENJAMINE WEBBE. In Wittness whereof have sett my hande and Seale ye 10th day of October 1688
In presence of JOHN KILDERMORE. RICE HOOE
JOHN GOWRY.. THOMAS ELSIE
This Sale of Lande was acknowledged by ye above RICE HOOE unto BENJAMIN WEBBE in the County Court of Stafford this 10th day of October 1688 and was then recorded.
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Green, Jane, relict of Joshua Green, of Stafford County, Virginia., 25th Nov., 1699; 19th Jan., 1699/1700
To sister Mary Brent, dau. of George and Mary Brent, to sister Martha Brent, brother Henry Brent, and the Roman Catholic Chapel, personalty.
Brother William Chandler, ex. and residuary legatee of estate.
Test: Chas. Pye, Jno. Birth. 6.380.
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Mrs. Jane Green 24.186 A CH £57.12.10 £28.11.4 Oct 1 1703
Payments to: William Dent, Dr. Joseph Venner, Capt. Thomas Emms per Joseph Green (former husband of deceased), Richard Boughton, Mary Brent (sister of deceased).
Legatees: Mr. William Hunter.
Executor: William Chandler (brothe
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1699-1709 Stafford County, Virginia Deed & Will Book; [Antient Press];
Pp-103-104 Know all men . I EDWARD BARTON of county Stafford Planter do own myself indebted to GEORGE MASON Gent. Admr. of JANE GREEN Widow of JOSHUA GREEN of said County deced who was appointed by the Stafford Court Admr. to ANN SCARLET deced of said county in just sum of 40,000 pounds of good sound merchantable Tobacco and caske. 15th October 1700. Condition of the obligation is such that if Edward Barton do keep safe & indemnified from the claims of & from my four children which l have by ANN BARTON Daughter to Ann Scarlet deced to wit CONSTANT BARTON & LETTICE BARTON Daughter to Edward Barton for several sums of Tobacco bequeathed unto CONSTANT, ANN, MARGARET and LETTICE BARTON by their grandmother Ann Scarlet deced as by her will recorded in Stafford County .. obligation to be void ..
Presence Wm. Brook,Jno. Ball, Edward x Barton Wm. Bennit, Thos. Watts, Wm. Emms
Virginia. Know all men .. I EDWARD BARTON of Stafford County do myself for my wife ANN BARTON & my four Daughters CONSTANT BARTON, MARGARET BARTON, ANN BARTON & LETTICE BARTON to be fully satisfied and paid in full for all sums of. tobo. & caske legacy or legacies given to my wife and four children by ANNE SCARLET deced of GEORGE MASON Cent .. 15th October 1700
Presence Wm. Brook, Edward x Burton WM. EMMS, Thomas Watts.1

Family

Jane Chandler b. c 1675, d. 1699

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Joshua Green Bef 1671 - 1699: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I36745&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.

