Son of Henry and Mary BRENTON
He married 1st, about 1762 to Rebecca Scott, daughter of George Scott.. Children by this marriage were
1. John BRENTON (1762-1847) m. Elizabeth BELLSFELT;
2. James A. BRENTON (1764-1836) m. 1st Caty BELLSFELT and m. 2nd Mary AINSLY;
3. Samuel BRENTON (1768) m. Margaret "Peggy" COOLEY.
4. Joseph BRENTON (1770).
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[Suggested edit: James' first marriage was to Rebecca Scott daughter of George Scott. Rhode Island vital extracts 1636-1899 date 30 May 1762 page 438. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register 1847-2011 date: 1762 page 15 Volume#096 These are my great grandparents.
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He married 2nd, 1772 at German ("Peaceable") Fayette Co. (then Cumberland Co.), Penna. to Mary WOODFIELD/WOODFILL, dau. of Joseph WOODFILL of Wales. Her father is said to have been converted to Methodism by John Wesley himself.
By this 2nd marriage James had four more childen:
5. Robert BRENTON (1772-1840) m. Sarah SPILMAN
6. Mary BRENTON (1773-1852) m. James McCLAIN;
7. Nancy BRENTON (1777-1822) m. Thomas SPILMAN;
8. Henry BRENTON (1779-1846) m. Esther BAIRD.
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All six of his sons became Methodist Ministers.
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On 28 September 1773, Robert DENBOW of Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, sold to Michael CRESAP a tract of land in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania "adjoining the Lands of David ROGERS and Joseph BRENTON on the Monongahaly being part of a Larger tract of Land I purchased of James BRENTON and containing by estimation two hundred and fifty acres ---". Witnesses to this deed were Geo. BRENT, Joseph DORSEY, and Henry BRENTON. - Boyd Crumrine, VIRGINIA COURT RECORDS IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, (1974 Reprint), I, p.552, III, pp.310-311.
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On 5 September 1775, James BRENTON of the Monongahela Settlement, Augusta County, Virginia deeded to Michael CRESAP, Senr. "a Certain Tract or Parcel of Land lying about one Mile distant from Monongahela River and Bounded by the following persons: John ADAMS on the North East, Edward DORSEY on the East, Thomas BROWN on the West, and Edward WHITE on the North ---". Witnesses to the deed were Robert DENBOW and John Jeremiah JACOBS.
Boyd Crumrine, VIRGINIA COURT RECORDS IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, (1974 Reprint), I, p.552, III, pp.310-311.
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Major James BRENTON moved to Lincoln county (later Mercer Co.), Kentucky in 1779.
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John and Robert BRENTON, sons of Henry BRENTON, moved with their father to Barron Co., Kentucky. Robert BRENTON served one month under Captain Peter STURGIS and Colonel George Rogers CLARK, went on an expedition to Piqua, Ohio, and was in a battle at that place with the Indians. - See Pension File #S.16062. See also: George M. Waller's "George Rogers Clark and the American Revolution in the West," INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY (March 1976), v.72, pp.1-20.
The 1800 census of Kentucky lists the following:
Robert BRENTON Mason County
Bryan BRENTON Lincoln County
Henry BRENTON, Sr. Barren County
Henry BRENTON " "
Joseph BRENTON " "
Robert BRENTON " "
James BRENTON Shelby County
John BRENTON " "
John BRENTON " "
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James BRENTON, while a resident of Virginia, enlisted and served as a private from August or September 1780, under Captain Peter A STURGUS and Colonel George Rogers CLARK, and was in an engagement with the Shawnee Indians at Piqua; In 1781, he served as a private under Captain John COWAN, Captain Ambrose GORDON, and under Captain ELLISON.
Pension File #W.2518.
James BRENTON (1741-1782) was killed in August 1782 at the Battle of Blue Lick. His will was probated in 1783 at Shelbyville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky. The men involved in the appraisal of his estate lived near Shelbyville, Kentucky.
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His widow, Mary (Woodfield) Brenton, raised their sons to become Methodist ministers, and she is said to be the "Mother of Methodism" in Kentucky and Indiana. Her two daughters also married Methodist ministers.
