IMMIGRANT Hugh Brent^[1]

1620 - 1671  (51 years)

• Name	Hugh Brent
  Title	IMMIGRANT
  Born	1620	Kent County, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Mar 1670/71	Lancaster Co., Virginia
  Person ID	I16805	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2016

  
  

  Family	Mary Acheson/Atchison,   b. 1635, England ,   d. Aft 1670, Lancaster Co., Virginia  (Age 36 years)
  Married	1656	Lancaster County, Virginia
  	Children of Mary Atchison and Hugh Brent 1. Jane Brent, b. 1657, Lancaster County, Virginia d. 1700, Lancaster County, Virginia (Age 43 years) 2. Elizabeth Brent, b. 1658, Lancaster County, Virginia d. Aft 1701, Christ Church Parish, Lancaster County, Virginia (Age > 44 years) 3. Martha Brent, b. 1659, Lancaster County, Virginia d. Abt 1710, Lancaster County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 4. Hugh Brent, b. 1660, Lancaster County, Virginia d. 14 Jun 1716, Christ Church Parish, Lancaster County, Virginia - Probate (Age 56 years)
  Children	+ 1. Hugh2 Brent,   b. Est 1660, Northern Neck, Colonial Virginia & Maryland ,   d. 14 Jun 1716, Christ Church Parish, Lancaster Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F5935	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S107] Family Histories, http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I023019&tree=Tree1. === Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia Wills 1653-1800; {Ida J. Lee} BRENT, Hugh. Will. 28 Oct. 1748. Rec. 11 May 1750. Sons: James, Maurice, William, land purchased of Tobin Horton, Hugh. Gr. Daughter, Mary Brent, daughter of my deceased son William Brent. Wife Elizabeth, and her nine children, Ellinor, Nicholas, Maurice, Richard, George, Mary, William, Haynes and Ann. Friend Robert Edwards son of Mr. Thos. Edwards. Extrs. Wife and sons Nicholas and Maurice. Trustees: Thos. Edwards and Thos. Pinckard. Wits. Jno. Horton, Geo. Horton, Willough- by Allerton, Richard Edwards. W.B. 14, p. 280. 16 Aug. 1754 is recorded Acct. with Hugh Brent's Orphans: Betty, Katherine, Sarah, Judith and James Brent. W.B. 15, p. 174. === Contributed by: James Hughes URL: http://www5.familytreemaker.com/cgi-bin/texis/find/search30/?query=lancast er+county%2C+virginia+james+kirk&db=online&areas=10&head=online&booknum=&c ategory=&words=lancaster+county%2C+virginia&first=james&last=kirk&cmd=cont ext&id=38c52f5315#hit1 URL title: Family Tree Maker Online: GenealogyLibrary.com: Supplement to the Curd Family in America, Page 6 Note: Hugh Brent, the first known as the Lancaster Brent of Lancaster County, Virginia. Certificates granted him February 6, 1654 for 250 acres of land in said county for importation of himself and four other persons into the colony together with Eppy Benson. He patented 400 acres of Fleets Bay in that county on November 24, 1657. The following patents are also on record to the first Hugh Brent, 250 acres in the said county on Fleets Bay, also 100 acres July 19, 1663, at the mouth of Rappahannock River on Fleets Bay. The records show several other real estate transactions of him and other parties. In his will, he and Catherine, his wife, (will dated January 18, 1671) probated to his son, Hugh Brent, and daughters, Joanna, Elizabeth and Martha Brent, and to Thomas Haynes and Fortunate Snyder power to manage said estate for children. The maiden name of Catherine Brent is not given. Page xii Hugh Brent, the second, of Lancaster county, Virginia, executed a deed of his estate to his daughter, Mary Brent, September 10, 1710, he evidently having died intestate. After his death his son, Hugh Brent, who is described as the son and heir of Hugh Brent, deed, executed a deed to William Brent, second son of Hugh Brent, deed. This was June 9, 1719. The name of his wife does not appear. He was justice of the peace in 1706. Hugh Brent, the third, of Lancaster county, Virginia made a deed to his children, William, High, Catherine and Elizabeth Brent, on September 3, 1726. Name of wife not known. Hugh Brent, the fourth, of Lancaster county, Virginia, conveyed land to his son, James Brent and Catherine Brent, His wife, and children November 9, 1739. He made a will October 26, 1748, and probated in 1750, recorded in Lancaster county, Virginia. He willed his property to his sons, James and William and a grand daughter, Mary, the daughter of his dead son, William: Hugh, Nicholas, Maurise, Richard, George and Annie, wife and Elizabeth. There was a division of the estate among the widow and children in August, 1755. This Hugh was sheriff of Lancaster county in 1743. James Brent of Lancaster county, Virginia on the 26, day of July, 1727, married Catherine Newton; she died in 1760. Her will is dated September 6, 1760, probated February 20, 1761. In her will she mentions her son, Hugh, Mr. Anthony Kirk and my daughter, Sarah, his wife, William Stamps, and my daughter, Elenore, his wife, and my daughter, Behsathland, Mr. John Curd and my daughter, Lucy, his wife, and sons, Joh! n, Willoughby and Stockly. James Brent did not mention children by Will Dated: 26-Oct-1748, Lancaster County, Virginia (Source: Ida J. Lee, Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia - Wills 1653-1800, (1959), Will Book 14, p. 280, Cites sons: James, Maurice, William, Hugh. Granddaughter: Mary Brent, daughter of deceased son, William Brent. Wife Elizabeth and her nine children: Ellinor, Nicholas, Maurice, Richard, George, Mary, William, Haynes and Ann. Extrs: Wife and sons, Nicholas and Maurice.) Will Recorded: 11-May-1750, Lancaster County, Virginia (Source: Ida J. Lee, Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia - Wills 1653-1800, (1959), Will Book 14, p. 280.) === Will of Hugh Brent, 1750 In the name of God Amen I Hugh Brent of St. Marys White Chappell Parish in the County of Lancaster being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect sense and memory do make & ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form as followeth: First I commit my body to the Earth from whence it came to be decently buried and my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it, hoping to find forgiveness for all my sins. And for what worldly Estate it bath pleased God to endowe me with, I give and bequeathe in manner & form as followeth. Item. I give unto my deare and loving wife my large looking glass. Item. I give unto my loving wife Catherine Brent four negroes during her natural life yt is James, Black Betty, old Dinah & Pother, and I also give my negro man Incom & my negro wench Judith to my said wife During her widowhood & the said negro Judith immediately after my wifes marriage to return to my daughter Elizabeth Brent with her increase. Item. I give unto my said daughter before mentioned one negro girl named Hannah and one negro Boy named Dick to her & her heirs. Item. I give unto my daughter Catherine Brent one negro boy named Harry and one negro girl named Sarah and one wench named Frankie, to her and her heirs. Item. I give unto my Daughter Sarah Brent one negro named Stephen and one negro girl named Dinah to her and her heirs. I give unto my Daughter Judith Brent one negro man named Jack and one negro girl named Nan to her and her heirs. Item. I leave my wife my deske and what chairs I have in my house at this time and her choice of the oval Tables. All the rest of my estate I leave to be equally Divided between my wife and children. Item. I leave my wife and my cozzen Hugh Brent whole and sole Execor's of this my last Will and Testament as witness my hand this 14th day of June 1750. Hugh Brent Seal Merryman Payne Thos. Sharpe At a Court held for Lancaster County on the 6th day of March 175o This Will was proved in open Court by the oath of Merryman Payne Gent. and ordered to be recorded. The Decendants of Hugh Brent" by Horton Brent, 1936.