Bent John^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1603 - 1672  (69 years)

• Name	Bent John
  Birth	Abt 1603	Penton-Grafton, Southampton, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Sep 1672	Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA   [1]
  Notes	From "The Bent Family in America" Allen Bent 1900: "John Bent, first of the name in America, was b. in Penton-Grafton Eng. in Nov., 1603, came to America in his 35th year and settled in Sudbury, MA, where he remained until his death, Sept. 27, 1672 at nearly 69. He married in England about 1624, Martha ___, who died in Sudbury, May 15, 1679, well along in years. The family -- John, his wife and five small children --- sailed from Southhampton in the latter part of April 1638, in the ship 'Confidence' of London, John Jobson, master, the whole number of passengers, 'greate and little' being 110 souls. ... John Bent continued to till the soil in America as he had done in England. His farm was in the part of Sudbury now the town of Wayland, about 16 miles directly west of Boston. He was one of the original settlers of the town... John Bent was made a freeman in 1640; that is because he had become a member of the church of the Puritans, he was allowed to take part in town affairs. ... in 1656 he was one of the petitioners for the town of Marlboro', but it is unlikely that he ever lived there. It was to find a home for his son that prompted him to join the petitioners ..." From "The English Ancestors of John Bent, of Sudbury" Felton NEHGR V49 1895: "The difficulty which exists in establishing the English homes of many of the early emigrants to New England does not confront us in the case of John Bent. His name occurs on the list of passengers sailing in the ship Confidence from Southampton, 24 April, 1638, now on file in the PRO in London. The record is as follows: 35 John Bent of Penton in the County of South Husbandman. Martha his wife; Robert, William, Peter, John and Ann their children; all under ye age of xii yeares." From "The Bent Family in America" Allen Bent 1900: "John Bent, first of the name in America, was b. in Penton-Grafton Eng. in Nov., 1596, came to America in his 42nd year and settled in Sudbury, MA, where he remained until his death, Sept. 27, 1672 at nearly 76. He married in England about 1624, Martha ___, who died in Sudbury, May 15, 1679, well along in years. The Bent family arrived in MA on the ship, the "Confidence", a 200 ton ship, that departed on April 24, 1638, of London, departed Southampton, England for New England. The ship's list included John Bent, 35, husbandman, of Penton, Hants; his wife, Martha; Ann Bent, daughter, under the age of 12; John Bent, son, under the age of 12; Peter, son, under 12; Robert, under the age of 12; William, under the age of 12.
  Person ID	I52034	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Bent Robert,   b. Abt 1566, Penton-Grafton, County of Southampton, England d. Jul 1631, Penton-Grafton, County of Southampton, England (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Gosling Agnes   d. 1639, At Boston Harbor on Ship, Jonathon
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	13 Oct 1589  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F23819	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha   d. 1679, Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA
  Marriage	Abt 1624	England   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Bent Robert,   b. Abt 1626, Penton-Grafton, County of Southampton, England d. Abt 30 Jan 1647, Newbury, Ma (Age 21 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Bent William,   b. Abt 1627, Penton-Grafton, County of Southampton, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Bent Peter,   b. Apr 1629, Penton-Grafton, County of Southampton, England d. Apr 1678, England (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Bent John,   b. Abt Jan 1635, Penton-Grafton, County of Southampton, England d. Sep 1717, Framingham, Ma (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Bent Agnes,   b. Abt 1639, Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA d. 04 Jun 1713, Marlborough, MA (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Bent Joseph,   b. 16 May 1641, Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA d. 1675 (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Bent Martha,   b. Abt 1643, Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA d. 29 Aug 1680 (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Bent Ann,   b. Abt 1832, Penton-Grafton, Southampton, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F23823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S1252] Merged from BrianFreeman on 01-Jan-13 at 19:53. [S1255] Allen Bent 1900, "The Bent Family in America".