Mary Kittamaguund1

F, #102600, b. 1625, d. after 1680
FatherKittamaguund (?)2 b. c 1607, d. 1641
Last Edited29 Sep 2025
     Mary Kittamaguund was born in 1625 at Piscattaway, St. Mary's Co., Maryland, USA.1 She married Col Giles Brent, son of Richard Brent and Elizabeth Reade, in 1637 at Piscattaway, St. Mary's Co., Maryland, USA,
; His 1st of 2 wives.1,3,4
Mary Kittamaguund died after 1680 at Stafford Co., Virginia, USA.1
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From Wikipedia:
     [Quote]Mary Kittamaquund (c. 1634 – c. 1654 or 1700) was a Piscataway woman who played a role in the establishment of the Maryland colony. The daughter of the Piscataway chieftain Kittamaquund, she was sent by her father as an adoptee to be raised by the English governor. Her life helped establish peaceful relations between English immigrants to the Maryland and Virginia colonies and their native peoples.
Life
     After Jesuit missionary Rev. Andrew White healed his son in 1639, Kittamaquund converted his family to the Catholic faith.[1] Two years later, he sent his seven-year-old daughter, renamed Mary at her baptism, to be raised by Governor Leonard Calvert[2][3][4] and by Margaret Brent. Kittamaquund wanted the English colony's leaders to educate Mary so she could communicate between the two cultures, and solicit their help against hostile tribes.[5] The Mary Ward society was founded on the pattern of the Society of Jesus, and pioneered in the area of apostolic congregations of sisters.[6]
Maryland
     Trading, the lust for land, and religious conflicts, including the religious wars resuming in England, shaped Mary Kittamaquund's life. In late 1644, in Governor Calvert's absence, Margaret Brent had allowed her 38-year-old brother Giles to marry Mary Kittamaquund, though she was just 10 or 11 years old at the time.[7] Years later, Leonard Calvert's cousin George Talbot, while negotiating with William Penn about lands claimed by both Maryland and Pennsylvania, stated, "Capt Brent who in right of his wife the Piscataway Emperors daughter and only Child pretended a right to the most part of Maryland but could doe noe good on't after a great bustle about it."[6]
     According to various reports. Calvert was either in England with his brother soliciting support for the Maryland colony, or collecting debts and hiring soldiers in Virginia to protect it. In any event, during his absence, on February 14, 1645, raiders led by Protestant sea captain and merchant Richard Ingle and his ally Virginia fur trader William Claiborne burned the Catholic chapel and other buildings at St. Mary's City and tried to destroy the new colony. The previous year, during Governor Calvert's absence, Giles Brent had briefly jailed Ingle for treason against King Charles I. When Ingle returned, he carried letters of marque and reprisal against the king's supporters issued by the Protestant Parliament. The Ingle/Claiborne raiders also raided and burned houses of Catholic settlers on Kent Island, which had begun competing with Claiborne's former post there (which burned down in 1631 but had been rebuilt) and another of his posts at Palmer's Island. In April, Ingle and Claiborne sailed back to England with both Jesuit priests, the provincial secretary and Giles Brent all as captives and in chains.[8]
     Between December 1646 and April 1647, Governor Calvert's forces finally managed to repel the invaders (which reduced the Maryland colony from approximately 500 to 600 settlers to about 100 English).[6] However, Calvert then fell ill and died on June 9, 1647. He had named Margaret Brent his executor, and told her to settle matters. In order to pay the mercenaries to go back across the Potomac River to Virginia, she sold Calvert's cattle. When Calvert's brother Lord Baltimore later learned this, he was upset, probably not realizing the danger his colony had faced. At some time during this period, chief Kittamaquund died, and Giles Brent (who had been freed in England and returned to Maryland) claimed all the Piscataway lands as Mary's husband.[9] This violated Piscataway tribal customs and also conflicted with Lord Baltimore's land grant, which had given rise to the English colony in the first place.[10][11] Moreover, Claiborne's erstwhile Susquehannock trading partners took their furs to the new Swedish trading post at Fort Christina.[12]
Virginia
     Nevertheless, Giles and young Mary stayed together, moving to Chopawamsic Island in the Potomac River in 1647, then the following year to the Colony of Virginia in what is now the Northern Neck near Aquia, Virginia.[13] Giles set up a trading post, shortly after the third Anglo-Powhatan War, and ultimately a plantation named Retirement. His sisters Margaret and Mary later joined them and lived at Giles' first Virginia plantation, named Peace, in what became Stafford, Virginia.[14]
