Charles County Maryland Will Book AF-7, 1777-1782; Page 665. Hatch Dent Sr's Will. May 19, 1781. I, Hatch Dent Sr of CC, planter, am weak of body. To my son Hezekiah - the plantation whereon I now live, called Dents Pallace, provided my wife shall enjoy the use of sd plantation during her natural life. To my son Hatch Dent - 4 slaves named Alce, esther, Ann, & Jacob. Also a bed and furniture, and a desk. To the heirs of my son John - a Negro boy called Harry. To my granddaughter Ann Dyson - a roan horse and a chest, a bed with furniture, & a cow & calf. To my granddaughter. Margaret Dyson - a Negro girl called Bess, a bed with furniture, & a cow & calf. But if she should depart this life without an heir of her body, sd Negro to belong to my granddaughter Ann Dyson. To my other children not already mentioned - all my moveable effects, goods, and chattels, to be equally divided amongst them (excepting a Negro boy called Coffee), but with the proviso that my wife shall have the use of all my said moveable effects, goods, and chattels, during her natural life. To my daughter Rody Turner - the afd excepted Negro boy called Coffee. My will is that the still shall go with my plantation, as already bequeathed. Executor: my son Hezekiah. Signed - Hatch (H his mark) Dent Sr. Wit - Bennett Dyson, Michael Dent, Thomas Dent. Probated on Sep 10, 1781 by the oaths of the executor and all three witnesses. Thomas Hatch Dent, the heir at law, was present at the taking of the above probate, who did not object to the same. === Was a soldier in the Revolutionary War
Birth [1706 Newport W Hundred (Hd) Charles Co MD (Chas Co): Hatch Dent born (age 61 in Oct 1767 deposition, age 72 in Jun 1779 deposition [see below]); father John Dent, mother possibly Catherine ------ (stated that his father was John Dent in 1767 deposition; see narrative article on John Dent {John1})] === Marr [c1728-29 poss Portobacco W Hd Chas Co: Hatch Dent married Anne (Chapman) (date estimated from birthdate of first child; wife's given name from Trinity Par Vestry Prcdgs (TPVP); maiden name suggested from 1730 deed [see below], and from use of Chapman as middle name for several of Hatch and Ann's grandchildren)] === Son 2 Dec 1729 [Chas Co]: John, son of Hatch and Anne Dent, born «TPVP» [NOTE: this and following children's births were all recorded in TPVP after Trinity Par was formed from King and Queen Par in 1752, so it is only by implication that these births took place in the area that became Trinity Par] === 10 Mar 1730/31 Chas Co: Hatch Dent and Anne his wife sold to Matthew Barnes Jr their interest in tract "St Edmondsbury" [located in Port Tobacco W Hd] «Chas Co Deed Bk (ChD) M2:243» [This tract was purchased by Edward Chapman in 1705 (see ChD Z1:223). Edward's wife was Hester Manning, dau of Joseph Manning (see his will, Prerog Ct of MD Will Bk (PCW) 14:447). After Edward died by 15 Feb 1713/14 (see Prerog Ct of MD Inventories and Accounts Book (PCIA) 35A:151), his wife was remarried to Thomas Matthews bef 31 May 1715 (see PCIA 36B:330); Thomas had some connection with Catherine Dent, the widow of Hatch's father John Dent, since Thomas signed as Catherine's surety for her administration of John's estate (see Prerog Ct of MD Accounts Book (PCA) 18:1)]