He married 1st, about 1762 to Rebecca Scott, daughter of George Scott.. Children by this marriage were
1. John BRENTON (1762-1847) m. Elizabeth BELLSFELT;
2. James A. BRENTON (1764-1836) m. 1st Caty BELLSFELT and m. 2nd Mary AINSLY;
3. Samuel BRENTON (1768) m. Margaret "Peggy" COOLEY.
4. Joseph BRENTON (1770).
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[Suggested edit: James' first marriage was to Rebecca Scott daughter of George Scott. Rhode Island vital extracts 1636-1899 date 30 May 1762 page 438. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register 1847-2011 date: 1762 page 15 Volume#096 These are my great grandparents.
Contributor: eulaexpress (47111760) • [email protected]]
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He married 2nd, 1772 at German ("Peaceable") Fayette Co. (then Cumberland Co.), Penna. to Mary WOODFIELD/WOODFILL, dau. of Joseph WOODFILL of Wales. Her father is said to have been converted to Methodism by John Wesley himself.
By this 2nd marriage James had four more childen:
5. Robert BRENTON (1772-1840) m. Sarah SPILMAN
6. Mary BRENTON (1773-1852) m. James McCLAIN;
7. Nancy BRENTON (1777-1822) m. Thomas SPILMAN;
8. Henry BRENTON (1779-1846) m. Esther BAIRD.
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All six of his sons became Methodist Ministers.
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On 28 September 1773, Robert DENBOW of Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, sold to Michael CRESAP a tract of land in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania "adjoining the Lands of David ROGERS and Joseph BRENTON on the Monongahaly being part of a Larger tract of Land I purchased of James BRENTON and containing by estimation two hundred and fifty acres ---". Witnesses to this deed were Geo. BRENT, Joseph DORSEY, and Henry BRENTON. - Boyd Crumrine, VIRGINIA COURT RECORDS IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, (1974 Reprint), I, p.552, III, pp.310-311.
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On 5 September 1775, James BRENTON of the Monongahela Settlement, Augusta County, Virginia deeded to Michael CRESAP, Senr. "a Certain Tract or Parcel of Land lying about one Mile distant from Monongahela River and Bounded by the following persons: John ADAMS on the North East, Edward DORSEY on the East, Thomas BROWN on the West, and Edward WHITE on the North ---". Witnesses to the deed were Robert DENBOW and John Jeremiah JACOBS.
Boyd Crumrine, VIRGINIA COURT RECORDS IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, (1974 Reprint), I, p.552, III, pp.310-311.
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Major James BRENTON moved to Lincoln county (later Mercer Co.), Kentucky in 1779.
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John and Robert BRENTON, sons of Henry BRENTON, moved with their father to Barron Co., Kentucky. Robert BRENTON served one month under Captain Peter STURGIS and Colonel George Rogers CLARK, went on an expedition to Piqua, Ohio, and was in a battle at that place with the Indians. - See Pension File #S.16062. See also: George M. Waller's "George Rogers Clark and the American Revolution in the West," INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY (March 1976), v.72, pp.1-20.
The 1800 census of Kentucky lists the following:
Robert BRENTON Mason County
Bryan BRENTON Lincoln County
Henry BRENTON, Sr. Barren County
Henry BRENTON " "
Joseph BRENTON " "
Robert BRENTON " "
James BRENTON Shelby County
John BRENTON " "
John BRENTON " "
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James BRENTON, while a resident of Virginia, enlisted and served as a private from August or September 1780, under Captain Peter A STURGUS and Colonel George Rogers CLARK, and was in an engagement with the Shawnee Indians at Piqua; In 1781, he served as a private under Captain John COWAN, Captain Ambrose GORDON, and under Captain ELLISON.
Pension File #W.2518.
James BRENTON (1741-1782) was killed in August 1782 at the Battle of Blue Lick. His will was probated in 1783 at Shelbyville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky. The men involved in the appraisal of his estate lived near Shelbyville, Kentucky.
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His widow, Mary (Woodfield) Brenton, raised their sons to become Methodist ministers, and she is said to be the "Mother of Methodism" in Kentucky and Indiana. Her two daughters also married Methodist ministers.
