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William Brent was born in 1775 at Aquia, Stafford County, Virginia, home of the Brent family who settled in Stafford County, Virginia in the 1600s. He married Catherine Walker Johnson 6 January 1805 in Washington D.C.1 Catherine Walker Johnson was the daughter of Thomas Johnson Jr. Catherine died in 1822 and William remarried in 1825 to Elizabeth Neale. William had twelve children, six by each wife.
In 1807 he received a commission to serve as Captain of the Cavalry in the First Legion of the Militia of the District of Columbia.2 He later rose to the rank of Colonel. For many years he was a Clerk of the Court in the District of Columbia3 and he also served as temporary Secretary to Thomas Jefferson, but declined a permanent position.4 |
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He died 16 December 1848 and was buried in the Carroll Chapel, Montgomery county, Maryland. His mother was Ann Carroll, sister to Archbishop John Carroll and Daniel Carroll II.
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Copy of a photograph of an original portrait of Colonel William Brent. At one time the portrait was displayed in the living room of Robert I. Brent, of Pensacola. It is now in the possession of his daughter, Mary Brent Lough. Copy courtesy of Larry and Dreda Grimes.
Sources 2Military Commission to serve in Washington D.C. Militia, 3 August 1807. Commissioned as Captain of the Cavalry, First Legion of the Militia of the District of Columbia. Document signed by President Jefferson and by James Madison, Secretary of State.
3 Geiger, Sister M. Virgina, Daniel Carroll II, One Man and His Descendants, 1730-1798. College of Notre Dame of Maryland, 1979. 4 Geiger. Daniel Carroll II, One Man and His Descendants, 1730-1798.
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