Genealogy
     Mary Kittamaquund was the daughter of Kittamaquund, Tayac of the Piscataway (Paramount Chief of the Piscataway Tribes) and Mary Piscataway (Kittamaquund).
     Three children are named in the 1663 and 1671 wills of Giles Brent and his sister Margaret. Margaret Brent appointed her brother Giles “and his children Giles (Jr) Brent, Mary Brent, and Richard Brent” executors of her estate. Giles left bequests to his son Giles (Jr) Brent and daughter Mary Brent (Fitzherbert). Dr. Lois Green Carr, Maryland Historian at the Maryland State Archives, left a note card in her files which identify six children of Mary and Giles, including a daughter Katherine. Giles (Jr) Brent married his cousin Mary Brent. Mary Brent married John Fitzherbert. Richard Brent died after December 26, 1663. The two other children named by Lois Carr, Henry and Margaret, presumably died young. Authors of recent DNA studies of Marsham and Beaven descendants appear to support speculation that Katherine married Richard Marsham, and Mary subsequently married Charles Beaven.[15]
Lost and forgotten
     No records exist concerning Mary Kittamaquund's death, although in 1654 Giles Brent married Frances Whitegreave Harrison, who had emigrated from England to York County, Virginia, the previous year and had been wife of the recently deceased Dr. Jeremiah Harrison. Thus it is unclear whether Mary died as a young woman (childbirth deaths being common), or whether she left Giles and resumed her (matrilineal) Native American identity, or he divorced her as discussed below. In any event, Giles and Frances either had two or no children.[16] The last wills and testaments of Giles (d. 1671) and Margaret (d. 1663) mention Giles' six children "of which four lived," but not his wife Mary.[17] Giles' other quasi-monastic sister Mary died in 1658.[18]
     If Mary Kittamaquund left or outlived Giles Sr. and returned to become a Piscataway matriarch, she could have moved to Brent lands in Maryland. St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Newport, Maryland) has a Brent family graveyard, as well as a section for burials now unknown, although the church itself was built two centuries after Kittamaquund's contact. Another more modern Catholic church near the Brent family's lands in Pomonkey, Maryland (named for another related tribe) and near Port Tobacco which became the Charles County, Maryland, county seat and a major slave trading port until it silted up also has a graveyard.
     Mary also could have moved further north, for her tribe traded throughout the Chesapeake Bay region, even though it was decimated by war and disease in this era. While the oldest, continuous, English-speaking, Catholic congregation in the United States is St. Francis Xavier in St. Mary's, Maryland (which replaced its chapel in 1660 and is relatively close to Newport though not Port Tobacco), the second oldest is St. Francis Xavier Church (Warwick, Maryland) in Cecil County, Maryland. This other important trading area near the Elk Neck Peninsula allowed trade with Iroquois-speaking Susquehannocks who had a settlement near Conowingo, as well as with Delaware Valley and Delmarva Peninsula tribes (including the Algonquian-speaking Lenape and Nanticoke). Swedes established a trading post, Fort Christina, at the top of the Elk Neck peninsula near the shortest route between the Chesapeake and Delaware basins. St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Church (in northeast Maryland not far from Warwick) was founded during the early Colonial era as some of Mary's Algonquian-speaking Piscataway sold their land in Charles and St. Georges counties and moved north.
Black Sheep Son
     In May 1679, Mary Kittamaquund Brent – or more probably another Mary Brent (perhaps born in Worcestershire, England, around 1650)[19] – received the first legal marital separation in Virginia. The governor and Executive Council of Virginia issued it on the grounds of her husband's "inhumane usage", but the underlying documents are lost. Mary Kittamaquund's son, Giles Brent Jr. (ca. 1652–1679) had been arrested in 1677 for his actions in Bacon's Rebellion, especially for killing friendly Doeg Indians and (with his neighbor and friend George Mason II and about 30 militiamen) taking their land (part of which later became George Washington's estate Mount Vernon).[20][21][22] Because Giles Brent had laid down his arms and joined Lord Berkeley's forces, he was not hanged like many other rebels.[23] However, Giles' half-Native ancestry could have caused problems both with the rebels (some of whom wanted to kill all Indians) and with racist elements in Berkeley's faction. In any event, shortly following his divorce from Mary Brent, Giles Brent married Frances Hammersley (b. 1660 and death date unknown) of Middlesex County, but he then died within a few months.[24] His father had patented claims for 1800 acres in his name, which had been across from the Piscataway town and later became part of Alexandria, Virginia.