Son of Henry and Mary BRENTON
He married 1st, about 1762 to Rebecca Scott, daughter of George Scott.. Children by this marriage were
1. John BRENTON (1762-1847) m. Elizabeth BELLSFELT;
2. James A. BRENTON (1764-1836) m. 1st Caty BELLSFELT and m. 2nd Mary AINSLY;
3. Samuel BRENTON (1768) m. Margaret "Peggy" COOLEY.
4. Joseph BRENTON (1770).
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[Suggested edit: James' first marriage was to Rebecca Scott daughter of George Scott. Rhode Island vital extracts 1636-1899 date 30 May 1762 page 438. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register 1847-2011 date: 1762 page 15 Volume#096 These are my great grandparents.
Contributor: eulaexpress (47111760) • [email protected]]
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He married 2nd, 1772 at German ("Peaceable") Fayette Co. (then Cumberland Co.), Penna. to Mary WOODFIELD/WOODFILL, dau. of Joseph WOODFILL of Wales. Her father is said to have been converted to Methodism by John Wesley himself.
By this 2nd marriage James had four more childen:
5. Robert BRENTON (1772-1840) m. Sarah SPILMAN
6. Mary BRENTON (1773-1852) m. James McCLAIN;
7. Nancy BRENTON (1777-1822) m. Thomas SPILMAN;
8. Henry BRENTON (1779-1846) m. Esther BAIRD.
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All six of his sons became Methodist Ministers.
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On 28 September 1773, Robert DENBOW of Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, sold to Michael CRESAP a tract of land in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania "adjoining the Lands of David ROGERS and Joseph BRENTON on the Monongahaly being part of a Larger tract of Land I purchased of James BRENTON and containing by estimation two hundred and fifty acres ---". Witnesses to this deed were Geo. BRENT, Joseph DORSEY, and Henry BRENTON. - Boyd Crumrine, VIRGINIA COURT RECORDS IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, (1974 Reprint), I, p.552, III, pp.310-311.
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On 5 September 1775, James BRENTON of the Monongahela Settlement, Augusta County, Virginia deeded to Michael CRESAP, Senr. "a Certain Tract or Parcel of Land lying about one Mile distant from Monongahela River and Bounded by the following persons: John ADAMS on the North East, Edward DORSEY on the East, Thomas BROWN on the West, and Edward WHITE on the North ---". Witnesses to the deed were Robert DENBOW and John Jeremiah JACOBS.
Boyd Crumrine, VIRGINIA COURT RECORDS IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, (1974 Reprint), I, p.552, III, pp.310-311.
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Major James BRENTON moved to Lincoln county (later Mercer Co.), Kentucky in 1779.
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John and Robert BRENTON, sons of Henry BRENTON, moved with their father to Barron Co., Kentucky. Robert BRENTON served one month under Captain Peter STURGIS and Colonel George Rogers CLARK, went on an expedition to Piqua, Ohio, and was in a battle at that place with the Indians. - See Pension File #S.16062. See also: George M. Waller's "George Rogers Clark and the American Revolution in the West," INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY (March 1976), v.72, pp.1-20.
The 1800 census of Kentucky lists the following:
Robert BRENTON Mason County
Bryan BRENTON Lincoln County
Henry BRENTON, Sr. Barren County
Henry BRENTON " "
Joseph BRENTON " "
Robert BRENTON " "
James BRENTON Shelby County
John BRENTON " "
John BRENTON " "
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James BRENTON, while a resident of Virginia, enlisted and served as a private from August or September 1780, under Captain Peter A STURGUS and Colonel George Rogers CLARK, and was in an engagement with the Shawnee Indians at Piqua; In 1781, he served as a private under Captain John COWAN, Captain Ambrose GORDON, and under Captain ELLISON.
Pension File #W.2518.
James BRENTON (1741-1782) was killed in August 1782 at the Battle of Blue Lick. His will was probated in 1783 at Shelbyville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky. The men involved in the appraisal of his estate lived near Shelbyville, Kentucky.
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His widow, Mary (Woodfield) Brenton, raised their sons to become Methodist ministers, and she is said to be the "Mother of Methodism" in Kentucky and Indiana. Her two daughters also married Methodist ministers.
