The Bent Family in America, Vol. 3: Being Mainly a Genealogy of the Descendants of John Bent Who Settled in Sudbury, Mass;, In 1638, With Notes Upon the Family in England and Elsewhere (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Allen H. Bent

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332002641 ISBN 13: 9781332002641

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2019

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Bent Family in America, Vol. 3: Being Mainly a Genealogy of the Descendants of John Bent Who Settled in Sudbury, Mass;, In 1638, With Notes Upon the Family in England and Elsewhere Family histories are evolved slowly, notably so the Bent genealogy. The writer first became interested in the subject at the centennial of his native town in 1885. In the summer of 1888 the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first Bent in America and the centenary of the birth of Hyman Bent, were celebrated by the descendants of the latter at the ancestral home in Fitzwilliam, N. H. For this gathering a brief account of Hyman Bent's ancestry was prepared and afterwards printed. This encouraged further research, and in the New-England Historical and Genealogical Register for July, 1894, appeared a short account of the first four generations of Bents in America. Since then many pleasant hours have been spent in the company of old books, manuscripts and memorials of bygone years, in the endeavor "To summon from the shadowy PastThe forms that once have been." The principal books containing information of the family are the History of Marlboro', Mass., by Rev. Charles Hudson 1862; the old History of Framingham, Mass., by Rev. William Barry 1847; the new History of Framingham, by Rev. Josiah H. Temple 1887; the History of Rutland, Mass., by Deacon Jonas Reed 1836; the History of Milton, Mass., by Rev. Albert K. Teele 1887; the History of Canton, Mass., by D. T. V. Huntoon 1893; the History of Fitzwilliam, N. H., by Rev. John F. Norton and Joel Whittemore 1888; the History of Paris, Me., by William B. Lapham 1884; the History of Annapolis County, N. S., by W. A. Calnek and Judge A. W. Savary 1897, and of course Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England, with which all good genealogical students begin their researches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reprod

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1332002641
• ISBN 13: 9781332002641
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 353