Mary (Brent) Neale (abt. 1689 - 1716)

Born about 1689 in Woodstock, Stafford Co, Virginia Colony

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Died 17 Dec 1716 at about age 27 in Charles County, Province of Maryland

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Biography

1689 Birth and Parents

Mary Brent was born about 1689 in Woodstock, Stafford County, Virginia. She was the daughter of George Brent, b. 1640, Defford, Worcestershire, England, d. 1694, Woodstock, Aquia Creek, Stafford County, Virginia. (Age 54 years). Her mother was Mary Sewell, b. 1659, St. Mary's County, Maryland, d. 12 Mar 1693/94, Stafford County, Virginia (Age 35 years). Mary Brent's parents were married 27 Mar 1687 in Stafford County, Virginia or Charles County, Maryland. ^[1]

George Brent and his second wife Mary Sewell were the parents of one sons and two daughters born after their marriage in 1687: Henry, Mary and Martha. ^[2] in England.

1700 Death of Father

Mary was still a child when her father died in 1700.^[1]

STAFFORD COUNTY VA DEED & WILL BOOK 1699 - 1709; THE ANTIENT PRESS pp. 46-48 ^[1]

• At a Court held for Stafford County 9th day of Octobr. 1700.
• Will of GEORGE BRENT. I George Brent of Woodstock in Virga. contem-

plating the uncertainties of this life do make my last will and testament ., all my worldly estate is to be disposed of ..

• to my loving Brother NICHOLAS BRENT I give all my land and rights to land given me by my Fathers will in Kingdom of England .. my dwelling house and all the lands & tenements with the appurtenances thereunto belonging according as it is by my Fathers will appointed & bequeathed to me .. also my one thousand acres of land at Nomonie as bequeathed me in my Fathers will ..
• To my loving Brother ROBERT BRENT I give my land at Quanticott containing 500 acres bought by my Father which JAMES LEATHERLAND is tenement of 200 acres and bequeathed to me by my Fathers will .. also my 555 acres called Budgeon whereon THOMAS THOMPSON is tenement whereas there is a rent charge upon it of 500 pounds of Tobo. per year for three years laid by my Father in his will be paid to ROBT. KINGS widow.
• To my Brother HENRY BRENT I give 400 acres of my hunting creek land being part of a greater tract whereon ROBERT WILLIAMS is tenement .. also over 400 acres of land more of the same tract to be equally divided ..
• give my Brother Nicholas Brent the plantation the residue of the land whereon said Robt. Williams is tenement being 343 acres of land & my will & desire is that my Brother Henry Brent's dividend of the said land be first laid out and that he possess the same at 18 years of age and that my Brother Robert Brent dividend of said land be next laid out ..
• to my Sister ELIZABETH who intermarried with Mr. THOMAS LONGMAN 200 acres of the 1391 acres lying near Budgeons to my Brother Robert Brent 200 acres more of the same land ..
• to my Brother Nicholas Brent I give 400 acres of the same land in Fee ..
• to my Sister MARY BRENT I give 200 acres of the same land ..
• to my Sister MARTHA BRENT I give 200 acres more of the same land ..
• As to my Brentwood land the first 2020 acres to descend to my Brother Nich. Brent according the same is devised to me by my fathers will also the 5000 acres at Brentwood not yet disposed of I give to my Brother Nich. Brent .. for default of heirs to my Brother Robt, Brent .. (having disposed of his land he proceeds to dispose of his personal estate to those mentioned) ..
• I give all my plate & desire him (Nicholas Brent) to put his coat of arms thereon & keep it in my remembrance for 5 T being given him by my Fathers will ..
• also my gold ring which was my Mothers wedding ring .. also my set of gold buttons.
• To my Brother Robert Brent I give my silver buckles .. also my black horse called Turk now in the woods and to my Cousin THOMAS CLIFTON I give my grey horse ..
• to my Brother Thos. Longman & Doctr. ARTHUR JACKSON each a guinea to buy them a pair of black gloves which I desire them to wear for my sake .. *appoint my two loving Brothers Nicholas Brent & Robert Brent sole Executors .. this first day September 1700.
• Presence Thos. Clifton,

Chas. x Carty, Lucy Gregg, George Brent Nath. Crouch

• The above will was proved in open court .. the ninth day October 1700.

1701 Mary Named in Father's Sell of Land

Prince George's County Land Records, Folio 16a; Indenture, 3 Oct 1701 ^[1]

From: Nicholas & Rob't Brent, Gent of the Colony of Virginia; execx. of last will of George Brent

To: Major Wm. Barton of Prince George's County

200 acres called Willard's Purchase on west side of Patuxent adjacent to James Godgrace property and next to land granted Thomas Hatton, sold by him to Hugh Stanley, uncle of John Stanley; and 400 acres of a neck of land lying between Swanson's alias Freshams Creek and the Patuxent River near Willard's Purchase "John Stanley, called John Stanley of Calvert County, Mariner, joint tenants in common with his brother Edward Stanley" sold on 15 Oct 1690 to Henry Brent, Gent of Calvert County, 2 parcels of land, one called Willard's Purchase originally recorded in records of Calvert County

Signed: Nicho. Brent and Robt Brent

Witnessed: Robert Bradley and James Stoddart

Alienation: 10 Oct 1701 the sum of 6s paid by Maj. William Barton

Maj. Barton required adding to the record a codicil of George Brent written 28 Mar 1698 requiring the Maryland land be sold which mentions his brother Henry Brent and my heirs Henry, Mary and Martha Brent; land called Pitchcroft of 400 acres, land at Swanson's Creek in Patuxent of 300 acres, Rich Leavell in Baltimore County of 600 acres, and "Pokemoke, my part of 1300 acres"