Virginia's hidden Catholics
     Although the English-born Brent women never married or had children, the Brents became the only publicly Catholic family in Virginia for more than a century.[25] Mary Kittamaquund supposedly lived with Mary Brent and Margaret Brent. Rumors persisted of a Catholic church, monastery or retreat house in the area long before St. Mary's Church was founded in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1795 by George Washington's aide, Col. John Fitzgerald.[26] Brent men continued as merchants and lawyers, and also owned and operated plantations and a quarry near the Occoquan River's junction with the Potomac. George Brent (d. 1694) became the only Catholic delegate in the House of Burgesses in colonial times (representing Stafford County in 1688),[27] and in 1686 received title with three London partners to 30,000 acres later known as Brent town where Catholics could legally practice their religion.[28] As anti-Catholicism grew in Virginia – both paralleling developments in the mother country as well as reflecting local conflicts with French and Spanish fur traders and their Native American allies – Brents held no further governmental positions outside their local community for nearly a century. Moreover, George Brent was forced to take cover at his law partner's house for five months in 1688 over false rumors that he was conspiring with Indians about an uprising.[29] Nonetheless, neighbors in what became Spotsylvania County, Stafford County, Fairfax County and Alexandria, Virginia, seem to have spared successive generations of lawyer Brents from the required anti-Catholic oath. Around the time of the American Revolution, William Brent and Richard Brent married the sisters of John Carroll, a Jesuit before the brief suppression of that order, and who himself became the first native Catholic bishop in what became the United States. William Brent and Richard Brent became revolutionaries and Founding Fathers, though less noticed than Marylanders Charles Carroll and Daniel Carroll (whose first wife was William Brent's daughter Anna). In 1780, subject to an elaborate but incomplete prenuptial agreement, their 50-year-old maiden sister Sarah Brent became the second wife of George Mason, who worked to establish religious freedom in Virginia and the new nation.[30]
Erased past
     British raiders burned Brent family estates during the American Revolutionary War and War of 1812.[31] Thus, they may have sustained more damage than their revolutionary Protestant neighbors. William Brent and Robert Brent became public servants in Washington, D.C., shortly after its founding (and at least one wrote and recorded a will to manumit his slave and allow him to retain his freedom without leaving the area, not having a large estate).
     However, the Virginia Brents eventually became strong supporters of slavery and the Confederacy. They developed Brentsville, Virginia, in western Prince William County in the 1820s. Alexandria sent lawyer George William Brent (1821-1872) to the Virginia Convention of 1861, at which he argued for union in order to support slavery. During the Civil War, Union troops secured a gun emplacement on Brent property overlooking the Potomac River near Aquia creek, and vandalized the nearby Brent family graveyard, removing brass name plates. Brentsville also sustained more damage than surrounding properties during that war.
Honors
-- Virginia erected a historical marker to honor Mary Kittamaquund in 2009.[3] It stands on the historic road to Richmond (Route 1), in front of the Aquia post office, about two miles south of the crucifix erected in 1930 to honor the first Catholic settlers in Virginia and Margaret Brent,[32] as well as the later road marker honoring the same English people.[33] A nearby plaque mentions the capture of Pocahontas when visiting the Stafford area about two decades before Mary Kittamaquund's birth.
-- Lake Kittamaqundi reservoir in Columbia, Maryland, honors the tribe of which Kittamaquund's father was chief and it honors Mary, sometimes called a "princess."[34]

