Brent

Neale's Brents

Robert De Brent was born in Cossington, Somersetshire, England in 1220, and died in Cossington, Somersetshire, England before 1261/62. He married Millicent in Somersetshire, England in 1249. Millicent was born in 1225 in Cossington Somersetshire, England, and died after 1261. Their union produced Robert de Brent about 1250 in Cossington, Somersetshire, England.⁵

Sir Robert de Brent was born about 1250 in Cossington, Somersetshire, England, a son of Robert De Brent and Millicent. He also died in Cossington, Somersetshire, England on an unknown date. He married Isabella de Montachute, a daughter of Simon Montachute. Isabella was born about 1255 in Cossington, Somersetshire, England and died after 1308. They had a son, Robert de Brent, born in in Cossington,Somersetshire, England after 1280.

Sir Robert de Brent was a son of Sir Robert de Brent and Isabella de Montachute and was born after 1280 in Cossington, Somersetshire, England. Death date unknown. He married Clarice de la Ford after 1309 in Bawdrip, Somersetshire, England. They had a son, Robert de Brent., born about 1310.⁵

Sir Robert de Brent was a son of Sir Robert de Brent and wife, Clarice de la Ford, born about 1310 in Cossington, Somersetshire, England, and died about 1352 in Cossington, Somersetshire, England. He married Elizabeth Deneband about 1339 in Cossington, Somersetshire, England. Elizabeth Deneband was born about 1315 in Cossington, Somersetshire, England, and was a daughter of William Deneband.⁵

Sir John de Brent was born about 1340 in Cossington, Somersetshire, England, and died in Cossington, Somersetshire, England. (date unknown). He married Joan le Eyre about 1362 in Middlezoy, Somersetshire, England. They had a son, John de Brent, born about 1367. Joan le Eyre was the daughter of John le Eyre.⁵

Sir John de Brent was born about 1367 in Cossington, Somersetshire, England, (birth date unknown), (marriage date unknown) his wife's name was Joan Latimer. They had a son, Robert de Brent.

Sir Robert de Brent (birth date unknown), died about 1508. He married Margaret Malet about 1474. They had a son, Robert Brent, about 1477.⁵

Robert Brent was born about 1477 and died in 1531. He married Margery Colchester about 1499. They had a son, William Brent, born about 1477.

Sir William Brent was born in 1503 and died in 1595. He married Elizabeth Worth. They had a son, Richard Brent Esquire in 1550.

Richard Brent Esquire, Lord, Stoke and Admington, Gloucestershire, England born 1550 married Mary Huggerford daughter of John Hugford Esquire of Henwood in 1572.⁵

Sir Richard Brent, Lord of Stoke and Admington, Gloucestershire England; born 1573, and died 1 May 1652 in Stoke, Gloucestershire, England. He was the son of Richard Brent and Mary Huggerford. He married Elizabeth Reed in 1594 in Admington, England. Elizabeth Reed, born About 1578 in Tusburie, England; died 1631. She was the daughter of Giles Reed and Catherine Greville. ^{3,
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Richard and Elizabeth had the following children:

Richard Brent, born about. 1595 in Of Stoke, Gloucester, , England; died 1671; married (1) Margaret Baronet; married (2) Margaret Peshall
Catherine Brent, born about. 1598 in Admington, Gloucestershire, England; died November 01, 1640.
William Brent, born 1600 in Admington, Gloucestershire, England; died May 21, 1661; married Barbara Brent.
Margaret Brent, born 1601 in Admington, Gloucestershire, England; died May 1671 in Westmoreland, Virginia.
George Brent, born 1602 in Defford, Worcestershire, England; died 1671; married (1) Marianne (Anne) Peyton; (married (2) Brent.)
Giles Brent, born about 1606 in Admington, Gloucestershire, England; died August 31, 1671 in Stafford, Virginia; married (1) Mrs Frances Harrison; married (2) Mary Kittamquund in St Mary's, Maryland.
Fulke Brent, born about 1607 in Admington, Gloucestershire, England; died 1656 in England ; married Cecilia ?_
Edward Brent, born about 1609 in Admington, Gloucestershire, England.
Elizabeth Brent, born about 1613 in Admington, Gloucestershire, England.
Eleanor Brent, born about 1615 in Admington, Gloucestershire, England
Jane Brent, born about 1618 in Admington, Gloucestershire, England; died 1680; married Thomas Cassie about 1633.
Anne Brent, born about 1620 in Admington, Gloucestershire, England.

George Brent of Defford was born in 1602 in Defford, Worcestershire, England. His father was Sir Richard Brent and mother, Elizabeth Reed. He married Marianna Peyton, daughter of Sir John Peyton and Alice Peyton, after 1635 in England.

He married two more times after his first wife, Marianna, died. He had several children by these later marriages. None of these children settled in Maryland or Virginia.

George Brent was appointed: 1652, Administrator of his father's estate in 1652

They had several children:^1,2,3.4

George Brent, Capt., born ca. 1640 in Defford, Worcestershire, England; died 1699/1700 in "Woodstock", Stafford Co., VA.
John Brent, born in England, Died young
Henry Brent, born in England; died January 1693/94 in Maryland. He married Ann Calvert, a daughter of Leonard Calvert. Ann Calvert had first, married Baker Brooke. When Henry Brent died (1694) none of his children were living; his property descended to George Brent of Woodstock.
William Brent, born in England; died 1674, unmarried
Edward Brent, born in England; died 1676 in Douai, France, while at college in Flanders. He was a Benedictine monk in France
Robert Brent, born 1660 in Defford, Worcestershire, England; died 19 January 1695/96 in Stafford County, Virginia.
Anne Brent, born in England. She married James Clifton; died circa.1714

Ann Brent born about 1640, daughter of George Brent and Marianna Peyton of Lancastershire, England married James Clifton about 1661. James Clifton was the first Clifton of this line to come to America. He was in St. Mary's County, Maryland 12 October 1663 and in 1669 he was in Stafford County, Virginia. For the continuation of this line, please follow this link.

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Sources:
Descendants of Richard Brent and Elizabeth Reed through the Thomas William Brent Family- Internet Note:[The two major sources for the information in the Brent genealogy is from ¹The Brent Family, by David, M. French, and ²Descendants of Coll Giles Brent, Captain George Brent and Robert Brent, Gentlemen, Immigrants to Maryland and Virginia, by Chester Horton Brent, Rutland, Vermont, Tuttle Publishing Co., 1946.]
³familypedia.wikia/Elizabeth_Read
⁴Ancestry.com -Internet
⁵British Roots of Maryland families, page 23, Genealogical Publishing 1999

Modified 13 August 2011