Alexander Trent

#67, b. 18 November 1786, d. 5 March 1873

Father*

Alexander Trent b. 10 Oct 1758, d. 29 Nov 1804

Mother*

Alexander Trent was born on 18 November 1786. perhaps at Barter Hill, according to Donald Trent.^1,2 He was the son of Alexander Trent and Ann Anderson. Alexander and Elizabeth Meade Randolph were married 19 October 1837 Chestnut Grove, Henrico County, Virginia, The Valentine Papers, Vol 1-4, 1864-1908 Randolph Family Marriage Bonds Marriage of Alexander Trent to Elizabeth Meade Randolph . Dated 18 Octr. 1837 . Wm. A. Gay , surety. Loftin N. Ellett , witness.

The Valentine Papers, Vol 1-4, 1864-1908 Randolph Family Marriage Bonds I do hereby authorize the Clerk of Henrico County to grant a License (or licenn) to Mr. Alexander Trent to Marry my Daughter Elizabeth Meade . Isham Randolph . 13th Ocr. 1837 .^1,3 Alexander Trent died 5 March 1873, Buckingham County, Virginia at age 86 years, 3 months and 15 days, The death record has him as 87.^4,5

Children of Alexander and Elizabeth

Mary Elizabeth Trent b. 29 Sep 1838, d. 27 May 1839
Jane Randolph Trent⁶ b. 28 Jan 1840, d. 31 Dec 1842
Julia Randolph Trent+ b. 10 Nov 1841, d. 11 Apr 1923
Edward Trent⁷ b. 11 Nov 1845, d. 23 Apr 1851

Charts: Ferris, Richard # 2074, b say 1620 or so, immi 1636, d Virginia
Woodson, John (Dr.) # 133 b ca 1586, England, d 18 Apr 1644, Burmuda Hundred, Virginia
Ferris, Richard # 2074
Woodson, John (Dr.) # 133 b ca 1586 d 18 Apr 1644

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Citations

[S168] Trent Gray Randolph, Randolph family Bible Record, King James (No 14 N 4th St, Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Grambo & Co.,, 1851); Betty Gray Hardy, copy at Library of Virginia.
[S313] Donald Trent, online http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ht1642&id=I0984, Donald Trent (Ancestry.com), Alexander Trent, V is is most likely the Trent that traded "Barter Hill" to James Wilson in 1823 in exchange for "Claybank" in Buckingham Co. His first wife was Mary W. Wilson and her father was James Wilson. Barter Hill was built in 1688 by the first Alexander Trent on land he aquired from Archibald Cary. The original house burned in 1850 and rebuilt in 1858 by David Coleman. See LVA System # 000693031 for a report on Barter Hill.
[S65] Edward Pleasants, Clayton Torrence and Mary Lightfoot Garland Valentine Edward Pleasants Valentine papers, abstracts of records in the local and general archives of Virginia relating to the families of Allen, Bacon, Ballard, Batchelder, Blouet, Brassieur (Brashear) Cary, Crenshaw, Dabney, Exum, Ferris, Fontaine, Gray, Hardy, Isham (Henrico County) Jordan, Langston, Lyddall, Mann, Mosby, Palmer, Pasteur, Pleasants, Povall, Randolph, Satterwhite, Scott, Smith (the family of Francis Smith of Hanover County) Valentine, Waddy, Watts, Winston, Womack, Woodson, I, II, III, IV (Richmond, VA: Valentine Museum, 1927).
[S243] 1880 US Census Population Schedule, Washington, District of Columbia, US National Archives, Year: 1870; Census Place: Curdsville, Buckingham, Virginia; Roll: M593_1637; Page: 229B; Family History Library Film: 553136.
[S395] Ancestry.com, online Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Death Registers, 1853-1911 for Alexander Trent.
[S152] Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser), Died- On Dec. 31, 1842, Jane Randolph Trent, age 3 years, dau. of Alexander and Elizabeth M. Trent, of Cumberland County. (p. 2, c. 6).
[S152] Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser), Died- On Apr. 23, at Clay Bank, residence of his father, Edward Trent, son of Alexander Trent of Cumberland County, in his 6th year. (p. 2, c. 6).