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An American Family History

Dent Family
Marylandwas established with religious freedom for Catholics. The colonial economy was based on tobacco cultivated by Africans who had been enslaved.

William Dent (1660-1704) married Elizabeth Fowke.

Their children included:

Captain George Dent was born about 1690 in Charles County Maryland. He married Ann Harbart, daughter of Captain William Harbart.

In 1718 George Dent was the executor of William Bowles' estate and of William Harbart's.

In 1718 Anne Harbart Dent inherited a part of Clarke's Purchase which he had bought.

In 1726, the widow, Anne Dent, requested that John Howard's gift to William Dent of 15 ewes and a ram that he had received from Thomas Dent's estate be recorded.

George Dent died in 1754.

 
The first European settlements in Maryland were made in 1634 when English settlers created a permanent colony.
 

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