He married 1st, about 1762 to Rebecca Scott, daughter of George Scott.. Children by this marriage were
1. John BRENTON (1762-1847) m. Elizabeth BELLSFELT;
2. James A. BRENTON (1764-1836) m. 1st Caty BELLSFELT and m. 2nd Mary AINSLY;
3. Samuel BRENTON (1768) m. Margaret "Peggy" COOLEY.
4. Joseph BRENTON (1770).
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[Suggested edit: James' first marriage was to Rebecca Scott daughter of George Scott. Rhode Island vital extracts 1636-1899 date 30 May 1762 page 438. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register 1847-2011 date: 1762 page 15 Volume#096 These are my great grandparents.
Contributor: eulaexpress (47111760) • [email protected]]
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He married 2nd, 1772 at German ("Peaceable") Fayette Co. (then Cumberland Co.), Penna. to Mary WOODFIELD/WOODFILL, dau. of Joseph WOODFILL of Wales. Her father is said to have been converted to Methodism by John Wesley himself.
By this 2nd marriage James had four more childen:
5. Robert BRENTON (1772-1840) m. Sarah SPILMAN
6. Mary BRENTON (1773-1852) m. James McCLAIN;
7. Nancy BRENTON (1777-1822) m. Thomas SPILMAN;
8. Henry BRENTON (1779-1846) m. Esther BAIRD.
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All six of his sons became Methodist Ministers.
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On 28 September 1773, Robert DENBOW of Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, sold to Michael CRESAP a tract of land in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania "adjoining the Lands of David ROGERS and Joseph BRENTON on the Monongahaly being part of a Larger tract of Land I purchased of James BRENTON and containing by estimation two hundred and fifty acres ---". Witnesses to this deed were Geo. BRENT, Joseph DORSEY, and Henry BRENTON. - Boyd Crumrine, VIRGINIA COURT RECORDS IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, (1974 Reprint), I, p.552, III, pp.310-311.
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On 5 September 1775, James BRENTON of the Monongahela Settlement, Augusta County, Virginia deeded to Michael CRESAP, Senr. "a Certain Tract or Parcel of Land lying about one Mile distant from Monongahela River and Bounded by the following persons: John ADAMS on the North East, Edward DORSEY on the East, Thomas BROWN on the West, and Edward WHITE on the North ---". Witnesses to the deed were Robert DENBOW and John Jeremiah JACOBS.
Boyd Crumrine, VIRGINIA COURT RECORDS IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, (1974 Reprint), I, p.552, III, pp.310-311.
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Major James BRENTON moved to Lincoln county (later Mercer Co.), Kentucky in 1779.
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John and Robert BRENTON, sons of Henry BRENTON, moved with their father to Barron Co., Kentucky. Robert BRENTON served one month under Captain Peter STURGIS and Colonel George Rogers CLARK, went on an expedition to Piqua, Ohio, and was in a battle at that place with the Indians. - See Pension File #S.16062. See also: George M. Waller's "George Rogers Clark and the American Revolution in the West," INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY (March 1976), v.72, pp.1-20.
The 1800 census of Kentucky lists the following:
Robert BRENTON Mason County
Bryan BRENTON Lincoln County
Henry BRENTON, Sr. Barren County
Henry BRENTON " "
Joseph BRENTON " "
Robert BRENTON " "
James BRENTON Shelby County
John BRENTON " "
John BRENTON " "
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James BRENTON, while a resident of Virginia, enlisted and served as a private from August or September 1780, under Captain Peter A STURGUS and Colonel George Rogers CLARK, and was in an engagement with the Shawnee Indians at Piqua; In 1781, he served as a private under Captain John COWAN, Captain Ambrose GORDON, and under Captain ELLISON.
Pension File #W.2518.
James BRENTON (1741-1782) was killed in August 1782 at the Battle of Blue Lick. His will was probated in 1783 at Shelbyville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky. The men involved in the appraisal of his estate lived near Shelbyville, Kentucky.
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His widow, Mary (Woodfield) Brenton, raised their sons to become Methodist ministers, and she is said to be the "Mother of Methodism" in Kentucky and Indiana. Her two daughters also married Methodist ministers.
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