Notes
"Exploring Maryland's Roots: Library: Kittamaquund, Tayac of the Piscataway (d. 1641)". mdroots.thinkport.org.
A photograph of Mary at her father's baptism, from a painting in the Maryland State Archives, is published in Kenneth Bryson, Images of America: Accokeek (Arcadia Publishing, 2013) p.12
"Mary Kittamaquund E-90-a - Marker History". www.markerhistory.com.
W.B. Chilton, The Brent Family, in Genealogies of Virginia Families: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1981) Vol. 1, pp. 314-316.
George and Virginia Schaun, Maryland: Biographical Sketches (Maryland Historical Press, 1984) pp. 11-12.
"Maryland State Archives, Margaret Brent, A Brief History by Lois Green Carr". msa.maryland.gov.
"Maryland State Archives, Margaret Brent, A Brief History by Lois Green Carr". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
In 1649, Edward Commins paid for the damage caused by Claiborne and Ingle's raiders at least to their property on Kent Island. Chilton, notes on pp. 314-315
"Exploring Maryland's Roots: Library: Giles Brent (1600-1672)". mdroots.thinkport.org.
"Douglas-G-Yager - User Trees - Genealogy.com". www.genealogy.com.
Chilton, note at p. 315.
Stephen R. Potter, Commoners, Tribute, and Chiefs: the Development of Alconquian Culture in the Potomac Valley (University of Virginia Press, 1993) p. 191.
John T. Goolrick, The Story of Stafford (1976) p. 14
Daniel M. French, Brent Family: the Carroll Families of Colonial Maryland (Alexandria, Va 1981) p. 36. Later Brents eventually built others nearby called Woodstock and Richland. Margaret Brent perfected title to many acres of land in Virginia, as she had earlier in Maryland, based upon headrights earned for people helped to emigrate across the Atlantic Ocean to the colony. According to Daniel French (at p. 37), Mary Kittamaquund died before Giles married Frances Wingreave Harrison (with whom he had no children). Furthermore, their son Giles married his first cousin Mary, daughter of George Brent and Marianna Peyton, while his sister Mary married Capt. John Fitzherbert but died childless.
Estes, Roberta (4 March 2014). "Daughters of Princess Mary Kittamaquund". DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy.
Chilton p. 319 argues no issue, and at p. 323 includes a lawsuit verdict from 1737 stating that this Giles' only heir was his son Giles, who died about age 30, intestate and without issue, but does not explain why 16-year-old William Brent was the only heir-at-law of the younger Giles.
Chilton's transcription of Giles Brent's will only mentions his daughter Mary Fitzherbert and son Giles, and that of Margaret Brent's will mentions Giles' children as Giles, Mary and Richard. Chilton at pp. 319-322.
French at p. 44 mentions Sarah E. Claggett's assertion that this Mary married a ship captain, Henry Rogers, and settled at St. Gabriels, Kent Island, but disbelieves that assertion, in part because in her will she only referred to herself, never mentioning a husband.
However, Chilton says the second Giles' wife was Mary, sister of George Brent of Woodstock, and who became the mother of William Brent. Chilton at p. 324.
Eby, pp. 7-8.
"The Brent Family". www.virginiaplaces.org.
It now hosts the American Horticultural Society "AHS - River Farm - History". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2013-03-23. and the masonic National Sojourners society.http://www.masonicworld.com/education/files/artjun02/NATIONAL%20SOJOURNERS.htm
Chilton at pp. 321-322 cites two sources that George Brent captained Berkeley's forces (variously of 1200 or 1000 men) but that his troops ran away rather than attack Bacon's forces. French at p. 39 states that Giles Brent received a commission from Bacon before changing allegiances and commanding the 1000 to 1200 men loyal to the Governor.
"Brent, Giles (ca. 1652–1679)". www.encyclopediavirginia.org.
Gerald Fogarty, Commonwealth Catholics: A History of the Catholic Church in Virginia (University of Notre Dame Press, 2001) pp. 13-19.
"About Saint Mary Catholic Church". Archived from the original on 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
French pp. 48-49 also mentions that his fifth son, Edward, died in Douai, France in 1676 before his ordination to the priesthood
"Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Survey Form" (PDF). Prince William County Virginia.
Chilton at pp. 338-339.
Oddly, Chilton pp. 331-332 fails to mention this Sarah Brent.
French, David M., 'The Brent Family, The Carroll Families of Colonial Maryland,' Alexandria, VA, David M. French, 1981.
"In the Name of Christ the King Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
"First Roman Catholic Settlement in Virginia Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
Agle, Nan Hayden, Princess Mary of Maryland, Tradition Press, 1967.[End Quote]5


