Samuel Browning Bent

Notes:

The Bent Family History, by Allen H. Bent, pub. 1900.

pages 42-43.

#49 of Bent Family.

Samuel Browning(5) Bent (David (4), David (3), John (2) , John (1)), who was named after his uncle, Lieut. Samuel Browning (1740-1783), was born in Rutland, MA., Nov. 27, 1784, and moved in 1818 to Middlebury, VT., where he died Dec. 4, 1858, age 74. He was a manufacturer of machine cards. He married first, Jan. 1, 1807, Hannah, born in Spencer, MA., Feb. 13, 1786, died in Rutland, MA., Sept. 7, 1813, daughter of Oliver Watson, Jr. (1743-1826), a Revolutionary soldier. He married second, March 13, 1816, Catherine Avery, born in Holden, MA., Feb. 3, 1788, died in Hoyleton, IL., Oct. 3, 1865, daughter of Rev. Joseph Avery (1751-1824), (***see below), who graduated from Harvard in 1771, and preached in Holden from 1774 until his death. Mrs. Catherine Bent, who is described as a woman of remarkable beauty, both in person and in mind, lived after the death of her husband with her daughter in Tarrytown, NY., but died while on a visit to her son.

(***) Rev. Joseph Avery m. 1777, Mary Allen, dau. of James Allen, tailor, of Boston, by his 2nd wife, Mary Adams, an elder sister of the Revolutionary patriot Sam Adams.

Children of Samuel Browning and Hannah Watson, all born in Rutland, MA:
i. Martha Maria, b. Jan. 12, 1808.
ii. Elizabeth Rebecca, b. Jan. 14, 1810.
iii. Samuel Watson, b. Oct. 27, 1811.
iv. infant son, b. and d. Sept. 5, 1813.

Children of Samuel Browning and Catherine Avery, i. born in Rutland, MA; ii. to vi. b. in Middlebury, VT.
i. Catherine, b. Feb. 17, 1817.
#111 ii.MARY AVERY, b. Jan. 7, 1819, m. Rev. Jonathan Blanchard.
iii. Hannah Watson, b. June 5, 1821.
iv. Joseph Avery, b. April 22, 1823.
v. Maria Allen,. b. April 5, 1825.
vi. George, b. March 29, 1827.

US SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION, membership application 1889-1970, #66401
b. date 1784 d. date 1858
Submitted by Charles Albert Blanchard, SAR #2111, Jonathan Blanchard 2111; Mary Avery Bent 2111, Samuel Browning Bent 2111.

Samuel married Catharine Avery on 13 Mar 1816 in Holden,, MA. Catharine (daughter of Joseph Avery and Mary Allen) was born on 03 Feb 1788 in Holden,, MA; died on 03 Oct 1865 in Hoyleton,, IL. [Group Sheet]

1. Catherine Bent was born on 17 Feb 1817 in Rutland, MA.
2. Mary Avery Bent was born on 07 Jan 1819 in Middlebury,, VT; died on 11 Jan 1890 in East Las Vegas,, NM.
3. Hannah Watson Bent was born on 05 Jun 1821 in Middlebury, VT.
4. Joseph Avery Bent was born on 22 Apr 1823 in Middlebury, VT.
5. Maria Allen Bent was born on 05 Apr 1825 in Middlebury, VT.
6. George Bent was born on 29 Mar 1827.

Samuel married Hannah Watson on 01 Jan 1807. Hannah was born on 13 Feb 1786 in Spencer, MA; died on 07 Sep 1813 in Rutland, MA. [Group Sheet]

1. Martha Maria Bent was born on 12 Jan 1808 in Rutland, MA.
2. Elizabeth Rebecca Bent was born on 14 Jan 1810 in Rutland, MA.
3. Samuel Watson Bent was born on 27 Oct 1811 in Rutland, MA.

Notes:

The Bent Family, by Allen H. Bent, published 1900.

page 28-29.

#23 of Bent Family.

David (4) Bent (David (3), John (2), John (1)), blacksmith, was born in Framingham, March 30, 1730; died in Rutland, MA, Jan. 15, 1798, age nearly 68. The year of his marriage, or possibly before, he moved to Rutland, where he was an active and useful citizen. In addition to working at his trade, he had a large farm (160 acres at the time of his death) in the southern part of the town, a portion of it lying in what, in 1765, became the district of Paxton (incorporated as a town in 1775). The inventory of his estate included half of a pew in Rutland meeting-house and two-thirds of a pew in Paxton meeting-house. Rutland, it may be said in passing, is a fine old hill town in the very centre of the state. Jan. 3, 1775, he was chosen one of fifteen men who were to act as a Committee of Inspection to carry out the Acts of Congress. March 13, 1775, a military company was formed and David Bent was chosen captain. This company marched to Cambridge the day after the battle of Lexington and was out six days. From April 6, 1776, until March 13, 1780, when he resigned, he commanded a company in the 7th Worcester County regiment. Marched to Bennington in August, 1777.

Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 15, 1787, a cyclone swept over Rutland, doing much damage. The account in Sidney Perley's "Historic Storms of New England," says: "Seemingly gathering new fury, it continued down the side of a hill, struck a corner of Captain Bent's house and lifted the barn in the air, knocking it to pieces and throwing several large timbers a considerable distance. In the barn were four or five tons of hay, which was wholly lost. A blacksmith shop and part of a shed were entirely carried away, together with nearly two hundred apple trees; and much of the walls and fences was demolished."