Charles County Land Records, Liber M#2 Page 243. At the request of Mathew Barnes Jr of CC, planter, the following deed was recorded this Mar 30, 1730 [1731]. "in law" was added in a different handwriting. That is, it looks like this document originally was written, "my two sons". Mar 10, 1730 from Hatch Dent and Anne, his wife of CC, to Mathew Barnes Jr of CC, planter, for 2000 lbs of tobacco and for other good causes, a certain tract of land called St Edmonds Bury, lying in CC, bounded by Mr Emenson's land at Nanjemy [Cr], containing about 100 acres. Signed - Hatch Dent, Anne (X her mark) Dent. Wit - John King*, Thos Stone*. === 1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland Hundred - Port Tobacco: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 309-52: ST. EDMUNDSBURY: 100 acres; Possession of - 100 Acres - Chapman, Edward: Surveyed 23 Feb 1671 for Edmund Taylor at a bound black oak the Easternmost bounds of Nicholas Emerson bounds at Nanjemoy.: Conveyance notes - 100 Acres - Mathew Barnes Jr. from Hatch Dent & Ann; 1 March 1730, 100 Acres - Philip Lynes from Edmond Taylor; 14 Nov 1676,, , , , === Dau 13 Apr 1732 [Chas Co]: Mary, dau of Hatch and Anne Dent, born «TPVP» === 10 Mar 1732/33 Chas Co: John Dent {elder bro} conveyed to Hatch Dent "in consideration of the natural love and brotherly affection which he hath and beareth towards the said Hatch Dent" 144A of "Dent's Inheritance" «ChD M2:322» === 1733 "Newport West Side Lower Part" Hd Chas Co: Hatch Dent on tax list with 1 tithable
Dau 4 Nov 1734 [Newport W Hd Chas Co]: Catherine, dau of Hatch and Anne Dent, born «TPVP»
Dau 7 May 1737 [Newport W Hd Chas Co]: Ann, dau of Hatch and Anne Dent, born «TPVP»
Dau 22 Dec 1739 [Newport W Hd Chas Co]: Lydia, dau of Hatch and Anne Dent, born «TPVP»
Dau 10 May 1742 [Newport W Hd Chas Co]: Esther, dau of Hatch and Anne Dent, born «TPVP»
Dau 4 Nov 1744 [Newport W Hd Chas Co]: Rhoda, dau of Hatch and Anne Dent, born «TPVP»
Son 2 Aug 1747 [Newport W Hd Chas Co]: Hezekiah, son of Hatch and Anne Dent, born «TPVP» === 21 Jun 1749: Hatch Dent received grant for "Dent's Gore" of 34A «MD Land Office Record Bk (LOR) BC&GS #1:645, #2:278»
Son 20 May 1751 [Newport W Hd Chas Co]: Hatch, son of Hatch and Anne Dent, born «TPVP» === 1753-56 Chas Co: debt books list Hatch Dent with part of "Dent's Inheritance" of 145A and "Dent's Gore" of 34A === 12 Nov 1753 Chas Co: John Dent sold to Hatch Dent for £30 sterling money of Great Britain 144A "Dent's Inheritance"; Mary wife of John Dent acknowledged her right of dower «ChD A3:138» [this deed duplicated the 10 Mar 1732/33 deed to Hatch (see above)] === 21 Jan 1754: Hatch Dent received warrant to resurvey 145A part of "Dent's Inheritance", and "Dent's Gore" of 34A «LOR TI #6:426». 25 Mar 1754: certificate of survey issued to Hatch Dent for "Dent's Palace" of 209A on Gilbert Swamp, under warrant of resurvey for two contiguous tracts, 145A of "Dent's Inheritance" and "Dent's Gore" of 34A, plus 30A of vacancy added «LOR BC&GS #5:178». 4 Dec 1754: Hatch Dent received patent for "Dent's Palace" of 209A «LOR BC&GS #7:181». === 22 Oct 1755 Trinity Par Chas Co: vestrymen and church wardens met at newly built parish church, at which time a large number of Protestant freeholders of the parish met according to notice and declared their desire to have pews distributed through lottery scheme proposed by parish vestry; those present included: church warden Hatch Dent, and freeholders Thos Dent, Michael Dent, Peter Dent, Benjamin Dent and John Dent Senr «TPVP» === 29 Nov 1755 Chas Co: Hatch Dent of Chas Co sold to John Dent {son of Hatch} of same county for £20 sterling money of Great Britain part of "Dent's Palace" containing 100A; the same day Hatch Dent acknowledged the deed [no mention of wife's relinquishing of dower], and certified receipt of £20 from John Dent Junr «ChD A3:404» === 31 May 1756 Trinity Par: 1/3 of pew no. 20 assigned to Thos Dent, who paid £0.13.4; 2/3 of pew no. 20 assigned to Hatch Dent and Peter Dent, who paid £1.6.8 «TPVP» === 1757-62 Chas Co: debt books list Hatch Dent with "Dent's Palace" of 209A === Aug 1760 Trinity Par: following were on list of parishioners contributing to aid sufferers from Boston fire, with amounts given: Hatch Dent, £0.11.3; John Dent Jr {son of Hatch}, £0.3.4; Benjamin Dent, £0.7.6; John Dent, £0.7.6; Michael Dent, £0.7.6; and Thomas Dent, £0.7.6. «Calendar of MD State papers, Black Bk series #1010 X, 132» === 1 Nov 1760 Chas Co: administration bond on estate of John Dyson, decd, granted to Lydia Dyson, who posted bond of £200 with Hatch Dent and John Dent {prob son of Hatch} as her sureties «Prerog Ct of MD Testamentary Prcdgs (PCTP) 38:42» === 31 Oct 1761 Chas Co: goods and chattels of Sarah Maddox decd appraised by John Marshall and Henry Thompson, with Samuel Turner and Hatch Dent signing inventory as kin «Prerog Ct of MD Invy Bk (PCI) 80:376» [unknown relationship between Sarah and Hatch] === 1763-66 Chas Co: debt books list Hatch Dent with "Dent's Palace" of 109A === [c1766] Chas Co: goods and chattels of Andrew Hilton decd appraised by Thomas Dent and Hatch Dent, with John Hilton and Samuel Hilton signing inventory as next of kin «PCI 90:69» === 26 Apr 1766 Chas Co: John Dent (signed "John Dent Jr son of Hatch") sold to Hatch Dent for £30 part of "Dent's Palace" containing 100A «ChD O3:61» === 1767-[74?] Chas Co: debt books list Hatch Dent with "Dent's Palace" of 209A === 10 Oct 1767 Chas Co: Hatch Dent gave deposition to a commission examining the bounds of tract "Oneals Desert", in possession of Thomas Reed Cooksey; in deposition, declared himself to be about 61 years of age, and referred to his father John Dent, now deceased «Chas Co Ct Prcdgs Bk (ChCP) Q3:405» === 10 Aug 1773 Chas Co: goods and chattels of Justinian Cooksey Jr decd appraised by Hatch Dent and John Dent son [of Hatch?], with Justinian Cooksey and Thomas Rd Cooksey signing inventory as next of kin «PCI 113:433» === Early 1778 Newport W Hd Chas Co: Hatch Dent Sr on constable's list «ChCP X3:630-640» ===- 21 Feb 1778 Chas Co: Hatch Dent and Michael Dent took oath of fidelity to State of MD before magistrate John Parnham [of Newport W Hd] «ChCP X3:641-651» === 30 Jun 1779 Chas Co: Hatch Dent gave deposition to a commission examining the bounds of tract "Oneals Desert", in possession of Thomas Matthews, as follows: "Hatch Dent aged about seventy two years being duly sworn ... deposeth and saith that about forty years agoe he this deponent saith he was shewed the place where he now stands or near it being on the east side of Gilbert Swamp and within about fifteen yards of said swamp, there stood a small white oak tree, which Thomas Dyson Senr John Dyson and Henry Davis told him this deponent that the said tree was the begining tree of a tract of land called Oneals Desert, and that the said Thomas Dyson Senr John Dyson and Henry Davis told him this deponent, that they had their information from Henry Norris and [further] this deponent saith not." (signed by mark) «ChCP Y3:473» === 1779 Trinity Par: Hatch Dent Sr on list of subscribers to parish from "[Newport] West Hundred"; listed for four subscriptions and 120 lbs of tobacco total contribution «TPVP» === 19 May 1781 Chas Co: in his will Hatch Dent Senr devised to his son Hezakiah his dwelling plantation "Dent's Palace", with his wife (unnamed) to enjoy use; to his son Hatch Dent four slaves; to heirs of his son John a negro boy; to his granddaus Anne Dyson and Margaret Dyson personalty; to his other children not already mentioned all other moveable effects, with wife to have use; to his dau Rody Turner a negro boy; appointed son Hezakiah sole executor; witnesses were Bennett Dyson, Michael Dent and Thomas Dent «Chas Co Will Bk (ChW) AF7:665»
