Notes for Giles BRENT

BIVIN Family Genealogy

Notes for Giles BRENT

Originally landed in Jamestown, Virginia but in 1638 returned from a trip
to England accompanied by his sisters, Margaret and Mary, to settle in
St. Mary's County, Maryland.

... in 1647 ... the Brents, weary of the political battles with the
Calverts and disheartened by religious dissension between Protestants and
Catholics in Maryland, had already left the colony to settle near Aquia
in Virginia. In 1653/4, Giles Brent received patents totaling 1,800
acres from THomas, Lort Culpepper for his year-old son, Giles, Jr.
Giles' wife was a princess of the Piscataway tribe of Native Americans
who had been entrusted to Margaret Brent as a child by her father, a
convert to Christianity. She was raised in the Brent household and at
the age of 16 was married to Giles, 30 years her senior. The grant of
1,800 acres in their child's name was named Piscataway Neck and included
the land which is now [George Washington's] River Farm.
-- "A History of George Washington's River Farm", American Horticultural
Society [Internet Web page]

Moved to VA with his Piscataway indian wife in 1650.

He left a will on 31 Aug 1671. His estate was probated 15 Feb 1671/72.