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From Early Colonial Settlers:
daughter of the Emperor of the Piscataway Indians.

1) Chester Horton Brent, "The descendants of Col. Giles Brent, Capt. George Brent, and Robert Brent, Gent".
2) Eudora Ramsay Richardson, "Giles Brent, Catholic Pioneer in America".
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Research notes by Shawn & Lois Potter as contributed by Sharon Henderson Noyes

http://dna-explained.com/2014/03/04/daughters-of-princess-mary-kittamaquun d/
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1650-1652 Northumberland County, Virginia Deed & Order Book; [Antient Press]; Page 70
At a Court held for the County of Northumberland the (?22) day of January 1651/2
According to sufficient proofe made to this Court, there is due to Capt. GYLES BRENT Esqr., Nine hundred acres of Land for transportacon of these p:sons
following into this Colony, Vizt.
Capt, GYLES BRENT, WM. CLARKE THOMAS VANOPE JACK
Mrs. MARGARETT BRENT JOHN WILLIAMS ANN WHITE
Mrs. MARY BRENT RICHARD HARLING FRANCIS KING
Mrs. MARY BRENT JANE GILPIN FRANCIS ANKETELL
Wife to Capt. BRENT MARY OUTRIS RICHARD COLOSFORD
MARGARET KENDALL JOHN FLEETE JOHN COOKWOOD
THOMAS FOSTER
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1653-1657 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills; [Beverley Fleet];
p.17. Giles Brent and Maria Brent his wife of Peace, give their daughter Mary Brent 2 cow calves. This cattle not to be disposed of till she marry or be 20 yrs of age. dated 15 Apl 1654. Signed Giles Brent. Mari Brent. Wits Margaret Brent. Marie Brent. Richd Cottsford. Rec 18 Apl 1654.
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Quoting from "They Called Stafford Home; The Development of Stafford County, Virginia, from 1600 until 1865", by Jerrilyn Eby, Heritage Books, 1997:

