Colonel William Peter Dent

Colonel William Peter Dent

Male 1660 - 1705  (44 years)


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  • Name William Peter Dent  [1, 2, 3
    Title Colonel 
    Birth 27 Sep 1660  Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 13 Feb 1705  Nanjemoy, Charles, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    • Event Description: Nanjemoy
    • Nanjemoy
    Person ID I5550  footsteps
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

    Father Colonel Thomas Dent, Sr.,   b. 1631, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1676, Saint Mary's, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Rebecca Wilkinson,   b. 1633, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 20 Aug 1726, Prince George, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 93 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1659  Saint Mary's, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Age at Marriage Thomas was ~ 28 years - Rebecca was ~ 26 years. 
    Family ID F407  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Elizabeth Fowke,   b. 1664, Port Tobacco, Charles, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1703, Charles County, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 8 Feb 1684  Port Tobacco, Charles, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Age at Marriage William was 23 years and 5 months - Mary was ~ 20 years and 2 months. 
    Children 
    +1. Colonel George Dent,   b. 27 Sep 1690, Saint Mary's, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1754, Nanjemoy, Charles, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F2223  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775.

    2. [S12] Corr. with Barbara Baker, (bdocbaker@comcast.net).

    3. [S9] Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775.
      Record for Robert Brent

    4. [S289] Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Dorset Parish Registers; Reference: PE/SH:RE1/2.