1710 Marriage to Roswell Neale

About 1710 in St. Mary's County, Maryland, she married Roswell Neale, b. 1685, St. Mary's County, Maryland, d. 7 May 1751, St. Mary's County, Maryland - Probate (Age 66 years) ^[1]

Roswell Neale was born about 1685 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He was the son of Anthony Neale, born 1659 in Spain, and died 12 Jul 1723, Charles County, Maryland - Probate, His mother was Elizabeth Roswell, born 1664, St. Mary's County, Maryland and died between 1695 and 1700, St. Mary's County, Maryland (Age 31 years). They were married in July 1682 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. ^[3]

Roswell Neale was born about 1685 in St. Mary's County, Province of Maryland. He was the second son of Anthony Neale and Elizabeth (Roswell) Neale.^[4]

Roswell Neale's first wife was Mary Brent of Stafford County, Virginia.^[4] Roswell and Mary had at least two children:^[4]

1. William Neale b bef 1713, d 1763
2. Henry Neale, b 1713, d 23 Nov 1766

1715 Death of Sister Martha

Brent, Martha Chas. County, 7th Apr., 1715; 12th May, 1715. ^[3]

• To brother William Chandler, ex., sister Mazy Neale, nephew Wm. Brent, personalty.
• To brother Robert Brent, personal estate, including that due from brother Nicholas Brent; also that due from estate of deceased father, Capt, Geo. Brent.

Bros, Oswell {sic Roswell} Neale and Wm. Chandler to pay to Rev. Wm. Hunter certain sum for benefit of poor Catholics.

• Test: Jane Brent, Sarah Mudd. 14. 63.

Martha Brent 36B.172 I CH £139.14.8 Jul 20 1715 ^[3]

• Appraisers: Edward Sanders, Thomas Sanders.
• Next of kin: Oswald {sic Roswell} Neale, Jane Brent.

Mrs. Martha Bent 37A.92 A CH £139.14.8 £101.8.9 Jun 21 1716 ^[3]

• Payments to: Mrs. Mary Neale per {R}Oswald Neale, Mr. Gustavus Browne, Mr. Pat. Hepburne, Mr. Joseph Manning.
• Legatees: William Bent delivered to his mother Mrs. Jeane Bent, Poor paid to William Hunter.
• Executor: William Chandler (brother).

1716 Death

She died 17 Dec 1716 in St. Mary's County, Maryland ^[1]

Children

Children of Roswell Neale and Mary Brent

1. William Neale, b. 1710, Charles County, Maryland, d. 8 Feb 1763, "Chandler's Hope", Charles County, Maryland - Probate (Age 53 years) ^[3]
2. Henry Neale, b. 1713, St. Mary's County, Maryland, d. 9 Feb 1767, St. Mary's County, Maryland - Probate (Age 54 years) ^[3]

1725 Sons named in William Chandler Will

Chandler, William, Charles Co., 19th Aug., 1725

17th Sept., 1730.

To nephew William and hrs, (son of bro. Henry Brent, dec'd), dwell. plan. [unnamed] 900 A. "Goose Creek," with 100 A.. "Chandler's Addition," at age of 21 yrs.; and certain personalty at age of 18.

To nephew William and hrs. (son of sister Mary Neale, dec'd), 1,000 A., "Chandler's Hope" at age of 21 yrs.; and certain personalty at age of 18.

To nephew Henry and hrs. (2nd son of sister Mary Neale), 600 A. "Green Spring," 200 A. "Chandler's Hills," where Patrick Conneley now lives, at age of 21; and certain personalty at age of 19. Shd. anyof nephews afsd. die during minority or without issue, survivors to divide partion of dee'd; slid. all 3 die during minority and without issue, afsd. lands and personalty to be divided among uncle Nicho. Sewall, aunt Eliz. Digges, aunt Rozers and Alice Pyes. children; sister Jane, relict of bro. Henry Brent, to have her living on dwell. plan. during her widowhood.

To George Thorold, money in hands of Capt. Jahn Hyde & Co.

To goddau. Kathrine Rozer. niece Mrs. Anne Rozer, goddau. Mrs. Jane Pye, George Thorold and his successor, personalty.

To the poor Roman Catholics of this and St. Mary's Counties, certain personalty, to be at disposal of Mr. Geo. Thorold or his successors.

To 2 nephews Edward and Charles Neale, money in hands of Richard Howton.

Exs: 3 nephews William Brent, William Neale and Henry Neale.

Test: Jesse Doyne, John Hington (Hinkson), James Gauff, Jr. (Goffe).

Codicil: 15th Jan., 1726/7. John Parnharn having bou. 2 lots in Port Tobacco in Chandler Town of John Speake, one of which was not made over to sd. Speake, and the sd. Parnham having built a stone house on land adj. to sd. lots, testator bequeaths to sd. Parnham. land on which stone house stands, as also that lot not made over to Speake.

Test: John Chalmers (Chatmere), John Parnham, Jr., Samuel Adams. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. Profile for Mary Brent Accessed 1/4/2020 jhd
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Volume I, pages 519-520 BRENT 18
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties Profile for Roswell Neale Accessed 1/4/2020 jhd
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Maryland Historical Society. "Neale Family of Charles County" (MD: Maryland Historical Society, 1912), pp. 212-214.
5. ↑ MCW 20.75

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Ken Broughton for creating WikiTree profile Brent-189 through the import of James K Broughton Family Tree.ged on Jul 28, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Ken and others.