In another chapter, the same book devotes several pages to some earlier Brents. I summarize below.
Giles Brent founded the first permanent settlement in Stafford. He had first emigrated from Somersetshire to Kent Island, MD in 1637, and married a twelve-year old Indian princess named Kittamaquad. (Her father, Emperor of the Piscataways, had sent her to Giles' sister Margaret to learn English when he converted to Christianity.)
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1680 Stafford County, Virginia Order Book [Antient Press];
Page 15(27)-16(28) TO ALL XPIAN PEOPLE to whome these presents shall come. MARY BRENT of ye retiremt: in ye County of Stafl`d: Widdow, ye Relict and Admr. of COLL. GILLS BRENT late of the County aforesaid deced., send Greeting, Now Know yec that I ye said MARY BRENT in ye qualificacon aforesaid as alsoe be in ge Guardian to my Son, GILES BRENT, ye Son heire of his Father, Col, GILES BRENT, deced, being well assured and perfectly knowing that my said Husband, Col. GILES BRENT, did covenant and agree with THOMAS DERRICKE SENIOR of MATTHYES POYNT in ye County aforesaid, Plantr:, to left and sett to him, ye said THOMAS DERRICKE for (three Children of ye sd. Tho; DERRICKE) and for ye longest liver of him, all that pte: or p:cell of Land sittuate lying and being in MATTHYES POYNT Divident unleased, lying betwixt the Leased Land of him ye said THOMAS DERRICKE and ye Leased Land of him ye said THOMAS HAYWARD, Coopr;, and am alsoe well knowing that my said Husband, Coll GILLS BRENT deced., did receive a summe of Tobo; in part of pay for ye grant of ye said Lease, butt itt soe pleased God that before ye sealing of ye Lease, ye said Call, GILES BRENT died, leaving his Son an Infant and because I ye said MARY BRENT am willing to doe any such act that my tend to ye settlement and discharging all of obligations that my said Huband was anyway oblidged to as far as my power extends, I have therefore left and sett and doe by these presents Lett and sett all that p:cell of land aforesd: now unleased lying betwixt ye Leased Land of THOMAS DERRICKE SENIOR and THOMAS HAYWARD, Cooper, unto WILLIAM DERRICKE, JNO: DERRICKS MARY DERRICKSE, (Children of THOMAS SENIOR) for and during their naturall lives and for and duringe ye naturall life of ye longest liver of them, or to their assigns, together with all priviledges as of Hawking, Hunting, Fishing and Fowling as long as on ye Patten( is granted they or their assignes or one of them paying therefore to mee ye said MARY BRENT or to my Son, GILES BRENT, when itt shall please God he shalt arrive act ye age of one & twenty yeares old or to either of us our heires Ezors. or Admors. yearly on ye twenty fourth day of Decembr: as long as this Lease shall last; Fifty pounds of Tobo: and Caske, alsoe said WILLM: JNO: MARY doe covenant and agree that they or any one of them will punt as Orchard of one hundred Apple trees and keepe and preserve ye same by good fence from harme of Cattle and to renue them from tyme to tyme as they shall dye and decay, alsoe that if the within Leased Land shall for two whole yeares together remaine voyd of Christian Inhabitants, then itt shall bee lawfull for me, ye said MARY BRENT, my Son GILES BRENT or he heires of ye said GILES BRENT into ye within granted premisses to reenter and to hold in her, his or their right see if this Lease never had bin made; In Witness whereof ye parties to this Lease have interchangably sett our hands and scales ye day & yeare first above written
MARY BRENT for herselfe
And THOMAS DERRICKE SENIOR for and in behalfe of his three Children ye Leasees THOMAS DERRICKS his mrke,
Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of us
JAMES CLIFTON,
GEORGE BRENT
Recorded in Stafford County xxvii die Octobris 1680
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http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=134&last=&g_p=P3&co llection=LO Patent
Title Brent, Mary, Mrs.
Publication November 1652.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Note Location: Northumberland County.
Description: 1644 acres easterly on Potomac River; southerly on Quiough River, westerly on a branch of the said river, and northerly on the land of Captn. Giles Brent.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 3, 1652-1655, Page 134 (Reel 2).
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Title Brent, Mary, Mrs.
Publication 25 May 1657.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Description: 1250 acres on the south side of Potomack River, 600 acres part thereof Bounded N. W. by N. upon a point commonly called Matheas Point, S. W. by S. upon land of Mrs. Jones &c.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-1664, Page 133 (Reel 4).
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Title Brent, Mary, Mrs.
Publication 28 November 1662.
Gen. note "Formerly gtd. sd. Mary Brent, Nov. 11th 1652 and now renewed."
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Note Location: Northumberland County.
Description: 1644 acres easterly on Potomac River. southerly on Quinough River.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), Page 190 (Reel 5).
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1653-1656 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 3; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 266
MRS. MARY BRENT, 1,644 acs. Northumberland Co., 17 Nov. 1652, Page 134. Ely. upon Potomeck Riv., Sly. upon Quiough Riv., Wly. upon a br. of same & Nly. upon Capt. Giles Brent.
Trans. of 33 pers: Mr. Wm. Ayres, Richard Jones, Robert Comfrey, Writ Audrey (or Andrey), 3 Negros; Joane Dennis, John Coventon, Richd. Waterman, John Norton, Eliza. Busby, Kath. Cordes, Joyce Pep, Cha. Chambeech, (or Chamleech), Wm. Martin, Stephen Benson, Phill. Paskall, Mathew Strotter, Wm. Bedham, Wm. Sebocke, Capt. Brent, Mrs. Mary Brent, Mrs. Marg. Brent, Mrs. Mary Brent wife to Capt. Brent, Mary Kendall, Thomas Foster, Wm. Clerke, John Williams, Richard Tarlinge (or Turlinge), Jane Gilpin, Mary Outsis (?), John Fleet.
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1653-1656 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 3; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 279
MRS. MARY BRENT, 600 acs. in Potomeck Riv., bounding N. W. by N. upon Mathias Poynt & S. W. by S. to land of Mrs. Jones. 11 Sept. 1653, Page 212. Trans. of 12 pers: John Saysell, Thomas Gugson, Richard Ridges, John Anderson, Gran: Woodroofe, Anne Badger, John Coleman, Rachell Ashton. Renewed in a patent of 1150 acs.
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1655-1664 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 4; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 345
MRS. MARY BRENT, 1250 acs. Westmoreland Co., 25 May 1657, p.
1, (I33). On S. side of Petomack Riv. 600 acs. part being a patent dated 11 Sept. 1653, bounded N. W. by N. upon Mathias Point, S. W. by S. to land of Mrs. Jones, etc. 650 acs. beg. at the mouth of a gutt in a marsh which divides this from land of Jno. Jenckin, which was granted unto Richard Browne 22 Mar. I654 & assigned unto Giles Brent, Esqr., who assigned same unto said Mary Brent. Renewed 28 Nov. 1662.
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1662-1666 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 5; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 477
MRS. MARY BRENT, 1644 acs. Numberland Co., 28 Nov. 1662, p.
255, (190). Ely. upon Petomecke Riv., Sly. upon Quinough Riv. & Nly. upon land of Capt. Gyles Brent, Esqr. Renewal of patent dated 17 Nov. 1652.1 Mary Kittamaguund was also known as Mary Kittamaquund.5

Family

Col Giles Brent b. 1606, d. bt 31 Aug 1671 - 15 Feb 1672
Child

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Mary Kittamaguund 1625 - Aft 1680: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I5228&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S1953] Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Kittamaquund: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kittamaquund. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.
  3. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Giles Gov. Brent 1606 - 1671: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I20603&tree=Tree1
  4. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Col. Giles Brent 1600 - Aft 1671: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00400775&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.
  5. [S1953] Wikipedia, online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Mary Kittamaquund: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kittamaquund
  6. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accesssed 29 September 2025. Giles Brent 1652 - 1679: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00400778&tree=LEO