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- Thomas Dent, son of George and Mary Boarman ,was born about 1730 in St. Mary’s County. According to family tradition he married first Elizabeth Edwards of St. Mary’s County who is believed to be the mother of all of the following:
George, born December 22, 1756 who married Margaret Smoot; Henry, who married Charity Cox and
Thomas, who married Rebecca Chappalear.
On August 11, 1777 Thomas Sr. purchased from kinsman John Dent a portion of “Dent’s Inheritance.” He was married a second time to Mary Ann Hancock (born 1734) on December 18, 1781. He died intestate prior to 1790. In the latter year widow Mary was the head of a family in St. Mary’s County with two males over 16 years old and five females (Mary Ann, Chleo, Rebecca, Elizabeth and herself).
Captain George, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Edwards was born December 21,1756 in All Faith’s Parish. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War he was a student at Charlotte Hall when he and other boys formed a Militia Company under Captain Sothoron. On May 25, 1778 he enlisted in the Maryland Line under Captain Carberry. George enlisted with his three cousins Benjamin, Edward and Hatch Dent. With 70 other volunteers he was marched by Sergeant King to Annapolis. After a few days they embarked for the head of the Elk River. Upon arrival Lt. James took command and marched them to headquarters in New Jersey. The unit heard the firing in the distance during the battle of Monmouth, but they failed to reach the battlefield in time for combat. While in New Jersey he was transferred with two others to Captain John Davidson’s Company of the Second Maryland Regiment in order to be with friends Richard Hall and Henry Spalding. His new Company marched to White Plains where they had frequent skirmishes with the British and then marched with a detachment to strengthen the Fort at West Point. Private George Dent was discharged April 3,1779. Upon his return to St. Mary’s he volunteered under Captain Mills to guard the coast in the lower part of the county for two months. He also served under Lt. Edwards when his unit was stationed at Llewellyn’s warehouse to guard the Potomac shore for two weeks. He was taken ill and prevented him from being present with his Company for the British defeat at Yorktown.
In 1818 upon his application for a pension he stated that he had received a discharge at Middlebrook, New Jersey in April or May 1779 from Captain Davidson. About one mile from camp he and his comrades met General Baron deKalb. He accosted us in the following manner:
Where are you going soldiers? “I being ahead told him we are going home. He asked me if we had been discharged. I told him we had and I gave him my discharge to look at. While looking at it, his horse threw its head down which caused the discharge to be torn into pieces. He remarked that it would answer and I brought it home with me but it has long since been lost or mislaid.” George Dent further stated that he was known to three fourths of the respectful men of his county and referred to the Reverend John Claxton the Rector of his Parish church for character.
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