Death [bef 10 Sep 1781 Chas Co: Hatch Dent died (date of probate of will)] === 10 Sep 1781 Chas Co: will of Hatch Dent Senr proved by oath of Bennett Dyson, Michael Dent and Thomas Dent; Thomas Hatch Dent, heir-at-law {eldest son of Hatch's deceased eldest son John}, was present at probate «ChW AF7:665» === 10 Sep 1781 Chas Co: letters testamentary on estate of Hatch Dent Sr granted to Hezekiah Dent; he posted bond of £1000, with Thomas Dent and Michael Dent as his sureties «ChW AF7:681» === 26 Sep 1781 Chas Co: estate of Hatch Dent Sr appraised at £286.7.9 by Bennett Dyson and James Simms, with Hatch Dent and Peter Dent signing the inventory as next of kin, and Henry Cooksey and Thos Swann signing as greatest creditors. 27 Oct 1781 Chas Co: inventory presented in court by Hezekiah Dent, executor. «ChW AF7:671» ===- 27 Jul 1782 Chas Co: Hezekiah Dent, executor, presented into court additional inventory on estate of Hatch Dent Sr, amounting to £0.10.0 «ChW AG8:40» === 27 Jul 1782 Chas Co: Hezekiah Dent, executor, presented into court final account on estate of Hatch Dent Sr; payments made out to Thomas Swann for making coffin, Dr Richd Brown, and Henry Dent for schooling Margeret Dyson; final balance to be disposed according to will was £394.17.81/2; sureties were Thomas Dent and Michael Dent [both] of Chas Co «ChW AG8:40» === MADDOX, SARAH (Hatch), Charles Co. 29 Apr 1760; 17 Oct, 1761 To John Maddox, son of Notley Maddox,, of Charles Co.., dec'd, all lands I possess, of which was -the land of my dec'd. husband, John Maddox,, which are called Maddox's Trouble, 236 A.; Hatch, 100 A.; Hatton's Improvement, 30 A,; Bluff Point, 7 A, and Gore, 1-3/4 A. The lands afsd. to Townley Maddox, son of afsd. Notley Maddox, dec'd, and Samuel Maddox of St, Mary's County, son of John Maddox, to be divided between Townley and Samuel. Also give John Maddox, son of Notley Maddox, dec'd, soma slaves. To Sarah Hatch Maddox, dau. of the above mentioned John Maddox, some slaves. To Notley Maddox., son of Notley Maddox, dec'd., some slaves. To Samuel Maddox, son of John Maddox, some slaves. To Jane Warren wife to John Warren, some slaves. To Richard Smoot, who served his time with my dec'd. husband, John Maddox, some furniture, cattle and etc. To Hatch Dent, some cattle. To Lydia Turner, dau. of Edward Turner of St. Mary's Co., To Wm. Vincent, son of William Vincent.. dec'd., one slave now at Sarah Vincent's mother of the sd. William Vincent. To friend John Hanson, Jr., son of Samuel Hanson, dec'd., all remaining pt, of estate, Ex: John Hanson., Jr. Wit: Han Thompson., Humphrey Warren, Thos. Hawton. 31. 485 === Benjamin Wood 5.162 D CH £1011.8.6 May 17 1769 Sureties: William Posten, John Dent (son of Hatch Dent). Distribution to: Widow (unnamed, 1/3). Residue to children: Benjamin (1/6), Druscilla (1/6), John (1/12), Leonard (1/12), Helena (1/12), Elisabeth (1/12) Executors: Anne Wood, Benjamin Wood, === BARNES, HENRY, Charles Co 15 Nov 1749; 30 Dec 1749 To my bro. Matthew Barnes ex., my whole estate. Wit: Hatch Dent, Anne Dent, Will, Eilbeck. 