Joseph Avery 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]

Notes:

AVERY of Dedham, MA--

Catharine,(8), (Joseph-7, William-6, William-5)

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:

Dedham Avery-s :

INFORMATION FROM: GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF THE DEDHAM BRANCH OF THE AVERY FAMILY IN AMERICA, compiled by Jane G. (Avery) Carter and Susie P. Holmes. Published by Winslow W. Avery of Plymouth, MA, 1893.

Joseph (8), William-7, William-6, William-5, William-4 (came to New England in 1650 to Dedham, MA), Robert-3, William-2, Robert of Pill-1.

Note: Pill is now known as Pylle, Somerset, England. This was the residence of our earliest known ancestor, Robert Avery (1), is 3 1/4 miles south of Shepton Mallet, in White Stone Hundred; acres, 1,570; houses, 35 in 1831;population, 216 in 1841. Pylle House (as per Black's Guide) is on the Bath & Bridport Railway. There is a town by the same name near the mouth of the Severn, on map of England, in Cotton's general atlas of 1862, (it is not the ancient Pill, however,) 15 1/2 miles from Bath, and 2 1/4 miles from Shepton Mallot.

The name Pill seems to correspond to the Welsh POIEL, an inlet or pool.

William Avery-4, our earliest ancestor in America, lived in Barkham, Berkshire, England.

DEDHAM , CONGREGATIONAL FIRST CHURCH RECORDS- record the birth of Joseph Avery.

Joseph married Mary Allen before 1778. Mary (daughter of James Allen and Mary Adams) was born about 1754 in ?? Dedham,,MA; died on 01 Apr 1842 in Holden or Dedham,,MA(in her 88th year). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Groton Avery's-:

Mary Allen, niece of Governor Samuel Adams.

Note: Mary Allen is not included in records of Dedham 1st or South Churches.

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]

William married Bethia Metcalf on 10 Dec 1741 in Dedham,,MA. Bethia (daughter of John Metcalf and Bethia Savels) was born on 31 Dec 1715 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; died on 25 Dec 1793 in Dedham,,MA. [Group Sheet]

James married Mary Adams in 1742 in Boston,,MA. Mary (daughter of Samuel Adams and Mary Fifield) was born on 30 Jul 1717 in Boston,,MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Notes from Gerhard Cook' gen file: "Mary Adams goes back to Charlemagne.")