The old house in which he lived is still standing, a two-and-a-half story building, east of Turkey Hill Pond, on the road from Rutland to Paxton, near the dividing line, and about 2 1/2 miles from the centre of either town. The big chimney, the little panes of glass, and the old floors held down by hand-made nails, have only recently(1898) been removed. The barn was divided several years ago and the blacksmith shop and out buildings have long since disappeared. The farm is still considered one of the best in Rutland.

Capt. David Bent married first, April 3, 1751, Lucy, daughter of Peter Moore of Rutland. He married second, Oct. 2, 1783, Martha, born Nov. 21, 1744, died July 9, 1817, daughter of James and Elizabeth Browning of Rutland.

Children of David and Lucy, all born in Rutland, MA: eleven

Children of David and Martha, born in Rutland:
#49 i. SAMUEL BROWNING, (5), B. Nov. 27, 1784.

David married Martha Browning on 02 Oct 1783 in Rutland,WorcesterCo,MA. Martha (daughter of James Browning and Elizabeth A. Davis) was born on 21 Nov 1744 in Rutland,WorcesterCo,MA; died on 09 Jul 1817 in Rutland,WorcesterCo,MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The Bent Family, by Allen H. Bent, published 1900.

pages 19-20.

#10 of Bent Family.

David (3) Bent (John (2), John (1)) was born about 1691 in Framingham, where he died Feb. 15, 1730, age 39. He married, Jan. 1, 1713, Mary, daughter of Capt. Thomas Drury, the first town clerk of Framingham.

Children, all born in Framingham:

i. John, b. Oct. 22, 1713.
ii. David, b. March 22, 1717.
iii. Mary, b. Aug. 5, 1718.
iv. Lydia, b. April 6, 1721.
v. Sarah, b. Jan. 12, 1727.
#23. vi. DAVID, B. MARCH 30, 1730 (posthumous)

David married Mary Drury on 01 Jan 1713 in Sudbury,Middlesex,MA. Mary (daughter of Capt Thomas Drury and Rachael Rice) was born in 1696 in of Framingham, MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

NOTE: all marriage, birth and death dates are recorded in Rutland, Worcester County, Vital Records.

NOTE: There is NO information on James Browning in NEHGR or The Great Migration.

James married Elizabeth A. Davis about 1721 in Rutland,WorcesterCo,MA. Elizabeth was born in 1706 in Of Rutland, MA; died in 1791 in Rutland,WorcesterCo,MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The Bent Family, Allen H. Bent, published 1900.

pages 15-16.

#4 of Bent Family.

John (2) Bent (John-1) was born in Penton-Grafton, England, in Jan., 1636, and died in Framingham, MA, in Sept. (buried the 15th), 1717, age 81. He came to America with his father in 1638, and was brought up in Sudbury, MA. In 1662, four years after his marriage, he bought land of Henry Rice near the fordway over the Cochituate Brook, on the west side of the old Connecticut Path (*** see below), in what is now the town of Framingham, and built one of the first houses on Framingham land. April 16, 1683, he bought sixty acres adjoining. In the Sudbury town records, under date of Oct. 26, 1686, is an "agreement between the town of Sudbury and certain out-dwellers, viz.: Corporal John Bent * * * * who are inhabitants bordering upon, but dwelling without the line or bounds of the town." The first petition for the incorporation of the town of Framingham, in 1693, was headed by John Bent. It was not incorporated, however, until 1700. At the second town meeting, March 3, 1701,he was chosen one of the tythingmen, who were men of authority not only on Sunday but throughout the week, and doubtless he performed the delicate duties with dignity and discretion. In his will, dated Feb. 19, 1714-15, "in the first year of our sovereign George of England, King," etc., he says that he is "very sick and weake in Body." His property is to be divided equally between his two sons, his daughter having already received her portion.

He married, first, July 1, 1658, Hannah, born June 6, 1640, daughter of John and Anne Stone of Cambridge, and second, Martha, born August 17, 1657, daughter of Matthew Rice, who was a brother of Edward Rice that married John Bent's sister Agnes.

(***) This old Indian trail was for years the only way the eastern settlers had to reach the towns on the Connecticut River. It went along the north bank of Charles River, thence to northern end of Cochituate Pond, and S.W. through South Framingham, etc.

NOTE: THE BENT FAMILY GENEALOGY HAD ERRORS AS ALLEN H. BENT ATTRIBUTED ALL 3 CHILDREN TO WIFE NO. 1, HANNAH STONE. THIS ISN'T POSSIBLE AS HANNAH DIED BETWEEN 1681 AND 1684. ONLY HANNAH, B. IN 1661 IS THE CHILD OF HANNAH STONE; JOHN AND DAVID MUST BE THE CHILDREN OF MARTHA RICE.

SOURCE: Genealogical Register of Framingham (CD):

Probably he was the fourth man to build on Framingham land. He m. (1) July 1, 1658, Hannah Stone, dau. of John; (2) Martha Rice, dau. of Matthew, CHILDREN- HANNAH, b. May 6, 1661, m. John Adams; John, b. Nov. 29, 1689 (#3); David (#4).

John married Martha Rice. Martha (daughter of Matthew Rice and Living) was born on 17 Aug 1657 in Sudbury,Middlesex,MA. [Group Sheet]

Capt married Rachael Rice on 15 Dec 1687 in Sudbury, MA (see Torrey). Rachael (daughter of Henry Rice and Elizabeth Moore) was born on 10 May 1664 in Sudbury,Middlesex,MA. [Group Sheet]