27, 174 === THOMPSON, Thomas, Charles Co. 30 Nov 1749; 1 Jan 1749/50 To son Thomas Thompson, wearing apparell. To dau. Mary Carbery, Negro woman Sary. To grandson Thomas Carbery, Negro girl Heneristo. To son Henry Thompson, 1 Mill share. To dau. Elizabeth Angel, Negro woman Bess, and cattle. To gran dau. Jane Angel, Negro boy Hery, To son Richard Thompson, horse. To son Joseph Thompson, land 3 tracts joining each other, "High Cliftes," 50 A., "Thompsons Delight" 120 A., and "Haply", 621/2 A. To dau. Anne Sanders, boat and Negro man Tom, To son Joseph Thompson, Negro girl Grace, boy Jack. Rest of estate to son Joseph Thompson, Son Joseph Thompson, ex. Wit: Hatch Dent, Anne Dent, Will Eilbeck. 27.174. === Charles County Land Records, Liber M#2 Page 322. [very faded] At the request of Hatch Dent of CC, the following deed was recorded this Mar 21, 1732. Mar 10, 1732 from John Dent of CC, planter, to Hatch Dent of CC, for the brotherly affection that John has for Hatch and for divers other causes .. a tract of land called Dents Inheritance .. Signed - J_ Dent. Wit - .. Jno Fendall*. === Charles County Land Record Book A#2, 1752-1756; Page (138). Nov 12, 1753 from John Dent of CC, to Hatch Dent of CC, for 30 £ sterling, all that parcel of land, being part of a tract of land in CC on the north side of a branch called Piles Fresh, called Dents Inheritance, containing and laid out for about 144 acres. Signed - John Dent. Wit - Jno Winter, James Nivison. Mary, the wife of sd John Dent, relinquished her right of dower. Recorded Nov 15, 1753. === Charles County Land Record Book A#2, 1752-1756; Page (235). Oct 14, 1754 from John Dent of CC, to Michael Dent of CC, for 30 £ sterling, part of a tract of land in CC on the north side of a branch called Piles Fresh, called Dents Inheritance, bounded by Hatch Dent's land, containing and laid out for about 148 acres. Signed - John Dent. Wit - Jno Winter, Jas Nivison. Mary, wife of the sd John Dent, relinquished her right of dower to the lands within mentioned. Recorded Oct 23, 1754. === Charles County Land Record Book A#2, 1752-1756; Page (404). Nov 29, 1755 from Hatch Dent of CC, to John Dent of CC, for 20 £ sterling, part of a tract of land in CC at a branch called Piles Fresh, & called Dents Pallace, bounded by Dents inheritance, containing and laid out for about 100 acres. Signed - Hatch Dent. Wit - Dan of Saint Thos Jenifer, Jas Nevison. Recorded Dec 2, 1755. === Charles County Land Record Book O#3, 1765-1770; Page 61. Apr 26, 1766 from John Dent of CC, to Hatch Dent of CC, for 30 £ part of a tract of land in CC on the north side of a branch called Piles Fresh, called Dents Palace, containing about 100 acres, Signed - John Dent Jr, son of Hatch Wit - John Winter*, Robt Horner*. Recorded Jun 11, 1766.
=== 1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Newport: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 419-291: DENTS INHERITANCE: 1169 acres; Possession of - 1169 Acres - Dent, John: Including 4 tracts [?] Col Barton's, READING, EVANS ADDITION, & BARNABY, Resurveyed 18 Aug 1720 for John Dent and patented to John Dent his son, lying on the North side of Piles Fresh.: Other Tracts Mentioned: READING; EVANS ADDITION; BARNABY; Conveyance notes - {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.}, 144 Acres - Hatch Dent from John Dent; 10 March 1732,144 Acres - Michael Dent from John Dent, 14 Aug 1733, 143 Acres - Benjamin Dent from John Dent, 14 Aug 1733, , ,
